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Wembley, 72,000 Goodbyes: The Night Wham! Chose to End
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Seventy-two thousand fans packed Wembley Stadium not to mourn Wham!, but to celebrate the most deliberate exit in British pop history. This episode reconstructs the farewell concert of 28 June 1986 and the very different journeys George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley took when the lights went down.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Seventy-two thousand people showed up to watch Wham! die. And they cheered every second of it.
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