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"Wham! are to reunite for a one-off gig, it has been reported. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, who announced their decision to split in 1986, are planning a &amp;quot;pop extravaganza&amp;quot; to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut hit, according to The Mirror.  An insider told the paper: &amp;quot;They probably won&amp;#039;t do a long tour or release new material like Take That but they do want to commemorate the event with a big gig... and an even bigger party afterwards! &amp;quot;Things are still in the early stages but everybody is getting really excited about it.&amp;quot; Michael, who has previously said that the &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m Your Man&amp;#039; group would &amp;quot;never&amp;quot; get back together, recently announced his new single &amp;#039;White Light&amp;#039; as a way of celebrating his 30-year milestone. The source went on: &amp;quot;George and Andrew have often said their &amp;#039;Club Tropicana&amp;#039; days are well behind them, but seeing as their anniversary coincides with George releasing new material, it&amp;#039;s one of those &amp;#039;now or never&amp;#039; moments.&amp;quot; Wham! released three studio albums and sold 25 million records worldwide from 1982 to 1986. The &amp;#039;Careless Whisper&amp;#039; singer has said of his impending anniversary: &amp;quot;Although I know the music industry tradition on such occasions is to list the hundreds of millions of albums sold, the number of records broken and awards received over all those years, I would simply like to say thank you.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s 2011 interview with Wham! backing vocalists Pepsi and Shirlie Watch the video for Wham!&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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