May you have a wonderful day and may love, peace, harmony, beauty and happiness forever surround you!

Your fathers love is something
That no one can explain
It was made of deep devotion
And of sacrifice and pain
It was endless and unselfish
And enduring come what may
Nothing will destroy it
Nor can it ever take that love away
His love forever patient and forgiving

His love will never falter or fail you
Even though his heart may be breaking
He will always believe beyond believing

Your daddy’s love glows with the beauty
Of you the rarest and most brightest of gems
It is a many splendoured love
That man cannot try to understand
Just another perfect example
Of your daddy’s never ending love for you!

When I see a picture of you
With your tussled locks
It just reminds me
Of whose loins you came from
It is far beyond defining
For it defies all explanations
It will always remain a secret
Like the mysteries of creation
But one thing is ever so clear
That is your daddy’s eternal love for you!

All thoughts, passions and delights
Whatever stirs our mortal flames
Are all but delivered of true love
And feed upon it’s sacred flame
So Tiger about your dad
Oh he was as good as he was fair

In thought as pure as angels
To know him was to love him
I know that in years to come
You will be not unlike him
To evolve as you grow into a beautiful woman
You will have many to fall under your spell
You were and always will be the apple of his eye
His love for you will never ever die.

Happy Birthday Beautiful Tiger
You will always hold a special place in our hearts…

Love and Peace,
Judy Garnier xoxox

BBC CHOICE will air a 15 minute program called “Michael Hutchence’s Rock Shrine” on Thursday, February 22 from 19.45 – 20.00.

This widescreen special follows family, friends and fans as they gather at the memorial in Sydney built by his father to remember his music and the tragedy that ended his life. The program will repeat at the following times: February 23 (01.00-01.15), February 24 (00.00 – 00.15, 19.45 – 20.00), and February 25 (01.40 – 02.00). Check the BBC Website for more information.

Wherever you are, we always think of you. Thanks for your music, for your lyrics and for your love. We will make sure that you are remembered forever.

As you may know, in 1997 INXS visited the OpenAir Festival in St Gall, Switzerland, on the Elegantly Wasted Tour. The interview Michael held during this festival initiated the work on my websites. I recently could meet the organizers of the festival. They searched their huge archive for photographs and gave me some shots to add to the memorial website. A big thank you to Mica and Peter. (Note: the pictures have been moved to the pictures section).

Another “birthday gift” comes from Chris Frantz from The Heads who was so kind as to provide us with the song “The King is Gone”, which Michael recorded with The Heads in 1996 (No Talking Just Head, MCA MCD 11504).

The King is Gone

The Michael Hutchence Fan Club welcomes friends & fans “wherever you are” to come along and celebrate Michael’s Birthday as we all gather in unison again to celebrate Michael, but this time on a much happier note “celebrating his life, talent and music”.

Place: Hard Rock Café (121-129 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney)
Date: Saturday 20 January 2001, Time: 7.30pm

So, do come along and bring your friends to share the love as we celebrate his talent and keep his music alive!

The very popular cover band INXSIVE with lead singer JUSTIN BULL, will be performing a number of our favourite Michael/INXS songs (which we all love to hear and must dance to!) Woohoo! Come along and join the celebration!

Love, Peace & Michael
Ange

It is very gratifying for me to see so many of Michael’s fans paying respects to him throughout this year – the guest book entries are so meaningful and many touch my heart deeply. The memorial site has won five awards to date and this is of course truly gratifying and I want to thank Mario and Jacqui Ferrari and Dennis Patterson for all the work they have done to bring this site to the high standard of excellence it has achieved.

There have been many news items through the year but the sad and tragic death of Paula Yates shook the family badly and we have been ever mindful about Tiger’s welfare who became an orphan and a ward of the Court. But after much effort from myself, Susie, Rhett, family friends and Sir Bob Geldof the happiest news about Tiger Lily came about as the British High Court decided on 14 December to grant custody to Sir Bob Geldof for another twelve months. This means that Tiger can continue to be with her loving sisters Fifi, Peaches and Pixie under the care of Sir Bob, his partner Jeanne Marine and the wonderful extended families Tiger has. It made grandpa Kell very very happy.

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with happiness and good health. And let us pray that real peace will come about in all the trouble spots around this planet where too many mothers, fathers and children suffer endlessly amidst religious and political turmoil which they should not have to endure. We should also pray for the unfortunate needy and underprivileged and homeless in the hope that their plight will be remedied by a fairer distribution of the plenty by those who control the wealth in this world.

Sincerely.
Kelland Hutchence

Memorial Gathering – 3 pm Saturday, 25th November 2000
Northern Suburbs, Memorial Gardens, North Ryde, Sydney

It was truly a picture perfect day with the sun beaming down through the tall colourful trees which surround Michael’s memorial nestled in amongst the verdant grounds of this beautiful resting place. Family, close friends, and many fans gathered to pay their respects to our beloved Michael.

Beautiful flowers adorned the memorial and one of the bunches of flowers which caught my eye was left there by Kell and Susie Hutchence who were in attendance and who had also visited the memorial earlier on the 22nd November. Their flowers were made up of Irises and Tiger Lilies and there was a card saying “To our darling Michael – forever in our thoughts – we love you and miss you – “Stay Young”. Love, Dad, Susie and Rhett.

