Wham! their tour of China, received its world premiere as part of the festivities. For several years after becoming a solo artist, Michael spoke negatively, in public, about his time with Wham, partly because of the negativity of intense media coverage on Ridgeley. Michael complained of the constant pressure he felt, and he claimed that the duo had been mistreated financially. He also spoke disparagingly about some of the videos and songs from the Wham repertoire, especially the video from "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", and the songs from Fantastic. However, his perspective on the era softened somewhat in the
Fred Louis Wham Fred Louis Wham Fred Louis Wham (June 15, 1884 – February 2, 1967) was a United States federal judge. Born in Marion County, Illinois, Wham received an LL.B. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1909. He was in private practice in Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Arkansas from 1909 to 1915. He was an Assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. from 1915 to 1917. He was in private practice in Centralia, Illinois from 1917 to 1927. Wham was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. Wham was nominated by