For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley-one half of one of the most famous bands in the world-tells the inside story of Wham!, his lifelong friendship with George Michael, and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties.
In 1975 Andrew took a shy new boy at school under his wing. They instantly hit it off, and their boyhood escapades at Bushy Meads School built a bond that was never broken. The duo found themselves riding an astonishing roller coaster of success, taking them all over the world. They made and broke iconic records, they were treated like gods, but they stayed true to their friendship and ultimately to themselves. It was a party that seemed as if it would never end. And then it did, in front of tens of thousands of tearful fans at Wembley Stadium in 1986.
Andrew's memoir covers in wonderful detail those years, up until that last iconic concert: the scrapes, the laughs, the relationships, the good, and the bad. It's a unique and one-and-only time to remember that era, that band, and those boys.
| ISBN: | 9781524745318 |
| Publication date: | 8th October 2019 |
| Author: | Andrew Ridgeley |
| Publisher: | Dutton Books an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: arts and entertainment Memoirs Composers and songwriters Musicians, singers, bands and groups |
For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley-one half of one of the most famous bands in the world-tells the inside story of Wham!, his lifelong friendship with George Michael, and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties.
In 1975 Andrew took a shy new boy at school under his wing. They instantly hit it off, and their boyhood escapades at Bushy Meads School built a bond that was never broken. The duo found themselves riding an astonishing roller coaster of success, taking them all over the world. They made and broke iconic records, they were treated like gods, but they stayed true to their friendship and ultimately to themselves. It was a party that seemed as if it would never end. And then it did, in front of tens of thousands of tearful fans at Wembley Stadium in 1986.
Andrew's memoir covers in wonderful detail those years, up until that last iconic concert: the scrapes, the laughs, the relationships, the good, and the bad. It's a unique and one-and-only time to remember that era, that band, and those boys.
Wham! features in the following genres: Biography: arts and entertainment, Memoirs, Composers and songwriters, Musicians, singers, bands and groups
Wham! is available in Hardback
Wham! was written by Andrew Ridgeley and published by Dutton Books an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
Wham! has 368 pages