They came, they sang, they left. No biggie. Most of their new songs were foreign to me. The crowd was at most 4000. The concert was calendared to start at 8:30 but we arrived there at 8:45pm in typical Malaysian fashion. The opening act - whoever they were - sucked!! Local artistes just don’t cut it for me. This band exemplified the ultimate lameness - they sang approx 10 songs, and got us all yawning. Pity though, this crowd didn’t boo them off the stage although we did, like how I recalled during THAT Bon Jovi concert in 1995, where local act Lost Souls was intimidatedly booed to get lost. I still every now and then cruelly remind the lead singer of the Lost Souls every other weekend - as the dude now plays in a 3-piece band called SWV - at Waikiki’s, usually on Saturdays. :-) INXS showed up at 9:45pm, and the concert ended 2 hours later. JD Fortune looked like an anorectic druggy. But, to be fair to him, I’m sure that it’s been a rollercoaster ride since he won ROCKSTAR. Concerts after concerts. He queerly gyrated throughout the concert and lacked the charisma to gee up the ho-hum Malaysian crowd. I give him 3 years before he proclaims to the world that he’s homo. Let’s face it, these guys, no matter how kickass JD Fortune’s vocalization was, and how instrumentally salutary they were, their songs are nowhere near as attention-getting as Bon Jovi’s. If you haven’t been to a Bon Jovi concert, you’re missing out - Jon Bon Jovi ALWAYS interacts with the crowd - a quality of a true entertainer. The best concert however, goes to Michael Jackson (1996). :-)Notice how I keep divagating from INXS? Well, there’s truly nothing to write about. I’m disappointed that they didn’t sing “THE STRANGEST PARTY”, though they sang “SUICIDE BLONDE”, 2 of my favorite INXS songs. 6/10 INXS - Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, Need You Tonight, Suicide Blonde, Elegantly Wasted, Afterglow, Pretty Vegas, The Strangest Party 

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, Need You Tonight, Suicide Blonde, Elegantly Wasted, Afterglow, Pretty Vegas, The Strangest Party 

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