Producer Martin Lewis speaks out about Wham!’s original, shelved China documentary: George Michael’s date with Brooke Shields, Andrew Ridgeley’s secret wig, shuttlecocks in shorts, and why the project ‘broke Lindsay Anderson’s heart’
Last week, Wham! 10 Days in China — a new documentary about the British duo’s historic 1985 journey to the East, as the first Western pop act to play Communist...
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Director Mike Christie, manager Simon Napier-Bell, and Andrew Ridgeley talk ‘Wham! 10 Days in China’ doc: ‘We didn’t know this was even going to be possible’
In 1985, Wham! became the first Western pop act to play Communist China, and British New Wave filmmaker Lindsay Anderson came along to capture George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s historic...
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Why Andrew Ridgeley let George Michael walk away from Wham!: ‘I couldn’t be resentful of my best friend’
A new documentary makes a strong case that the late Michael’s ’80s pop duo was a true partnership, but his childhood friend and bandmate insists to me: “I knew, and...
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