WHAM!’s 10 Days in China – The Live EP arrives December 4, 2026, marking the first official release of live audio from the duo’s historic 1985 concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou. It’s a landmark moment for fans and for pop history: after four decades, these performances—long discussed, partially glimpsed, and recently revisited in the acclaimed documentary WHAM! 10 Days in China—are finally available in fully mixed and mastered form.
Tracklist
The new EP captures four songs from those shows, each newly mixed and mastered by longtime Wham! collaborator Chris Porter, using the original live recordings.
The EP features four of Wham!’s biggest hits performed live during the China concerts:
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Live in Beijing)
- Everything She Wants (Live in Guangzhou)
- Freedom (Live in Beijing)
- Careless Whisper (Live in Guangzhou)
Formats & Editions
Fans will have multiple ways to experience the EP, such as:
A Historic Pop Milestone, Newly Unveiled
Wham!’s visit to China in 1985 was more than a tour—it was a cultural breakthrough. As the first Western pop group to perform in China, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley stepped onto stages in Beijing and Guangzhou at a time when Western music was still largely inaccessible to Chinese audiences. Their concerts became symbols of cultural openness and global pop’s expanding reach.
Additional Information
Additional information is available in:
- Wham! 10 Days in China: Revisiting a Pop Revolution 40 Years Later
- New Wham! Documentary: Wham! 10 Days in China
- Wham! If You Were There Documentary First Screening
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