93-474: Macquarie Trio is an Australian chamber music ensemble. They received nominations for the 1996 and 2001 ARIA Awards for Best Classical Album with their album Beethoven Piano Trios and Schubert: Complete Piano Trios . The Trio has commissioned works by Nigel Westlake and Elena Kats-Chernin . The Trio disbanded in 2006 after the Macquarie University withdrew their funding. The ARIA Music Awards
186-527: A 2017 article by Paul Donoughue of ABC.net.au, it "solidified [INXS's] place in pop history". On 28 March 1992, INXS performed at the controversial Concert for Life at Centennial Park in Sydney (a fundraiser for the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Centre), and other performers included Crowded House , Yothu Yindi , Jenny Morris , Diesel , Ratcat , and Def FX . Due to inclement weather,
279-662: A backing vocalist with the band), and Hutchence featuring in Richard Lowenstein 's second feature film Dogs in Space . Lowenstein had previously made the video clip for " Dancing on the Jetty ". While a song from the movie, "Rooms for the Memory", written by Ollie Olsen , with vocals by Hutchence charted, the movie was received well by critics but was not a commercial success. Beginning in May 1986,
372-417: A concert with singers Suze DeMarchi and Jon Stevens sharing the spotlight. DeMarchi was reportedly offered the role of permanent singer in the band. The former lead singer of Australian band Noiseworks , Jon Stevens began singing with INXS on a regular basis. INXS played as one of the headline acts at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and then toured through South America and Europe. Stevens was officially named
465-438: A concert. The concert was filmed and later released on a home video entitled Living INXS ; an edited version of the concert was played on MTV in the U.S. in 1985 on its Saturday night concert series. INXS toured North America, Europe, and New Zealand from November 1985 to February 1986. Next the band took a two-month break, with Andrew Farriss writing and producing "You're Gonna Get Hurt" for Jenny Morris (who had previously been
558-638: A continual presence in the northern hemisphere. The band remained on the road in the US for most of the year, including support for Men at Work and by mid-1983 were headlining venues such as The Ritz in New York. After a performance in Toronto the band was approached by producer Nile Rodgers ; by September 1983, the band had recorded " Original Sin " (originally entitled "Brand New Day") at New York's Power Station Studios. Three tracks from Shabooh Shoobah were featured in
651-472: A major recording contract he was negotiating for the band. In an interview with Sun Media published on 6 March 2009, J.D. Fortune clarified his claim that he had been fired at an airport. After returning to Canada from Hong Kong, Fortune believed there were still two more legs of the INXS 2007 tour to complete. When the rest of the tour was cancelled and the band did not return his calls for 10 months, he believed he
744-529: A member of INXS in 2002, and the band started recording new material in November. He left the band in October 2003 to pursue a solo career, and only recorded a contractual obligation song called " I Get Up ". INXS returned to the news in 2004 when it was announced that a new reality television program titled Rock Star: INXS would feature a contest to find a new lead vocalist for the band. The show, which debuted on
837-546: A music site, Rocknerd, allowing public votes, before being removed from voting two days later. The 2007 ARIA Awards telecast was marred by controversy after it was revealed by the ABC 's Media Watch programme that Network Ten had used subliminal advertising during the course of the broadcast, which under the Australian Media and Broadcasting rules is illegal. Network Ten disputed the finding; however, their basis for defence
930-757: A nearby high school, Forest High School . In 1977, Tim Farriss , Andrew's older brother, invited Andrew, Hutchence and Beers to join him and his schoolmate Kirk Pengilly . Tim and Pengilly had been playing together since 1971 as either an acoustic duo, Kirk and Tim, or as a four-piece band called Guinness (named after their bass player's dog). Together with younger brother Jon Farriss they formed "The Farriss Brothers", who consisted of Garry Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar, Michael Hutchence on lead vocals and Kirk Pengilly on guitar and saxophone. The band made their debut on 16 August 1977 at Whale Beach , 40 km (25 mi) north of Sydney. The parents of
1023-583: A performance on 10 July 2010 at Townsville , Queensland and also on 16 July 2010 in Broome, Western Australia . During a radio interview with Kirk Pengilly and J.D. Fortune in July 2010 just before the Broome concert, Pengilly confirmed that Fortune had returned as the band's permanent singer. In August 2010, Petrol Records issued Australian radio stations with a one-track promo "Never Tear Us Apart" featuring Ben Harper on vocals,
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#17328981354661116-593: A preview from the upcoming INXS Michael Hutchence tribute album Original Sin . On 25 September 2010, the band performed before the 2010 AFL Grand Final . On 19 October 2010, it was announced in the Courier Mail that INXS, fronted by J.D. Fortune, would tour as part of the A Day on the Green winery concerts in February." The band recorded an album in memory of Michael Hutchence titled Original Sin . Released in November 2010,
