Wham! George & Me: The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020

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Wham! George & Me: The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020

Wham! George & Me: The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020

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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.

Screen International film critic Fionnuala Halligan wrote "The quality is far above the norm for this type of memoir assemblage, even if the substance is full of air bubbles..." [37] 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 2 July 2023. Reading in a kinda diary form from start to finish it details everything from the moment they met until the moment Andrew spoke at the Brits after George’s death Blistein, Jon (15 June 2023). "Friendship and Creative Fire Fuel Wham!'s World-Conquering Pop in New Doc Trailer". Rollingstone . Retrieved 24 June 2023.The Wham! star charts his treasured friendship with George Michael, from their meeting at school in 1975 to George's untimely death in 2016. The duo left a legacy of pop classics from the exuberant Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go to the evergreen Last Christmas, and Ridgeley's enthusiasm for life in a chart-topping band is as infectious as their music'- The Daily Mirror In 1975 Andrew took a shy new boy at school under his wing. They instantly hit it off, and their boyhood escapades at Bushy Meads School built a bond that was never broken. Theduo found themselves riding an astonishing roller coaster of success, taking them all over the world. They made and broke iconic records, they were treated like gods, but they stayed true to their friendship and ultimately to themselves. It was a party that seemed as if it would never end. And then it did, in front of tens of thousands of tearful fans at Wembley Stadium in 1986.

Edwards, Chris (7 June 2022). "New Wham! documentary featuring Andrew Ridgeley in the works". NME . Retrieved 27 June 2023. The film restoration was performed by R3store Studios in London to clean and scan the archive material, with many reels untouched for 40 years. They also restored large portions of Wham! in China, the 1986 documentary film. [20] In Wham! George and Me, Andrew tells the story of how they rode a rollercoaster of success around the world while making iconic records and surviving superstardom with their friendship intact. It is a memoir of love, music, the flamboyant 1980s and living in a pop hurricane. Andrew Ridgeley fondly recalls George Michael as a shy, awkward, frizzy haired lad who shared his love for music, growing up during the heady disco days of the late 70's, writing songs in their living rooms to becoming one of the 80's hottest acts.For me the real interest was the period where George and Andrew had become friends and were dreaming and gently stepping into music. This period is told with detail to see and understand how the two got along, planned and played things and importantly how the dynamics of that friendship worked. Andrew soon moved to Wadebridge in Cornwall, and now calls the area home, having lived there for 30 years. Andrew got together with Bananarama's Keren Woodward, moving to a farmhouse near Wadebridge in 1994 with Keren's then 10-year-old son, Thomas. doet bij het tweede album van Wham! een stap terug door George alle tekst en muziek te laten schrijven, iets waar hij later spijt van heeft.

I loved wham from the age of 12, my fave was always George. And have followed George’s career since. Ide, Wendy (25 June 2023). "Wham! review – the truth behind the mahogany tans and catchy songs". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 June 2023. It is 1975, Watford, and two teenagers, George and Andrew, meet for the first time. Bonding over their love for singing, song writing and pop music, together they set out to follow an impossible dream.

The Wham! star charts his treasured friendship with George Michael, from their meeting at school in 1975 to George's untimely death in 2016. The duo left a legacy of pop classics from the exuberant Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go to the evergreen Last Christmas, and Ridgeley's enthusiasm for life in a chart-topping band is as infectious as their music.' - Daily Mirror CORRECT. In his 2011 memoir ‘I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan ’, ‘Pepsi (or Shirley) [sic] from Pepsi and Shirley’ introduced him to his first evil pyramid of chocolate. What were those early days of you and George making up dance routines with your then-girlfriend [and future mother of presenter Roman Kemp] Shirlie Holliman like? I’m going to guess Alan Partridge? I’m struggling to see how it connects to Pepsi & Shirlie, but he’s always looked like a Toblerone man to me! [ Laughs]”



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