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“We’re in the middle of a gig at the Palladium in Los Angeles, there’s 4000 people there, and this bloke is walking around on the stage as we’re playing. I’m like, ‘What the hell is going on?’”: How INXS got their big break in the ’80s

“He said, ‘I don’t think anyone’s actually ever recorded your band properly’”

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“I think it was a very important lyric for Michael. His lyrics were very poignant. He didn’t have to say very much, but you knew exactly what he was talking about”: The classic INXS ballad with deep meaning for Michael Hutchence

“Originally it was just piano with a vocal – a very simple song”

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Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection

Music from Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, INXS, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, Tones and I, Gotye, Ben Frost, Nick Cave, Tame Impala, Parkway Drive, The Living End and Vance Joy has been found in a database of 12 million songs used to teach artificial intelligence.

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“We kept experimenting for our whole career as INXS, which is probably insane from a commercial point of view”: Multi-million selling songwriter Andrew Farriss on his band’s genre-hopping early days – and why he’s now making country music

“I like co-writing with people, but I also enjoy just trusting myself to write the song”

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‘He was my person’: Kylie Minogue tearfully admits she’s spent her life looking for the same love she had for Michael Hutchence but ‘never found it’

The pop legend reveals the impact the former INXS frontman had on her life, saying she's never gotten over him and still feels his presence

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Kylie’s biggest Netflix doc revelations, from personal tragedy to the raunchy tour that went too far

TV: Despite the freight train of hits and that famed megawatt smile, the beloved Australian pop star remains utterly elusive, writes Annabel Nugent. In a new Netflix documentary, Kylie lifts the veil on the love affairs, career missteps and unlikely friendships that shaped her life

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"If Michael Hutchence says anything about me, I'll go back down there and kick his ass!" The "horrific" Guns N' Roses show with INXS that led a disgusted fan to break their copy of Appetite For Destruction into pieces and mail it to Slash

"It was a huge disaster in front of 65,000 people. We fell apart"

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Kylie Minogue felt 'impressionable in the best way' when she first met Michael Hutchence

Kylie Minogue has reflected on her romance with the late INXS singer.

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With rude punk banger, Amyl sniffs up APRA music awards

It's tricky to quote from the Amyl and the Sniffers track Jerkin' because it's so full of swearing but the song has won the top gongs at the 2026 APRA Awards.

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“They created the blueprint for how heavy metal bands should look, sound, and tour”: Iron Maiden, Oasis, Jeff Buckley and Melissa Etheridge lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2026 nominations

Billy Idol, INXS, Joy Division and Shakira are also up for induction

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Pink dedicates Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination to 'outsiders and underdogs'

Pink has reacted to her first nomination for entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Greens urge Labor to stop treating children detained in Syria camp like ‘disposable political pawns’ – as it happened

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Oasis, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins and Shakira lead 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees list

Pink, The Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Melissa Etheridge, Billy Idol, INXS, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, New Edition, Sade, Luther Vandross, and many more have been nominated.

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Keli Holiday Goes On An Aus Music Deep-Dive, From Karaoke Tracks To Dance-Floor Fillers

Fresh off "Dancing2", Keli Holiday spills on his favourite up-and-coming Aussie artist and the one track that brings back a "very beautiful, fond memory".

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Kate Ceberano plays sold out roll-call of Oz classics

Nearly 40 years after announcing herself at the Australian Made festival, Kate Ceberano has sold out a tour paying tribute to the music of the era.

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Five burning questions from Triple J’s Australian Hottest 100, a ‘rare and precious thing’

How did the radio network’s Top 100 Australian Songs poll become a cultural moment and why does Triple J’s head say we should stay ‘fucking loud’?

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INXS win Hottest Aussie 100 with Never Tear Us Apart

National youth broadcaster Triple J has named 1980s power ballad Never Tear Us Apart by INXS as Australia's favourite song in its special edition poll.

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Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever

More than 2.6 million people voted in radio poll to find the most loved homegrown hits of all time

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“I gave it to Michael, he said ‘fantastic’ and he wrote that lyric in one stream of consciousness. I would say that song was written in about ten minutes”: How spontaneity was the key for INXS to create a funky No.1 hit

Need You Tonight marked a distinct sonic shift for the band

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"This is a song that I always always go back to, it’s one of my favourites ever.” Watch pop superstar Dua Lipa cover a classic INXS anthem, live in Sydney

Dua Lipa maintains her pledge to cover a local hero's song on every stop on her world tour

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Primus lift the lid on their search for a new drummer in new Youtube series

The Primus Interstellar Drum Derby is on Episode Two

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“Mick Jagger came with Matt Voss... his favourite song was Biting Bullets”: INXS classic album Listen Like Thieves gets the Giles Martin treatment for 40th Anniversary remix

New releases feature an entirely new album mix, outtakes and demos and the first airing of a lost live recording

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"People chucked pesetas at us, bottles, you name it": How Gun survived Spanish crowds, an X-rated video and that "strange cookie" from INXS, then hit the bullseye again

Gun's debut album Taking On The World was a killer, and with new album Hombres their aim is once again true

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Sananda Maitreya: ‘I hypnotised myself into believing I was a genius’

The pop-soul singer takes your questions on name changes, musical touchstones, the transformative power of amateur boxing, and not dating Charlize Theron

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