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Wham! 10 Days in China in cinemas this July

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A Wham! documentary has been announced documenting the band’s historical tour in China.

The first pop-act from the western world to visit China following its cultural revolution in 1985, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley spent 10 days trekking around the country, with the new film focusing specifically on their time in Beijing and Guangzhou. 

Titled Wham! 10 Days In China, the film will be released in cinemas worldwide on Tuesday, 28 July. It will then be broadcast on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer later this summer.

Speaking on the film, Sony Music Vision and Sony Music Entertainment UK said: “This is the untold story of Wham! at a singular moment in history, East meets West, pop meets politics, and two young stars coming of age on the world stage.”

Drawing on digitally restored and never-before-seen archive footage, there will be interviews with the people that experienced the tour first hand, while chronicling the moment that Chinese audiences experienced western pop culture for the first time. 

Ridgeley also said: “This film finally reveals the unknown legacy of Wham!’s groundbreaking venture, and lays bare, in all their human contradictions, the individual perspectives behind what was a bold and risky, high-stakes gamble.” 

Tickets for the film go on sale on Wednesday, 24 June.

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Wham! return to No 1 ahead of Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped. A gorgeous and warm testament to George and to his genius

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Wham! have returned to the UK No 1 spot with Last Christmas, priming George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s festive classic as the bookies’ favourite to claim the Christmas No 1 next Friday.

Wham: Last Christmas Unwrapped is an hour-long special that promises an in-depth look at one of the most successful Christmas songs of all time, though curiously, it wasn’t until 39 years after its initial release, in 1984, that it finally became Britain’s festive number one. This documentary pulls the song and the video apart, discussing how they were written and made, before analysing their cultural impact. All fascinating, particularly to fans, but even fans might be surprised at how intimate and lovely the conversations about George Michael are here.

Shirlie Kemp makes a brief and heartbreaking slip of the tongue as she talks about how much he valued friendship. “George is – was – the more, the merrier,” she says, remembering his legendary Christmas Eve parties. Ridgeley, too, opens up about the loss of the man he calls “my other half. I never conceived of a future without him,” he says. This is a gorgeous and warm testament to him and to his genius.

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