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Wham!
Directed by	Chris Smith
Produced by	John Battsek Chris Smith Simon Halfon Alex Black (archive)
Starring	George Michael Andrew Ridgeley (See below)
Edited by	Gregor Lyon
Music by	Tim Atack
Production companies	Ventureland Passion Pictures Nemperor Production Library Films
Distributed by	Netflix Altitude Film Distribution
Release dates	17 June 2023 (2023-06-17) (DocFest) 27 June 2023 (2023-06-27) (United Kingdom) 5 July 2023 (2023-07-05) (worldwide)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Wham! is a 2023 documentary film about the English pop duo Wham! consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. The film marks the 40th anniversary of their 1983 debut album Fantastic. Directed by Chris Smith it relies primarily on rare archive footage and audio interviews by the duo, including television appearances, concert footage, private home video, behind-the-scenes outtakes, and family comments all linked together using scrapbooks created by Ridgeley's mother. The film was co-produced by Ventureland / Passion Pictures, Nemperor Production, and Library Films with Altitude Film and Netflix serving as distributors.

Wham! had its world premiere at the Sheffield DocFest on 17–18 June 2023 and given a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom on 27 June. It was reviewed as a cleverly stitched together film, using audio posthumously of Michael and new audio from Ridgeley. It was released worldwide to stream on 5 July 2023 on Netflix and received generally positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.

Synopsis

Wham! begins with Ridgeley and Michael who first met at Bushey Meads School in 1975 when they were 12 and 11 years old, respectively. It covers the journey of the pop duo featuring home videos and never-before-seen archive footage. The film is all framed together using a large series of scrapbooks with articles and photos documented by Ridgeley's mother throughout the film. It discusses how they put together their first demo tape with a full version of "Wham Rap!" and a portion of "Careless Whisper" recorded in Ridgeley's front room, eventually signing a record deal with Innervision Records in March 1982.

An important turning point for the band after the release of their first single "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" which failed to enter the UK Singles Chart, was an opportunity to appear on Top of the Pops in November 1982 performing "Young Guns (Go for It)" which rose in the chart from 42 eventually reaching number 3. Wham! follow up with a reissue of "Wham Rap!" which becomes a hit charting at number 8 and "Bad Boys" at number 2. "Club Tropicana" see the duo fly to the Spanish island of Ibiza, their first music video shoot abroad. It was filmed at Pikes Hotel with Ridgeley describing it as being more in line with their intended image. The single becomes a chart success in Europe.

They later sign to Epic Records with Simon Napier-Bell as their manager due to a dispute with Innervision. In 1984, the band went to Studio Miraval in Southern France to record their second studio album Make It Big. Wham! discuss the big success of their first number 1 single "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and how Michael was inspired by a note Ridgeley had left on his bedroom door for his mother to wake him up the next morning. In late 1984, Michael describes how he felt attending the event to record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at Sarm West Studios which would coincide with the release of their own single "Last Christmas", showing outtakes from "Last Christmas" video shoot filmed in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

It concludes with Ridgeley and Michael reflecting on their sell-out farewell concert the Final on 28 June 1986 at Wembley Stadium. The film ends with unseen alternative music video footage of "I'm Your Man", with the song playing over the credits.

Production

Development

The initial concept for a documentary film was when Ridgeley contacted co-producer Simon Halfon about the idea, around the same time as Ridgeley's 2019 memoir Wham! George & Me. Halfon then pitched the project to Kate Townsend, the VP for original feature documentaries at Netflix and John Battsek. In June 2022, it was announced that a documentary film about the band Wham! was in production and had the official support of Ridgeley, with Chris Smith signed on to direct. The official social media of Ridgeley and Michael announced and asked the public for any footage they may have.

In the early stages of the project, Smith said that he approached it with the possibility of using on-screen interviews, however, during the editing process, Smith had decided to use a variety of archive interviews of Michael throughout the years and a new audio interview from Ridgeley. Smith, Lyons (editor), Halfon (producer), and Black (archive producer) spent a number of days in Ridgeley's studio during the recording. According to Smith, one of the biggest surprises were the scrapbooks (around 50), that Ridgeley's mother put together documenting the entire four years.

Among the tapes of archival material of varying quality discovered and located by the team was a VHS tape of their 1983 Hammersmith Odeon concert from the Club Fantastic Tour owned by Wham! bass player Dave West. This was found not long before the film's completion. Also available were the original demos of "Wham Rap!" and "Careless Whisper" recorded by Paul Mex for their eventual record contract. Finding footage for the Final concert was also an important inclusion.

The film restoration was performed by R3store Studios in London to clean and scan the archive material, with many reels untouched for 40 years. They also restored large portions of Wham! in China, the 1986 documentary film. During the post-production editing process, some material that did not make the final cut was footage of Wham! visiting the United States for the first time in 1983 to perform on television shows.

Music

Composer Tim Atack was in charge of the film's musical score. Studio cut excerpts used and concert footage of the following tracks in order:

• "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)"
• "Young Guns (Go for It)" (Top of the Pops performance)
• "Bad Boys"
• "Club Tropicana"
• "Nothing Looks the Same in the Light"
• "A Ray of Sunshine"
• "Good Times" (concert)
• "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
• "Freedom"
• "Careless Whisper" (alternative music video footage)
• "Everything She Wants" (alternative music video footage)
• "Last Christmas" (music video outtakes)
• "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (behind the scenes)
• "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (Live Aid in 1985 with Elton John)
• "The Edge of Heaven"
• "I'm Your Man" (alternative music video footage)

Release

Wham! held its world premiere at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England for the 30th Sheffield DocFest on 17 June 2023 with a Q&A session after the screening with the film's director Chris Smith and Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley, both via video call. On 18 June it was given another DocFest preview at the Showroom Cinema’s Warner Chappell Production Music screen. An advanced BAFTA screening followed on 20 June 2023 with Smith, Halfon, Battsek, Ridgeley and Wham! backing singer Shirlie Holliman in attendance for a Q&A session hosted Anna Higgs at BAFTA's Piccadilly headquarters in London. Further screenings with Smith in attendance followed in June at the Paris Theater in Manhattan and July at the Bay Theater in Palisades Village, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

Wham! was released theatrically on 27 June 2023, in the United Kingdom by Altitude Film Distribution and was released on Netflix on 5 July 2023.

Marketing

An official trailer was released on 15 June 2023 and featured the songs "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". While no official soundtrack for the film has been issued, a compilation album on various formats was released two days after the documentary film The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven.

Audience viewership

According to Netflix, Wham! was watched by 4.4 million people in its first five days of digital release worldwide in any language and ranked 8th for the most watched TV and film. It was the most-watched film in the United Kingdom debuting at number one for the week 3 July to 9 July 2023. It also reached the top ten most-viewed film list in 23 countries during the same week including Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Malta, Iceland, Belgium, Netherlands and Canada. The following week 10-16 July 2023, the film was the second most-watched film in the U.K. and Ireland and remained as a top 10 film in eight other countries.

Reception

Critical response

Upon its premiere at the 2023 Sheffield DocFest, the film received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 48 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "While Wham! may mostly appeal to those familiar with shoulder pads and cassette tapes, it's hard not to swing along to this tribute pop-umentary about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley." On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Screen International film critic Fionnuala Halligan wrote, "The quality is far above the norm for this type of memoir assemblage, even if the substance is full of air bubbles..." In a positive 4/5 star review for the London Evening Standard, El Hunt called it an "illuminating film" with it being "cleverly stitched together and drawing on a vast archive of audio recordings, their narrative does not shy away from reappraising the band's past and even calling themselves out." Wendy Ide from The Guardian gave the film 4 stars out of 5, saying, "The film, which creates a dialogue between recent interviews with Ridgeley and older archive recordings of Michael, pays tribute to the close bond between the two Bushey Meads school friends who found themselves living the dream."

Nick Hilton of The Independent was critical of the film, rating the film two of five stars saying, "Wham! inadvertently becomes a music documentary without much interest in music. Like the band themselves, this is a breezy watch, but if there's profundity beneath the perms and the cut-offs, the film struggles to find it." Robert Moran from The Sydney Morning Herald felt the film was "as bright as the band's short-shorts and as satisfying as their enduring hits."

San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle wrote that Wham! "tells a sweet story, but also a goofy and entertaining one, because these guys were more '80s than anybody, more even than Miami Vice and Duran Duran", giving it 3 out of 4 marks. Chicago Sun-Times's Richard Roeper wrote that "the end result is a feel-good documentary about a feel-good band who were never destined for a decades-long run but had one hell of a good time dancing at the top of the pop charts for a few crazy years", rating the film three of four stars. Kevin Harley, writing for the Radio Times gave it 3 stars, saying, "While the film can seem somewhat shallow, it works best as a warmly nostalgic celebration of fleeting youth and friendship." Debiparna Chakraborty from Far Out gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing "...the documentary acts as a vehicle for nostalgia, celebrating the effervescence of youth and the mercurial nature of fame." Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com described it as "a total blast, regardless of your level of fandom. On the most superficial level, it's just a joy to relive this time of pop culture excess and sing along with these insanely catchy tunes."

Awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
British Academy Television Awards	18 February 2024	Best Documentary	Wham!	Nominated
Golden Reel Awards	3 March 2024	Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary	Wham! Music Editor: Greg Gettens	Nominated

Synopsis

Wham! begins with Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael who first met at Bushey Meads School in 1975 when they were 12 and 11 years old. It covers the journey of the pop duo featuring private home video and never-before-seen archive footage. The film is all framed together using a large series of scrapbooks with articles and photos documented by Andrew's mother throughout the film. It discusses how they put together their first demo tape with a full version of Wham Rap! and a portion of Careless Whisper recorded in Ridgeley’s front room. Eventually signing a record deal with Innervision Records in March 1982.