1209-611: A pub in Narrabeen on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Tim was approached by Gary Morris who was the manager of Midnight Oil . The band began to regularly support Midnight Oil and other local bands. Morris advised that a member of the Oils crew had come up with a new name and suggested they change it to INXS. The name INXS was inspired by English band XTC and Australian jam makers IXL . Pengilly later explained that Morris
1302-487: A reality television series that culminated in the selection of Canadian J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer. Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Gribbin replaced Fortune as lead singer in 2011. During a concert on 11 November 2012, INXS stated that the performance would be their last, although they did not announce the band's permanent retirement. INXS has won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards, including three for "Best Group" in 1987, 1989 and 1992;
1395-469: A scheme whereby the ARIA Awards would be funded by individual record companies buying tickets for a dinner." Rix and his group approached ARIA board members, Paul Turner (also managing director of WEA) and Brian Smith (BMG's managing director) then-chairperson of ARIA. After several months of arguing for the change, Rix was appointed chair of "a committee to convene the inaugural ARIA Awards". Starting with
1488-452: A side project, Max Q , the two had previously worked together on Lowenstein's film Dogs in Space . The rest of the band also took a break to work on side projects, but soon returned to the studio to record their follow-up album to Kick . In October 1990, INXS released X which was produced by Chris Thomas. The album peaked at No. 3 in Australia, No. 5 in the US, No. 2 in
1581-539: A significant impact in Australia or around the world". The first ceremony, in 1987, featured Elton John as the compere and was held at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel, Sydney. There were no live performances at the early ARIAs, music for both walk on/walk off was supplied by a nightclub dj, Rick Powell. All subsequent ceremonies were held in Sydney except the 1992 event at World Congress Centre, Melbourne . For 2010 , ARIA introduced public voted awards for
1674-465: A sold-out audience of 74,000 fans. This performance was recorded and filmed to become Live Baby Live , a live album that was released in November 1991 and peaked in the Top 30 in the Australia and UK album charts. The album had less success on The Billboard 200. A video version of the album was also released under the same title. This concert was the band's most well-attended show of all time; according to
1767-482: A statement on their website saying "Due to ongoing medical issues with Garry Beers' hand, the band's doctor has urged the band to not play more than three shows in a row or risk permanent damage to Garry's hand." The band signed with Petrol Electric Records in December 2008, reuniting them with former manager Chris Murphy. On 16 February 2009, J.D. Fortune told Entertainment Tonight Canada that INXS had let him go from
1860-446: A talent manager Peter Rix and three record company executives Brian Harris, Peter Ikin and Gil Robert. Rix summarised the outcome, "the industry deserved a peer-voting Awards night and it needed to be sanctioned by" ARIA. Its "primary purpose was to strive for some sort of objective overview of excellence in recording." Rather than the ARIA board pay the entire cost of the event, "we cooked up
1953-578: A year, and then only made a few one-off performances with different guest singers until 2000. On 14 November 1998, they played at the Mushroom 25 Concert with Jimmy Barnes fronting for two songs: "The Loved One" and "Good Times". On 12 June 1999, they headlined the opening of Stadium Australia in Sydney, with US singer-songwriter Terence Trent D'Arby and Russell Hitchcock as guest vocalists, they performed "New Sensation", "Kick", "Never Tear Us Apart" and "What You Need". In December 2000, INXS performed
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#17328981354662046-454: Is a tall triangular pyramid made of solid stainless steel. The 1987–1989 trophies were designed by Philip Mortlock, while the 1990 design was by Mark Denning. The Channel V award which is V-shaped, and silver, or in the case of the award of 2008, red. As from 2005, The Hall of Fame trophy, from the Denning design, was golden coloured metal with ARIA printed in black near the base on two sides, on
2139-450: Is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music . They commenced in 1987. ARIA Awards Gela Struggler The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards , ARIA Awards , or simply the ARIAs ) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating
2232-414: Is it an event staged for the musicians and the people there, or is it for a TV audience?", while Daily Telegraph ' s Kathy McCabe felt the "underlying problem with the past two years' telecasts is they have tried to be all things to all people and do way too much" and advised that ARIA should get "professionals to do the job professionally, give them ample time to rehearse and allow them to protest when
