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February 1997
February
27, 1997:
Tim Farriss
emailed me a very nice letter yesterday. Some of his words:
"The VH-1
show was our first public performance in something like three years and
I think it was one of our best ever!!!"
"We recorded new versions of 'Stay Young', 'Just Keep Walking', 'In Vain'
and 'Barbarian' while we were in the studio in Capri recording FMDH and
they fucking rock the house!!!!!!!!!!!! We will use them soon I promise."
"Micheal, Kirk and and I just got back to London after a gruelling day
of promotion in Denmark which included two unplugged performances of 'Everything'(a
new song) and 'Heaven Sent', which we had to get up @ 6.00am to sound
check and perform in a Danish toilet at the National Govt. radio station,
cool huh?"
If anyone
taped their unplugged performance, please contact me immediately! I'd
love to get a clip of it up on this site!
In other
news, the Radio 1 Gig on March 1 will take place at the BBC Hippodrome
in Golders Green, London, and not at the Maida Vale studio as earlier
reported.
Finally,
Michael Hutchence is appearing on the Virgin Breakfast show (7 am - 10
am GMT) sometime next week (March 3 - March 7). Remember, you can hear
Virgin Radio UK anywhere in the world using RealAudio - just head on over
to http://virginradio.co.uk/
February
21, 1997:
INXS is performing
a special BBC Radio 1 gig on March 1st at the BBC Maida Vale studios,
which they last played during promotion for the Greatest Hits. The tickets
are free (and are already all gone, I'm sorry to report), with a minimum
donation of 5 pounds required to the Comic Relief fund. For those of you
in the UK not lucky enough to have gotten tickets, Radio 1 will air the
concert on March 16.
February
19, 1997:
Kirk Pengilly
will be interviewed on Thursday the 20th by Station Brussels, the only
alternative radio station in Belgium. If you have any questions for Kirk,
you can send them by clicking here.
In addition,
Studio Brussels tells me that INXS will host a lauchparty for the new
album in Brussels, with an exclusive concert to be held for the world
press.
February
18, 1997:
Rumor has
it that Michael Hutchence will appear on Radio 1 in the UK tomorrow (2/19)
at lunchtime. The legendary station, which can often make or break a single
in the UK, played the band's new single, Elegantly Wasted today!
The transcript
for the SonicNet
chat is now up, though it is quite edited.
February
15, 1997:
INXS appeared
on TFI Friday, a television show in the UK, yesterday and performed their
seminal 80s hit, Need You Tonight. Why the band chose not to perform their
new single Elegantly Wasted is a mystery to me...
February
7, 1997:
The band
did an on-line chat with Firefly yesterday, and another one with SonicNet
this evening. A transcript of the SonicNet chat will be available in about
one week, and will be accessible from this site.
February
6, 1997:
The VH-1
performance will be aired starting February 28. Though previously reported
to be an acoustic performance, I have now learned that it is a "normal"
electric concert.
INXS will
appear on the Late Show With David Letterman on April 15, and The Rosie
O'Donnell show on April 16 to perform their new single, Elegantly Wasted.
The probable
second single is Girl On Fire, but that is not yet definite.
February
3, 1997: (from Mercury Records)
Radio work
date of the single "Elegantly Wasted" is March 10th. This means that March
10th is the date for radio stations to add the song to their regular playlists.
The date is the same for all radio formats: AAA (adult album alternative),
AOR/Active Rock, CHR/Crossover (top 40) and Alternative. March 10th is
also the work date at CMJ for the full album - college stations will have
the whole album on that date.
February
2, 1997:
Firefly:
INXS will
be chatting on February 6 @ 4:30PM EST - band members will answer all
your questions about the band and their new record, Elegantly Wasted.
Just go over
to Firefly's site at http://ffly.com.
You must be a member (you can sign-up for free), so don't forget to do
that before the actual event.
February
1, 1997:
SonicNet:
INXS will
be chatting on February 7 @ 7:30PM EST - Michael Hutchence and Tim Farriss
answer all your questions about the band and their new record, Elegantly
Wasted.
Logging on
is easy. Point your IRC client to irc.sonicnet.com OR go to SonicNet's
Chat Central (http://sonicnet.com/sonicore/chat) for more information.
You can download Global
Chat software directly from httpglobalchat.com
Email Andrea
Goldstein if you have any questions!
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