A turning point for the band after the release of their first single Wham Rap! which stalled in the official UK charts, was an appearance of Top of the Pops in November 1982 performing Young Guns (Go For It) which rose in the charts to number 3. By 1984, Wham! discusses the big success of their first number 1 single "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" and how Michael was inspired by a note left by Ridgeley on his bedroom door asking to wake him up before he left the house. Andrew wrote "Wake me up up before you go" by mistake, then adding "go go".

In 1982, the best of friends and still teenagers - George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as WHAM! set out to conquer the world. By June 1986 they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that. Now for the very first time, told in their own words, the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless and classic pop songs. Hit after hit - Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom, I'm Your Man and of course Last Christmas. Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, becoming the very first western pop act to play in China. It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomised not just their youth, but also those of the many millions of fans that adored them.

The film ends with new alternative music video footage of "I'm Your Man", the song plays over the credits.

Production

Development

The idea of a documentary film project was when producer Simon Halfon put forward the idea whilst having lunch with Andrew Ridgeley in 2019. In June 2022, it was announced that a documentary film about the band Wham! was in production and had the official support of Andrew Ridgeley, with Chris Smith signed on to direct. The official social media of Ridgeley and Michael announced and asked the public for any footage they may have.

In the early stages of the project, Smith said that he approached it with the possibility of using on-screen interviews, however, during the editing process, Smith had decided to use the archival audio of George Michael with a new audio interview from Ridgeley. A number of days were spent in Ridgeley’s studio during the recording. According to Smith, one of the biggest surprises were the scrapbooks (around 50), that Ridgeley’s mother put together documenting the entire four years.

Tapes of archival footage of varying quality were discovered and located by the team included a VHS tape of their 1983 Hammersmith Odeon concert from the Club Fantastic Tour owned by Wham! bass player Dave West. This was found not long before the film’s completion.

Music

Composer Tim Atack was in charge of the film's musical score. Studio cut excerpts used and concert footage of the following tracks in order:

• "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)"
• "A Ray of Sunshine"
• "Young Guns (Go for It)" (Top of the Pops performance)
• "Bad Boys"
• "Club Tropicana"
• "Nothing Looks the Same in the Light"
• "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
• "Freedom"
• "Last Christmas" (archive music video outtakes)
• "Careless Whisper" (alternative music video footage)
• "Everything She Wants" (alternative music video footage)
• "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (Live Aid in 1985 with Elton John)
• "I'm Your Man" (alternative music video footage)

Release

Wham! held its world premiere at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England for the 30th Sheffield DocFest on 17 June 2023 with a Q&A session after the screening with the film's director Chris Smith and Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley, both via video call. On 18 June it was given another DocFest preview at the Showroom Cinema’s Warner Chappell Production Music screen. An advanced BAFTA screening followed on 20 June 2023 with Smith, Halfon, Battsek, Ridgeley and Wham! backing singer Shirlie Holliman in attendance for a Q&A session hosted Anna Higgs at BAFTA's Piccadilly headquarters in London. Further screenings with Smith in attendance followed in June at the Paris Theater in Manhattan and early July at the Bay Theater in Palisades Village, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

Wham! was released theatrically on 27 June 2023, in the United Kingdom by Altitude Film Distribution and was released on Netflix on 5 July 2023.

Marketing

An official trailer was released on 15 June 2023 and featured the songs "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".

Reception

Critical response

Upon its premiere at the 2023 Sheffield DocFest, the film received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10. The website's consensus reads: "While Wham! may mostly appeal to those familiar with shoulder pads and cassette tapes, it's hard not to swing along to this tribute pop-umentary about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley." On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Screen International film critic Fionnuala Halligan wrote "The quality is far above the norm for this type of memoir assemblage, even if the substance is full of air bubbles..." In a positive 4/5 star review for the London Evening Standard, El Hunt called it an "illuminating film" with it being "Cleverly stitched together and drawing on a vast archive of audio recordings, their narrative does not shy away from reappraising the band’s past and even calling themselves out." Wendy Ide from The Guardian gave the film 4 stars out of 5, said "The film, which creates a dialogue between recent interviews with Ridgeley and older archive recordings of Michael, pays tribute to the close bond between the two Bushey Meads school friends who found themselves living the dream."

San Francisco Chronicle’s, Mick LaSalle described it "“Wham!” tells a sweet story", he continued "but also a goofy and entertaining one, because these guys were more ’80s than anybody, more even than “Miami Vice” and Duran Duran." giving it 3 out of 4 marks. Chicago Sun-Times's Richard Roeper summed up the film as "The end result is a feel-good documentary about a feel-good band who were never destined for a decades-long run but had one hell of a good time dancing at the top of the pop charts for a few crazy years."; he rated the film three of four stars. Kevin Harley, writing for the Radio Times gave 3 stars, saying "While the film can seem somewhat shallow, it works best as a warmly nostalgic celebration of fleeting youth and friendship." Debiparna Chakraborty from Best of Netflix gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing "...the documentary acts as a vehicle for nostalgia, celebrating the effervescence of youth and the mercurial nature of fame." Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com wrote, "a total blast, regardless of your level of fandom. On the most superficial level, it’s just a joy to relive this time of pop culture excess and sing along with these insanely catchy tunes."

See also

• Wham! in China: Foreign Skies

External links

• Faith16/Archive 2 at IMDb

Mystify

Mystify: Michael Hutchence
Directed by	Richard Lowenstein
Written by	Richard Lowenstein
Produced by	Maya Gnyp John Battsek Sue Murray Mark Fennessy Richard Lowenstein Lynn-Maree Milburn Andrew de Groot
Starring	Michael Hutchence (See below)
Cinematography	Andrew de Groot
Edited by	Richard Lowenstein Lynn-Maree Milburn Tayler Martin
Music by	Warren Ellis
Production companies	Ghost Pictures Passion Pictures BBC Music
Distributed by	Madman Ent. (Australia) Dogwoof (International)
Release dates	25 April 2019 (2019-04-25) (Tribeca) 4 July 2019 (2019-07-04) (Australia)
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	Australia United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$1.1 million

Mystify: Michael Hutchence is a 2019 documentary film about the life of musician, actor and singer-songwriter Michael Hutchence, lead vocalist of the Australian rock band INXS. It is written and directed by Richard Lowenstein and relies primarily on rare archive footage, outtakes, private home video and audio commentary provided by friends, ex-partners, band members, record producers and family. An Australian-British venture, the film was co-produced by Ghost Pictures, Passion Pictures with Madman Entertainment and Dogwoof serving as distributors. It is in association with Baird Films and Film Victoria. Mystify: Michael Hutchence had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 25 April 2019, and was theatrically released in Australia on 4 July 2019. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 18 October receiving generally positive reviews from critics.

Synopsis

Mystify covers the life of INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence, featuring private home video and archive footage. During the relationship between Minogue and Hutchence, previously unseen privately shot footage shows them in Hong Kong harbour, on board the Orient Express, and at Hutchence’s home in the south of France. In the early 1990s an incident occurred while cycling on holiday in Copenhagen with then girlfriend Helena Christensen, where Hutchence gets shoved to the ground by a taxi driver, hitting his head on the curb and losing consciousness. According to Christensen, Hutchence was rushed to hospital and woke up determined to leave. The injury resulted in Hutchence having permanent loss of sense of smell and taste as discussed by psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, Rachel Herz. Clips show Yates and Hutchence in a 1985 interview on Channel 4's rock magazine programme The Tube and many years later on The Big Breakfast interview in October 1994. Recollections with voice-overs in the film include Michele Bennett, Kylie Minogue, siblings Rhett and Tina Hutchence, father Kelland Hutchence, stepmother Susie, producer Nick Launay, Bono and INXS band members; composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, bassist Garry Gary Beers and drummer Jon Farriss. The film ends with INXS performing at London’s Wembley Stadium and the song "Mystify" plays over the credits.

Production

Development

Plans for a biographical drama film about Michael Hutchence were being developed with a script written by Australian film-maker Richard Lowenstein. Lowenstein had previously collaborated with Hutchence in Dogs in Space and INXS music videos. The film was to feature an actor as Hutchence, however the idea of casting someone proved very difficult and with the announcement of the miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, it made the director switch to an archival documentary. The documentary film gathered early development funding and support by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Screen Australia and Film Victoria.

A pitch trailer was produced and shown at the 2016 Australian International Documentary Conference in Melbourne where BBC Music took interest. In July 2016, it was announced that a documentary film about the singer-songwriter Michael Hutchence had the official support of INXS band members and manager Chris Murphy, with Richard Lowenstein signed on to direct.

The director conducted the first interview (for the biopic research) in 2010 with U2 lead singer Bono who were on tour in Melbourne. Band members from INXS were then interviewed and filmed in 2011, gradually building up an archive of footage. During the interview process, Lowenstein had decided to record just the audio, having individual interviewees in a dark recording studio. A total of around sixty people were interviewed.

Tapes of archival footage of varying quality were found in the directors attic lost for twenty years. In October 2017, long negotiations began for the rights to use INXS music in the film, but ended with no deal due to a dispute with Murphy of Petrol Records over the documentary’s ownership in return. This lead the director to produce an edit of the film with no music from the INXS catalogue. Eventually, Lowenstein made contact with Hutchence’s daughter Tiger Lily (the daughter of Hutchence and Paula Yates) in London, through Susie Hutchence’s advice. Lowenstein flew to London in October 2018 to meet. After viewing a rough cut of the film, Tiger Lily made contact with the band’s management and record company. A day later, a deal was struck to use nine INXS tracks.

The post-production and supervision of the film were completed by United Finishing Artists with the sound mixing done at Soundfirm, Melbourne.

Music

Composer Warren Ellis was in charge of the film's music and score. The documentary features various digitally-restored tracks which were remixed by Giles Martin in Dolby Atmos supplied by INXS. Music also included are by Hutchence, Max Q with Ollie Olsen, Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave, instrumentals by Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm.