2325-552: The ARIA Charts , its highest position. In October 1995 singer-songwriter Tina Arena became the first woman to win Album of the Year for Don't Ask (1994) and Song of the Year for " Chains ". Before the ceremony the album had achieved 3× platinum (for shipment of 210,000 copies) and by year's end it was 8× platinum (560,000 copies) and had topped the end of year albums chart . In 1983,
2418-856: The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) was established by the six major record companies then operating in Australia, EMI , Festival Records , CBS (now known as Sony Music ), RCA (now known as BMG ), WEA (now known as Warner Music ) and PolyGram (now known as Universal) replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It later included smaller record companies representing independent acts/labels and has over 100 members. Australian TV pop music show Countdown presented its own annual awards ceremony, Countdown Music and Video Awards , which were co-produced by Carolyn James (also known as Carolyn Bailey) from 1981 to 1984 and, in
2511-520: The Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The event has been held annually since 1987 and encompasses the general genre-specific and popular awards (these are what is usually being referred to as "the ARIA awards") as well as Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards (held separately from 2004 ), Achievement Awards and ARIA Hall of Fame – the latter were held separately from 2005 to 2010 but returned to
2604-572: The CBS network on 11 July 2005, featured 15 contestants vying for the position of lead singer. The show was executive produced by Survivor ' s Mark Burnett and hosted by Brooke Burke and Jane's Addiction and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro . On 20 September 2005, J.D. Fortune won the eleven-week competition, which culminated in his singing the Rolling Stones 's " You Can't Always Get What You Want " and INXS' "What You Need" in
2697-614: The 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards ceremony. They performed " Burn for You ", dressed in Akubras (hats) and Drizabones (outdoor coats/oilskin jackets). The band performed five songs for the July 1985 Oz for Africa concert, in conjunction with the Live Aid benefit. Two INXS songs, " What You Need " and " Don't Change ", were also in the BBC broadcast and are contained on Live Aid 's four DVD boxed set released in 2004. Listen Like Thieves
2790-599: The 2005 official autobiography, Atlantic Records was not happy with the result; the label offered the band $ 1 million to go back to Australia and record another album, but the band declined. Despite Atlantic's protests, Kick was released in October 1987 and provided the band with worldwide popularity. The album peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 3 on the US Billboard 200, No. 9 in UK, and No. 15 in Austria. It
2883-458: The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers , main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss , drummer Jon Farriss , guitarist Tim Farriss , lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence , and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly . For 20 years, INXS was fronted by Hutchence, whose magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of
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2976-561: The Farriss boys relocated to Perth , Western Australia in 1978, taking Jon to continue his schooling and as soon as Hutchence and Andrew finished school, the rest of the band followed. They briefly performed as The Vegetables, singing "We Are the Vegetables", before returning to Sydney ten months later, where they recorded a set of demos. At a chance meeting in the car park of the Royal Antler,
3069-529: The Oz pub circuit. Murphy was an adept business manager and negotiator and by early 1980 the band had signed a five-album record deal with a Sydney independent label, Deluxe Records, run by Michael Browning, a former manager of AC/DC . INXS released their first single, " Simple Simon "/" We Are the Vegetables ", in Australia and France in May 1980. The single had its debut TV performance on Simon Townsend's Wonder World . Their self-titled debut album, INXS ,
3162-579: The Top 20. The success of the single led to Clapton and the band returning to Studios 301 between July and August 1981 to create an album. In October 1981, their second album Underneath the Colours was released and became a hit in Australia peaking at No. 15. Soon after recording sessions had finished, band members started work on outside projects. Beers, Jon and Andrew Farriss played on Clapton's solo album, The Great Escape . Hutchence recorded "Speed Kills", written by Don Walker of Cold Chisel for
3255-539: The Top 50 in the US. The title track featured The Pretenders ' Chrissie Hynde , and another track--"Please (You Got That)"—featured Ray Charles . The band made a full video album for the record using unknown Australian students to direct with help from Richard Lowenstein . Full Moon, Dirty Hearts received mixed reviews, and was the last record under INXS' contract with Atlantic in the States. The band took time off to rest and be with their families, while Hutchence remained in
3348-591: The UK charts. The British press dismissed the album, with New Musical Express calling the band 'INX-cusable' and a reviewer declaring Listen Like Thieves to be a 'complete and utter turkey'. In the United States, however, Rolling Stone wrote, "INXS rocks with passion and seals the deal with a backbeat that'll blackmail your feet." In August 1985, INXS toured ahead of the release of Listen Like Thieves , touring South America before returning to Melbourne to play for Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales at
3441-714: The UK, No. 5 in Switzerland and No. 10 in Sweden. It followed in the same vein as Kick , and added harmonica to some songs. X scored hits with " Suicide Blonde " and " Disappear " (both Top 10 in the US). "Suicide Blonde" peaked at No. 2 in Australia, No. 11 in the UK and in Switzerland. Other singles from X were " Bitter Tears " and " By My Side ", which had less chart success. INXS performed at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1991, during their "Summer XS" tour stop in London to
3534-468: The UK, the US and Australia. By December 1984, The Swing had gone double platinum , making it one of the five biggest domestic albums in the history of Australian music at the time. In March 1985, the band returned to Sydney's Rhinoceros Studios and recorded the Listen Like Thieves album along with producer Chris Thomas ( Sex Pistols , Pink Floyd , The Pretenders , Elton John ). As the band
3627-481: The US (peaking at No. 16). Singles from the album included " Taste It " and " Baby Don't Cry ", which were Top 20 successes in UK but had less success in US and Australian markets. Full Moon, Dirty Hearts , produced by Opitz, was released in November 1993 and peaked at No. 3 on the UK charts, No. 4 in Australia, No. 8 in Sweden, No. 9 in Switzerland, No. 14 in Norway; it did not reach
3720-531: The United Kingdom and USA, with a view to selecting a suitable producer, only to find that no one they wanted was available and that most people advised them that Opitz's work on their single was as good as they could wish for. To complete the band's contract with DeLuxe Records, INXS produced their first compilation album, INXSIVE , released in early 1982 for the Australian market only, featuring highlights from
3813-580: The United States via Epic Records . The band's new line-up started a world tour in support of Switch in January 2006. In September 2006, INXS and Epic Records parted ways. The band then performed at the 2006 NRL Grand Final . INXS toured Australia and New Zealand in March 2007, with Simple Minds and support band Arrested Development . After the cancellation of a 31 August 2007 show in Cleveland , Ohio, INXS placed
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3906-503: The academy. The only artists eligible to vote are winners and nominees from the previous year's awards. The ARIA Awards are given in four fields: ARIA Awards (for general and genre categories), Fine Arts, Artisan and Public Vote. With the exception of the Public Vote field, all award winners and nominees are determined by either a "voting academy" or a "judging school"; the nominees for the public voted categories are determined by ARIA with
3999-469: The album Original Sin . The band released a demo of a song, called "Tiny Summer" in streaming format on their official website in September 2011; they also announced that J.D. Fortune had again left the band and Northern Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Gribbin was the band's frontman for their forthcoming tour of Australia, South America, and Europe in November and December 2011. On 6 October 2012, INXS were
4092-546: The album featured well-known singers from Australia and around the world, including Ben Harper , Patrick Monahan , and Rob Thomas . In March 2011, INXS confirmed they would return to the UK and headlining with support from New Zealand band Shihad for an outdoor event called Southern Sounds on Clapham Common, London on Saturday 11 June. The event was an all-Australian, New Zealand and South African celebration lineup, with INXS fronted by J.D. Fortune . INXS toured extensively throughout 2011 with singer J.D. Fortune to support
4185-465: The band developed their status as a live act. In 1981, they signed Gary Grant as their tour manager, who then became co-manager a year later. Between touring commitments, the band released their third single in May 1981, " The Loved One ", which was a cover of a 1966 song by Australian group The Loved Ones . The song was recorded at Studios 301 in Sydney ; it was produced by Richard Clapton and peaked in
4278-534: The band performed 32 European shows (including support for Queen at their Live at Wembley '86 concert on 12 July), 42 U.S. shows, and 12 Australian shows. America's influential Musician magazine called INXS "the best live band in the world." While on an eight-month break before beginning work on a new album, Murphy, their manager, decided to stage a series of major outdoor concerts across Australia, featuring INXS, Jimmy Barnes , Models , Divinyls , Mental as Anything , The Triffids and I'm Talking . To promote
4371-530: The band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001. INXS has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, making them one of Australia's highest selling music acts of all time. The origins of the band began with Andrew Farriss convincing his fellow Davidson High School classmate, Michael Hutchence , to join his band, Doctor Dolphin. The band contained two further classmates, Kent Kerny and Neil Sanders, as well as Garry Beers and Geoff Kennely, both from
4464-453: The band with a shake of the hand at an airport in Hong Kong. On 23 February 2009, Chris Murphy, INXS creative director and global business strategist and former manager, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph , said J.D. was not sacked and, in fact, "the band made it known to him that they had not ruled out seeing a return by Fortune." He also stated J.D. was next on his list to call regarding
4557-661: The band's first two studio albums, related B-sides, and two non-album singles. In mid-1982 they began recording at Rhinoceros Studios with Opitz. In October 1982, Shabooh Shoobah was released internationally on Atlantic/Atco Records, peaking at No. 52 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 46 on the Hot Pop Albums chart. In Australia it peaked at No. 5 and remained in the albums charts for 94 weeks. The single "The One Thing" brought them their first Top 30 hit in United States peaking at No. 30 on 28 May 1983, It
4650-861: The band. Initially known for their new wave /pop style, the band later developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements. In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with " Original Sin ". The band achieved international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves , Kick , and X , and the singles " What You Need ", " Need You Tonight " (the band's only US number-one single), " Devil Inside ", " Never Tear Us Apart ", " Suicide Blonde " and " New Sensation ". After Hutchence's death on 22 November 1997, INXS made appearances with several guest singers, and toured and recorded with Jon Stevens as lead singer, beginning in 2000. In 2005, members of INXS participated in Rock Star: INXS ,
4743-447: The category's inception, as from 1988 except 2000 and 2021 (no inductees), ARIA Outstanding Achievement Awards (periodically, first in 1988 ), ARIA Special Achievement Awards (periodically, first awarded in 1989 ), ARIA Lifetime Achievement Awards (periodically, first awarded in 1991 ) and ARIA Icon Awards (first in 2013 ). Originally artists were inducted into the Hall of Fame at
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#17328981354664836-916: The ceremony on 26 November 2009, its digital channel, GO! , aired the 2011 ARIA Music Awards on 27 November 2011. In 2023, the ceremony will air live on Stan with a delayed broadcast on Nine Network and YouTube . At the 1988 ceremony a fracas developed between band manager, Gary Morris, accepting awards for Midnight Oil , and former Countdown compere, Ian "Molly" Meldrum , who was presenting. They conflicted over visiting United Kingdom artist, Bryan Ferry , who had also presented an award. Morris objected to Ferry's presence and insulted him, Meldrum defended Ferry and then scuffled with Morris. Also in that year Midnight Oil were nominated for Best Indigenous Record for Diesel and Dust despite having no Indigenous members. Morris objected to that decision by ARIA, "an Indigenous Award should go to an indigenous band." In 1995 electronic music group, Itch-E and Scratch-E , won
4929-472: The discretion of the ARIA Board. Genre categories are judged by "voting schools" that consist of 40–100 representatives from that genre. The remaining generalist categories are the "voting academy", which, in 2009, consisted of 1106 representatives from across the music industry. Members of the academy are kept secret. Membership is by invitation only. An individual record company may have up to eight members on
5022-505: The expected attendance of 100,000 never came through, and the event only raised $ 500,000. Welcome to Wherever You Are , produced by Mark Opitz and released in August 1992, was an experimental album using sitars and a 60-piece orchestra while adding a more "raw" sound. It received good critical reviews reaching No. 1 in the UK and in Sweden; No. 2 in Australia and Switzerland, and No. 3 in Norway, but had less chart success in
5115-512: The fans of Uncanny X-Men, "screeching dismay and derision every time their heroes were denied a prize. Finally, when INXS were announced Best Group and Michael Hutchence walked towards the stage, X-Men fans unfurled a 2-metre banner reading: '@*l! OFF POCK FACE'". After that ceremony ARIA withdrew their support for the Countdown awards. Meanwhile, four music industry representatives had met in Sydney:
5208-598: The finale to become the new lead singer of INXS. With Fortune as lead singer, INXS released the single "Pretty Vegas" on 4 October 2005. The single reached No. 5 on the iTunes Store ranking of daily most downloaded songs on its first day. It peaked at No. 9 in Australia and No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a huge radio airplay hit in Fortune's native Canada. On 29 November 2005, Switch —the band's first album with Fortune as lead singer—was released in
5301-497: The first ceremony, on 2 March 1987, ARIA administered its own entirely peer-voted ARIA Music Awards, to "recognise excellence and innovation in all genres of Australian music" with an annual ceremony. Initially included in the same awards ceremonies, it established the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1988, it held separate annual ceremonies from 2005 to 2010, the Hall of Fame returned to the general ceremony in 2011. The ARIA Hall of Fame "honours Australian musicians' achievements [that] have had
5394-495: The first time. Winning, or even being nominated for, an ARIA award results in a lot of media attention and publicity on an artist, and may increase recording sales several-fold, as well as chart significance – in 2005 , for example, after Ben Lee won three awards, his album Awake Is the New Sleep jumped from No. 31 to No. 5 in the ARIA Charts , its highest position. The first five ARIA Awards were not televised, at
5487-435: The general ceremony in 2011 . For 2010, ARIA introduced public voted awards for the first time. Winning, or even being nominated for, an ARIA award results in a lot of media attention and publicity on an artist, and usually increases recording sales several-fold, as well as chart significance – in 2005 , for example, after Ben Lee won three awards, his album Awake Is the New Sleep jumped from No. 31 to No. 5 in
5580-491: The headline act at the annual charity ball organised by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondent's Club. During a concert on 11 November 2012 at the newly opened Perth Arena , while supporting Matchbox Twenty , INXS announced that they would no longer be touring. Kirk Pengilly stated that it was appropriate to finish where they had started 35 years earlier. Jon Farriss admitted that he was "getting teary" before
5673-673: The inaugural award for "Best Dance Release" for their single, "Sweetness and Light". Band member, Paul Mac thanked Sydney's ecstasy dealers for their help. One of the sponsors of the awards, that year, was the National Drug Offensive. In 2005 Mac explained that he did not expect to win and so had not prepared a speech. His speech was bleeped for the TV broadcast. During the 2004 voting process, former 3RRR radio DJ Cousin Creep (also known as Craig Barnes), published his user name and password on
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#17328981354665766-451: The latter two years, in collaboration with ARIA. ARIA provided peer voting for some awards, while Countdown provided coupons in the related Countdown Magazine for viewers to vote for populist awards. At the 1985 Countdown awards ceremony, held on 14 April 1986, fans of INXS and Uncanny X-Men scuffled during the broadcast and as a result ARIA decided to hold their own awards. Australian music journalist, Anthony O'Grady , described
5859-451: The performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but that it would be a one-off performance; they added that a vocalist for the upcoming world tour had yet to be announced. The band performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on 24 February 2010 with guest singers J.D. Fortune and Argentine singer Deborah de Corral. On 22 April 2010, INXS announced that Fortune would again front the band for
5952-467: The primary songwriters in the years to follow. The first U.S. single from the album, " This Time ", stalled at No. 81 in late 1985, but the next single, "What You Need"—released there in early 1986—became a top five Billboard hit, bringing INXS its first break-out US success. The single was also a top 20 hit in Canada and reached No. 2 in Australia (September 1985), but only reached No. 51 on
6045-408: The public choosing the winner. In the following tables, all the categories are listed in order of the year they were first given; any box in the "last awarded" column that says "N/A" is a current award. The years are linked to their corresponding ceremony and the ordinal numbers beside the year correspond to the order they were presented. ARIA Hall of Fame inductees have been installed annually from
6138-454: The public eye through modelling and film acting. In 1997, the group released a comeback album titled Elegantly Wasted , which garnered mixed reviews. It fared respectably in Australia (No. 14), Canada (No. 14), France (No. 30), UK (No. 16) (where INXS had more success in the 1990s than in the 1980s), Belgium (No. 7), Switzerland (No. 13), but only No. 41 in US. On 22 November 1997, Michael Hutchence
6231-489: The record companies just sit down at a meeting and decide which one of their acts are going to win this year and all, that sort of thing. It's like a promotion thing." He specifically pointed to Gabriella Cilmi 's winning six trophies in 2008 , "like that girl who won everything... who only had one song. It's a great song but, I mean, I'd rather see a little longevity first... I wish her luck and everything but you just don't, especially with kids that young." The 2010 telecast
6324-458: The same ceremony as the ARIA Awards, in 2005 the inaugural ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame ceremony was held separately with another inductee at the later ARIA Awards ceremony — from 2008 to 2010 the ARIA Hall of Fame ceremony was a stand-alone event with no later inductees. From 2011 the Hall of Fame ceremony was held at the same time as the ARIA Awards. The ARIA award trophy, used since 1990,
6417-628: The single reached no. 1 in Australia (for two weeks in January), Argentina , and France; No. 6 in New Zealand; No. 11 in Canada; No. 23 in Switzerland; No. 31 in the Netherlands ; and No. 58 in the U.S. However, "Original Sin" was largely ignored in the U.K., and INXS would not have any Top 50 chart success in the United Kingdom until the 1985 album Listen Like Thieves . During 1984, INXS toured non-stop, performing across Europe,
6510-475: The song, leading to INXS signing a recording deal in July 1982 with WEA for releases in Australia, South East Asia, Japan, New Zealand, Atco Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records ) for North America, and PolyGram for Europe including the UK. Murphy and the band were not entirely convinced that Opitz could produce an entire album that would attract international interest, so before recording their third album Pengilly, Hutchence, and Andrew Farriss visited
6603-571: The soundtrack for the 1984 film Reckless . The band then travelled to the UK to begin sessions on their fourth album with Nick Launay at the Manor Studios in Oxford . The album The Swing , released in April 1984, received significant attention from around the world, as "Original Sin" became the band's first No. 1 single in Australia and was popular worldwide with fans and reviewers. During 1984,
6696-472: The soundtrack of the film Freedom directed by Scott Hicks . It was his first solo single and was released by WEA in early 1982. In January, INXS toured New Zealand as support act for Cold Chisel . Murphy eventually became convinced their future no longer lay with Deluxe Records. RCA (who distributed Deluxe) had employed music lover Rockin Rod Woods, who had been promoting Eric Clapton, Split Enz and some of
6789-525: The specified period. For bands, at least half the members of the group must meet this requirement. If a recording refers to both an individual and a band (for example, Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males), it must be nominated only the basis of the individual or the band, not mixed or both. Some categories have further requirements as specified below: Sales awards are judged by an independent audit . The Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement awards are awarded at
6882-487: The third side is the award title (ARIA ICONS: HALL OF FAME), awardee name and date printed on a plaque. To see the full article for a particular year, please click on the year link. 1 ^ Rolf Harris was stripped of his induction in 2014 after being convicted for indecent assault. Highest number of awards received by an artist with the number of their nominations: INXS INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as
6975-505: The tour, INXS recorded two songs with Jimmy Barnes of Cold Chisel: The Easybeats cover " Good Times " and "Laying Down the Law" which Barnes co-wrote with Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Hutchence and Pengilly. "Good Times" was used as the theme song for the Australian Made series of concerts in the summer of 1986–1987. It peaked at No. 2 on the Australian charts, and months later
7068-498: The very first award ceremony on 2 March 1987 , the host, Elton John , advised the industry to keep them off television "if you want these Awards to stay fun". In June of that year Countdown still had its own awards ceremony, which was televised, "so there was no thought of going to TV." The first televised ARIA Awards ceremony occurred in 1992, all subsequent ceremonies were televised. They were broadcast on Network Ten from 2002 to 2008 and returned in 2010. Nine Network aired
7161-485: The video for "Need You Tonight") replicated the format of Bob Dylan's video for " Subterranean Homesick Blues ", even in its use of apparently deliberate errors. In September 1988, the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" winning in 5 categories. Kick was, by far, INXS's best-selling album of all time. During 1989, Hutchence collaborated with Ian "Ollie" Olsen on
7254-428: The words just don't work". In 2011 Dallas Crane 's vocalist and guitarist, Dave Larkin hoped for improvement from ARIA and the telecast, "[s]o gross was last year's 'stubby-on-the-opera-house-steps' screaming match, that it still burns a brutal reflux just thinking what horrible depths our embattled industry and its unfortunate viewership plummeted to on that grievous evening of small screen hell" and felt their main flaw
7347-504: The world's biggest acts. Woods was passionate about the band and brought key music people along to their gigs. He encouraged RCA to sign them worldwide because Murphy had played him some demos. Deluxe had been unable to attract international interest so the band decided to record a new song, " The One Thing " at their own expense, with Mark Opitz at Paradise Studios. The song turned out so well that Murphy hired Opitz to produce three more songs. Murphy approached WEA Australia with copies of
7440-624: Was also a Top 20 hit in Canada, and peaked at No. 14 in Australia on 23 August 1982. "One Thing" was their first video to air on the fledgling MTV and significantly added to the ultimate success of the single. 13 February 1983, saw INXS play the Stop The Drop nuclear disarmament concert to 14,000 at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne , alongside Midnight Oil , Colin Hay , Redgum and Goanna . It
7533-459: Was an upbeat, confident album that yielded four Top 10 US singles: No. 1 single " Need You Tonight ", " Devil Inside ", " New Sensation ", and " Never Tear Us Apart ". "Need You Tonight" peaked No. 2 on the UK charts, No. 3 in Australia, and No. 10 in France. The band toured heavily behind the album throughout 1987 and 1988. The video for the 1987 INXS track "Mediate" (which played after
7626-478: Was criticised by Media Watch , demonstrating an ignorance of the rules. Tony Cohen , a record producer and audio engineer for Nick Cave and the Cruel Sea , who won three Artisan Awards in mid-1990s, described the ARIA Board's determination of general award winners, "I find them a bit hypocritical those ARIAs. I mean, the awards for the technical people are quite honest but the ones for the actual artists, basically
7719-460: Was criticised in media reports: Crikey 's Neil Walker decried the "infamously shambolic Sydney Opera House fiasco", The Punch 's Rebekah Devlin speculated on it being the worst ever telecast, "it felt like we'd stumbled into some raging A-list party and we definitely weren't invited [...] Guests who were there said it was a great night, but it reignites the debate of what the Arias are actually all about…
7812-486: Was featured in the Joel Schumacher film The Lost Boys and its soundtrack , allowing it to peak at No. 47 in the US on 1 August 1987. After the success of "What You Need" and Listen Like Thieves , the band knew their new material would have to be even better and wanted every song on the album to be good enough to be a single. They recorded Kick in Sydney and Paris, produced by Chris Thomas. According to
7905-484: Was finishing the recording sessions, Thomas stated that the album was not good enough and still had no "killer" track. Andrew produced a demo tape of a funk song he had been working on called "Funk Song No. 13" and evolved it into " What You Need ". While the band was recording, WEA released Dekadance , a limited edition 12" Vinyl and cassette only EP of INXS remixes from their albums The Swing and Shabooh Shoobah . On 19 May 1985, INXS won seven awards at
7998-437: Was found dead in his Sydney Ritz-Carlton hotel room. On 6 February 1998, New South Wales State Coroner Derrick Hand presented his report, which ruled that Hutchence's death was a suicide while depressed and under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Despite the official coroner's report, there was continued speculation that Hutchence's death was accidental. After Hutchence's death, INXS did not perform publicly for almost
8091-619: Was interested in turning the group into a Christian band, which the band briefly considered before rejecting the idea. The band's first performance as INXS was on 1 September 1979 at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Umina on the Central Coast of New South Wales and by the end of 1979, after passing on the Christian band image, they hired Chris "CM" Murphy as their manager and continued taking on
8184-532: Was out of the band. On 30 November 2009, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, and Kirk Pengilly performed an acoustic version of "Don't Change" with the Qantas Choir at the Pride of Australia Awards. On 8 December 2009, INXS announced they would be embarking on a world tour commencing with a performance in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The band announced on 11 February 2010 that J.D. Fortune would be vocalist for
8277-459: Was recorded at Trafalgar Studios in Annandale , Sydney. It was co-produced by the band and Duncan McGuire (ex- Ayers Rock ), with all songs attributed to the entire band, at the insistence of Murphy. Deluxe gave them a budget of $ 10,000 to record the album, so to keep within the budget they had to record from midnight to dawn, usually after doing one or more performances earlier that night. The album
8370-511: Was released in October 1980. It featured "Just Keep Walking" which was their first Australian Top 40 single, with the album peaking in the Top 30 of the Kent Music Report for Australian albums. The album eventually went gold (selling over 35,000 units) but it took a number of years to do so. These early records demonstrated their new wave / ska /pop style, and were followed by near constant touring with almost 300 shows during 1981 as
8463-490: Was released in October 1985 to critical approval, reaching No. 3 on the Australian charts and No. 11 on the US charts. With the release of Listen Like Thieves , the band developed a rock sound influenced by Led Zeppelin and XTC while remaining true to the band's original roots in Aussie pubs . It was also the first album to feature songs written by a combination of band members, with Andrew Farris and Hutchence becoming
8556-752: Was simulcast on Australian TV by Channel 10 and Radio 2MMM. INXS undertook their first US performance in San Diego in March 1983, to a crowd of 24 patrons. Their first tour was as support for Adam and the Ants , then support for Stray Cats , The Kinks , and Hall & Oates followed by The Go-Go's . INXS played alongside many of their contemporaries on New Wave Day in May 1983 at the US Festival in Devore, San Bernardino , California. During that time, their co-manager Gary Grant relocated permanently to New York City to ensure
8649-894: Was that the "ARIAs never seem to take enough time or pride educating the masses on our local industry legends ... There never seems to be enough reference or homage paid to great Aussie pop and rock trailblazers who made and continue to make Australian music what it is today". To be eligible, a release must be commercially available within the specified period for a given year. Material must be previously unrecorded, thus ruling out most live albums. A recording can be nominated within multiple categories, but only one genre category (for example, an album could not be simultaneously nominated for Best Pop Release and Best Dance Release). Re-released recordings are not eligible and compilations are not eligible. Artists must either be Australian citizens , or have applied for or attained permanent resident status and have resided in Australia for at least six months within
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