If J.D Fortune Wasn’t Fired Before, He Certainly Is Now…
Reet reet reet! Two Day Old News Desk™ here and extremely flat out after Monday’s Oscars ceremony pummelled my brain and rendered me unable to do anything except rock back and forth and sing “The Reader! I haven’t seen The Reader!”.
Remember how last week we talked about J.D’s unfortunate booting from the INXS camp? Well, according to the band, that’s not quite how things went down….
INXS has hit back at claims that they unceremoniously dumped their former singer JD Fortune from the band in the middle of a busy airport. INXS creative director and global business strategist, Chris Murphy, said yesterday that the band was horrified by comments made by Fortune that he was dropped by the band at Hong Kong airport.
It’s probably worth noting that INXS have actually hired someone to work as a “global business strategist”, thus confirming everyone’s suspicions that it hasn’t been “all about the music, maaaaaan” for quite some time as far as the band’s goals are concerned.
“What annoys me the most after viewing Fortune’s interview is the bloody slant he makes toward the founding band members,” Murphy added. “These guys are the nicest people on this planet, they are not the people he portrays.”
Didn’t Jon Stevens speak badly of the way they treated him after his time in the hot seat, though? Still. Seems impossible. INXS are the nicest people on this planet! Fact!
Hilariously, Chris Murphy continues with this little nugget of brilliance.
“The band have always stated to me that Fortune’s services could potentially be contracted again when INXS next tour. In fact he was next on my list to call regarding a very big recording project I am putting together for INXS at present. I guess I have no reason to call him now.”
Suuuuuuuure. I bet Chris Murphy was about five digits into dialling J.D’s number before someone ran up to him, slapped the phone out of his hand, and screamed “DON’T DO IT! He’s been slagging off The Nicest People On The Planet in the press!”
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Chris Murphy says INXS did not dump JD Fortune at airport
http://www.defamer.com.au/2009/02/jd_not_so_fortunate_after_being_fired_from_inxs.html#more
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>actually hired someone to work as a “global business strategist”
Ummm hasn’t Chris Murphy been INXS management since… almost forever?
But apart from that, I think we all agree that INXS should have given up a LONG time ago.
It’s cringeworthy (OK, not as cringeworthy as a Music Video the B52s released last year.. but still)
Chris Murphy seems to be spinning as fast as his little head will allow him to.
INXS history of treating people badly is not news. JD was destined to be thrown away – this is just their way of trying to get out of the reality that will never go away. Michael’s conversations with me can never be edited, manipulated and blatantly lied about – JD was the new sacrificial lamb and I wish him well in getting on with BETTER things to do with his time.
murphy is an arsehole. worked for him at rooart in the early 90’s and fired me coz he THOUGHT i had mislaid a precious tape his failed screaming jets supposed new inxs band. i never had seen the tape, his cronies had milaid and were too scared of him to admit it.