The film includes tracks, such as: "Never Tear Us Apart" and "Sometimes". Lowenstein stated that there has been no official soundtrack album released, however, a complementary album was released on 5 July 2019 titled Mystify: A Musical Journey with Michael Hutchence.

Release

The world premiere of Mystify: Michael Hutchence took place in Manhattan at the Tribeca Film Festival on 25 April 2019, including a live Q&A session with the film’s director after the screening. Over the next few months it played in festivals around Canada, Australia, Czech Republic, Germany and New Zealand, building anticipation: at the Hot Docs in Toronto, Sydney, Munich and New Zealand Film Festivals. Advance screenings with Lowenstein in attendance for special Q&A sessions followed in June, at the Astor Theatre in Melbourne, Ritz Cinema in Sydney and the European premiere held at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

An official trailer was released on 4 June 2019 and featured the songs "Mystify" and "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS. It was released in cinemas across Australia on 4 July and in New Zealand on 12 September through Madman Entertainment.

Initially the film was screened out of competition during the BFI London Film Festival on 4 October 2019 at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema and then released in the United Kingdom on 18 October through Dogwoof. The Netherlands saw a release on 24 October by Piece of Magic entertainment. In the United States Fathom Events and Shout! Factory will theatrically release the film for one-night-only on 7 January 2020.

Broadcast

In Australia, the documentary was aired by ABC Television during 24 November 2019. Channel BBC Two aired the film in the UK on 28 December.

Home media

It was released on DVD, digital and Blu-ray disc in Australia by Madman Entertainment on 25 November 2019. It contains twelve special features including early days - where they discuss the band’s formation, acting, discussing Prague where three INXS music videos were filmed and Professor of Psychiatry, Steve Ellen’s analyses into Hutchence’s death. Dogwoof released the film in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 9 December. The extra features include an interview with director Richard Lowenstein and producer Chris Thomas, deleted scenes and theatrical trailer. It entered the UK Official DVD Chart at No. 98, the week ending 21 December.

Reception

Box office

Mystify: Michael Hutchence grossed A$1.1 million (US$705,044) in Australia and $453,851 in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $1,158,895.

Australia

In Australia it made A$368,642 (US$257,216) from 114 screens including previews and festival screenings, in its opening weekend, finishing tenth at the box office grossing A$485,825 ($338,979) in the week ending 7 July. It made another A$179,000 ($125,772) from 79 screens in its second weekend with a 51% decrease from the first week; finishing thirteenth and grossing A$761,000 ($534,167) through 11 days. On its third weekend the film made A$83,000 ($58,678) from 55 screens finishing seventeenth grossing a total of A$893,000 (US$628,874). After the fourth week of release, the film shown on 61 screens had a total of A$988,000 crossing the A$1 million mark before the following weekend. On its ninth week at the end of August it was played on 10 screens grossing a total of A$1,141,000.

Other territories

On its first weekend in New Zealand it made US$8,713 across 21 screens. It made another $1,329 from 7 screens on its second weekend. By its fifth week it had grossed a total of $14,699. In the United Kingdom it made £62,776 ($81,453) from 8 cinemas with an average of £7,847 ($10,182) per screen in its opening weekend, finishing twelfth at the box office. It made another £10,146 ($13,021) in its second weekend, with the film added to 3 screens over the previous week for a total of 11; grossing £79,199 ($101,641) through 12 days. In its third weekend it made £4,578 ($5,929) shown on 9 cinemas, and in its fourth weekend the film fell 72% to £1,434 ($1,834) screened at 4 cinemas. On its fifth weekend it made £1,353, a drop of 6% and on its sixth it made £621 on 3 cinemas. On its seventh weekend it made £3,139, a 405% increase of over the previous week to have a U.K. box office total of £110,345 ($142,767).

Critical response

Upon its premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, the film received positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "Engrossing for casual listeners as well as hardcore fans, Mystify: Michael Hutchence sheds a poignant light on a life and career cut short by tragedy." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Variety film critic Katherine Turman described it as "While Mystify in many ways amplifies the tragedy of Hutchence's death, it also goes a long way toward explaining and humanizing it." In a positive review for Vogue, Laird Borrelli-Persson wrote "Mystify is proof that Hutchence was, and is, much loved. Also missed, in excess." Graham Fuller of Screen International called the film a "Stand-out documentary" and wrote, "The densely woven and worshipfully presented archival footage of the INXS frontman, on stage and off, is a reminder that in terms of wild talent and Dionysian sexiness, he belongs in the same company as Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, and Robert Plant." He concludes: "What lifts it above the majority of documentaries about celebrities and artists is its extraordinary intimacy." Harry Windsor, writing for the Hollywood Reporter, said: "It should prove essential viewing for the subject's fans: a tender portrait of the man's highs and lows that sheds new light on the broken years that directly preceded his suicide at 37."

Leigh Paatsch writing for the Herald Sun gave the film 4/5 stars, saying: "Quite wisely, the new documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence doesn't concern itself with smoothing out all the erroneous wrinkles that have crumpled the late INXS frontman's life story over time." Karl Quinn of The Age called the film Lowenstein's "slow-burning labour of love." The Australian's David Stratton summed up the film as "a terrific documentary, and as complete a portrait of this talented singer as you could wish." calling it "a detailed and revealing portrait"; he rated the film four out of five stars. Vicky Roach from The Daily Telegraph gave the film 3 out of 5, saying: "While it’s more visually interesting, there are times when this storytelling device results in a kind of emotional disconnect. And although they corroborate Lowenstein’s version of events, the band’s role in Hutchence’s story feels strangely under-amplified — emotionally and musically." She summed up the film as "A measured, personal, densely woven account of the man behind the myth." DM Bradley, writing for the Adelaide Review, said: "Richard Lowenstein’s beautifully sad documentary study of the all-too-short life of his late friend Michael Hutchence is a most moving memorial, and rather more about the man than the music."

Graeme Tuckett from Stuff.co.nz gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, saying: "Mystify is unapologetically one for the fans. But, seeing it as someone who thought he didn't particularly care about Hutchence's story, I was moved." Eddie Harrison of The List awarded the film 4 out of 5 stars, remarking that "Mystify can only be a cautionary tale, yet there's plenty of evidence that Hutchence was an electrifying performer in his prime." Time Out’s, Philip De Semlyen described it "As the tragedy unfolds, there's a strange solace in seeing this captivating enigma somehow emerging intact", giving it 4 out of 5 marks. The Sunday Times Edward Porter gave it three out of five stars, wrote "There are insights into the gloomy later years, but it's memorable chiefly for its envy-inducing picture of the upside of being a rock star."

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
AACTA Awards	4 December 2019	Best Documentary	Mystify: Michael Hutchence	Nominated
		Best Editing in a Documentary		Nominated
		Best Sound in a Documentary		Nominated
ASSG	December 2019	Best Sound for a Documentary	Mystify: Michael Hutchence	Won
BFI London Film Festival	2–13 October 2019	Best feature-length documentary (Grierson Award)	Mystify: Michael Hutchence	Nominated
FCCA	2020	Best Feature Documentary	Mystify: Michael Hutchence	Nominated
Tribeca Film Festival	2 May 2019	Best Documentary Feature	Mystify: Michael Hutchence	Nominated

• ASSG Best Sound for a Documentary: Robert Mackenzie - Re-Recording Mixer & Sound Designer, Simon Rosenberg - Dialogue Editor, Mick Boraso - Sound Designer, Lynn-Maree Milburn - Additional Sound Designer.

Voter nominated

The film was nominated for Best Music Film at the NME Awards on 12 February 2020.

See also

• List of Australian films of 2019
• List of documentary films
• INXS

External links

• Official website
• Mystify: Michael Hutchence at IMDb
• Mystify: Michael Hutchence at Rotten Tomatoes

84

Wham! in China: Foreign Skies
Directed by	Lindsay Anderson
Produced by	Jazz Summers Martin Lewis Simon Napier-Bell
Starring	George Michael Andrew Ridgeley
Edited by	Nigel Galt
Music by	George Michael Richard Hartley
Production companies	Big Boys Overseas Ltd CBS Records
Distributed by	CBS/Fox Video
Release dates	28 June 1986 (Wembley Stadium)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	English, Mandarin

Wham! in China: Foreign Skies is a 1986 documentary film about the English pop duo Wham! consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. It follows Wham! on their 10-day visit to China during the 1985 world tour. The film is a British venture produced by Big Boys Overseas Limited and CBS Records, with CBS/Fox Video serving as distributor. Directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Jazz Summers, Martin Lewis and Simon Napier-Bell. Wham! made history in China by being the first Western pop act to visit the country. Wham! in China: Foreign Skies had its world premiere at the farewell concert held at London’s Wembley Stadium on 28 June 1986.

Development

Manager Simon Napier-Bell’s negotiation for the two performances took over 18 months. Napier-Bell used cunning tactics to sabotage the efforts of rock band Queen to be the first to play in China: he made two brochures for the Chinese authorities – one featuring Wham! [Michael] as "wholesome", and one portraying Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in typically flamboyant poses. The Chinese opted for Wham!.

In December 1984 Wham! set out for their second concert tour, The Big Tour a commercial success, which promoted primarily their second studio album, Make It Big. The concept of filming Foreign Skies began when producer Martin Lewis was busy directing the 1985 documentary about Julian Lennon, titled Stand by Me - A Portrait of Julian Lennon. During a Wham! performance in February 14, 1985 at the Beacon Theatre in New York, he met the duo’s co-manager Jazz Summers and discussed the possibility of filming the China tour. When Lewis had permission for the film, it took two weeks to prepare the 35-member international crew, including transportation of a sound desk and super 16 camera equipment.

British director Lindsay Anderson was engaged to accompany Wham! to China in April 1985. The second leg in East Asia began with two concerts in Hong Kong, before moving to China with a concert at the Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing on 7 April in front of 12,000 people. They also played a concert on 10 April in front of 5,000 in Canton. The two concerts were played without compensation, however Wham's visit to China attracted huge media attention across the world.

