INXS guitarist Tim Farriss may never play again post losing finger in boating accident

INXS guitarist, Tim Farriss, may never be able to play again because he lost his finger in a boating accident, it has been revealed.

The 57-year-old musician has reportedly undergone emergency surgery to reattach his ring finger after his left hand was injured and ring finger severed by an electric anchor winch while working on a boat in Sydney's Northern beaches on Australia Day morning, Stuff.co.nz reported.

Farriss' manager Chris Murphy said that the musician was now home from the hospital with his family and undergoing physiotherapy as part of the recovery process.