As Wham! took to the stage in Beijing on 7 April 1985, they were making history as the first Western pop act to perform in China.
An audience of 15,000 had come to see the band at the city's Workers' Gymnasium – a rather sterile-sounding venue for two of pop's most glamorous stars – but when George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley ran onstage they were greeted by a cacophony of… silence.
As backing singer Shirlie Holliman says, 'I remember looking at George and I could read his face. There was confusion in his eyes.'
If confusion, awkwardness and plain discomfort are your bag, then Wham! 10 Days In China is the film for you.
A riveting account of the band's ground-breaking trip 41 years ago, including footage from a documentary made at the time but not released because the director was sacked, it has everything from a mental breakdown and fans being dragged out of the concert for dancing to the extraordinary sight of a naked George being massaged while discussing the complexities of living in a Communist state.
