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Initially, it also stalled outside the UK top 40 but the band got lucky when the BBC programme Top of the Pops scheduled them after another act unexpectedly pulled out of the show. His brother Paul, an occasional percussionist for Bananarama, played drums on the album, whilst Paul Gray, bassist with early punk rock band the Damned played the bass.

Meanwhile, the slap bass and chucking guitars of “A Ray of Sunshine” are ferociously positive, and the song itself is early evidence of Michael’s ability to craft watertight pop hooks. Smith, Lyons (editor), Halfon (producer), and Black (archive producer) spent a number of days in Ridgeley's studio during the recording. On 18 June it was given another DocFest preview at the Showroom Cinema’s Warner Chappell Production Music screen.Michael and Ridgeley embarked on a UK tour to promote the album in October 1983, opening at Aberdeen's Capitol Theatre, before going on to dates in Scotland, England and Wales, and ending in November at the Centre in Brighton. Michael later appeared on the show's final episode, performing a duet of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with finalist and eventual winner Joe McElderry.

They later sign to Epic Records with Simon Napier-Bell as their manager due to a dispute with Innervision. Ridgeley announced he was dating socialite Amanda Cronin in summer 2022; they separated in May 2023. They were the brightest new stars in pop, and the music on Fantastic proves they were having a ball. Lee began her work with Paul Weller in the Style Council, and was replaced by Helen 'Pepsi' DeMacque. It was during this trip to Ibiza that Michael had his first physical homosexual encounter, confirming to himself that he was definitely either homosexual or bisexual.featuring George Michael", and in other markets, including the UK, it was credited to George Michael as a solo act but, unlike any Wham! scored four UK Number 1 singles and ignited a deep and passionate fan base both in the UK and US with hits like Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Club Tropicana and The Edge of Heaven. Michael and Ridgeley met at Bushey Meads School in Bushey near the town of Watford in Hertfordshire. It was also one of the worst received albums of 1990 among critics, achieving only half a star in a savage Rolling Stone magazine review. The film ends with unseen alternative music video footage of " I'm Your Man", with the song playing over the credits.

A twist in the sexual tension between the two men and two women is revealed at the end, when it turns out that Michael and Ridgeley are airline pilots and Dee and Shirlie are stewardesses. s manager, Simon Napier-Bell, fabricated a story that the bandages were the result of Ridgeley having been hit in the nose in a nightclub.

Shortly after the breakup, Ridgeley moved to Monaco and tried his hand at Formula Three motor racing. had its world premiere at the Sheffield DocFest on 17–18 June 2023 and was given a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom on 27 June, by Altitude Film. begins with Ridgeley and Michael who first met at Bushey Meads School in 1975 when they were 12 and 11 years old, respectively. On the most superficial level, it’s just a joy to relive this time of pop culture excess and sing along with these insanely catchy tunes. The initial concept for a documentary film was when Ridgeley contacted co-producer Simon Halfon about the idea, around the same time as Ridgeley’s 2019 memoir Wham!