Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley and singers Pepsi and Shirlie have said they felt George Michael’s presence and that trees started falling down when they returned to the place they filmed the Last Christmas ...

One of the most popular songs each December is Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Wham!’s George Michael had complex feelings about the song. Everybody else just seems to like it. George Michael felt Wham!’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, ...

Stepping back into the world of “Last Christmas” has been a bittersweet experience for Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley. "We had a wonderful time and recreating those scenes felt like yesterday," Ridgeley told ...

A new Wham! documentary has explained why George Michael didn’t come out as gay during his time in the band. The new one-off special tracks the rise of the 1980s pop group via archive interviews with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Between his work as one half of Wham! and his memorable solo output ...

In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...

George Michael has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Most Performed Work category for writing Wham!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas.” The award, which honors songwriters and screen composers ...

It is the song that defined an era, and decades later, its cultural grip remains as tight as ever. Andrew Ridgeley visited ...

George Michael was worried about Wham! "overshadowing" his solo career, according to Andrew Ridgeley. The school mates former the pop duo in the 1980s and scored a string of huge hits including 'Club ...