Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley and singers Pepsi and Shirlie have said they felt George Michael’s presence and that trees started falling down when they returned to the place they filmed the Last Christmas ...

In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...

Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a ...

Andrew Ridgeley believes George Michael would have loved to see the lasting impression "Last Christmas" has left. In a recent interview with Billboard's Pop Shop Podcast, the musician — one half of ...

Stepping back into the world of “Last Christmas” has been a bittersweet experience for Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley. "We had a wonderful time and recreating those scenes felt like yesterday," Ridgeley told ...

George Michael has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Most Performed Work category for writing Wham!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas.” The award, which honors songwriters and screen composers ...

The legendary holiday tune "Last Christmas" by George Michael and Wham! clinched the number one spot in the UK in recent years, and Kathy Hill, the female lead in the music video, is still turning ...

At this point, George Michael and Wham!’s pop hit “Last Christmas” is as essential to the festive season as tinsel and turkey. Now, 40 years on from the track’s release in December 1984 and it remains ...

Andrew Ridgeley has paid tribute to his friend and former Wham! bandmate George Michael after the iconic musician sadly passed away on Christmas Day aged 53. Andrew tweeted a link to the tragic news ...

Shane MacGowan’s widow has insisted she and the singer “loved” George Michael – despite Wham! beating The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ to the Christmas No1 spot. Victoria Mary Clarke – who was by ...