
INXS Preps ‘Listen Like Thieves’ Deluxe Release With Previously Unreleased Cuts
INXS’s "Listen Like Thieves" is here to steal your heart, again. The album celebrates its 40th anniversary with a deluxe edition

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INXS’s "Listen Like Thieves" is here to steal your heart, again. The album celebrates its 40th anniversary with a deluxe edition

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In Australian music history, there aren’t many artists more iconic than INXS frontman Michael Hutchence

The story of INXS can’t be told in numbers alone, but the results are certainly impressive

He won the chance to front the Eighties rock band on a CBS reality show, but coke binges and mental health challenges quickly took a toll on the Canadian vocalist

Photographs taken by Chris Cuffaro of INXS in 1988, and of the late Michael Hutchence in 1993, documented signpost moments in a career-defining era for the Sydney band. Cuffaro’s unparalleled access at the time, paired with his unique view of musicians themselves, captured two things: INXS’ transition into global music heavyweights as they rode the […]

“I don’t think we tried ever to be anything other than ourselves, we just wanted to play the music we loved."

“It was me. In the split second we see the album cover, I saw it and I got so confused,” says Alexander Burchardt, Michael Hutchence’s replacement in the hit show’s doctored album cover

The INXS guitarist had launched legal action against owners of a Sydney boat hire company following an incident that resulted in the 'career-ending' loss of his finger.