The One Quality About Michael Hutchence that Magnetized the World
“You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while — it’s weird.” — Michael Hutchence
Calling All Nations
Sydney: November 12th, 1988, and I could barely keep myself in check while riding the Illawarra line with some good friends, crooning INXS classics like Need You Tonight and Burn for You. Spirits were high. The air was charged with magic energy. I was en route to spending my first evening with the man Billy Zane described as “the frontman for a nation” — Michael Hutchence and his rocking soulful band INXS.
A friend named Paris organized the tickets and was almost as exotic as the man himself for various reasons:
I. He was older than me and looked like Benicio del Toro in his heyday.
II. He was strangely well-connected for an 18-year-old.
III. I had personally never known any guy before or since named after the European City of Lights.
Bonjour sensualité!
Paris knew someone who knew someone who …. err …. knew another someone who could score us some prime seats for the event held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. After a Kick-ass world tour, INXS was coming home to celebrate their worldwide success complete with a…
