JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has checked in with the following update:

"Lots of stuff goin' on. Our show at SXSW went great and we all had an amazing time. It was the first time we have had the opportunity to spread out a bit on a larger stage and we played to about 1,000 people, our fullest house yet. We started the set with 'Three Days' and took it from there. I have to say that I am very lucky and honored to be playing with such a great and diverse group of players. Everyone was on form the other night. Avery stomping around keeping the solid rolling bottom, Perk unyielding as always and Perry the ultimate showman, captivating as ever. It was a late show, 1:30am, and somehow that felt like a perfect time for us that night. Reminded me of the old days when we would play a gutted warehouse at an ungodly hour. The venue was an old supermarket that had been revamped and turned into a club for the event. (Insert 'Been Caught' puns here.) We are very happy that many of our fans were able to attend as a result of the website sign up. I know it's not a perfect system yet, but we are on it. Great to see Margaret and Yoli up front and my friends from GIRL IN A COMA showed up to lend us support. ALWAYS great to see them!

I kept a Twitter Feed going throughout the night to share the evening with those who could not attend. For some reason, I took some shit for this... but fuck them! They can ALWAYS unfollow... RIGHT? For me, part of the excitement of doing shows is interacting with the people. Now that we can interact with people everywhere at once... Why not do it? We also did some press together for the first time since we have been working together with the original line up. Rolling Stone, MTV, SPIN etc. The process wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but I am happy we have until now, remained quiet about what's going on, unless directly to the fan base from us or our touring partners NIN.

Speaking of which, the NIN/JA Tour Site is now up with a free down loadable NIN/JA EP featuring some re-recorded tracks, 'Whores' and 'Chip Away'. The thinking being that we wanted to give our longtime listeners something to celebrate the tour and 'Whores' has always been one of the tracks that defined Jane's early on. The XXX version, while full of attitude and captures the time it was done, lacked some of that complete sonic 'turn it up in the car while driving fast' quality... even though we did! We recorded the songs with Trent as he seemed a perfect fit for us. We are, after all, going on tour together. He did an amazing job working with us, which isn't always easy! He brought an updated take on the songs while insisting on staying true to the Jane's raw sound of the time. Now, for the first time, these multi-tracks are available for download so you can do mixes and tweak the songs anyway you want. The tracks are available here. Thanx to Trent, Atticus and Alan for the great work and the online space and community to make this possible.

For now, we are in full Jane's rehearsal for the tour mode. We are also working on making our online community smoother. The site JUST launched and definitely needs some fine tuning. We thank you for your continued support and we will see you very SOON."

Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction North American tour dates include:

May

8 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
9 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
10 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
14 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
15 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
16 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
18 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
20 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Irvine Meadows
22 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
26 - Englewood, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
27 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
30 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
31 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre

June

2 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
3 - Darien Lake, NY - Darien Lake Amphitheatre
5 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center At The Waterfront
6 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
7 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater
9 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
10 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
12 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre