Channel Seven is set to air an exclusive documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of one of Australian rock music’s most iconic moments.
The one-off special is called INXS: Live at Wembley and will provide an intimate look at the iconic band’s legendary 1991 concert in London, in which they performed to 72,000 die-hard fans.
The documentary is narrated by veteran presenter Michael Usher and will feature candid interviews with INXS band members Jon Farriss and Kirk Pengilly.
The legendary musicians will provide a firsthand account of their historic Wembley Stadium performance and take audiences song by song through this pivotal moment in music history.
‘It was just another stadium show… or was it? The most iconic stadium in the world, and we sold it out. Incredible,’ Pengilly said in a statement.
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Channel Seven is set to air an exclusive documentary about INXS that takes viewers behind the scenes of one of Australian rock music’s most iconic moments
‘The guest list alone was over 2000 people. It was an unforgettable, electrifying night. I will be forever proud and grateful that we captured it on film.’
Their Wembley Stadium performance was one of INXS’ career highlights and a recording of it was previously released as a platinum-selling album called Live Baby Live.
INXS: Live at Wembley will screen on Channel Seven and 7Plus on Sunday, August 10.
It comes after INXS’ legendary 1987 power ballad Never Tear Us Apart was crowned number one on Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian Songs national countdown.
The beloved song took out the top spot, beating out The Nosebleed Section by Hilltop Hoods and Untouched by The Veronicas.
The ballad, with 2.64 million votes, officially emerged as the best Australian song of all time on Saturday, July 26.
In May, INXS shot back onto the music charts, more than a decade after they broke up.
The group stormed the UK charts thanks to the 40th Anniversary re-release of their breakthrough, fifth studio album Listen Like Thieves.
The one-off special is called INXS: Live at Wembley and will provide an intimate look at the iconic band’s legendary 1991 concert in London, in which they performed to 72,000 die-hard fans
The documentary is narrated by veteran presenter Michael Usher and will feature candid interviews with INXS band members Jon Farriss and Kirk Pengilly
Originally released in October 1985, the album was the first by the band to make its mark on a global scale.
Listen Like Thieves boasted a number of successful singles, including the title track and Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain).
This Time was also a hit, as well as What You Need, which peaked at No.2 in Australia and No.5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 at the time of its release.
The Listen Like Thieves re-release topped four separate rankings in the UK earlier this year, most of which did not exist when the record was originally released.
The band had been together for 35 years when drummer Jon Farriss made the announcement INXS would no longer be touring together in November 2012.
INXS continued to perform with lead singer Michael Hutchence until his tragic death in Sydney in 1997 at 37, when he committed suicide in a hotel room.
Michael died at Sydney’s Ritz Carlton, now known as the Intercontinental Hotel Double Bay, while depressed and under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
The Australian group was one of the world’s most successful rock bands in the late ’80s.
Following their formation in 1977, they stormed the charts with songs including Need You Tonight, Good Times, New Sensation and Kick.
They are one of Australia’s highest-selling bands of all time, with over 50 million albums sold worldwide.
Their 2011 greatest hits album has spent a record 636 weeks on the ARIA top 100 albums chart – Its success followed the release of the 2014 Channel Seven mini-series about the band called Never Tear Us Apart.
