Even before the first page of this charming, heartfelt memoir, Ridgeley's eloquent dedication to his dearest friend George Michael will have you in tears. This is more than a gleeful shuttlecocks-in-shorts account of young guns having some fun: there's a real poignancy to Ridgeley's description of Wham!'s glory days, the knowledge of what will be lost - a band, a best friend - chilling in the Club Tropicana sunshine. * The Sunday Times *
A touching account of male friendship * The Times *
Celebrity Memoirs of the Year * Guardian *
A remarkably generous memoir....in more than one sense, the biography of a friend * Spectator *
It's a joyous celebration of the Wham! years. For anyone who was a teenager in the early 1980s, it will take you on a nostalgia trip, with dozens of comically captioned photos of the band during the white espadrille years. It's an honest but affectionate account of a remarkable duo who remained true to their origins and their friendship throughout it all * Daily Express *
Packed full of nostalgia, heart and insight, Wham! George & Me is a lovingly written ode to friendship and a celebration of one of the greatest pop acts of all time. A superb tribute * Classic Pop Magazine *
In this moving memoir, which is also a vivid nostalgia trip for anyone who was a teenager in the 70s and 80s, he tells the story of his friendship and musical collaboration with George Michael. Engaging * Sunday Express *
The Wham! star charts his treasured friendship with George Michael, from their meeting at school in 1975 to George's untimely death in 2016. The duo left a legacy of pop classics from the exuberant Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go to the evergreen Last Christmas, and Ridgeley's enthusiasm for life in a chart-topping band is as infectious as their music * Daily Mirror *
This book is all you could want and more! * Magic Book Club *
I couldn't put it down. Such a fantastic book * Chris Evans, Virgin Radio *
A great story * Saturday Live, Radio 4 *
A lovely book. A love letter to George * Graham Norton, BBC1 *
A touching and vivid nostalgia trip - with great photos * Best *
Top 50 gift picks for the book lovers in your life * The Herald *
A fond look back at the Wham! star's life in the group that helped define Eighties pop * Choice Magazine *
Will no doubt appeal to the fanbase . . . Humorous and touching * Times Literary Supplement *
Joyful nostalgia * Daily Express *
As a hard-nosed ex-detective, it was a source of much hilarity that I am such a Wham! fan but my copy of this is a prized possession * Peter Bleksley *