Post-production

The film created by Strathford Hamilton and Andy Morahan was shot over two weeks, was then edited over summer and autumn 1985 in London. Anderson called his one-hour and 18 minute film If You Were There. In the final stages of editing, Anderson was dismissed in October 1985 by Wham!'s management, the editing team quit, and the film was entirely re-edited, renamed and released as Wham! in China: Foreign Skies.

Music

The soundtrack used in the film was taken from the albums Fantastic and Make It Big. The documentary features some concert footage and studio cut excerpts of the following tracks:

1. "Bad Boys"
2. "Club Tropicana"
3. "Blue"
4. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
5. "Ray Of Sunshine"
6. "Young Guns (Go For It)"
7. "Careless Whisper" (concert footage)
8. "Everything She Wants" (concert footage)
9. "Like A Baby"
10. "If You Were There"
11. "Runaway"
12. "Love Machine"

Release

The world premiere of Wham! in China: Foreign Skies was shown at London’s Wembley Stadium on large video screens on Saturday 28 June 1986 before The Final began. With an audience of 72,000; this set a record for the largest audience at a film premiere.

Home media

It was released on VHS, Betamax and LaserDisc in October 1986. The documentary has yet to be issued on DVD and only one track "Blue (Live In China)" from the film has been officially released on their studio album Music from the Edge of Heaven. In the United States the video retailed at $19.98 and debuted at number 8 on Billboard's Top Music Videocassettes chart, for the week ending 25 October 1986 and climbed to number 4, two weeks later. As the video started to climb up the chart, and for the week ending 6 December 1986, it reached number 1, replacing The #1 Video Hits by Whitney Houston. Wham! in China: Foreign Skies was the sixteenth best-selling music videocassette for 1986. It was present on the top 20 chart for a total of 17 weeks until February 1987. The video was certified gold in April 1987 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 50,000 copies.

Charts

Charts (1986)	Peak position
US Top Music Videocassettes (Billboard)	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	50,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Credits

• Executive Producers: Jazz Summers and Simon Napier-Bell
• Musical Production and Arrangement: George Michael
• Additional Music: Richard Hartley
• Supervising Editor: Peter Davies
• Editor: Nigel Galt
• Assistant Editors: Peter Culverwell, Len Tremble, Mark Mostyn, Finn Arden
• Director of Photography: David Myers
• Photography: Peter Mackay, Paul Goldsmith, Lee Kenower, Dennis Smith, Alvin Allen
• Assistant Cameramen: George Stephenson, Paul Cameron, Leslie Otis, Bobby Shepherd
• Camera Technician: Ernest Jew

• Gaffer: James Sofranko
• Documentary Lighting Director: Michael Lesser
• Song Mixing: Chris Porter
• Sound Editor: Alan Plaey
• Re-recording Mixer: Dean Humphries
• Documentary Sound: Paul Rusnak
• Lighting Designer: Jonathon Smeeton
• Associate Producer: Michael Owen
• Post-production Supervisor: Sarah O’Brien
• Assistant Director: Steven Bull
• Location Manager: Joel Hinman
• Make-up: Melanie Panos
• Wardrobe: Yioda Panos
• Titles: Optical Film Effects

External links

• Wham! in China: Foreign Skies at IMDb
• WHAM! in China - Foreign Skies at Rotten Tomatoes

86

The Final

Concert by Wham!
Location	Wembley, London, England
Venue	Wembley Stadium
Associated albums	The Final, Music from the Edge of Heaven
Date(s)	28 June 1986 (1986-06-28)
Duration	six hours
No. of shows	1
Guests	Elton John, Simon Le Bon
Attendance	72,000
Wham! concert chronology
George Michael concert chronology Whamamerica! (1985) The Final (1986) Faith World Tour (1988-89)

The Final was the farewell concert by English musical duo Wham!. It was held at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 June 1986. A total of 72,000 people attended the event, which included support artists and special guests, such as Elton John.

Background

Wham! had announced the breakup in 1986. During late February Michael was a guest on the talk show Aspel & Company, he announced that Wham! were to break-up and were to perform one last show.

During production rehearsals for the Wembley concert, Wham! performed two warm-up shows in aid of Capital radio’s “Help a London Child” charity on the 23rd and 24th of June at the Brixton Academy in London.

Synopsis

The first ever public viewing of the Wham! in China: Foreign Skies documentary film was shown on large screens on either side of the stage. This set a record for the largest audience at a film premiere.

At 7.35pm an eight-minute introduction to "Everything She Wants" began from behind a huge black curtain which had "The Final" on it in huge white letters. It opens to reveal Michael - dressed in leather, black jeans, wearing sunglasses and dancing in sync with two other dancers. Ridgeley, Shirley and Pepsi come to the stage. Ridgeley took off his long black coat and strolled up the walkways to take off his black gloves. "Club Tropicana" then follows. "This is the best thing I've ever looked at". Michael explains, "We've got four years of thank-yous to say this evening... and I know we're going to enjoy saying them. So let's get started!". "Heartbeat" and "Battlestations" was performed.

Afterwards, it was "Bad Boys", Pepsi and Shirlie made a brief appearance wearing bouffant wigs, included was "If You Were There". A large white piano was wheeled on stage, Elton John was dressed in Ronald McDonald make-up and costume, a shiny red wig, a red nose, a stripey red t-shirt and yellow dungarees. Guitarist David Austin joins and "The Edge of Heaven" begins. Michael splits the audience into three groups and gets each group to sing a section. They perform John’s 1973 hit "Candle In The Wind". "Credit Card Baby", "Like A Baby", "Love Machine", "Where Did Your Heart Go?" all followed in quick succession. Pausing before a cover of Carly Simon’s "Why" is performed. Wham! begin their festive single "Last Christmas". Michael got the audience to do the "Wave" and everyone holds up the orange side of their programmes. It transfers into "Wham! Rap". After the ballad "A Different Corner" and "Freedom" end, they disappear for a short while and come back for "Careless Whisper" and "Young Guns". George ran around the stage and then it is "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". Wham! come back to do the encore, their last song, "I'm Your Man". They are alone on stage. Michael then takes off his black jacket and Ridgeley is in suede with denim flies. Lights flash around, Elton John joined again and this time has a pink mohican. Simon Le Bon (of Duran Duran) made a surprise entrance on stage. Wham! embrace, the moment is captured on the large screens.

Opening acts

• Gary Glitter
• Nick Heyward

Set list

1. "Everything She Wants"
2. "Club Tropicana"
3. "Heartbeat"
4. "Battlestations"
5. "Bad Boys"
6. "If You Were There"
7. "The Edge of Heaven"
8. "Candle in the Wind" (ft. Elton John)
9. "Credit Card Baby"
10. "Like A Baby"
11. "Love Machine"
12. "Where Did Your Heart Go?"
13. "Why"
14. "Last Christmas"
15. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)"
16. "A Different Corner"
17. "Freedom"
18. "Careless Whisper"
19. "Young Guns (Go For It)"
20. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"

Encore

21. "I'm Your Man" (ft. Elton John / Simon Le Bon)

Date

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Tickets
Sat 28 June 1986	London	England	Wembley Stadium	72,000	£13.50

Source:

Personnel

• George Michael - Lead vocals
• Andrew Ridgeley - Guitar
• Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque - Backing vocals
• Shirlie Holliman - Backing vocals

Guests

• Sir Elton John
• Simon Le Bon

Whamamerica 85

Whamamerica!

Tour by Wham!
Location	United States, Canada
Associated album	Make It Big
Start date	August 23, 1985 (1985-08-23)
End date	September 10, 1985 (1985-09-10)
No. of shows	9
Supporting acts	The Pointer Sisters, Chaka Khan, Katrina & the Waves
Attendance	200,000 - 302,568
Box office	US $8.6 million ($24.36 in 2023 dollars)
Wham! concert chronology The Big Tour (1984–85) Whamamerica! (1985) The Final (1986)

Whamamerica! (also promoted as Make It Big Tour ‘85) was a concert tour by English musical duo Wham!. The tour was launched following the success of their 1984 certified multi-platinum studio album Make It Big, which sold four million copies in the United States by the end of the year. The tour spanned nineteen days between August and September 1985, comprising nine shows across the United States and Canada.

Overview

The Whamamerica! tour began in late August 1985. It travelled around the United States, opening at Poplar Creek Music Theater in Illinois in the Midwest, then heading across the border to Canada and all the way down the West Coast to northern and Southern California, south to Texas and then back east to Philadelphia and Detroit. Michael’s look had changed with his hair cut to a shorter length and the colour being close to his natural darker shade. He also had a new designer stubble and larger earrings, a yellow fringed jacket and leather gloves. Their last ever live US performance was at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit. They had played to over 302,568 fans.

