George Michael was frightened about Wham! “overshadowing” his solo profession, in response to Andrew Ridgeley.
The college mates former the pop duo within the Nineteen Eighties and scored a string of big hits together with ‘Membership Tropicana’ and ‘Careless Whisper’ earlier than George walked away in 1986 to change into a solo singing star – and now Andrew has revealed they’d an unstated settlement to not promote Wham! in case it hindered his pal’s plans to change into one of many world’s largest musicians.
Andrew instructed The Impartial newspaper: “There was nothing to say [about Wham!]. It was an unstated understanding between us that there could be no energetic growth of the Wham! legacy, as a result of Yog [George] wouldn’t need something overshadowing the GM profession.”
The band broke up following a farewell gig at London’s Wembley Stadium in June 1986 with George occurring to change into a solo celebrity and Andrew fading into the background after principally shunning the limelight for the reason that early Nineties.
Nevertheless, Andrew has insisted he wasn’t bitter in regards to the finish of Wham! He instructed the publication: “[The last concert] wasn’t tinged with any form of sorrow or disappointment or sense of loss. We hoped for a report deal. You had a report deal, you wished successful single. Hit single, you need a primary.
“I had no trepidation about what my life could be from that time. As a result of to be in a band with Yog [George] was the one ambition that I ever held with any nice decision; the prime feeling was simply one in every of a job properly executed.”
