“The very first meeting [with Michael and Ridgeley], we went to dinner with them and said, ‘Right, let's discuss what we're going to do.’ And George said, ‘We want to be the No. 1 group in a year, and ...

In 1981, two talented 18-year-old friends from England, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, burst onto the music scene with a fresh sound that combined pop, soul, and dance elements that instantly ...

The pop duo Wham! dominated radio and television in the 1980s with feel-good, fun-loving hits that provided an antidote to the bleak outlook of the Cold War. Now, a new Netflix documentary titled ...

In 1984 Wham! were a band riding high. Following the success of their debut album Fantastic in 1983, the band went on to Make It Big with an album of the same name in 1984 and a global tour proving ...

George Michael's early songwriting — and Andrew Ridgeley in general — are no longer punchlines thanks to Chris Smith's film. The “Wham!” documentary on Netflix hit me like, well, you can guess. Wham!

Baltimore’s Wham City is known for organizing an experimental art festival that became one of the city’s premiere music events in the mid-2000s. When Ben O’Brien joined in 2008 with a background in ...