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Dennis Farriss, the father of the INXS Farris brothers Jon, Tim and Andrew, died on November 10 at age 87.

Kylie Minogue is dedicating a part of her Kiss Me Once tour to former boyfriend Michael Hutchence.

INXS played 2,145 gigs during their career in front of 30 million people in 49 countries and it all started from humble beginnings in Sydney, Australia.

Duran Duran are back in the studio working on new music with Nile Rodgers.

INXS barely hold onto the No.1 spot for a seventh week with the collection “The Very Best”, whilst the band is one of three Aussie acts within the top four selling albums this week.

INXS maintain a sixth non-consecutive week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart with their compilation set “The Very Best of”, which is helped by the recent release of the TV mini-series on DVD and Blu-Ray.

INXS take back the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart with their now five week running collection “The Very Best”, which becomes the first album this year to retake the top spot, and the first since Michael Buble’s “Christmas” did so in mid December of 2013.

London Grammar have covered INXS ‘Devil Inside’ for the TV series ‘Game of Thrones’.

Pharrell Williams’ shows last week at Future Music Festival and his many media interviews around the country seem to have cemented him at the top of the Australian charts for a possible tenth week with his infectious track “Happy”.

INXS score a fourth week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with the collection “The Very Best”, and in the process the album becomes the longest running No.1 album for 2014.

INXS hold for a third week at No.1 with their “Very Best of” collection, becoming their second longest running chart-topping album behind “The Swing” (TW-34) which stayed atop for five weeks from April 1984.

INXS should have the number one and two album again this week based on sales for the first half of this week.

INXS have sunk to a new low by coming across as disloyal backstabbers to the memory of their late singer Michael Hutchence.

INXS played their last concert with Michael Hutchence at the Star Lake Amphitheater in Burgettstown, PA on September 27, 1997. Less than two months later, Hutchence was dead.

INXS is the biggest band in the land at the moment with thanks to their questionable TV movie ‘Never Tear Us Apart’.

INXS stay put at No.1 with their compilation “The Very Best”, as the second part of the mini-series ‘INXS: Never Tear us Apart’ screened last Sunday night on Channel 7.

Bruce Springsteen’s first Sydney concert on Wednesday night was a Australian Oz Rock classic feast with covers from The Easybeats, INXS as well as his previously recorded Saints cover and a Johnny O’Keefe classic.

INXS look like having the number one album again this week with thanks to the Never Tear Us Apart TV documentary.

INXS climb to the No.1 spot with their compilation “The Very Best”, which hits the chart pinnacle in its 77th week within the Top 100, the longest climb to the top on the ARIA Albums chart, ever!

New Releases for week commencing Friday 14th February, 2014 (unless otherwise noted below).

The INXS mini-series aired its first half last Sunday night to 2 million+ viewers, which has stimulated most of their albums this week, plus their current No.45 single “Never Tear us Apart” could leap into the higher end of the Top 30 this weekend.

Katy Perry ‘Prism’ is set to debut at number one this week on the Australian chart.

The promo for ‘Never Tear Us Apart’, the Seven Network’s Michael Hutchence biopic disguised as the INXS story, has been released.

Glenn Shorrock, Catherine Britt and Casey Donovan are just some of the stars coming together to perform for A Night At The Rock Opera to benefit the YWCA, New South Wales.

The Young family, featuring Angus and Malcolm of AC/DC and George Young of The Easybeats and Flash & The Pan, is Australia’s 48th richest family.

Luke Arnold of Winners & Losers has been cast as Michael Hutchence for the INXS mini-series ‘Never Tear Us Apart’.

International supergroup The Dead Daisies will perform across the USA as part of the Uproar Festival, which also features Alice In Chains and Jane’s Addiction.