Fact: Kylie Minogue is paying tribute to former lover Michael Hutchence on her new European tour, which kicked off in Liverpool, England on Wednesday (24Sep14), by performing a slowed-down, sexy rendition of the late rocker's Inxs hit Need You Tonight.
Fact: Rising Australian singer Samantha Jade has been picked to play pop sensation Kylie Minogue in a biopic of her former boyfriend, Inxs star Michael Hutchence. Jade, who won Australia's The X Factor last year (12), will star opposite Luke Arnold as Hutchence in Tv mini-series Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs.
Quote: "I want to play Michael Hutchence or Freddie Mercury. They're both rock idols of mine." Dominic Cooper dreams of starring in a rock biopic.
Quote: "If you're going to lose somebody, you might as well lose them to Michael Hutchence." Jason Donovan isn't bitter about being dumped for the late Inxs singer by Kylie Minogue.
Quote: "If I ever was going to have a homosexual affair with anybody, it would have been Michael Hutchence. We never quite got round to it. But we had a lot of fun." Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon puts his late friend MICHAEL HUTCHENCE at the top of his most wanted list.
Fact: Kylie Minogue's 10th album, X, - her first release since her battle with breast cancer - will be released on the 10th anniversary of former boyfriend Michael Hutchence's death.
Fact: <p>Rockers Inxs made their TV debut with new singer JD FORTUNE on this morning's (23SEP05) ELLEN chat show in America. Fortune won a reality TV show, Rock Star: INXS, and earned the chance to replace Michael Hutchence in the band. </p>