Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp has said he never received his marriage paperwork following his wedding to former Wham! backing singer Shirlie Holliman. The 63-year-old said the fast wedding ceremony ...

At the peak of the group’s popularity, he dated Wham! backup singer Shirlie Kemp (née Holliman) for two years in the 1980s, whom he and bandmate George Michael knew from school. Most ...

Shirlie Holliman, their backup singer and close friend, was also there. "He gave Shirlie a sort of quick glance. He said to me, 'Didn't know how to tell you this, but I'm gay.

Shirlie Holliman was born April 18, 1962 and is an British pop star. She joined Wham! after her then boyfriend Andrew Ridgeley suggested she come and dance while he and his friend George Michael's ...

The Netflix documentary Wham! paints a slightly different picture. As Michael says in the film, Ridgeley and backup singer Shirlie Holliman persuaded him to keep his sexuality hidden, even though ...

Shirlie Holliman (now Kemp) had originally planned to train as a horse-riding instructor, however, her then-boyfriend Andrew Ridgeley suggested she come and dance while he and his friend George ...

Pepsi and Shirlie (September 2021, Radio 2) – Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque and Shirlie Holliman (as they were in the early 1980s) discuss their time as backing singers in Wham!

Why did Wham! break up? A new documentary about the iconic duo has piqued viewer interest in why the pair went their separate ways. In 1982, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley set out to storm the ...

Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp has said he never received official paperwork confirming his marriage to singer Shirlie Holliman, raising questions about whether the ceremony was legally binding.

PEPSI & Shirlie came to prominence in the 80s as backing singers for pop megastars WHAM! Shirlie went on to marry Martin Kemp, who’s appearing in the BBC Two mockumentary The Kemps: All G… ...

Shirlie Holliman was born April 18, 1962 and is an British pop star. She joined Wham! after her then boyfriend Andrew Ridgeley suggested she come and dance while he and his friend George Michael's ...