Opening acts

• Katrina and the Waves (Los Angeles, Houston, Oakland, Miami and Philadelphia)
• The Pointer Sisters (Toronto, Oakland, Miami)
• Chaka Khan (Los Angeles, Philadelphia)

Set list

Philadelphia

1. "Everything She Wants"
2. "Credit Card Baby"
3. "Blue (Armed with Love)"
4. "If You Were There"
5. "The Edge of Heaven"
6. "Like a Baby"
7. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)"
8. "Heartbeat"
9. "Where Did Your Heart Go?"
10. "Love Machine"
11. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
12. "Freedom"
13. "Careless Whisper"
14. "Good Times"
15. "Everything She Wants"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance / Capacity	Gross	Ref(s)
North America
Sun 18 August 1985	Houston	United States	Six Flags AstroWorld
Mon 19 August 1985
Fri 23 August 1985	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
Sun 25 August 1985
Wed 28 August 1985	Toronto	Canada	CNE	50,098 / sellout	$1,042,059 (CA$1,302,548)
Fri 30 August 1985	Los Angeles	United States	Hollywood Park
Sun 1 September 1985	Oakland		Alameda County Stadium	46,737 / sellout	$817,897
Wed 4 September 1985	Houston		Southern Star Amphitheater
Fri 6 September 1985	Miami		Miami Baseball Stadium	36,390 / sellout	$545,855
Sun 8 September 1985	Philadelphia		Veterans Stadium	43,000 / 50,000	$698,000
Tue 10 September 1985	Pontiac		Pontiac Silverdome

Personnel

• George Michael – lead vocals
• Andrew Ridgeley – guitar

84-85

The Big Tour

World tour by Wham!
Location	(15) United Kingdom, (7) Japan, (6) United States, (5) Australia, (2) China, (2) Hong Kong, (2) Ireland
Associated album	Make It Big
Start date	December 4, 1984 (1984-12-04)
End date	April 10, 1985 (1985-04-10)
No. of shows	39
Supporting act(s)	Gary Crowley
Wham! concert chronology Club Fantastic Tour (1983) The Big Tour (1984-85) Whamamerica! (1985)

The Big Tour was the second concert tour by English musical duo Wham!, launched in support of their multi-platinum second studio album Make It Big with over six million units sold in the US alone. The tour spanned 4 months between December 1984 and April 1985, comprising 39 shows across the UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, United States, Hong Kong and China. Wham! made history in China and achieved worldwide publicity by being the first Western pop act to visit the country.

Overview

The Big Tour opened at Whitley Bay Ice Rink on 4 December. The venue was small due to no other venues being available in the north east, they were booked for two more shows between concerts in Glasgow, Dublin and Leeds. Just as the UK portion of the tour was in its stride, George Michael hurt his back during a performance and the band had to cancel five consecutive shows which were put back until February and March. They continued the UK leg with shows in Wembley Arena during the Christmas period to around 50,000 fans during which “Last Christmas” reached number two in the UK Singles Chart.

The new year began the tour in Japan performing in the Fukuoka Sunpalace with other dates in Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Yokohama. In Australia, five shows followed in Melbourne and Sydney before continuing in the United States, with a sellout concert at the Palladium in front of 4,400 in February 1985. Wham! returned to the United Kingdom with earlier dates having been rescheduled.

Following a month break, the tour resumed in Hong Kong on 2 April 1985. The 10-day visit to China was the first by a Western pop group. The excursion was a publicity scheme devised by Simon Napier-Bell (one of their two managers—Jazz Summers being the other). It 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. Napier-Bell later admitted that he used cunning tactics to sabotage the efforts of British rock band Queen to be the first to play in China: he made two brochures for the Chinese authorities – one featuring Wham! fans as pleasant middle-class youngsters, and one portraying Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in typically flamboyant poses. The Chinese opted for Wham!.

"The first feeling was of failure, there was no way we could communicate. And when we actually found out what had gone on [with people being told not to dance] I was just furious. Obviously, I felt responsibility at the time to represent my generation from the west in a good light and pop music in a good light."

— George Michael reflecting on the China visit in 1986

Recordings

A documentary film was shot over two weeks in April and edited over summer and autumn 1985 in London. The whole China visit was documented by British film director Lindsay Anderson and producer Martin Lewis in their film Wham! in China: Foreign Skies released in 1986. The first ever public viewing of Foreign Skies was shown on large video screens on Saturday 28 June 1986 at the farewell show "The Final".

Support acts

• DJ Gary Crowley
• Pepsi & Shirlie

Set list

Japan

1. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
2. "Club Tropicana"
3. "Blue"
4. "Heartbeat"
5. "Credit Card Baby"
6. "If You Were There"
7. "Like a Baby"
8. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)"
9. "Freedom"
10. "Careless Whisper"
11. "Young Guns (Go for It!)"

Encore

1. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
2. "Last Christmas"

Beijing, China

1. "Bad Boys"
2. "Club Tropicana"
3. "Blue"
4. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
5. "A Ray of Sunshine"
6. "Young Guns (Go for It!)"
7. "Careless Whisper"
8. "Everything She Wants"
9. "Like a Baby"
10. "If You Were There"
11. "Love Machine"

Tour dates

Tour dates as printed in the official Big Tour 1984-85 tour programme.

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
Tue 4 December 1984	Whitley Bay	England	Ice Rink
Wed 5 December 1984	Glasgow	Scotland	Apollo
Thur 6 December 1984
Sat 8 December 1984	Dublin	Ireland	R.D.S.
Sun 9 December 1984
Tue 11 December 1984	Whitley Bay	England	Ice Rink
Wed 12 December 1984
Fri 14 December 1984	Leeds		Queens Hall
Sat 15 December 1984	Edinburgh	Scotland	Ingliston
Mon 17 December 1984	Bournemouth	England	International Centre
Tues 18 December 1984
Wed 19 December 1984	Birmingham		N.E.C.
Thu 20 December 1984
Sun 23 December 1984	London		Wembley Arena
Mon 24 December 1984
Wed 26 December 1984
Thu 27 December 1984
Asia
Tue 8 January 1985	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Sunpalace
Thu 10 January 1985	Osaka		Festival Hall
Fri 11 January 1985			Gymnasium
Sun 13 January 1985	Nagoya		Civic Assembly Hall
Wed 16 January 1985	Tokyo		Budokan
Thu 17 January 1985	Yokohama		Gymnasium
Fri 18 January 1985	Tokyo		Budokan
Oceania
Tue 22 January 1985	Melbourne	Australia	Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
Wed 23 January 1985
Thu 24 January 1985
Sat 26 January 1985	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sun 27 January 1985
North America
Mon 4 February 1985	Los Angeles	United States	Palladium
Tue 5 February 1985	Oakland, California		Kaiser Convention Center
Thu 7 February 1985	Dallas		Bronco Bowl
Wed 13 February 1985	Philadelphia		Tower Theatre
Thu 14 February 1985	New York City		Beacon Theatre
Sat 16 February 1985	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
Europe
Sat 23 February 1985	Edinburgh	Scotland	Ingliston Royal Highland
Tue 26 February 1985	Birmingham	England	N.E.C.
Wed 27 February 1985
Fri 1 March 1985	Bournemouth		International Centre
Sat 2 March 1985
Asia
Tue 2 April 1985	Hong Kong	British Dependent Territory	Coliseum
Wed 3 April 1985
Sun 7 April 1985	Beijing	China	Workers' Gymnasium
Thu 10 April 1985	Canton		Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

Key

Date cancelled

Denotes cancelled concert dates that were rescheduled

Box office score data

Venue	City	Attendance / Capacity	Gross
Palladium	Los Angeles	4,400 / sellout	$57,402
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center	Oakland, California	7,182 / sellout	$97,032
Bronco Bowl	Dallas	/	$
The Tower	Philadelphia	2,971 / sellout	$36,565
Beacon Theatre	New York City	/	$
Orpheum Theatre	Boston	/	$
Total		' / '	$

Personnel

• George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
• Gary Crowley - Crowd DJ (Guest Star)
• Tommy Eyre - M.D. & Keyboards
• Trevor Murrell - Drums
• Deon Estus - Bass
• Hugh Burns - Guitars
• Mark Fisher - Keyboards
• Danny Cummings - Percussion
• Paul Spong - Trumpet
• Dave ‘Baps’ Baptiste - Saxophone
• Raul D’Oliviera - Trumpet
• Leroy Osbourne - Vocals
• Janey Hallett - Vocals
• Janet Mooney - Vocals
• Shirlie Holliman - Dancer
• Pepsi DeMacque - Dancer
• Simon Napier-Bell - Management
• Jazz Summers - Management

• Jake Duncan - Tour Manager
• Ken Watts - Production Manager
• Dave Davis - Guitars & Keyboards
• Dick Jones - Drums & Percussion
• Tony Blanc - Sound Engineer
• John Roden - Monitor Engineer
• John ‘Judge’ Loudon - Lighting Engineer
• Ross Balfour - Staging
• Russell Sparks - Staging
• Lesley Morrall - Wardrobe
• Melanie Panayiotou - Wardrobe
• Yioda Panayiotou - Make-up & Hairdressing
• Dave Moulder - Personal Security
• Ronnie Franklin - Personal Security
• Connie Filippello - Press & P.R.
• Mike Putland - Photographer
• Mr & Mrs. Panos
• Mrs. Jenny Ridgeley
• Mrs. Tommy Eyre
• Ms. Debbie Sweeny

83

Club Fantastic Tour

Local tour by Wham!
Location	United Kingdom
Associated album	Fantastic
Start date	October 9, 1983 (1983-10-09)
End date	November 30, 1983 (1983-11-30)
No. of shows	29 (30 scheduled)
Wham! concert chronology Club Fantastic Tour (1983) The Big Tour (1984)

Club Fantastic Tour (also advertised as Club Fantastic ‘83 Tour) was the debut concert tour by English musical duo Wham!, launched in support of their first studio album Fantastic (1983). It was sponsored by Fila sportswear and spanned two months from October to late November, comprising 30 sold out shows across England, Scotland and Wales.

Background

Wham! announced a tour in August. Their co-manager Simon Napier-Bell had a plan to raise some revenue; if little money was to be made from records, then it was time for the duo to get on the road, with a 30-date tour of the UK. He managed to get a £50,000 sponsorship deal with the sportswear manufacturer Fila, with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley wearing the company's clothing on stage throughout the tour.

Halfway through the tour Michael lost his voice and had to cancel ten consecutive shows with concerts pushed back and rescheduled.

Concert synopsis

The show started with Michael entering the stage right-side in yellow Fila sports gear, and Ridgeley entering the stage left-side in red Fila sports gear while the band played "Bad Boys". Pepsi and Shirlie, backing singers and dancers, ran on stage for "Club Tropicana".

Ridgeley then announced the next song, "Blue", a slow love ballad. He held a plectrum in his mouth and shook hands. They then sang "Wham Rap!", dancing as a foursome. They continued with "A Ray Of Sunshine", which ended the first part of the set.

