INXS (10/20/1987)
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Artist(s): INXS w/ The BrandosDate: 20 October 1987Tickets: $16.00 (reserved seating and general admission)Attendance: 2,332Notes: The fourth official show of the band’s sixteen-month global “Kick” tour, just one day after the release of the album by the same name that launched the band’s meteoric rise to popularity (which explains the low turnout).
Setlist (INXS*): Kick, Guns in the Sky, Calling All Nations, New Sensation, I Send a Message, Listen Like Thieves, Melting in the Sun, Mystify, This Time, Shine Like It Does, Biting Bullets, Burn for You, Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain), One x One, Don’t Change, Need You Tonight, Mediate, What You Need, Devil Inside, The One Thing.
*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other shows around the same time (Albany, NY)
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(left) Kalamazoo Gazette , 22 September 1987, (right) Battle Creek Enquirer, 23 September 1987. Kalamazoo Public Library/Willard Library Kalamazoo Gazette , 17 October 1987. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 20 October 1987. Kalamazoo Public LibraryBattle Creek Enquirer , 21 October 1987. Willard LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 21 October 1987. Kalamazoo Public Library
Sources
Articles
“Inxs appears in Kalamazoo” Kalamazoo Gazette , 22 September 1987, page 19
“The recording group Inxs…” Battle Creek Enquirer , 23 September 1987, page 13
“On the verge of stardom, INXS tours smaller towns” Kalamazoo Gazette , 17 October 1987, page 11
“The Brandos could be contenders” Kalamazoo Gazette , 20 October 1987, page 19
“Bugs excessive in INXS concert” Kalamazoo Gazette , 21 October 1987, page 25
“Enthusiastic crowd rocks with INXS” Battle Creek Enquirer , 21 October 1987, page 12