At face value, Wham!’s No. 1 hit “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” is a straightforward love song. You put the boom-boom into my ...

Their debut album, "Fantastic," released in 1983, showcased several hit singles, including "Young Guns (Go for It!)" and "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)," laid the foundation for their meteoric ...

With its Motown swing and addictive sing-along chorus, Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” was indeed one of those songs, even if band members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley looked ...

infectiously bubbly duo Wham!, with its throwback blue-eyed soul hit “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.” The band notched a few more stateside hits — “Careless Whisper,” “I’m Your Man ...

“About six months before … I’d actually had something go on that made my attraction to men fairly clear,” the late Michael reveals via rare footage featured in “Wham! The Documentary ...

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They invaded the USA with “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” and “Careless Whisper,” which Andrew co-wrote in their school days. Wham! stayed massively popular for the rest of their career ...

literally has the tapes – and then they wrote “Wham Rap!” with a dance routine to go with it and nods to “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang. It was 1981, and Andrew and Yog ...

When Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley first heard George Michael give up his heart on “Last Christmas,” he knew the beloved yule tune was something special. The magic moment happened when the holiday ...

But they weren’t about to go quietly. On June 28, 1986, Wham! played a farewell concert at London’s Wembley Stadium that drew 72,000 fans. The duo delivered a hits-packed set that ended with a ...