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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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Critic reviews

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
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Such a beautiful and candid account of the band who made my teenager years a little easier.
Thank you Andrew, thank you George and thank you Wham ❤️

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This is neither an Andrew auto biography or a George biography. It is purely their 'Wham' life. There are no secrets revealed, nothing explosive. A gentle, polite recollection. Personally I would have liked a few more stories of exploits, close shaves, disagreements etc . It feels like it has gone through a redaction of sorts. Two young men having the time of their lives, seeing the world was not reflected in this book. Maybe in a few years there will be a second book going deeper.

A Personal Memoire

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Thank you so very much Andrew Ridgeley for this wonderful trip down memory lane living through your narrative what you and George went through
Truly grateful for this beautiful heartfelt tribute to your beautiful friend our darling George

Wham George and Me

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A poignant account of true friendship and the incredible life the boys of Wham lived. It’s full of the love, laughs and lows they shared. My heart still aches for the loss of this incredibly talented man. God bless Andrew for finding the strength to write and share this.

Beautifully written tribute A*****

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A very interesting listen Andrew has a very soothing voice, and this was well delivered.

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