Enough already. Keep the memories good. 40 something double-chined fools. No money?
INXS bombs in UK comeback
Wednesday 18 December 2002, 08:30AM
Organisers have been forced to slash ticket prices to INXS's final concert in a depressing end to the Australian band's first tour of Britain since Michael Hutchence's death five years ago.
Fans were offered two tickets for the price of one - STG30 ($A84) - to the final performance at London's Wembley Arena after a string of poor crowds since the tour with Blondie began on December 5.
A combination of high prices, poor sales and indifferent audiences have made INXS's British comeback somewhat of a damp squib.
Hours before Hutchence's father Kel's funeral in Sydney, INXS and new singer Jon Stevens played an at times sombre, often tetchy gig on a rainy Monday night in the English seaside town of Brighton.
"I was really looking forward to coming to Brighton - I've never been here before. Thanks for making me feel so welcome," Stevens quipped to the crowd.
"It's like playing in a lounge room. S**t," he added, looking out at the punters sitting and chatting at the back.
The 4,500-seat Brighton Centre was less than one-third full when INXS began playing at 7.45pm.
"Hello? Anyone?" Stevens said, holding his fingers out in a peace sign and waiting for the crowd to respond. And waiting.
A few loyal fans cheered and danced through the set, which included a new song, Sugar, and old hits like Original Sin, New Sensation, Need You Tonight and Suicide Blonde.
Never Tear Us Apart was dedicated to Hutchence, with film clips and photographs of him projected on to the back wall in an effort damned a week ago by British newspaper The Guardian as "the lowest point in a sick, undignified spectacle".
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INXS bombs in UK comeback
Wednesday 18 December 2002, 08:30AM
Organisers have been forced to slash ticket prices to INXS's final concert in a depressing end to the Australian band's first tour of Britain since Michael Hutchence's death five years ago.
Fans were offered two tickets for the price of one - STG30 ($A84) - to the final performance at London's Wembley Arena after a string of poor crowds since the tour with Blondie began on December 5.
A combination of high prices, poor sales and indifferent audiences have made INXS's British comeback somewhat of a damp squib.
Hours before Hutchence's father Kel's funeral in Sydney, INXS and new singer Jon Stevens played an at times sombre, often tetchy gig on a rainy Monday night in the English seaside town of Brighton.
"I was really looking forward to coming to Brighton - I've never been here before. Thanks for making me feel so welcome," Stevens quipped to the crowd.
"It's like playing in a lounge room. S**t," he added, looking out at the punters sitting and chatting at the back.
The 4,500-seat Brighton Centre was less than one-third full when INXS began playing at 7.45pm.
"Hello? Anyone?" Stevens said, holding his fingers out in a peace sign and waiting for the crowd to respond. And waiting.
A few loyal fans cheered and danced through the set, which included a new song, Sugar, and old hits like Original Sin, New Sensation, Need You Tonight and Suicide Blonde.
Never Tear Us Apart was dedicated to Hutchence, with film clips and photographs of him projected on to the back wall in an effort damned a week ago by British newspaper The Guardian as "the lowest point in a sick, undignified spectacle".
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