© Handout photo/WENN -- INXS in 1989
INXS play their last show and give up touring after 35 years on the road
Nov. 14, 2012, 8:23 AM EST
SYDNEY (AP) -- Australian rockers INXS are giving up touring after 35 years.
Drummer Jon Farriss announced the end of the band's remarkable run of
performances during a concert in the West Australia city of Perth earlier this
week. The band later confirmed the news in a statement.
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INXS was formed in 1977 and released their self-titled debut album in 1980.
They achieved worldwide fame with hits such as "New Sensation," ''Need you
Tonight," and "Devil Inside."
Frontman Michael Hutchence died in 1997. In a statement Tuesday, the band
paid tribute to their friend, saying: "We lived for each other in the trenches
and we loved each other. It was the six of us against the world and then
suddenly and inexplicably we were but five. "
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