INXS to tour

INXS has announced the first set of North American summer concert dates on “The Original Sin Tour.” The band will kick off the tour in Canada on July 3rd, with their first U.S. show slated for July 17th. Their Los Angeles performance will take place at The Wiltern on July 22nd. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 3 at 10 AM and can be purchased at LiveNation.com, at select Live Nation and Ticketmaster retail outlets and via Charge-By-Phone (800)745-3000.

INXS recently appeared with Pat Monahan (Train) as the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last Friday, May 27th. They performed the newly revamped version of the classic INXS song “Beautiful Girl” from their new studio album Original Sin. View an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of Monahan in the studio with INXS recording the track on YouTube.

The album’s first single, “Original Sin” featuring Rob Thomas and DJ Yaleidys, has officially topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart and is the #3 Most Added track at college radio. “Original Sin” featuring Rob Thomas and DJ Yaleidys is the band’s first ever number one Billboard dance single, with the original version of “Original Sin” peaking at #17 on the Billboard dance chart in 1984. Check out an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of Thomas and Yaleidys in the studio with INXS recording the track, on YouTube.

Hailed by critics as a “rewarding collision of nostalgia and modernism” and a “cleverly and lovingly assembled collection,” Original Sin, an ambitious album project two years in the making, teams the band with musicians from around the globe, from superstars like Ben Harper, Pat Monahan, Rob Thomas, Tricky, and Nikka Costa to up and comer DJ Yaleidys of Cuba, to reinterpret and revitalize their own classics for a whole new generation.

One of the most notable and successful rock bands of all time, INXS has sold over 35 million albums worldwide with the group’s music remaining in constant radio rotation and in DJ sets nightly across the globe. To this day, the group’s multi-platinum landmark albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X are all widely regarded as music collection staples. Huge chart-topping hit singles including “What You Need,” “Need You Tonight,” “Devil Inside,” “Never Tear Us Apart,” “New Sensation” and “Suicide Blonde” have been featured in numerous films, advertising campaigns and video games, earning the band countless accolades and awards around the world, including several Grammy nominations, and is the driving force behind selling over 15 million albums in the U.S. alone. With a career spanning three decades, first as the Farriss Brothers, then as INXS, brothers Tim, Jon, and Andrew Farriss, along with Kirk Pengilly and Garry Gary Beers have created some of the most enduring music in rock.



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