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 PartyÂ
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 PartyÂ
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, Need You Tonight, Suicide Blonde, Elegantly Wasted, Afterglow, Pretty Vegas, The Strangest PartyÂ
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August 20th, 2006 at 7:06pm
even my friend said it wasnt exactly that worth it. I think I had more fun at the wedding the other nite
August 20th, 2006 at 9:16pm
Oh dear! JD Fortune looked like an anorectic druggy?
How disappointing!
Btw, didn’t they sing “Afterglow”?
August 20th, 2006 at 10:29pm
oh, i didnt miss anything then? =)
August 20th, 2006 at 11:32pm
lex Well, if I was a big INXS fan, then yes. Also, the ridiculously expensive ticket (RM380) in front of the stage area didn’t help, else I would’ve been bouncing there.
jemima He certainly did. My friend, who has a huge crush on JD, was kinda disappointed w his “new” look. She even mentioned that his gyrating was kinda gay - OTT. Yes, they sang Afterglow.
larawannabe Nope. And the reason I went was mainly because of the lack of international concerts in Malaysia. But, I probably would’ve enjoyed it if I was in front of the stage, like how I was at the Scorpions concert in 1996.
August 21st, 2006 at 11:10am
I stopped listening to INXS the day Michael Hutchence died.
From the song list you posted, I don’t see “Orignal Sin” which is one of the better INXS songs from the 1980s.
Whatever Fortune can do, he can never recapture INXS’spirit, which is Michael Hutchence, nothing else.
Now where can I get CDs for Cold Chisel?
August 21st, 2006 at 5:24pm
wombat I don’t really listen to INXS. Of course JD Fortune can never emulate Hutchence, but he brings a different dimension to INXS, and swooning girl fans too which help to drive sales…
August 21st, 2006 at 9:29pm
Awww what a shame.
btw I just watched INXS mtv…JD fortune is ABIT cun only.
August 21st, 2006 at 11:10pm
che-cheh Well, he’s much thinner than the music videos. Looks like he’s burnt out.
May 20th, 2007 at 5:07pm
whatever you want to say.. i LOve Him..
January 12th, 2008 at 7:50am
Inxs is now irrelevant. They died the day Michael Hutchence died. They have degraded themselves with a reality tv contest show and a chosen winner who is nothing but thinks he is bigger than elvis. Now their branded new singer is going solo and basically left those fawning band members lost and unable to do anything musically because they turned their backs on all others and put all their eggs in one basket yeah the one with egghead jd ruling over them. He kicked their asses and showed them whose the boss and they can’t do anything about it except wait around with baited breath to see if he gives them the time of day. Many of their former friends have got their number now and see their true colors and no it’s not pretty when jd leaves those pathetic guys with no place to go.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:53am
Hate this ridiculous supposed new inxs. There once was a band inxs but it died when the amzing michael hutchence died. What the surviving members did was as desperate and vulgar as you can get. Reality tv contest. Winner elvis impersonator. Tour with new songs? Nope. Michaels lyrics sung by an idiot aper wanting to be michael. This is a trainwreck of a supposed band with all the oldie members and then this garbage of a singer whose biggest fan is himself. The band members are no friends of michael and will never reach the level of friendship like bono nick cave jimmy barnes chris murphy simon le bon and so many others who still honor michael. They love themselves so much they surpassed the tall poppy syndrome when they hired that joke ass kisser to sing.