kevin statham photos ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 3, 1988 By Steve Newton The banner across from the press box read in big block letters: INXS KICK ASS. Now I wouldn't have agreed with that statement right off, but after seeing Michael Hutchence and company sweat it out for 100 minutes last Friday (May 27), I … Continue reading INXS puts boot to butt in Vancouver on the Kick World Tour
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Bono dedicates new tune to old friend Michael Hutchence as U2 elevates Vancouver
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON APRIL 19, 2001 By Steve Newton Talk about a coincidence! Two hours before heading out to see U2 at GM Place last Friday (April 13), I was watching The Simpsons, the episode in which Homer runs for sanitary commissioner of Springfield because he doesn’t like taking out his own garbage. In a … Continue reading Bono dedicates new tune to old friend Michael Hutchence as U2 elevates Vancouver
J.D. Fortune went from living in a car to fronting INXS
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JAN. 12, 2006 By Steve Newton This time last year, few people knew the name of Canadian rock vocalist J.D. Fortune. A lot of them were familiar with INXS, but at that stage in the group's career--eight years after the death by apparent suicide of its enigmatic frontman Michael Hutchence--they wouldn't … Continue reading J.D. Fortune went from living in a car to fronting INXS