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Live Baby Live is Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...

's first live album. It was released in 1991 and features tracks recorded in Paris, New York, Chicago, London, Dublin, Glasgow, Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, Spain, Switzerland, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas. The album has sold over one million copies in the US, earning a platinum certification by the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

. It was also featured on VH1 Classic
VH1 Classic
VH1 Classic is a television network, launched on May 8, 2000. It is operated as part of MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom and primarily features music videos and concert footage from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, though it formerly included a wider range of genres and time periods...

.

The title's two uses of "live", indistinguishable by spelling alone, are said in the booklet of The Greatest Hits
The Greatest Hits (INXS album)
The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation released by Australian rock band INXS in 1994. The compilation was a chart success in the UK, peaking at #3, however, it only managed to reach #112 on the US Billboard Top 200; it did achieve platinum status, though...

to be pronounced differently. The first "live" is pronounced as in to live, whereas the second is pronounced as in live music.

Track listing

  1. "New Sensation
    New Sensation
    "New Sensation" is a song by the Australian rock group INXS. It was the third single from their 1987 album Kick. The music was written by Andrew Farriss and the lyrics by Michael Hutchence...

    "  – 4:42
  2. "Guns in the Sky"  – 3:14
  3. "Mystify
    Mystify (song)
    "Mystify" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, and is the fifth single from their 1987 album Kick.The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence as part of the first sessions for "Kick"...

    "  – 3:11
  4. "By My Side
    By My Side (INXS song)
    "By My Side" is a single by Australian band INXS, the third UK single and fourth Australian single taken from their album X. The song is a piano, strings and acoustic guitar based ballad with a big chorus....

    "  – 3:15
  5. "Shining Star
    Shining Star (INXS song)
    "Shining Star" is a single by popular rock band INXS and was the only single released from the band's live album, Live Baby Live, released in 1991. It is the one new song recorded for the album and it peaked at No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's ninth Top 40 single. In the US, it...

    "  – 3:52
  6. "Need You Tonight
    Need You Tonight
    "Need You Tonight" is the fourth song on INXS's 1987 album Kick as well as the first single from the album released worldwide. It is the only INXS single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100...

    "  – 2:58
  7. "Mediate"  – 4:29
  8. "One x One"  – 2:58
  9. "Burn for You"  – 4:43
  10. "The One Thing"  – 3:21
  11. "This Time"  – 3:06
  12. "The Stairs
    The Stairs (song)
    "The Stairs" is the fifth single by INXS taken from their album X. It was only ever released in The Netherlands to coincide with the release of the Live Baby Live album and as such is an extremely rare and valuable collectors item...

    "  – 5:07
  13. "Suicide Blonde
    Suicide Blonde
    "Suicide Blonde" is the title of the first single from the INXS album X. It reached the top 10 on the US Hot 100 and Australia in 1990 and reached a peak of #11 in the UK.-Writing and recording:...

    "  – 4:36
  14. "Hear That Sound"  – 3:38
  15. "Never Tear Us Apart
    Never Tear Us Apart
    "Never Tear Us Apart" is a single released by Australian rock group INXS in August 1988. It was also included on the band's sixth studio album, Kick. The music was written by Andrew Farriss, who recorded a blues-style demo and gave it to Michael Hutchence...

    "  – 4:13
  16. "What You Need
    What You Need (song)
    "What You Need" is a song recorded by the Australian band INXS. It is the leadoff track from their 1985 album, Listen Like Thieves. "What You Need" was the first single off the album in Australia and New Zealand, while it was in USA and Europe the second single after "This Time" and was the band's...

    "  – 6:16

Video release

Live Baby Live is a live video of INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...

's performance at Wembley Stadium directed by David Mallet
David Mallet (director)
David Mallet is a British director particularly noted for his work on music videos, including David Bowie's innovative "Ashes to Ashes", Rush's "Distant Early Warning, and Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" and "I Want to Break Free" videos. He has also served as a producer on television programmes including...

. It was released simultaneously as the live CD of the same name.

The concert was the second-last of a string of concerts in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 for INXS's "XS Summer tour". The video was re-released as a DVD in 2003 and was digitally remixed and mastered in 5.1 surround sound. The band played to a sold out crowd of over 72,000 fans.

The concert was held on Saturday 13 July 1991, on the six year anniversary of the original Live Aid
Live Aid
Live Aid was a dual-venue concert that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom ...

concert at the same venue. The gates opened at noon and showtime started at 2:00 p.m.
The concert was shot with 16 35 mm cameras that also included a camera in a helicopter that continuously circled the venue.

Video track listing

  1. "Guns in the Sky"
  2. "New Sensation"
  3. "I Send a Message"
  4. "The Stairs"
  5. "Know the Difference"
  6. "Disappear"
  7. "By My Side"
  8. "Hear That Sound"
  9. "Original Sin"
  10. "The Loved One"
  11. "Wildlife"
  12. "Mystify"
  13. "Bitter Tears"
  14. "Suicide Blonde"
  15. "What You Need"
  16. "Kick"
  17. "Need You Tonight"
  18. "Mediate"
  19. "Never Tear Us Apart"
  20. "Who Pays the Price"
  21. "Devil Inside"
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