On July 28, 2026, Wham! fans will be able to see the new, cinematic telling of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s extraordinary trip to China entitled: Wham! 10 Days in China.
The 90-minute documentary, directed by Mike Christie, brings newly-digitized, restored footage and new interviews in celebration of Wham!’s groundbreaking 1985 visit to the People’s Republic of China.
Tickets will go on sale on June 24, 2026.
A new website — wham10daysinchina.com — is available with additional information.
Also, BBC Two and BBC Music will present the world exclusive terrestrial TV broadcast of Wham! 10 Days in China this summer.
In April 1985, Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China, with performances in Beijing and Guangzhou. For Wham! it was a strategy to “make it big” in the U.S., with the help of Simon Napier-Bell, their then manager.
Filmmaker Lindsay Anderson was originally in charge of the Wham! in China documentary. His version, entitled If You Were There, was never released, but some of that material was used in the documentary, Wham! in China: Foreign Skies, which premiered at Wham!’s The Final farewell concert on June 28, 1986. It was then released on video.
For more information on Wham! 10 Days in China, please see our previous article: New Wham! Documentary: Wham! 10 Days in China.
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