Andrew Ridgeley

Wham! George & Me Andrew Ridgeley

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 life-long friendship with George Michael and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties In 1975 in Watford, two teenagers, George and Andrew, met for the first time. They instantly hit it off and their boyhood escapades at Bushy Meads School built a bond that was never broken. Connecting over their love for singing, song writing and pop music, together they set out to follow an impossible dream. The duo found themselves riding an astonishing rollercoaster 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. Wham! were the soundtrack of the 80s; whether it was choosing life or Live Aid, the decade of flamboyance and fun was a party that seemed like 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. For the first time, he reveals what it was like being at the centre of a pop hurricane and talks of his love for and friendship with George. It's a unique and one-and-only time to remember that era, that band and those boys.