In memory of Michael Hutchence

Michael and Roger Taylor of Queen

'It’s striking to watch Michael Hutchence’s performance and just see him transform in the moment. Wherever he is when he walks on the stage, he goes somewhere completely different mentally to reach inside and deliver that performance that he delivers. You can just see that in his eyes.'

Michael on stage at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, on 16 June 1988.

'I look through the mind's, eye and the soul and the heart. I just write that way, it's a soul thing speaking of songwriting.'

On his way to an INXS concert at The Masquerade in Atlanta, Michael stopped off to join Evan Dando and The Lemonheads at Stone Mountain Park for ‘The PowerAde Metro Mount Benefit Concert.

Michael 1989

INXS, KICK Tour 1988

'Michael was essentially a shy guy who seemed to hide behind his hair, his speech impediment and his retiring manner. While he resented intrusions into his privacy, he resisted becoming removed from the real world. He wanted to be able to hold up the bar in a nightclub and talk to anyone. The surprising thing was that as his fame grew his ego didn’t and the oddest thing about spending time around Hutchence was just how regular a person he was.'

-Toby Creswell, Music Journalist

Michael with the monks of a Buddhist temple of Tōdai-ji, in Nara, Japan, May 1994.