And the
Wham! song from 1984 didn't stand a chance against Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?
George and Andrew first met at school in Hertfordshire, formed
Wham! in 1981 and had 10 Top Ten hits in four years, including No.1s Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom, I'm Your Man and Edge Of Heaven.
Disc Two is For Loving, with Careless Whisper, A Different Corner and Last Christmas, and disc three is For The Loyal, where his choices include Patience, If You Were There from
Wham! and his cover of The Police track Roxanne.
Wham! smash hits such as I'm Your Man and Last Christmas were written about women when he was in his "straight" period, he said.
The idea of George's tour is a retrospective of his career and
Wham! were a huge part of that.
But what about the days before
Wham!, Careless Whisper and expensive court battles?
When asked by Q mag what his biggest regret is, George says: "Splitting
Wham!" He added: "Also, not asking Kate Moss to join
Wham!" She'd have loved that.
It's believed Michael will perform hits from his time in
Wham! and from his solo career.
Recalling his early days with Andrew Ridgeley in
Wham!, he said: 'We went to record executives and played them a version of Careless Whisper.
George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were raw potential when he discovered them, but in keeping with his skills as a pop svengali, it wasn't long before he had led them to dominate the pop charts in the UK as
Wham!Eighties superstars
Wham! returned to the charts this week as George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's Best Of
Wham!Former
Wham! star George, 47, called Channel 5 host Matthew Wright to say a downmarket newspaper's story he and Kenny Goss had split was nonsense.
And, through a collection of amazing pictures, it tracks his early days as an unknown, his first taste of fame with
Wham! and his present- day solo success.
He started off DJ-ing in youth clubs and schools before forming
Wham! with school pal Andrew Ridgeley.
WHAM! One well-known MP said he was a "world-class twit".
