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The best (and the worst) Christmas singles of 2023: from Jorja Smith to Jason Derulo

If you fancy a break from Wham! we've got you covered...

Evening Standard

Are you playing 'Whamageddon'? It's the Christmas game you've probably already lost

Last weekend, a DJ caused a stir in Britain after playing the hit Wham! song "Last Christmas" at a soccer game in front of about 60,000 people. Here's why.

WEKU

Prince Louis pulls cheeky stunt at Christmas Carol service

The royal mischief maker keeps on entertaining as even Princess Charlotte can’t help but laugh

The Independent UK

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10 alternative Christmas anthems to soundtrack your festive season and drown out Wham! and Mariah Carey

Because all we want for Christmas is an escape from 24/7 seasonal schmaltz

Louder

Prince Louis pulls cheeky stunt as royals attend Christmas Carol service

The royal mischief maker keeps on entertaining as even Princess Charlotte can’t help but laugh

The Independent UK

DJ forced to apologise for playing Last Christmas after thousands lose cult game Whamageddon

Potential 7,000 people have been knocked out of Whamageddon game

The Independent UK

Prince Louis pulls cheeky stunt as royals attend Christmas Carol service

The royal mischief maker keeps on entertaining as even Princess Charlotte can’t help but laugh

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Why Shane MacGowan’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ could still not make Christmas No1

Fans of The Pogues are hoping for ‘Fairytale of New York’ to top the Christmas charts following MacGowan’s death on 30 November – but it’s already battling Wham!

The Independent UK

The Pogues’ Fairytale Of New York track battling Wham! and Mariah Carey for top UK chart spot

Shane McCowan's wife hopes the song will top the charts after the singer's death on Thursday

Evening Standard

Christmas arrives in UK charts earlier than ever with entries for Wham! and Mariah Carey

Christmas classics enter at No 37 and No 40 respectively, ahead of increasing ubiquity over the festive season

The Guardian - UK

Girls, boys, art, pleasure! Italy’s paninaro subculture rides again

Hymned by Pet Shop Boys, paninari dressed expensively, ate fast food, loved pop music – and some flirted with the far right. Now middle-aged, its scenesters explain its appeal

The Guardian - UK

11 saxophonists, 4 re-recordings and a £17,000 haircut… The tortuous tale of George Michael's Careless Whisper: "I wrote it totally in my head. I worked on it for about three months in my head"

There’s much more to the Wham!-man's modern classic than meets the ear

MusicRadar

Tell us: have you kept a pop music scrapbook?

Andrew Ridgeley’s mum kept one on Wham! We’d love to see scans of your personal pop scrapbooks and learn the stories behind them

The Guardian - UK

When did George Michael come out? Here's what the singer said about his sexuality

Fans of Netflix's new Wham! documentary have been wondering when George Michael came out as gay.

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The Guardian - UK

Dead dogs, capitalist critique and only four songs: when Wham! squashed Lindsay Anderson’s China film

The British pop stars hired the Palme d’Or winner to record their groundbreaking shows in east Asia. After it all ended in tears, the unseen film was locked up in a Scottish university

GoodToKnow

How did George Michael die? New Netflix documentary Wham! looks back at the singer's life

How did George Michael die, as a new Netflix film about the Wham! frontman airs, we take a look at his life.

GoodToKnow

Why did Wham! break up? Everything we know about the iconic band's split

Why did Wham! break up? As a Netflix documentary about the iconic duo airs, viewers are asking why they split up - we have the answers.

The Independent UK

George Michael called Wham’s career-launching Top of the Pops performance ‘terrible’

Band’s appearance followed what Michael called ‘the worst week of my life’

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What did Andrew Ridgeley do after Wham! and where is he now?

Fans of Netflix's new Wham! documentary are keen to know what Andrew Ridgeley is doing now.

The Independent UK

Wham! review: Netflix doc is a missed opportunity that plays like a greatest hits album

Even when George Michael’s sexuality becomes more relevant to the historic trajectory of Wham!, the film refuses to foreground the human element

Cinemablend

Wham!: What To Know About Netflix's Music Documentary Before You Watch

All about the new Netflix documentary that is all about Wham!

Manchester Evening News

What did Andrew Ridgeley do after Wham! broke up?

The 80s mega stars had hits including Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Club Tropicana

Manchester Evening News

When did George Michael die and what happened?

The Wham! star was found dead by his partner at his Oxfordshire home

The Independent UK

George Michael’s later years ‘were not his best’, says Wham! star Andrew Ridgeley

‘The pleasure we found in each other’s company, and the amusement with which we regarded each other – that didn’t change,’ said Michael’s former bandmate

Chicago Sun-Times

If you’re gonna do a Wham! documentary, do it right — like Netflix did

Breezy film treats George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s 1980s hits with respect.

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