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April 7, 1985

Wham! went on a 10-day visit to China, the first by a Western pop group. The trip began with a concert at the Peoples’ Gymnasium in Beijing (then Peking) in front of 13,000 people. They also played a concert in front of 5,000 in Canton. The two concerts were played without compensation.

 

Wham!’s visit to China attracted huge media attention across the world. A documentary film – Wham! in China: Foreign Skies, released in 1986 – was shot over the two weeks and edited over summer and autumn 1985 in London. The film was directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Martin Lewis.

 

 

 

 

March 14, 1985

George won his first two Ivor Novello Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Most Performed Work with Careless Whisper. The Ivor Novello Awards are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. George would go on to be nominated several other times. He won awards also in 1989, 1996 and 1997. George regarded winning his first Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter Of The Year in 1985 as one of the most significant achievements of his career. At the age of 21 he was also the youngest recipient ever to win the award. Notably, he went on to win six Ivor Novello Awards and, to date still remains the only individual songwriter to have ever won their prestigious Songwriter Of The Year Award three times.

February 11, 1985

Wham! won the prize for Best British Group at the annual ceremony of BRIT Awards.