INXS – By My Side - Melbourne, May 1991

“A Concert for Kurdish Refugees” having the theme “The Simple Truth”, a five-hour telethon, produced by Tony Hollingsworth of Tribute, was organized just after the Gulf War, as Kurdish refugees fled to the mountains. The broadcast reached 36 countries and raised $15 million. The main concert was held in London at Wembley Stadium on 12 May 1991, with five satellite sites beaming concerts from around the world. The result was the first ever "World Juke Box" allowing artists on tour in the USA, Australia, the Netherlands and the UK to help the Red Cross provide aid to Kurdish refugees.
During pauses in the concert parts were switched from various places around the world and recorded as a record. Other performances, some live, some taped, were set for broadcast from nine other cities, including Whitney Houston in San Francisco and Paul Simon in Manchester, England, and Yes in Denver, and Peter Gabriel and Sting in the Hague, Netherlands, and INXS in Melbourne, Australia.
Between concerts, short films were displayed with pictures of Kurdistan, there have been several discussions on the situation of the Kurds.
For this concert were broadcasted via satellite from Melbourne 2 INXS songs, Suicide Blonde and By My Side.

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