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Book SynopsisCelebrate 40 years of WHAM! with the Sunday Times bestseller from one half of the world''s most famous bands
''I couldn''t put it down. Such a fantastic book'' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio
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School mates. Band mates. Soul mates . . .
When Andrew Ridgley took George Michael, the new boy at school, under his wing, he discovered a soul mate.
In Wham! George and Me, Andrew tells the story of how they rode a rollercoaster of success around the world while making iconic records and surviving superstardom with their friendship intact. It is a memoir of love, music, the flamboyant 1980s and living in a pop hurricane.
No one else can ever tell their story - because no one else was there . . .
Forty years on from their explosion into pop music, Andrew Ridgeley tells the inside story of Wham!, his life-long friendship with George Michael and the formation of a band that changed music.
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''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. It''s an honest but affectionate account of a remarkable duo who remained true to their origins and their friendship throughout it all'' Daily Express
''As infectious as their music'' Daily Mirror
''A remarkably generous memoir. In more than one sense, the biography of a friend'' Spectator
''A great story'' Saturday Live, Radio 4
''A lovely book. A love letter to George'' Graham Norton, BBC One
''Charming, heartfelt . . . there''s a real poignancy to Ridgeley''s description of Wham!''s glory days'' Sunday Times
Trade ReviewEven 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. * The Sunday Times *
A touching account of male friendship * The Times *
Celebrity Memoirs of the Year * Guardian *
A remarkably generous memoir....in more than one sense, the biography of a friend * Spectator *
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 * Daily Express *
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 * Classic Pop Magazine *
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 * Sunday Express *
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 * Daily Mirror *
This book is all you could want and more! * Magic Book Club *
I couldn't put it down. Such a
fantastic book * Chris Evans, Virgin Radio *
A great story * Saturday Live, Radio 4 *
A lovely book. A
love letter to George * Graham Norton, BBC1 *
A touching and vivid nostalgia trip - with great photos * Best *
Top 50 gift picks for the book lovers in your life * The Herald *
A fond look back at the Wham! star's life in the group that helped define Eighties pop * Choice Magazine *
Will no doubt appeal to the fanbase . . . Humorous and touching * Times Literary Supplement *
Joyful nostalgia * Daily Express *
As a hard-nosed ex-detective, it was a source of much hilarity that I am such a Wham! fan but my copy of this is a prized possession * Peter Bleksley *
