INXS Reportedly Planning To Record New Music & Play Live Together Again Soon
"Yes please."
Amidst talk of two Michael Hutchence documentaries in the works, iconic Aussie outfit INXS are reportedly considering making new music and performing live together again.
As The Daily Telegraph reports, the band's long-time manager Chris Murphy confirmed a joint venture between his label, Petrol Records, and Universal Music will back the plans, which also includes a film, a Broadway musical and an exhibition.
If the band were to write a new album together, it would be the first original offering since 2005's Switch.
When asked if the band were keen to write together again, guitarist Tim Farriss said, "Yes please".
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"I still think Switch was an excellent record," he continued.
"That record showed that the songwriting abilities of [fellow guitarist Andrew Farriss] and the band are still great, not the same, sure, but no less potent, poignant and catchy.
"The song Afterglow for example, is still a major hit that hasn’t happened yet."
There is also speculation that the INXS camp are working towards staging a "fan event" sometime in the future at the Sydney Opera House in support of the annual VIVID festival.
"There is one potential event that I would die to see INXS play at but there is still more work to do on that project before the boys are asked," Murphy said.
Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of Hutchence's death and Farriss believes the Sydney-founded group's music has remained popular with fans because of their resilience.
"I think because we didn’t just lie down and disappear like wounded ducks after the loss of our brother Michael," he said.
"We kept our music alive, in the face of so much criticism and adversity.
"We continued to forge ahead and kept finding ways to continue, as our music never stopped feeling relevant to us, or the audiences.
"I think all the hard work we put in taking it to the whole world has kept the music sounding fresh, exciting and timeless, at least that’s my sincerest hopes."
The news comes only a month after Sydney entrepreneur Ron Creevey and renowned producer Danny Saber announced plans to release their own Hutchence documentary, as well as previously unheard tracks from the late frontman.
"It’s unbelievable some of the things that were lined up and that he was doing right before he died," Saber told theMusic in July.
"It’s really going to blow people away when they find this stuff out…"
The Music has reached out to Universal Music for further comment.
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