Andrew Ridgeley looks back on Wham!’s groundbreaking China tour in new documentary film Wham! 10 Days in China.

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IT was seen as total madness by many and a charade by others. But pop duo Wham!’s 1985 trip to China for two special concerts in the newly opened communist state turned out to be a stroke of ...

Andrew Ridgeley, band manager Simon Napier-Bell, and director Mike Christie break down the challenge of documenting the chaotic concert series.

Historians will claim that Richard Nixon ‘opened’ China in 1973, but as this knotty, celebratory and rather moving doc makes ...

Four decades after he and George Michael became the first western pop act to tour the country, Ridgeley recalls silent gigs, awkward embassy receptions – and the ‘bloody ludicrous’ hiring of Lindsay A ...

You can blame George Michael’s throat polyps. Back in April 1985, some pesky nodules on the Wham! heartthrob’s windpipe were ...

The British pop duo Wham! was the first Western act of its kind to play mainland China. This documentary reveals the hidden ...

Andrew Ridgeley reveals George Michael's "eternal conflict" with fame, saying the Wham! singer created a character to fulfill ...

The dance-pop duo Wham! held the mid-1980s in a vice grip. With their inescapable charm, head-turning moves, and irresistible songs, the group took hold of the masses and refused to let go. Hit after ...

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