Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1981, two talented 18-year-old friends from England, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, burst onto the music scene with a ...

Wham! was one of the biggest music acts of the ’80s and gave us absolute bops like “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” “I’m Your Man,” and—of course ...

The feature-length film is a time capsule, collecting previously-unseen footage of WHAM interacting with fans, authorities ...

Most music fans wouldn’t confuse Paul McCartney and Wham!. Paul and The Beatles turned down $250 million to reunite in the 1970s; we’re certain Wham! never entertained that kind of payday to get back ...

This summer, BBC Two and BBC Music present the world exclusive terrestrial TV broadcast of WHAM! 10 Days in China, a ...

Forty years after its release, Music From The Edge Of Heaven remains the final studio statement from Wham!, capturing the last recordings of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley before their farewell in ...

There are a handful of musicians whose legacy and work come to the forefront of people’s minds once a year, at the same time of year. That time of year is Christmas, and artists who typically flood ...

The British duo Wham! became, for many, the soundtrack of the early 1980s with their fun-loving pop hits, a feel-good antidote to a world that, at the time, seemed to be growing darker from the Cold ...

(CNN) — It turns out the Christmas chart is a real thing in the United Kingdom – not something made up for the classic film “Love Actually” – and a certain beloved band has topped it this year with ...

A key segment of the new Netflix documentary Wham!, which chronicles the meteoric rise of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s pop duo from 1982 to 1986, is when they make history as the first Western ...

Last weekend, a DJ caused a stir in Britain after playing the hit Wham! song "Last Christmas" at a soccer game in front of about 60,000 people. A week earlier, another DJ had done the same at a match ...

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” ...