During the break a screen appeared and the crowd were shown family photos such as Ridgeley in pyjamas, and a young Michael in glasses. A mixed compilation of the group's music videos was played.

Then Michael sang "Careless Whisper" to a backing track on his own. He and Ridgeley changed into white Wham! singlet T-shirts and sang "Bad Boys". "Love Machine" followed, then "Nothing Looks The Same In The Light". "Come On" ended the set, with the two playing a mock game of badminton, occasionally whacking a shuttlecock out to the crowd.

The encore was "Young Guns" with the duo wearing camp cowboy outfits, "Wham Rap!" with them wearing white, and finally Chic's 1979 disco hit "Good Times".

Opening acts

The group decided to go back to their clubbing roots and had Gary Crowley (of Capital Radio) as the opening DJ act. Also included were some body poppers called Eklypse who did dance routines for over an hour before the show.

Set list

The first set saw the band play most of the hits from the Fantastic album before George Michael was on stage alone singing tracks like "Careless Whisper", an unreleased track.

The average set list was as follows:

1. "Young Guns (Go for It)"
2. "Club Tropicana"
3. "Blue"
4. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)"
5. "A Ray of Sunshine"

Break

1. "Careless Whisper"
2. "Bad Boys"
3. "Love Machine" (The Miracles cover)
4. "Nothing Looks the Same in the Light"
5. "Come On!"
6. "Young Guns (Go for It!)"
7. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)"
8. "Good Times"

Tour dates

Tour dates as printed in the official Club Fantastic 1983 tour programme.

Date	City	Country	Venue
United Kingdom
Sun 9 October 1983	Aberdeen	Scotland	Capitol Theatre
Mon 10 October 1983			Capitol Theatre
Tue 11 October 1983	Edinburgh		Playhouse Theatre
Thu 13 October 1983	Glasgow		Apollo Theatre
Fri 14 October 1983	Blackpool	England	Opera House
Sat 15 October 1983	Newcastle		City Hall
Sun 16 October 1983	Manchester		Apollo Theatre
Tue 18 October 1983	Liverpool		Royal Court Theatre
Wed 19 October 1983	Sheffield		City Hall
Fri 21 October 1983	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
Sat 22 October 1983	St Austell		Coliseum
Sun 23 October 1983	Bristol		Studio
Mon 24 October 1983	Swansea	Wales	Top Rank
Thu 27 October 1983	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon
Fri 28 October 1983
Sat 29 October 1983
Sun 30 October 1983	Brighton		Centre
Tue 1 November 1983	Nottingham		Royal Centre
Wed 2 November 1983	Poole		Arts Centre
Thur 3 November 1983	Crawley		Leisure Centre
Fri 4 November 1983	Leeds		University
Sun 6 November 1983	Birmingham		Odeon Theatre
Mon 7 November 1983
Tue 8 November 1983	London		Lyceum
Wed 9 November 1983
Thu 10 November 1983	Brighton		Centre
Sun 13 November 1983	London		Lyceum
Mon 14 November 1983
Tue 15 November 1983
Wed 16 November 1983
Thu 17 November 1983
Sat 19 November 1983	Whitley Bay		Ice Rink
Sun 20 November 1983	Swansea	Wales	Top Rank
Mon 21 November 1983	Poole	England	Arts Centre
Thu 24 November 1983	Birmingham		Odeon Theatre
Fri 25 November 1983	Leeds		University
Sat 26 November 1983	London		Hammersmith Odeon
Mon 28 November 1983	Nottingham		Royal Centre
Tue 29 November 1983	Brighton		Centre
Wed 30 November 1983

Key

Show	Denotes cancelled concert dates that were rescheduled

Personnel

• Andrew Ridgeley
• George Michael
• Shirlie Holliman
• Pepsi DeMacque

Musicians

• Tommy Eyre — keyboards
• Deon Estus — bass guitar
• Trevor Morrell — drums
• Robert Ahwaii — guitar
• David "Babs" Baptiste — saxophone
• Paul Spong — trumpet
• Colin Graham — trumpet
• Janey Hallet — backing vocals
• Gee — backing vocals
• Jenny — backing vocals

• Danny Cummings — percussion
• Barry Mead — tour manager
• Ken — production manager
• Glenn — chaperone
• Wendy — wardrobe
• Lesley — wardrobe assistant
• Mel — hair & makeup
• Promoter — Harvey Goldsmith Entertainments
• Management — 'Simon Napier Bell & Jazz Summers
• Personal security — Dave Moulder
• Concert Publishing Co. — programme & merchandising

Sponsor

• FILA — sportswear

Comments

Gary Crowley – "Some of my bestest bestest memories will always include my stint as Wham!'s warm-up man on their debut Club Fantastic UK tour, 1983. The nearest I’ll ever get to being in the Beatles’ A Hard Day's Night." – December 26, 2016

2016

Seventeenth Australian census
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
General information
Country	Australia
Results
Total population	23,401,892 ( 8.8%)
Most populous state or territory	New South Wales (7,480,228)
Least populous state or territory	Jervis Bay (391)

The 2016 Australian census was the seventeenth national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 23,401,892 – an increase of 8.8 per cent or 1,894,175 people since the 2011 census. Norfolk Island joined the census for the first time in 2016, adding 1,748 to the population.

The ABS annual report revealed that there were $24 million additional expenses accrued due to the outage on the census website.

Results from the 2016 census were available to the public on 11 April 2017, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, two months earlier than for any previous census. The second release of data occurred on 27 June 2017 and a third data release was from 17 October 2017. Australia's next census is scheduled for 2021.

Collection methods

The 2016 census had a response rate of 95.1% and a net undercount of 1.0%, with 63% of people completing the Census online.

In the period leading up to census date the Australian Government decided that the retention period for names and addresses would be increased to up to four years, from 18 months in the 2006 and 2011 censuses, leading to concerns about privacy and data security. As such, some Australian Senate crossbenchers (from the Greens, Nick Xenophon Team and Jacqui Lambie Network) said they would not complete those specific sections of the census, despite the fines associated with incorrect completion of the census.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the first release of census data became available to the public on the ABS website on 11 April 2017, two months earlier than for any previous census. The second release of data occurred on 27 June 2017 and a third data release was from 17 October 2017.

Online

ABS website message after the 2016 online census was shut down

For the first time, the ABS significantly favoured internet submission of census forms over the traditional paper forms, claiming it expected more than 65% of Australians would complete the census online. Reflecting this new preference, the tagline of the ad campaign for the census was the rhyming slogan "Get online on August 9". Across many regions, paper forms were no longer delivered by default to homes, and households that wished to complete a paper census had to order such forms via an automated hotline. Letters were sent to each dwelling with unique code numbers that people would need to either login to the census website, or order a paper form if they preferred. By census night, many households had still not received such a letter. Contrary to previous years where censuses were both delivered and retrieved from households by dedicated census employees, in 2016 most of the paperwork relating to the census was delivered from and to the ABS by Australia Post.

The 2016 census was met by a significant controversy, which meant that many Australians could not complete the census online on the designated census day. The ABS census website shut down at about 7:30 pm AEST on the night the census was to be completed. According to the ABS, throughout 9 August the census website received four denial-of-service attacks. At 7:30 pm, when the site was being heavily used, a software failure meant that the ABS was unable to keep blocking the denial-of-service attacks, leading to the failure of a router. As a result, the ABS decided to close down the system as a precaution. The 15th Chief Statistician, David Kalisch stated that no census data were compromised. The Australian Signals Directorate assisted the ABS to bring the infrastructure back online more than 24 hours after the closure. The census website was restored at 2:30 pm on 11 August.

On the same day Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stated his unhappiness over the event, which had "been a failure of the ABS", with his expectation that "heads will roll" once a review was complete. Leader of the opposition Bill Shorten said that the 2016 census had been the "worst-run ... in the history of Australia". The ABS blamed service provider IBM for the failure in the online census, saying that IBM had advised on the preparedness and resilience to DDoS attacks and had not offered any further protections that could be employed. On 31 August, Parliament initiated an inquiry into the 2016 census. It released its findings on 24 November and found that no individual party was responsible but it was shared between the government, IBM, and the sub-contractors.

The census forms were able to be submitted online until 23 September. Once collection was complete, the ABS issued an announcement which confirmed that in spite of the initial online problems, there was a preliminary response rate of more than 96%. This consisted of 4.9 million (over 58%) online submissions and 3.5 million paper forms. The preliminary response rate was similar to the previous two census response rates of 95.8% in 2006 and 96.5% in 2011.

An independent panel established by the Australian Statistician to quality assure the data from the 2016 census found it was fit for purpose, comparable to previous Australian and international censuses and can be used with confidence.

"The Independent Assurance Panel I established to provide extra assurance and transparency of Census data quality concluded that the 2016 Census data can be used with confidence."

— David Kalisch, Chief Statistician.

Census questions

The Census form had 51 questions relating to the characteristics of individuals, plus an extra nine questions relating to households. Of the sixty questions, the following two questions were optional:

• What is the person's religion?
• Does each person agree to his/her name and address and other information on this form being kept by the National Archives of Australia and then made publicly available after 99 years?

Population and dwellings

The population counts for Australian states and territories were that New South Wales remains the most populous state, with 7,480,228 people counted, ahead of Victoria (5,926,624) and Queensland (4,703,193). Australian Capital Territory (ACT) experienced the largest population growth of any state or territory over the past five years, with an increase of 11.2% while Tasmania had the smallest growth at 3.0% since the last census in 2011. Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night.

