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Trending on Billboard. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox. in Michael was the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and played keyboards, while Ridgeley co-wrote songs, played guitar, and performed backing vocals. But that was not the case, and George says that for him personally, that was the wrong decision.

Billboard is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Andrew and George of Wham! I was too immature to know I was sacrificing as much as I was. The difficulties Michael faced before and after coming out are covered in the new Wham! Ridgeley knew Michael was gay in when the pair.

It was unsensational. All Rights Reserved. documentary has explained why George Michael didn’t come out as gay during his time in the band. After the break-up of the short-lived group The Executive (of which Ridgeley, his brother Paul, and Michael were members), [7] Michael and Ridgeley formed the duo Wham!

heyday have been revealed by bandmate Andrew Ridgeley. A new Wham! George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of Wham! Get in the know on Visit Billboard Pro for music business news. [8] They approached various record labels with a homemade demo tape. Powered by WordPress.

Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about? performing on stage in (Image: Getty Images) George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley on stage with Shirlie Holliman - who George came out as gay to first (Image. George Michael ’s struggles to keep up the pretence he was straight during his Wham!

Login Login. The new one-off special tracks the rise of the s pop group via archive interviews. Michael hid his sexuality from fans for years before he was arrested in for lewd conduct, an event that essentially outed him to the public and led him to confirm he was gay in a televised interview on CNN.

Before his death in , the English musician said himself that he regretted staying in the closet for so long, even though doing so likely helped his career in the long run. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up. Read More About Music News pride.