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April 11, 2009 

Perry Farrell to celebrate 50th tonight at Bare

By Melissa Arseniuk

Perry Farrell will celebrate his 50th birthday tonight with a little rock n? roll reunion.

All of the original members of his bands, Jane?s Addiction and Porno for Pyros, will be there to make history.

?It will be the first time that Jane?s Addiction and Porno for Pyros have played together, and it will be the first time Porno for Pyros will be playing together for, I don?t know, maybe 12 years or something like that,? Farrell said.

Rounding out the night?s musical Farrell trifecta is his wife, Etty Lau Farrell, who forms the other half of the husband-wife act that is otherwise known as Satellite Party.

And best of all, ?Perrypalooza? at the Mirage is open to the public.

Just 400 tickets were printed for tonight?s poolside party at Bare, and for a cool $100, plus taxes and service fees, fans can toast the versatile birthday boy alongside a handful of his celebrity friends.

?My wife insists on throwing these big parties,? Farrell said. ?Etty invited Slash and Tom Morello and a bunch of other people.?

In addition to the iconic Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revlover and Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave axe men, Billy Idol, the Cult?s Matt Sorum and Billy Morrison and Sen Dog and Bobo from Cypress Hill will also be there. This, of course, is in addition to Farrell?s bandmates Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, Stephen Perkins, Martyn Lenoble and Peter Distefano.

Mickey Avalon, Juliette Lewis and perennial Vegas party boy Mark McGrath are also on the guest list.

Farrell, who turned 50 on March 29, said he is looking forward to a ?hot? show.

?Jane?s Addiction, basically, is going to be there in front of only 400 people so that?s pretty hot,? he said, calling Bare the perfect, ?very small, warm, outdoor venue? for the party.

Farrell said he doesn?t mind working during his party.

?I don?t think of it as work; I love singing,? he said, adding, ?It?s my birthday, I can sing all night if I feel like it.?

He is also looking forward to hitting the road with Jane?s Addiction, which he refers to as his ?classic car,? this spring.

The band, which has been around, in various incarnations, since 1985, will play the Pearl on May 18, as part of the Nine Inch Nails-Jane?s Addiction ?NIN/JA? tour. Farrell will also play closing day at Coachella next weekend.

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/blogs/off-the-record/2009/apr/11/perry-farrell-celebrate-50th-tonight-bare/

The buzz is that the celebration will be videotaped in HD for iTunes.

Apparently Slash was a no-show. :-\

How do you know?

This isn't where I got it...but this was just posted:

Lau Farrell presented her husband with his birthday gift: a scrapbook of cards and well-wishes from his friends, including the only no-show guest, Guns N? Roses guitarist Slash.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/12/perry-farrell-rocks-out-50th-birthday/

I'm just curious but where did you get the info that Slash was a no show? Or are you at liberty to say?

^^It's been mentioned in a couple of articles.

Matt was there however....

Juliette Lewis, Matt Sorum and Billy Morrison "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNdwzx4mRYs

Photos:

http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResults.aspx?igi=367733&s=matt%20sorum&sfld=C&vwmd=e

http://www.wireimage.com/gallerylisting.asp?navtyp=gls====367733&source=rss&nbc=1

PerryPolooza

Hey friends,

Me and Ace had a great night lastnight at Perry Farrells 50th Bday party. Had a great jam with Perry, Billy Idol,Debra Harry, Tom Morello, and many more. Very loose and fun as it should be. Here is a pic with me and Idol
Matt

http://www.mattsorum.tv/perrypolooza/

Lots of vids from Perry's bday bash can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lMG3bI4CtY

Thanks to youtube and mozzbozz for the vids.

More on Farrell's shindig can be found here:

http://vegasblog.latimes.com/vegas/2009/04/perrypalooza-at-the-mirage-pool.html

Some very good photos here:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/photos/galleries/2009/apr/13/perry-farrell-perrypalooza/

More from www.billymorrison.net:

"Saturday morning, and our usual dash to the airport held nothing out of the ordinary - late (ish), we screamed up Barham Blvd on our way to Burbank and our SouthWest flight to Sin City. I had been invited to go and celebrate Perry Farrell's 50th birthday at The Mirage Hotel and Casino, and I was one of a whole bunch of us that would be performing later that night. The voices inside my head were having a field day! Equal measure of 'humbled and happy that they even asked me' and 'I don't deserve this, maybe they made a mistake' resonated as we pulled up and parked the car. No time to over think it, we met up with my manager Rick and jumped on the plane. As far as flying goes, SouthWest is pretty much like the Greyhound bus of the skies. Always packed to bursting, we are shoe-horned in like cattle, and given a pack of stale peanuts for our enjoyment. But 50 mins later and we are touching down in the middle of the Nevada desert. No drama so far.

The Mirage. Never stayed there before. Home of a certain over-zealous tiger and some seriously 70's style decorating! The vibe is the same as most of the Casinos in Las Vegas... faux luxury and give us all yer money!! The casino floor was huge (not Venetian huge, but still very large) with the familiar sound of bankruptcy and despair filling our ears as we walked around. Outside in the gardens, however, it gets really nice. Waterfalls, landscaping, dolphins, grottos, bridges, pathways - it's a lush tropical paradise that must cost millions a month just to water!! And in the middle of all that jungle is the 'Bare' pool. A topless pool, roped off from the rest of the world. And yes, thats where the gig is happening. A constant live Twitter stream from both myself and Dave became the theme of the day. Pics and updates from everywhere - allowing a glimpse in real time into the days events.

Soundcheck gave me a new appreciation of how it must be at a Camp Freddy show. Hours and hours of fine tuning and many guests all waiting to do their songs and make sure it sounds ok. Usually, our soundchecks fly by for me, as I am not only playing every song but working out who's arrived, who sings what, and when, with who etc. On Saturday, I just kicked back as a guest performer, and I LIKED it!! No stress (at least, not for me - somebody else had all the stress that day!!) and some great moments. Watching the OG Janes Addiction run through songs and sound more powerful and trippy than ever before is a wonderful thing. My songs came and went with no drama and it was off to dinner at the stunningly fabulous Japonais restaurant.

Showtime! A thousand of Etty and Perry's closest friends jammed into the Bare Pool area in front of a really well executed stage, with lighting that would have made most tours cry in envy! The place looked fantastic. And over the next hour and a half, the audience were treated to a who's who of Rock and a what's what of classic and cool music. Porno For Pyro's performed together again. Killer! Sen Dog and Debbie Harry laid out an amazing version of 'Rapture' together. I played EMI with Mark McGrath, Rebel Yell and Eyes Without A Face with Billy Idol and Call Me with Debbie Harry. And of course, a show like this always has the 'Stage full of everyone' finale, and I grabbed a guitar for a beautifully chaotic version of the Stones 'Sympathy For The Devil' as Perry was given his cake, and proceeded to sing with all his friends.

I cannot imagine a better way to celebrate such a milestone birthday and I hope that Perry enjoyed himself even half as much as I know all his guests did! I am super greatful to have been invited and to have taken part in the performance. Gigs like that don't happen very often, but when they do, they become those special 'I was there' moments that only Rock And Roll can really produce. And guess what? .... I was there."

Billy