States and territories		Male	Female	Total	% change
	New South Wales	3,686,014	3,794,217	7,480,228	8.1%
	Victoria	2,908,077	3,018,549	5,926,624	10.7%
	Queensland	2,321,889	2,381,308	4,703,193	8.6%
	Western Australia	1,238,419	1,235,994	2,474,410	10.5%
	South Australia	825,997	850,652	1,676,653	5.0%
	Tasmania	249,478	260,482	509,965	3.0%
	Australian Capital Territory	195,739	201,653	397,397	11.2%
	Northern Territory	118,570	110,266	228,833	8.0%
Other / External territories		Male	Female	Total	% change
	Christmas Island	1,130	712	1,843
	Norfolk Island	819	930	1,748
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	268	273	544
	Jervis Bay Territory	216	172	391
Commonwealth of Australia		11,546,638	11,855,248	23,401,892	8.8%
Source: External territories

Other Territories

The inclusion of Norfolk Island in Other Territories is new for 2016, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. In the 2016 Census, there were 1,748 people, compared with a population of 1,796 in 2011 (Norfolk Island Government Census). Of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. The enumeration of Norfolk Island was an area of special attention for the ABS.

Age

Age	2016 Census
	Number	Percentage
Median age	38	–
0–4 years	1,464,779	6.3%
5–9 years	1,502,646	6.4%
10–14 years	1,397,183	6.0%
15–19 years	1,421,595	6.1%
20–24 years	1,566,793	6.7%
25–29 years	1,664,602	7.1%
30–34 years	1,703,847	7.3%
35–39 years	1,561,679	6.7%
40–44 years	1,583,257	6.8%
45–49 years	1,581,455	6.8%
50–54 years	1,523,551	6.5%
55–59 years	1,454,332	6.2%
60–64 years	1,299,397	5.6%
65–69 years	1,188,999	5.1%
70–74 years	887,716	3.8%
75–79 years	652,657	2.8%
80–84 years	460,549	2.0%
85 years and over	486,842	2.1%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Country of birth

Of all residents over two thirds (66.7% or 15,614,835) were born in Australia. Over a quarter of the population (26.3% or 6,163,667 persons) said they were born overseas, plus 1.6 million did not state any response. The proportion of overseas-born people from Asia has increased from 33% in 2011 to 40%, while Europe has declined from 40% in 2011 to 34% in 2016.

However, England (907,572 or 3.9% of Australia's population) remains the most common country of birth, followed by New Zealand (518,466 or 2.2%). It was question 12 on the 2016 Census Household Paper Form.

Proportion of overseas-born population.

  England (14.7%)

  New Zealand (8.4%)

  China (8.3%)

  India (7.4%)

  Philippines (3.8%)

  Vietnam (3.6%)

  Italy (2.8%)

  South Africa (2.6%)

  Malaysia (2.2%)

  Scotland (1.9%)

  Others (44.3%)

Country of Birth		Population	Percent of population	Ref(s)
	Australia	15,614,835	66.7%
New South Wales		4,899,090	65.5%
Victoria		3,845,493	64.9%
Queensland		3,343,657	71.1%
South Australia		1,192,546	71.1%
Western Australia		1,492,842	60.3%
Tasmania		411,490	80.7%
Northern Territory		157,531	68.8%
Australian Capital Territory		269,682	68.0%
Total, Overseas-born		6,163,667	26.3%
Oceania
	New Zealand	518,462	2.2%
Europe
	England	907,572	3.9%
	Scotland	119,420	0.4%
	Wales	28,047	0.1%
	Northern Ireland	23,025	0.1%
	Italy	174,044	0.7%
	Germany	102,595	0.4%
	Greece	93,745	0.4%
	Republic of Ireland	74,895	0.4%
	Netherlands	70,174	0.3%
	Poland	45,365	0.2%
	Croatia	43,681	0.2%
	France	31,124	0.1%
	Portugal	15,809	0.1%
	Spain	15,396	0.1%
Other European Countries			–
Asia
	China	509,557	2.2%
	India	455,388	1.9%
	Philippines	232,384	1.0%
	Vietnam	219,357	0.9%
	Malaysia	138,365	–
	Sri Lanka	109,853
	South Korea	98,775	0.4%
	Hong Kong	86,888	-
	Lebanon	78,651	-
	Indonesia	73,217	–
	Iraq	67,355	–
	Thailand	66,231	–
	Pakistan	61,915	–
	Iran	58,106	–
Africa
	South Africa	162,448	0.7%
America		–	–
	United States	86,133	0.4%
	Canada	43,049	–
Polynesia		–	–
	Fiji	61,473	–
Not stated		1,636,000	7.0%
Totals, Australia		23,401,892	100.0%	–
Source: Bureau of Statistics

Ancestries

The top reported ancestries in Australia and for the external territory of Norfolk Island as a percentage of population. Results of the ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2016 are as follows.

Australia
Ancestry	Number	Percentage
English	7,852,224	36.1%
Australian	7,298,243	33.5%
Irish	2,388,058	11.0%
Scottish	2,023,470	9.3%
Chinese	1,213,903	5.6%
Source: ABS

External territories

Norfolk Island
Ancestry	Number	Percentage
Australian	553	22.8%
English	543	22.4%
Pitcairn	484	20.0%
Scottish	145	6.0%
Irish	125	5.2%
Source: ABS

Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders

There were 649,171 Indigenous Australians, who made up 2.8% of Australia's population.

Religion

Religious affiliation	2016 census
	Number		Percentage
Christian		12,201,600		52.1%
Anglican		3,101,191		13.3%
Baptist		345,142		1.5%
Catholic (Roman)		5,291,830		22.6%
Christianity (defined and not defined)		768,649		6.3%
Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodoxy, and Assyrian Apostolic		567,680		2.1%
Jehovah's Witnesses		82,510		0.4%
Latter-day Saints		61,639		0.3%
Lutheran		174,019		0.7%
Pentecostal		260,560		1.1%
Presbyterian and Reformed		524,338		2.3%
Salvation Army		48,939		0.2%
Seventh-day Adventist		62,945		0.3%
Uniting Church in Australia		870,183		3.7%
Non-Christian		1,464,162		6.3%
Buddhism		563,674		2.4%
Hinduism		440,330		1.9%
Islam		604,420		2.6%
Judaism		91,022		0.4%
Sikhism		125,901		0.5%
No Religion		7,040,717		30.1%
Not stated or unclear		2,238,735		9.6%
Australia		23,401,892		100%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Language

• 80.7% spoke only English at home.
• 19.3% spoke a language other than English at home. The most common of these were:
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Italian
  • Arabic
  • Cantonese Chinese
  • Greek
  • Vietnamese
• 2% of the population could not speak English at all.

Homelessness

The number of homeless people in Australia jumped by more than 14,000 — or 14 per cent — in the five years to 2016, according to census data. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said 116,000 people were homeless on census night in 2016, representing 50 homeless people per 10,000. The majority of homeless people in Australia were male. In addition, Indigenous Australians and recent migrants were over-represented among the homeless.

1899

Tenth Census of Puerto Rico
10 November 1899 (1899-11-10)
General information
Country	Puerto Rico
Results
Total population	953,243 ( 16.0%)
Most populous department	Ponce (203,191)
Least populous department	Aguadilla (99,645)

The 1899 Puerto Rico Census (or Porto Rico as it was then commonly called), was the first national population census held in Porto Rico under U.S. control by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. War Department. It is also the tenth-census combined with the previous censuses taken by Spain. The day used for the census, was Friday November 10, 1899. The total population of the island of Puerto Rico was counted as 953,243 - an increase of 154,678 people or 16% since the previous 1887 Census by the Spanish government.

Population schedule

The population schedule used in the census, translated into English and reduced in size is as follows:
Situation

• Street.
• Number of house.
• Number of house or building in the order of visitation.
• Number of family in the order of visitation.
• Name of every person residing with this family or in this house

Relationship

• Relationship of each person to the head of the family.

Personal description

• Color.
• Sex.
• Age at last birthday.
• Status.

Nativity

• Native country of this person.

Citizenship

• Cuban, Spaniard, or in suspense.

Occupation

• Occupation, trade or profession of every person 10 years of age and over.

Instruction

• Months of attendance at school during the last school year.
• Can read. (primary)
• Can write. (primary)
• Higher.

Sanitary conditions

• Source of water used.
• Disposition of garbage.
• Latrine system.

Method of Tabulation

It was taken that to save time, the tabulation should be done by machine and not by the old hand-tally system. As the machines invented by Mr Herman Hollerith were successfully used in the earlier eleventh and were to be used for the twelfth U.S. census, it was adopted.

Population and dwellings

Department	Total population	Increase
Humacao (with Río Grande)	100,866	8.2%
Mayagüez	127,566	10.0%
Guayama	111,986	15.5%
Aguadilla	99,645	15.7%
Bayamón (less Rio Grande)	147,681	20.2%
Ponce	203,191	27.5%
Arecibo	162,308	30.7%
Puerto Rico	953,243	19.4%
Source:Report on the census of Porto Rico - 1899

Municipal districts

Aguadilla department	99,645	Guayama department-continued
Aguada	10,581	Cidra	7,552
Aguadilla	17,830	Comerio	8,249
Isabela	14,888	Guayama	12,749
Lares	20,883	Gurabo	8,700
Moca	12,410	Juncos	8,429
Rincón	6,641	Salinas	5,731
San Sebastian	16,412	San Lorenzo	13,433
Arecibo department	162,308	Humacao department	88,501
Arecibo	36,910	Fajardo	16,782
Barceloneta	9,357	Humacao	14,313
Camuy	10,887	Maunabo	6,221
Ciales	18,115	Naguabo	10,873
Hatillo	10,449	Patillas	11,163
Manati	13,989	Piedras	8,602
Morovis	11,309	Vieques	6,642
Quebradillas	7,432	Yabucoa	13,905
Utuado	43,860	Mayagüez department	127,566
Bayamon department	160,046	Añasco	13,311
Bayamon	19,940	Cabo Rojo	16,154
Carolina	11,965	Hormigueros	3,215
Corozal	11,508	Lajas	8,789
Dorado	3,804	Las Marias	11,279
Loiza	12,522	Maricao	8,312
Naranjito	8,101	Mayagüez	35,700
Rio Grande	12,365	Sabana Grande	10,560
Rio Piedras	13,760	San German	20,246
San Juan	32,048	Ponce department	203,191
Toa Alta	7,908	Adjuntas	19,484
Toa Baja	4,030	Aibonito	8,596
Trujillo Alto	5,683	Barranquitas	8,103
Vega Alta	6,107	Barros	14,845
Vega Baja	10,305	Coamo	15,144
Guayama department	111,986	Guayanilla	9,540
Aguas Buenas	7,977	Juana Diaz	27,896
Arroyo	4,867	Peñuelas	12,129
Caguas	19,857	Ponce	55,477
Cayey	14,442	Santa Isabel	4,858
-	-	Yauco	27,119
Source:Report on the census of Porto Rico - 1899

Age

Department	Median age
Guayama	17.3
Arecibo	17.6
Humacao	17.7
Aguadilla	17.9
Bayamon	18.2
Ponce	18.5
Mayaguez	19.1
Source: 1899 Census of Porto Rico.

