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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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Last Christmas returns to the top

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Last Christmas is back at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles.

Wham! dethrones Taylor Swift and her single “The Fate of Ophelia” to take the top spot.

The duo have broken their own record to become the only song to get to number one on 6 separate occasions, making it the most successful single in UK’s chart history.

Last Christmas has set a new record in America too. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for Dec. 13, 2025 reaching its highest U.S. chart position ever. 

Chart history made as Last Christmas takes 2nd Christmas number one crown

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Last Christmas you gave them Christmas Number 1…and this year, WHAM! have repeated the trick, landing the Christmas Number 1 2024, making Official Chart history in the process.
Today, Official Charts can confirm Last Christmas becomes the first song in chart history to ever clinch two consecutive Christmas Number 1 victories, marking its 40th anniversary as the most-streamed and physically purchased song of the week.

Last Christmas secures Christmas Number 1 through both digital any physical domination, with 12.6 million streams, and the best seller of the week physically too, thanks to a suite of limited edition 40th anniversary collectibles, including zoetrope vinyl, picture disc and CD.


Speaking exclusively to Official Charts, WHAM!’s Andrew Ridgeley says: “37 years to get to Number 1, 39 years to Christmas Number 1, and then like London buses they all come along at once! I’m especially pleased for George, he would have been utterly delighted, his fabulous Christmas composition has become such a classic, almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets.”

“It’s testament to a really wonderful Christmas song that in a lot of people’s minds evokes and represents Christmas as we would all wish it to be. I’d like to thank everyone who has listened to, downloaded, bought, streamed Last Christmas and been a part of history. Thanks so much and Merry Christmas!”

 

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