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

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

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A new Wham! documentary explains the surprising motivation behind George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's historic 1985 trip to ...

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

The duo’s groundbreaking 1985 tour reveals a strange collision of pop stardom and communism, a re-edit of Lindsay Anderson’s efforts that got him fired ...

Late pop star was so unimpressed with the director’s cut of the band’s historic 1985 tour of China that he refused to let it ...

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

Wham! 10 Days in China” revisits the duo’s historic 1985 tour as a fascinating study of pop ambition, cultural diplomacy, ...

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

In 1985, Wham! made history as the first Western pop band to play communist China. Documenting the momentous occasion was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Wham! scored a historic hit when they released “Last Christmas” ...