Andrew Ridgeley
@ajridgeley
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One time member of an 80’s beat combo and inveterate wastrel.
Joined June 2014
I am delighted, somewhat amazed & profoundly pleased that WHAM!’s iconic Christmas classic Last Christmas has finally achieved the accolade of becoming a No 1. It’s a fitting tribute 2 George’s songwriting genius and 1 of which he would’ve been immensely proud & utterly thrilled.
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Heartbroken at the loss of my beloved friend Yog. Me, his loved ones, his friends, the world of music, the world at large. 4ever loved. A xx
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Thank u everyone 4 your heartwarming expressions of congratulations & happiness @ #LastChristmas making No 1. Your endeavours over the yrs in support of this long held ambition r much appreciated & I’m v grateful. I hope this wonderful news heralds a brighter year ahead 4 us all.
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I am delighted to bring you the news that WHAM!, the documentary film, is available to stream on @NetflixUK . I hope for many of you, it’ll bring to life a golden era and the carefree joys of youth. Let me know if you’ve watched it!
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#GM had a voice that would transport u, he was the finest singer/songwriter of his generation & has left the best of himself 4 us. RIP GM xx
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God didn't give it, you did my old friend. Cleft with grief. A xx
"I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.". - George Michael, 1963 - 2016
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I am delighted to bring you the news that WHAM!, the documentary film, is coming to Netflix on 5th July 2023. It is a genuinely authentic account of WHAM!’s meteoric ascent to success and of how WHAM! came to find such a special place in the hearts of many
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What a wonderfully, unexpected Christmas gift 🎄. George would be so thoroughly pleased .@officialcharts.
We’re absolutely thrilled to see ‘Last Christmas’ by WHAM! has once again hit the Number 1 spot on the UK @officialcharts! Thank you for all the love and support you continue to show the song 🎄❤️
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Utterly tragic news of Mel Panayiotou’s passing. My thoughts are with her sister and father at this desperately sad time.
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A mere 35 years later, not quite poolside in Ibiza, but still the same lovely Dee C. Lee @therealdeeclee 😘🥰😘
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Crikey, twice in the same month! You wait 36 years for a number one and then they come like buses! 😂🎅. I’m delighted WHAM!’s ‘Last Christmas’ has hit the Number 1 spot on the UK @officialcharts for a second time in 2022! Thank you all, what a wonderful way to end the year
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I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks for the thousands who have voiced their sorrow & support at the tragic death of #georgemichael.
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Tweetsters fans & the public @ large, your effort to get Last Christmas 2 No 1 was humbling. Whilst I was unable 2 give the campaign the media support I wished 2, due to GM family sensitivities, your desire 2 give tribute that way would have touched GM deeply & has me 🙌🏻⭐️😘.
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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from this desert island🏝🎅🏼.Thank you to everyone who has supported me & my memoir this year. Here’s to 2020!🍾 x
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It’s time for another #WhamWednesday 💥.Here’s George & I on the Great Wall of China🇨🇳.Can you guess the year?
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Wishing you all a Happy New Year!🎇 This year has been fantastic- The support for my memoir #WhamGeorgeandMe has been amazing & meeting you all at my book signings was wonderful. Thank you to everyone who has been involved- @GabyYoung @MichaelJBooks .Here’s to 2020!🥂A x
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V. sad news today of Deon Estus’ death. A lavishly gifted bass guitarist, a charismatic & impish character & a rock of the WHAM! rhythm section. He lives large in the memory, he radiated warmth, humour & life’s illuminating light, my heartfelt commiserations go out to his family.
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Thnx @BRITs 4 the opportunity 2 give testament 2 the memory of #GeorgeMichael Privileged 2 do so & gr8 courage from Shirlie & Pepsi 2 do so.
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It’s that time of the week again - #WhamWednesdays 💥.Here’s a photo of George & I celebrating our first No1 #WakeMeUpBeforeYouGoGo outside George’s dad’s restaurant, The Angus Pride in Edgware🎂 Can you guess the year?.Photo by my father, Albert.
