| January |
*
Final 'Australia Made' concert in Sydney |
| March |
*
Kylie Minogue
becomes the youngest star ever to win Silver Logie for Most
Popular Actress |
| April |
*
Weddings, Parties, Anything release 'Scorn of the Women' |
| August |
*
Midnight Oil
release 'Diesel and Dust', which reaches #19 in the UK, #1 in
France and #21 in the US and sells nearly 3 million copies worldwide
|
| September
|
*
Icehouse release 'Man
of Colours', which reaches #1 in Australia, and wins awards
for Best Album and Highest Selling Album for the year at the
ARIA Awards
* Boom Crash Opera release their debut, self titled album |
| November
|
*
INXS release Kick, which
debuts at #2 in Australia, #9 in the UK and #3 in America |
| |
*
Chris Wilson forms Crown of Thorns
* Vika and Linda Bull join the Black
Sorrows, who release 'Dear Children'
* Hoodoo Gurus
release Blow Your Cool!, which reaches #2 nationally
* Paul Kelly and
the Messengers release 'Under the Sun' and tour the US
* Countdown ends on the ABC, after a run of 14 years |
