{"id":4303,"date":"2026-06-16T15:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:06:00","slug":"wham-10-days-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/16\/wham-10-days-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Wham! 10 Days in China: Revisiting a Pop Revolution 40 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets will go on sale on June 24, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new website \u2014 wham10daysinchina.com<\/a> \u2014 is available with additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, BBC Two and BBC Music<\/a> will present the world exclusive terrestrial TV broadcast of Wham! 10 Days in China this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>, their then manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filmmaker Lindsay Anderson was originally in charge of the Wham! in China documentary. His version, entitled If You Were There<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Wham! 10 Days in China, please see our previous article: New Wham! Documentary: Wham! 10 Days in China<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n