Reality show offers chance to front Inxs

A new United States reality show will offer contestants the chance to become the new frontman for Australian rock band Inxs and embark on a world tour.

RockStar: Inxs, premieres on July 11 with former Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist Dave Navarro as host.

The thrice-weekly broadcast format will involve 15 participants living together in a house in Hollywood Hills.

Since lead singer's Michael Hutchence's death, the band has experimented with a string of singers, including US soul artist Terence Trent D'Arby, but failed to reproduce its earlier success.