n the Friday evening of November 21, 1997, Michael Hutchence, the adored frontman and lyricist of INXS, had dinner with his dad, Kell, and stepmother, Susie, at an Indian restaurant not far from where he was staying at Sydney’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Knowing his son was anxiously awaiting the outcome of a child custody hearing involving his partner, the UK TV host Paula Yates, and her ex, Sir Bob Geldof, his dad asked if he was OK. “And he said, ‘I think we’re going to have a. “And I took him back to the Ritz-Carlton and he just waved, a big smile on his face, happy as anyone.”
