I was just watching Entertainment Tonight Canada and JD Fortune was fired from INXS ("with a hand shake in a Hong Kong airport" as stated on ET Canada and Wikipedia).
I checked the INXS website and there isn't any mention of this. The site doesn't look like it's been updated in months.
JD is now living out of his truck, again, and having to steal and beg to make ends meet...so it seems.
How the mighty have fallen.
Here's a link and quote to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Fortune
Quote:
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On 16 February 2009, JD revealed in an interview with Entertainment Tonight Canada that INXS fired him from the band with a shake of the hand at an airport in Hong Kong. The band is once again without a frontman and their new album indefinitely put on hold. JD is back to living out of his car (pickup truck) and saving/stealing every dime to try and get his solo album out ("Death of a motivational speaker"). He said he's been off of all drugs including cocaine for the past 2 years.
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Does anyone else know anything about this? I've tried doing some searching online, but I can't find much. The ET story was only 3 minutes long. Not much was revealed.
I was never a big fan of JD taking over Michael Hutchence's spot in INXS. It always seemed like a cheap ploy to sell more records for an aging out of work (broke) band. After all, Michael Hutchence did commit suicide. To me INXS died the day that Michael did. But after hearing the new record, JD's voice and youthful spirit injected into the band, made me a fan again.
I'm really kinda shocked to hear this news. I feel bad for the guy.