Wham!: George Michael & Me

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It was an amazing frame-by-frame reimagining. It was extraordinary. I remember seeing it and thinking, they’ve got absolutely everything right.” heeft respect voor Georges keuze om maar 1 afscheidsconcert (op Wembley) te geven terwijl hij veel liever een uitgebreide afscheidstournee had gedaan. For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley - one half of one of the most famous bands in the world - tells the inside story of Wham!, his life-long friendship with George Michael and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties.

Murray, Noel (5 July 2023). "Review: Relive the whirlwind that was 'Wham!' from the inside out". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2 August 2023.The couple enjoyed living in the countryside, with Andrew always having dreamed of living by the sea. Keren told the Daily Mail in 2009: "Our life in Cornwall is really quiet. We go to the pub and no one bothers us. Even when George [Michael] comes to visit, he isn't hassled. You can be normal if you choose to be. I have always found fame embarrassing, I still do."

Forty years on from their explosion into pop music, Andrew Ridgeley tells the inside story of Wham!, his life-long friendship with George Michael and the formation of a band that changed music. Wham! George and me is a delight. Written in a way that is open, self-deprecating and above all generous to his great friend, Andrew Ridgeley charts the meeting of two boys at school through to two young men of the biggest pop duo for a short period in the mid1980s.In this moving memoir, which is also a vivid nostalgia trip for anyone who was a teenager in the 70s and 80s, he tells the story of his friendship and musical collaboration with George Michael. Engaging Sunday Express The whole thing was pretty raucous from start to finish – and bloody good fun! It culminated in a naked steeplechase over hotel balconies with George and I wearing only moonboots! The race was abandoned because we stopped outside our director’s room who was in flagrante delicto with his wife, so that distracted us! [ Laughs] So we mooned them, and they were horrified – as well they might be!” Eames, Tom (29 June 2023). "Wham documentary is 'a story of friendship': Director Chris Smith reveals how he made the Netflix film". Smooth Radio . Retrieved 1 July 2023.

Wham! was released theatrically on 27 June 2023, in the United Kingdom by Altitude Film Distribution and was released on Netflix on 5 July 2023. The film is all framed together using a large series of scrapbooks with articles and photos documented by Ridgeley's mother throughout the film. Its rich in fact and I cant fault the information given as it builds an in depth picture into the whole Whamania years plus the before and after CORRECT. After revealing he was a fan of “chap-hop”, the current Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Community intoned some of the lyrics of ‘ Wham Rap!’ – ironically about joblessness under a Conservative government – to cringes from the kids. Maglio, Tony (13 July 2023). "Netflix's 'Wham!' Documentary Put the Boom-Boom Into My Heart". IndieWire . Retrieved 15 July 2023.The last part of the book is very moving re their Goodbye concert and then George’s death and the impact both had on Andrew, you could feel his emotion and he told of the moment on that Christmas Day when he took the call from George’s sister relaying the terrible news Both went on to have solo careers, with George continuing to make music and release an album two and a half years before his death on Christmas day in 2016. Here's a look at what Andrew did following Wham!'s split. Andrew co wrote Careless Whisper and that he missed Band Aid as he thought it was a hoax so George went without him and he went to a local cafe for his brekkie, soon realising what he had missed out on