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My piece 4 @MailOnline , motivated in no small part by touching expressions of support by Twittersphere for Last Christmas & general mood 4 it to stand as tribute on anniversary of GM’s passing. Thnx 4 chance to express support in my own words-more or less!.
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TwitterSphere, your kind words in response 2 the #BRITs GM tribute r v. touching & appreciated. Sense of loss is overwhelmingly sad @ times.
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Very sad news of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. She had been a constant presence in a changing world throughout my whole life and was the living embodiment of dignity. Hers is a great loss and one which will be felt worldwide. #QueenElizabethII 😔.
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Lovely to be back at Centre Court today in the sunshine at @Wimbledon. Come on @EmmaRaducanu! 🙌🎾
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Ahoy there! 2 herald #WhamGeorgeandMe in paperback, I’ve rummaged in the WHAM! photo vault 2 share with u, each week, a #WhamWednesdays photo of yore. 2 kick things off, can u guess in which year it was taken? Add yor grist t’mill by sharing yor WHAM! photos using #WhamWednesdays
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#GeorgeMichael And whilst we're at it @TheSun @DailyMailUK et al, stop referring to #GM as 'Wham!' singer, it's a disservice to his memory.
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Dear All, u have the luxury of choosing whether or not to engage with The Sun, I do not, once they'd proposed it the rest was firefighting.
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Looking forward to attending the London premiere of #LastChristmas on Monday!- out in cinemas 15.11.19❄️🎄 @lastchristmas
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Happy Release Day! . just a little message from me☺️.Links to buy: .Waterstones (signed and sprayed edge): .Amazon: #WhamGeorgeandMe
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A little thank you from me. 💌.#WhamGeorgeandMe is now No.1 best seller on the whole of @amazon & has completely sold out at @Waterstones 🤩 .Thank you so much everyone!.Order link here:
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Sincere thnx to #ChrisMartin 4 standing up 2 the plate & giving tribute to George @coldplay a pleasure 2 have met u @ #BRITs2017 wish u well.
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Celebrate 40 years of Wham! with the new Netflix documentary launching 5th July 🕺.
🕺🕺Young guns having some fun🕺🕺. From the director of FYRE comes WHAM!, the new documentary charting the global rise of pop sensations George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley. In UK cinemas for One Night Only June 27 🪩.Come and celebrate 40 years of WHAM!. On Netflix globally July 5
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Deepest commiserations 2 those who have lost loved 1s from Covid-19, those who r fighting infection & their families. I feel for evry1s plight, those who have lost income & businesses forced 2 close. My sincerest gratitude goes 2 all medical staff globally in the frontline fight.
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A well articulated piece on the gargantuan talent & extraordinary musical legacy of #GeorgeMichael by Tom Cridland in @HuffPostUK. Bravo!
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Thank you #Birthday well wishers, your messages are very kind. The late great Paul Newman and living legends Wayne Gretzky, Eddie Van Halen also share this birthdate. Esteemed company indeed!.
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I’m thrilled to pieces to announce that WHAM!’s Last Christmas is the latest member of the @Spotify @SpotifyUK #BillionsClub with one billion streams. Thank you for all the love and support you continue to show the track 👏🎿.
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#SnowedUnder 👀- busy signing copies today!✍🏼 . not long to go until #WhamGeorgeandMe is yours!
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Oh my what a day! An occasion of stately solemnity & magnificence, befitting of a 👸🏻 who discharged her obligations 2 the highest office, her dominions & her subjects, unstintingly & unhesitatingly. Awe inspiring, heart achingly sad. A privilege 2 have borne witness. RIP #QE2.
