Wham's Andrew Ridgeley: Where is he now?
At the age of 18, school friends Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael joined together to form Wham!. There were some bumps initially, but it wasn't long until the duo took over pop's entire landscape with a string of number one singles, 30 million record sales worldwide, and even a historic visit to China in 1985 as part of the group's world tour.
In 1990, Ridgeley fulfilled his contractual obligation with CBS Records by releasing a solo album named. The first single, 'Shake', reached #81 in Australia and failed to chart in most other countries. A follow-up single called 'Red Dress' performed even worse.In hindsight, the music wasn't actually too bad for the time, but critics weren't kind to Ridgeley's solo efforts.
"The chap said to me, 'Imagine your mother's died'. I think he was trying to get me to cry but I thought, why the f**k would anyone want to imagine that?"In those early post-Wham! years, Andrew also tried his hand at Formula Three racing around Europe. While motorsport didn't work out for him, his team owner Dave Price remembers him fondly.
In 2002, the English indie rock group Black Box Recorder released a single called 'Andrew Ridgeley' which suggested that the less successful member of Wham! deserved more credit than he ever received.
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