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Eames, Tom (29 June 2023). "Wham documentary is 'a story of friendship': Director Chris Smith reveals how he made the Netflix film". Smooth Radio . Retrieved 1 July 2023. Staff, MusicWeek (3 July 2023). "Andrew Ridgeley launches Wham!'s catalogue renaissance". Music Week . Retrieved 14 July 2023.
With unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archive including remarkable and never-before-seen footage, alongside rare, candid and previously unheard interviews, ‘WHAM!’ charts their incredible journey from school friends to superstars. It concludes with Ridgeley and Michael reflecting on their sell-out farewell concert The Final on 28 June 1986 at Wembley Stadium. According to Smith, one of the biggest surprises were the scrapbooks (around 50), that Ridgeley's mother put together documenting the entire four years. [15] [16]
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Wham! is a 2023 documentary film by documentary filmmaker Chris Smith about the English pop duo Wham! consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. The film marks the 40th anniversary of their 1983 debut album Fantastic. Wham!’ enjoyed huge success in the first half of the 1980s before splitting in 1986. George then went on to enjoy a successful solo career but Andrew felt that the band’s progress took them by surprise. Maglio, Tony (13 July 2023). "Netflix's 'Wham!' Documentary Put the Boom-Boom Into My Heart". IndieWire . Retrieved 15 July 2023. Clover, Julian (13 July 2023). "Wham! doc leads Netflix UK most watched films list". Broadband TV News . Retrieved 15 July 2023. George and Andrew released eleven singles as WHAM!, incredibly, five of them (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom, Last Christmas, I'm Your Man and The Edge Of Heaven) were British Number 1s. Meanwhile, in the United States, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whisper and Everything She Wants were chart toppers: remarkably, all three were from the same album, Make It Big, which sold six million copies in America alone. Elsewhere, the boys topped the charts in a host of countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Holland, Italy, Ireland, South Africa and Switzerland!
WHAM! toured the world. The Big Tour of 1984 and '85, comprised thirty-nine shows in support of the multi-platinum British and American Number One album - Make It Big. It took in the UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, United States, Hong Kong and China and in the summer of 1985, their WHAMAMERICA! stadium tour played to hundreds of thousands of WHAM! fans the length and breadth of the USA. Austriancharts.at – Wham! – The Singles - Echoes from the Edge of Heaven" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2023. Among the tapes of archival material of varying quality discovered and located by the team was a VHS tape of their 1983 Hammersmith Odeon concert from the Club Fantastic Tour owned by Wham! bass player Dave West. This was found not long before the film's completion. [17] Also available were the original demos of "Wham Rap!" and "Careless Whisper" recorded by Paul Mex for their eventual record contract. [18] Finding footage for The Final concert was also an important inclusion. [19] He liked to do ordinary things with his friends. Those moments were the ones I enjoyed the most as well. Further screenings with Smith in attendance followed in June at the Paris Theater in Manhattan and July at the Bay Theater in Palisades Village, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [24] [25]
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In 1984, the band went to Studio Miraval in Southern France to record their second studio album Make It Big. Eames, Tom (29 June 2023). "Wham documentary is 'a story of friendship': Director Chris Smith reveals how he made the Netflix film". Smooth Radio . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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