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- INXS played their very first concert in Sydney, Australia.
- INXS played the first of two concerts in Guam after a three-month tour of the United States. After the Guam shows, they continued to Japan.
- Australian rock band INXS releases its sixth studio album, Kick, which becomes its most successful and best-selling studio album. It includes the hits “Need You Tonight,” “Devil Inside,” “New Sensation,” and “Never Tear Us Apart.” The album reaches No. 1 in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and enters the top ten in both the UK and U.S. charts.
- INXS, the new sensation from Australia, were the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards, receiving five awards including Video of the Year for “Need You Tonight/Mediate”. The songs are separate tracks on the album but were combined for the music video; “Mediate” is a tribute to Bob Dylan's 1965 film “Subterranean Homesick Blues”.