JD Fortune Returns to Australia: Carrying the INXS Torch Once Again

HEAVY Music Interviews · Sep 16, 2026 · 26m · transcript

JD Fortune is returning to Australia this October, bringing a full band and a set packed with the songs that helped make INXS a defining force in Australian music.Following the sold-out response to his 2025 Australian tour, Fortune says it was the connection with Australian audiences that made returning an easy decision.“The love was insane,” Fortune tells HEAVY. “The energy for the music… there’s something in the DNA because of those songs.”That connection is something Fortune understands intimately. After winning Rock Star: INXS in 2005, he went on to front the band, stepping into a…