Timeline Messaggio Tipo Descrizione
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August 23, 1985 |
| The Whamamerica! tour began in late August 1985. It travelled around the United States, opening at Poplar Creek Music Theater in Illinois in the Midwest, then heading across the border to Canada and all the way down the West Coast to northern and Southern California, south to Texas and then back east to Philadelphia and Detroit. |
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July 13, 1985 |
| Wham! joined Elton John to perform Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me at Live Aid in front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population. |
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May 4, 1985 |
| George was invited to perform at the grand reopening and 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. He sang Careless Whisper with Smokey Robinson and Love’s in Need of Love Today with Stevie Wonder. |
