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Wham! George & Me

Celebrate 40 Years of Wham! with the Sunday Times Bestseller

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Wham! George & Me

By: Andrew Ridgeley
Narrated by: Andrew Ridgeley
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READ BY ANDREW RIDGELEY

For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley - one half of one of the most famous bands in the world - tells the inside story of Wham! and his life-long friendship with George Michael.

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.

They didn't know it then, but they were taking their first steps towards forming Wham!, a band that was to become one of the biggest in the world.

Wham! were the soundtrack of the 80s; whether it was choosing life or Live Aid, the decade of flamboyance and fun was a party that seemed like it would never end. But it had to stop somewhere - and that was in front of tens of thousands of tearful fans at Wembley Stadium in 1986.

In Wham! George and Me, Andrew Ridgeley tells the story of Wham! - from the day they met to that iconic final concert. For the first time, he reveals what it was like being at the centre of a pop hurricane and talks of his love for and friendship with George. It's a story only he can tell.

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Even before the first page of this charming, heartfelt memoir, Ridgeley's eloquent dedication to his "dearest friend" George Michael will have you in tears. This is more than a gleeful shuttlecocks-in-shorts account of young guns having some fun: there's a real poignancy to Ridgeley's description of Wham!'s glory days, the knowledge of what will be lost - a band, a best friend - chilling in the Club Tropicana sunshine.
A touching account of male friendship
Celebrity Memoirs of the Year
A remarkably generous memoir....in more than one sense, the biography of a friend
It's a joyous celebration of the Wham! years. For anyone who was a teenager in the early 1980s, it will take you on a nostalgia trip, with dozens of comically captioned photos of the band during the white espadrille years. It's an honest but affectionate account of a remarkable duo who remained true to their origins and their friendship throughout it all
Packed full of nostalgia, heart and insight, Wham! George & Me is a lovingly written ode to friendship and a celebration of one of the greatest pop acts of all time. A superb tribute
In this moving memoir, which is also a vivid nostalgia trip for anyone who was a teenager in the 70s and 80s, he tells the story of his friendship and musical collaboration with George Michael. Engaging
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
This book is all you could want and more!
I couldn't put it down. Such a fantastic book
All stars
Most relevant
Of his friendship with George and their time in Wham! together. Love every minute listening.

Wonderful and beautifully written by Andrew

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Loved hearing about the early days of Wham! And Andrew as narrator was perfect - thank you for sharing with us!

Loved this!

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Fantastic insight into a wonderful friendship between George and Andrew.
so glad there music lives on

awesome

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Amazing how they were so young
And they made it.
Short time together as they're time was up. but of course remain good friends

So young and yet they were discovered

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As a Gen X'er, Wham was a small part of my 80's musical collage. I didnt ride their train at the time but do still love the music they created together.

George however, hit me hard with Older. That album is one of my top 10 favourite albums of all time, up there with Jeff Buckley's Grace.

I found this book thanks to YouTube and their algorithm that foisted the video of Andrew revisting his childhood home on me one night when TV was bollocks.
I was so taken by him in that video that I searched for and found this book, a book that has been utterly enjoyable and a pleasure to listen to.

I do believe I will search out a signed copy.
Thanks Andrew.

I have, very much, been loved.

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