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Something exciting is coming 👀. I’m working on a new project and need your help! 🫵. Do you have any WHAM! footage you can dig out of the archives? If so please send it over to officialwham.8286@gmail.com and it may just become part of something very special🙌 #ifyouwerethere
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Lovely lunch today with Wham!’s old manager and my old friend @SimonNapierBell .It was so wonderful to see him again after far too long and to enjoy his charming and urbane company once again as if it were yesterday!💫
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It’s just over one week to go until my memoir, WHAM!, George and Me is published in the UK! @Waterstones have a limited number of the signed edition with sprayed edges still available. You can pre-order here:
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Thank you @BBCRadio2 for having me on this morn 2 chat about my 80’s Playlist radio show, BBC Radio 2 Monday 6, May 5-7pm, ‘n’ uvver stuff-erm…such as my forthcoming memoir! Fab to cosy up 2 the luvvly & radiant @ZoeTheBall
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Any guesses what some of my top 80s moments are? l'm reliving them through the WHAM! tracks that best illustrate those most glorious of times on @BBCRadio2 tomorrow at 8pm with @djgarydavies Tune in and reminisce with me! 🎶
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It’s that time of the week again- #WhamWednesdays 💥 Here’s George & I with our manager at the time, @SimonNapierBell Can you guess the year?.Photo: Martyn Goddard
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A brilliant evening at the UK premiere of @lastchristmas last night❄️ @VivaBananarama @Alicedw1 .Great to see the director @paulfeig & his lovely wife @lauriefeig again too. I hope everyone enjoys the film!🎬💙 #LastChristmas
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The countdown is on🌟.Only 3 days to go until my memoir Wham! George & Me is released!.📚There are also signed copies with sprayed edges available exclusively from @Waterstones .Link: .#WhamGeorgeandMe
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Umm…my room in Berlin is hugegantic! If I didn’t have to get up at 5am, I’m sure I’d find a way to make the most of it. #🤦🏼♂️
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Thrilled to be No.3 on the @thetimes best seller list!.Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of #WhamGeorgeandMe 💫
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And we’re off! Today we embarked upon our journey, cycling 153km from John O Groats to Lairg. Beautiful skies and scenery aplenty! 158km awaits us tomorrow! . Follow the links in my bio to track us and to learn more about, and if able to, support @papyrus_uk
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Jumping right back into #WhamWednesdays 💥.Does anyone know where & when this was taken?.Photo by my father, Albert.
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Thrilled to be No.2 on the #SundayTimesBestSeller @thetimes list! Thank you again for all the support over the last 2 weeks, the response has been incredible✨.#WhamGeorgeandMe
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Thank you @grahnort for having me on your show!.I was thrilled to speak to the great man himself & also meet the utterly captivating Renée Zellweger✨.Tonight at 10:35pm on @BBCOne - Don’t miss it! @TheGNShow .#WhamGeorgeandMe
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#GeorgeMichael IMO the #GM estate, heirs & beneficiaries are highly unlikely to give permission to/support/sanction any The Sun initiative.
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Suggested 2 @TheSun a solely George Michael composition would be more appropriate. They've dismissed my concerns. Vote or retweet #GMAmazing
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That’s a wrap on our JOGLE🚴♂️and blimey O’Rielly has it been the most incredible experience. Around 1600km/1000 miles covered and over 20,000m/65,000 feet ascended across a gruelling 10 days from John o Groats to Lands End for @PAPYRUS_Charity
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1 of many tributes that would seem fitting The cultural contribution #GM made to the UK & the world was vast & this is a fitting recognition
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Congratulations @Shirliekemp & @realmartinkemp I hope the album’s a big success. U look so happy together and it’s lovely to see. Good luck with the promo tour.🤞🏻💽💽💽💽💽💽.
