# JD Fortune with INXS

**Interview** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 17 May 2025  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/interview/jd-fortune-with-inxs/

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**Markus Hamence** is Chatting in The Jungle Room with **JD Fortune** on **INXS**. JD is about to embark on his first headline tour with JD Fortune plays INXS and he and Markus get down to business with it.

**Swaggering. Charming. Electrifying.**

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**INXS** fans, get ready – the Original Rockstar (and former **INXS** Frontman), **JD Fortune** will finally return to Australian stages for his ***first ever headline tour ***this October with his band to perform the Best of **INXS**!

The powerhouse Canadian vocalist will perform be delivering a set of **INXS** anthems and classics including Need You Tonight, Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, Mystify, Devil Inside, Don’t Change, Suicide Blonde, Original Sin as well as the songs he co-wrote with **INXS**, Pretty Vegas and Devil’s Party.

Like many others, Canadian born vocalist **JD Fortune** grew up as a kid in the 1980’s worshipping the timeless, svelte Pop Funk of **INXS**. As he later said to Rolling Stone Magazine, “I wanted to be Michael Hutchence, he was just so damn cool’’. Fastrack to 2005, life became surreal for Fortune as he rose to international fame as the winner of the reality show, Rock Star: **INXS**. For 7 years from 2005 to 2011, JD fronted **INXS** and sang on their final studio album, ‘Switch’ and now JD is ready to reconnect with Australia and the music that changed his life.

The shows are sure to be a dynamic, emotionally charged live experience that honours the legacy of **INXS** while shining a spotlight on **JD Fortune**’s vocal talents and captivating stage presence. Backed by a world-class band this tour is a must-see event for Australian **INXS** fans.

“There are cover bands that pretend to be **INXS** and then there is the guy that was in **INXS**”

**JD Fortune October 2025 Australian Tour Dates**

Wednesday 8th October – BRISBANE, The Ttrffid  
Thursday 9th October – GOLD COAST, Miami Marketta  
Saturday 11th October – COOGEE, Selina’s, Coogee Bay Hotel  
Sunday 12th October – MARICKVILLE, Factory Theatre  
Tuesday 14th October – THIRROUL (Wollongong), Anita’s Theatre  
Wednesday 15th October – NEWCASTLE, King St. Bandroom  
Friday 17th October – FRANKSTON, Frankston Arts Centre  
Saturday 18th October – MELBOURNE, Max Watts  
Monday 20th October – MELBOURNE, The Palms at Crown  
Wednesday 22nd October – ADELAIDE, The Gov  
Saturday 25th October – PERTH, Rosemount Hotel  
Sunday 26th October – FREMANTLE, Freo.Social

**Tickets:**

Presale: Wednesday 7th May, 10am Local   
General Public On Sale: Friday 9th May, 10am Local  
 From: **[https://metropolistouring.com/jd-fortune-plays-inxs-2025/](https://metropolistouring.com/jd-fortune-plays-inxs-2025/)**

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