Kell told us he had a nice chat with Michael and had said hello to Paula and asked the good Lord to watch over Tiger. There were many beautiful colourful flowers on the ground in front of the memorial together with candles and lots of grieving messages. We had gathered to celebrate Michael’s life and to honour the third anniversary of his death… we also reflected on the wonderful music he had given to the world and the nature of his free spirit and sweet soul which had touched many hearts… we thought also of Paula and her tragic death…. of beautiful Tiger Lily and her sisters Fifi, Peaches and Pixie.

The memorial site was surrounded by lots of warm hearts offering their love and respect to Michael, Paula and their families. Our highly respected mutual friend Dennis Patterson said a beautiful prayer for Michael, Paula and for their families friends and fans around the world and Kell addressed the gathering with some reflective thoughts about his famous and beloved son.

Erana Clark, who sang at Michael’s scattering of the ashes service on Sydney Harbour on his birthday on 22nd January 1998, and who used to be a back-up singer to Michael, sang a beautiful and heartfelt rendition of “Amazing Grace” which was greeted by a gentle gust of wind that touched us all at that moment.

We were also honoured to have the very talented Mark Williams sing a very beautiful song for Michael. Kell and Susie beamed with love and gratitude to the crowd and greeted all and sundry. A few of Michael’s close friends were in attendance and this made the event very special.

A heartfelt thank you to those who travelled from overseas – Mary from Holland, Joyce from Canada, Britt from USA, others from interstate and those who religiously attend for Michael each year. Our warmest thanks to the person who placed two beautiful metal candle sticks on each side of the memorial – they are truly very beautiful.

Coincidentally, in late October the BBC TV documentary unit in London had contacted Kell about wanting to shoot footage at the memorial site on 22 November for a documentary on Michael to be included in a series they are doing called Rock Shrines. Normally, Kell would not have wanted any TV intrusion on this hallowed day but after getting some assurances from Kate Patten the producer, it was agreed they could shoot some footage providing their presence was unobtrusive. Kate was true to her word and the crew shot a lot of footage and did numerous interviews handling these in a very reverend manner. This series is due out early in the new year.

It had been a most memorial day and I thanked the crowd for sharing their love with us all. We then moved on to Milk Beach at Vaucluse on Sydney harbour to commemorate the spreading of Michael’s ashes on the harbour back in 1998.

Ange Perou.

“Sad” is a word to describe feelings of sorrow, grief for someone you have lost. It is a legitimate and important emotion. You can’t really feel loss unless you have loved first. If you want to avoid the “sad” emotion, then never love someone in the first place. The more we love someone, the more sorrow we feel if that person is taken from us.

Michael was loved and admired by so many people… and today is the third anniversary of the day he left us. So around the world, on this day, there is a feeling of sorrow. This year our sorrow is added to by the passing of Michael’s love, Paula Yates.

Our love and prayers go out today to dear little Tiger, to dear Kell and Susie, Rhett, Patricia and Tina, and all of Michael’s extended family, the beautiful guys in INXS, and Michael’s closest friends. May God continue to heal the broken hearted, may we all look forward with hope, and may that hope help sustain a precious little girl.

We are privileged to bring you exclusive photos of our precious little girl (Note: the pictures have been moved to the pictures section). We pray her infectious smile will lift your spirits on what is a particularly hard day for us all.

On the third anniversary of the sad passing of Michael Hutchence, family, friends and fans will assemble at Michael’s memorial to pay homage to one of the greatest international rock musicians of our time. This year will sadly be a time of remembering Paula, Michael’s Love and Tiger’s treasured Mum.

You are warmly invited to join us around Michael’s stone at 3:00 pm on Saturday 25th November. Located in the Memorial Gardens of the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Delhi Rd North Ryde, the site is becoming a place of pilgrimage as an increasing number of fans from around the world come to visit.

Michael’s lasting legacy is about to become the subject of a new documentary scheduled for release next year. A BBC Digital Television crew fly into Sydney next month to coincide with the anniversary. They are filming the final segment of a documentary on Rock Shrines and wish to interview fans at the 25th November gathering around Michael’s stone. The documentary has the support of Michael’s Dad who feels if they are going to make a documentary, this is the one to cooperate with. With filming completed by the BBC on John Lennon, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix, Michael’s anniversary will give opportunity for the world to see the huge impact he and his music has had on people from vastly different backgrounds.

Kelland and Susie Hutchence have expressed their deepest condolences following the tragic passing of Paula Yates, their beloved son’s partner, and mother to their beloved granddaughter, Tiger Lilly. “It is a very, very sad loss and compounds sorrow upon sorrow for all the family,” Kelland Hutchence has told close friends. “I know I will probably not sleep tonight”. The news became known to Kell at a particularly hard time, as he is recovering after several days in a Sydney hospital suffering from an acute bronchitis attack. All our love and prayers are with little Tiger, who we pray God will watch over, protect and comfort as she faces enormous challenges in the future.

with big hugs and kisses to my Grand-daughter Tiger Lily on this her 4th Birthday. Much love from Grandpa Kell & Susie in Sydney.

Best wishes also from Jacqueline, Dennis, Mario and all the fans.