It’s finally our album release day and 4pm today we will be at HMV in Leeds to sign your copies ! Looking forward to meeting you ♥️🎼
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2/2 funeral is insensitive, contemptuous & reprehensible. U might have the had decency 2 schedule post funeral & after a respectful period
Please RT we need #Respect4George programme must be stopped. @channel5_tv @david__austin @ajridgeley @MeebMay @Shirliekemp @PepsiDemacqueC
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Thanks to @grahnort for hosting us on his @VirginRadioUK show. It was fabulous to be in the presence of Graham's sunny disposition and was lovely to reminisce fondly with @Shirliekemp ahead of the launch of the Wham! @NetflixUK documentary launching 5th July
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Great evening on @BBCTheOneShow 🎉.AND news just in that #WhamGeorgeandMe is No.2 on the @thetimes best seller list!.Thank you all for the support💫 .#sundaytimesbestseller
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Spotted👀 Great to hear that #WhamGeorgeandMe is back in the top 10 in the @thetimes best seller list!.Thank you all🎄x
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This post from my chum @NickHeyward sums up the point I've tried to make to @TheSun #GeorgeMichael defined himself by his art not by WHAM!
RIP #georgemichael 'You Have Been Loved' 😔 (live version)
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A fantastic book signing today at Piccadilly @Waterstones - thank you to all who came out!🤩✍🏼 Lovely to meet you all. #WhamGeorgeandMe
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The fun continues! 📚.Thank you @thismorning @itvstudios for having me on today! Great chatting to @RuthieeL & @EamonnHolmes .#WhamGeorgeandMe
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My heavy hearted & sincere condolences to the families & friends of those murdered & injured during yesterday’s #westminster terror attack.
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I haven’t been this excited about a top 60 chart position since Young Guns! @officialcharts 😂🏝🙌 thanks everyone and let’s keep the streams going! 👏 listen here
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Another book, another signing!.Great morning at @GoldsboroBooks Signed copies are now available on their website✍🏼 .#WhamGeorgeandMe #BookTour
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Make sure you tune into @BBCRadio2 on New Years Day at 12pm where I’ll be discussing what music influenced George & I 🎶 #TheMusicThatMadeUs
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Absolutely knocked out to have been invited on the brilliant and witty @achrisevans @VirginRadioUK show! It was a privilege to witness a master broadcaster at work and a right hoot!🤘🏽 .#WhamGeorgeandMe
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Thnx Twittsterers 4 the birthday well wishes. Had an inauspicious start 2 my b’day ski break thnx 2 a snowboarder🙄, but the v. nice staff at Rifugio Piz Seteur Val Gardena got me back on track and provided me with an opportunity for my very own Gareth Keenan (The Office) moment.
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Whilst current circumstances take the edge of this post somewhat, doing their bit 2 distract from present woes, @MichaelJBooks release my memoir ‘Wham, George and Me’ in paperback on June 11th. I hope it brings a reminder of happier times. 2 pre-order go 2
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Join me this evening for a very special #timstwitterlisteningparty @LlSTENlNG_PARTY as I tweet you through WHAM! The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven😃🙌🏻🤩. I shall be hitting play at 7pm over on @WHAMofficial_ ▶️
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“Let me take you by the hand and welcome you to Wonderland”….🍹🏝☀️. I’m delighted to announce ‘Wonderland Redux’, a brand new re-imagining of Club Tropicana by drummar, my creative partnership with @drumastersmusic Listen via the link in my bio. Let me know what you think!🙌
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Only 2 days to go!🌟📖.Have you got your copy of #WhamGeorgeandMe ?.Links to buy: .Waterstones (signed and sprayed edge): .Amazon:
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½ @channel5_tv 2 conceive such a sensationalist & mucky piece of voyeurism may be par 4 the course for u, the decision to air b4 GM’s
Please RT we need #Respect4George programme must be stopped. @channel5_tv @david__austin @ajridgeley @MeebMay @Shirliekemp @PepsiDemacqueC
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2nite, a young woman, Rachel, stopped me in the street & said she'd a spare tix 2 c La La Land. There's love in the world & it came my way❤.
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Only just under a month to go until Christmas AND the @lastchristmas soundtrack is available now on vinyl and CD to get you in the festive mood!🎄📀.Who's ordered a copy? . #GeorgeMichael #Wham #LastChristmas #LastChristmasTheMovie
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Excited to learn that @KerenBananarama & @SaraBananarama of @VivaBananarama will be releasing their memoir #ReallySayingSomething this Autumn on 29th October! . I wonder if I’m in it 😉
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