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Jane’s Addiction have cancelled an upcoming Australian tour due to the hospitalization of Stephen Perkins, the band’s drummer.

The 41-year-old band member has been admitted to Cedars-Sinai Hospital’s Infectious Disease Ward to receive treatment for an infection in his elbow, according to a press release issued by the group’s spokesperson.

“Doctors expect to keep him there for the next few days for further diagnosis and observation while anti-biotic treatment continues,” read the statement, which also said the drummer is expected to fully recover over the next couple of weeks.

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Lollapalooza is coming full-circle this year.

The recently reunited Jane’s Addiction, fronted by festival founder Perry Farrell, will headline this year’s edition for the first time since the event debuted in 1991. The other headliners announced by promoters Tuesday are Depeche Mode, Tool, the Killers, Beastie Boys, and Kings of Leon.

They join more than 100 performers confirmed for the festival, which will take place at Chicago’s Grant Park from Aug. 7 to 9.

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There’s good news and bad news for NIN fans. Good news is Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor has confirmed the band will go on tour with Jane’s Addiction according to a post on the NIN website. The bad news is that same post says it will likely be the last time NIN goes on tour.

“After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year,” Reznor wrote in the post. “The approach to these shows is quite different from last year – much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted.”

In the post, Reznor also revealed that Nine Inch Nails has been recording in the same studio with Jane’s Addiction. However, he did not say if these collaborations are due for release, or are meant to be played during their upcoming tour.

“Emails were sent, phone calls were made, dinner was arranged, ideas were discussed and the next thing I know we’re in the studio experimenting,” Reznor continued in the post.

Jane’s Addiction will headline this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival, the band’s first major show since reuniting with its original lineup.

Nine Inch Nails and Kings of Leon are the other two headliners for the festival, which takes place May 23 to 25 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Wash.

Also in the initial lineup are Ben Harper & Relentless7, Erykah Badu, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, TV on the Radio, DeVotchKa, Silversun Pickups, M. Ward, Calexico and many others.

Additional acts will be announced in the coming weeks.

This year’s festival will also feature a newly expanded comedy and dance tent. Comedians including Zach Galifianakis and “Daily Show” correspondent Demetri Martin will perform during the day, and electronic and dance music artists will take over at night.

Tickets go on sale Feb. 28 on the Sasquatch! website.

The festival isn’t the only upcoming gig that Jane’s Addiction and Nine Inch Nails will share. Trent Reznor announced on his website Monday that NIN will be joined by the reunited group on a U.S. tour in the spring.

Jane’s Addiction, meanwhile, have been playing a handful of small L.A. club shows over the past few months.

The original lineup of Jane’s Addiction is reuniting for a one-off show.

The concert at Los Angeles’ La Cita Bar tonight (Thursday) will be the band’s first performance together since their four-song showing at April’s inaugural NME Awards, where they were presented with the Godlike Genius Award for their achievements in introducing American alternative music to the mainstream.

It will also be the first full concert with the original members — singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins — in 17 years.

In August, Farrell was asked by Altitude about the possibility of a full-fledged Jane’s Addiction reunion, to which he replied, “There’s as much likelihood of that happening as there being commercial space flight — but there’s a chance of that, right?”

He explained that the NME Awards reunion was “like having a girlfriend that you have always been in love with and you’ll always be in love with, but you don’t quite get along with. You’re still in love with her and every time you get together, you end up throwing food at each other.”

The band previously reunited in 1997 and 2001, but Avery did not take part those times.

Jane’s Addiction reunited for the first time in 17 years at a Los Angeles party on Wednesday.

Reuters reports that the four original members of the band performed together to receive a career achievement award for their efforts.

Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bass player Eric Avery took the stage at the NME awards in L.A. Avery has not played with the band since it original broke up in 1991.

The band played four songs including “Mountain Songs” and “Jane Says.”

“We made it and I’m really happy to be here,” Farrell said to the crowd.