INXS reunite for special release projects, remember “talented” Michael Hutchence

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INXS reunited briefly in Sydney this week to celebrate the release of several new projects, where they also remembered their late frontman Michael Hutchence.The surviving members of the Australian rock band – Garry Gary Beers, Kirk Pengilly and brothers Andrew, Jon and Tim Farriss – reunited Tuesday (October 17) at Sydney’s Intercontinental Hotel for their first time since 2017.Their gathering celebrated the release of their new book Calling All Nations, a 400-plus “love letter” with stories and pictures from the band and their fans.

It’s out now and can be ordered in three different formats here, including a limited-edition ‘Super Deluxe’ box, hand-signed by the members of INXS.During the launch, Andrew Farriss remembered their “talented, dynamic a frontman” Hutchence, who died by suicide in 1997.

After his death, it emerged that Hutchence had suffered brain damage after being assaulted by a taxi driver in Denmark in 1995.Speaking about the book, Pengilly recalled how the artists had “no idea how much it meant to so many individual fans.

It wasn’t always about the show,” according to Billboard.Pengilly added that stories from fans include “driving six hours to meet their friends to get ready to go to the gig”.