Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led tributes to Aussie rock icons You Am I when the Sydney four-piece became the newest entry into the ARIA Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

You Am I, who formed in 1989, joined the likes of INXS, AC/DC, Cold Chisel and recent inductees Jet and Missy Higgins.

The band became mainstays of festival and pub stages across the country during the mid-1990s and were the first Australian outfit to have three consecutive albums debut at No.1 on the ARIA charts.

“Guys whether you’re in the studio, or on the stage, particularly the Enmore, you’ve been coming to us for decades with truth, with wit and vulnerability,” Albanese said via video, referencing the storied Enmore Theatre in his inner-west Sydney electorate of Grayndler.

“And along the way [you] added to who w

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