Birthplace

Proportion of foreign-born population. Source:

  Spain (55.45%)

  Spanish America (11.0%)

  United States (7.5%)

  Others (26.05%)

The number of foreign-born returned by the census is 13,872 or about 1.5% of the total population. There were few regions in the western hemisphere in which the proportion of natives is so high and that of the foreign-born so low. Of the total number of foreigners 5,935 or 43 per cent were found in the three cities of San Juan, Ponce and Mayagüez. Of the total foreign-born 7,690 or 55 per cent were born in Spain.

Country	Population	Percentage
Puerto Rico	939,371	98.5%
Totals, Foreign-born	13,872	1.5%
Spain	7,690
Spanish America	1,542	0.2%
West India islands	1,194	-
Africa	427	-
United States	1,069	0.1%
China	68	-
Puerto Rico	953,243	100.0%
Source: 1899 Porto Rico census

Race

With reference to race, the population of Porto Rico is divided by the census into two main classes - those who are and those who are not pure whites, or Caucasians. The number belonging to each of these classes is as follows:

Race	Population	Percentage
White	589,426	61.8%
Colored*	363,817	38.2%
(Persons of mixed blood)	304,352	83.6%
Puerto Rico	953,243	100.00%
Source: 1899 Census of Porto Rico.

The colored in the table includes very few (75) Chinese and many persons of mixed white and Black African blood as well as pure Black. Somewhat more than three-fifths of the population of Porto Rico are white and nearly two-fifths are partly or entirely negro or Black. By the 1899 census five-sixths (83.6 per cent) of the total colored were returned as of mixed blood.

Notes

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899

1911

First commonwealth census
3 April 1911 (1911-04-03)
General information
Country	Commonwealth of Australia
Results
Total population	4,455,005 ( 18.05%)
Most populous state or territory	New South Wales (1,646,734)
Least populous state or territory	Federal Territory (1,714)

The 1911 Australian census was the first national population census held in Australia. The day used for the census, was taken for the night between the 2 and 3 April 1911. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 4,455,005 - an increase of 681,204 people, 18.05% over the 1901 "Federation" Census.

The Census Volumes II and III were published on 30 September 1914. At that time it was intended to issue shortly thereafter Volume 1.

Collection method

The first Commonwealth Statistician was George Handley Knibbs. He began his career as a licensed surveyor in government service. On Monday 3 April 1911, census collectors set out all over Australia under mostly clear skies to begin gathering in Australia's first national census forms. They covered suburbs to rural towns and the outback. They travelled by bike or horse where they had the transport that was needed to cover large areas, however, most travelled by foot. Some in Northern Queensland had to find their way through a flooded landscape while others in South Australia had difficulties finding water and fodder for their horses due to droughts. They had distributed the forms prior to the census day.

There was a permanent staff of the ‘Bureau of Census and Statistics’ which consisted of the Statistician (Knibbs) and many assistants, some young men working as clerks as well as a couple of messenger boys. A female typist had joined soon after. They worked in the old Rialto Building in Collins Street, Melbourne.

Collectors had to supply their own transport and cover any associated costs such as fodder and petrol. They were paid according to their method of transport. Collectors on foot were paid ten shilling a day, those on bicycle fifteens shillings a day and those on horse 20 shillings a day. Police were used in the days immediately following the census to get travellers, swagmen and campers to provide their information. Train conductors and ships' captains were also used as collectors in the 1911 census and several subsequent censuses, to cover people travelling overnight on census night.

Census questions

For Every Person present in the Night from 2 to 3 April 1911, or returning on 3rd April (if not included elsewhere).

• Name in full (Underline Surname.)
• Sex - {Write M for Male}, {Write F for Female}
• Date of Birth: Day
• If married, write M. If widowed, write W. If divorced, write D. If never married, write N. M.
• Date of existing Marriage: Year.................
• Number of Children (living and dead) from existing Marriage .....................
  • (a) Number of Children: (living and dead) from previous Marriage ...............
• Relation to Head of Household
• State if Blind or Deaf and Dumb ................
• Country (or Australian State) where born
• If a British subject by parentage. write P.
  • If a British subject by Naturalization. write N.
  • Race -
• If born outside Commonwealth, state length of residence therein
  • (a) Date of Arrival in Commonwealth
• Religion
• Education
  • (a) At present receiving Education
• Profession or Occupation
  (If engaged in more than one occupation. underline principal occupation.)
  • (a) State if Employer or Employee, &c
  • (b) If out of work, state period
  • (c) Occupation of Employer (if any).

Population and dwellings

Population counts for Australian states and territories had 4,455,005 and 19,939 full-Aboriginals (counted separately) for a total population of 4,474,944.
Note: All figures are for the census usually resident population count.

States and Territories	Males	Females	Total
States
New South Wales	857,698	789,036	1,646,734
Victoria	655,591	659,960	1,315,551
Queensland	329,506	276,307	605,813
South Australia	207,358	201,200	408,558
Western Australia	161,565	120,549	282,114
Tasmania	97,591	93,620	191,211
Territories
Northern Territory	2,734	576	3,310
Federal Territory	992	722	1,714
Commonwealth of Australia	2,313,035'	2,141,970	4,455,005
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

States and Territories	Males	Females	Total
States
New South Wales	1,152	860	2,012
Victoria	103	93	196
Queensland	5,145	3,542	8,687
South Australia	802	637	1,439
Western Australia	3,433	2,936	6,369
Tasmania	2	1	3
Territories
Northern Territory	743	480	1,223
Federal Territory	5	5	10
Commonwealth of Australia	11,385	8,554	19,939
Source: ABS

Birthplace

At the Census of the 3rd April, 1911, each person was asked to state on a " personal" card, the" Country or Australian State where born," and to state on a "personal" card, the Country or Australian State where born," and from the replies to this query, taken in conjunction with the other data furnished, the tables contained in Part II.

Proportion of the overseas-born.

  England (50.0%)

  Ireland (20.0%)

  Scotland (13.0%)

  Germany (5.0%)

  New Zealand (5.0%)

  China (3.0%)

  Wales (2.0%)

  Italy (1.0%)

  British India (1.0%)

  United States (%)

Country of birth	Population	Percent
Australasia	3,699,538	83.62%
Australia	3,667,670	82.90%
New South Wales	1,315,030	-
Victoria	1,181,787	-
Queensland	415,064	-
South Australia	394,768	-
Western Australia	114,550	-
Tasmania	193,770	-
Northern Territory	710	-
Australia (undefined)	51,991	-
Totals, Overseas-born	787,335	17.10%
New Zealand	31,868	0.72%
Europe	664,671	15.02%
England	346,030	7.75%
Scotland	93,083	-
Isle of Man	1,007	-
Ireland	139,434	-
Wales	12,175	-
Other European British pos.	2,378	-
Austria-Hungary	2,774	-
Belgium	339	-
Denmark	5,663	-
France	2,876	-
Germany	32,990	-
Greece	1,798	-
Italy	6,719	-
Netherlands	745	-
Norway	3,451	-
Portugal	173	-
Russia	4,456	-
Spain	658	-
Sweden	5,586	-
Switzerland	1,736	-
Other European Countries	600	-
Asia	36,442	0.82%
China	20,775	-
Africa	4,958	0.11%
South Africa (undefined)	2,525	-
America	11,278	0.25%
United States of America	6,642	-
Canada	2,944	-
Polynesia	3,410	0.08%
Fiji	852	-
At sea	4,238	0.10%
Unspecified	30,470	-
Totals, Commonwealth	4,455,005	100.00%
Source: ABS

Race

At the first Australian census in 1911 only those "aboriginal natives" living near European settlements were enumerated, and the main population tables included only those of half or less Aboriginal descent. Details of those "full-blood" Aborigines enumerated were included in separate tables.

Race		Population	Percentage
European		4,402,662	98.83%
Totals, non-European		52,343	1.17%
Aboriginals (half)		10,113	0.23%
Asiatic		38,690	0.87%
Chinese		25,772	-
Hindus		3,698	-
Japanese		3,576	-
African		693	0.01%
American		89	0.00%
American Indians		51	-
West Indies (so described)		35	-
Polynesian		2,751	0.06%
Polynesians (so described)		2,197	-
Papuans		375	-
Indefinite		7	0.00%
Commonwealth		4,455,005	100.00%
Full-Aboriginal (counted separately)*		19,939	-
Totals..		4,474,944	100.00%
Source:

Religion

According to these figures it appears that of the 4,455,005 people in Australia on census day (April 3. 1911) 4,274,414 were Christians, 36,785 non-Christians, 14,673 are described as indefinite, 10,016 were of no religion, 83,003 objected to state to what faith, if any, they belonged, and the remaining 36,114 were unspecified.

Religion.	1911 Census
	Number	Percentage
Christian	4,274,414	95.95%
Church of England	1,710,443	38.4%
Presbyterians	558,336	-
Methodists	547,806	-
Baptist	97,074	-
Congregational	74,046	-
Lutheran	72,395	-
Church of Christ	38,748	-
Salvation Army	26,665	-
Seventh-day Adventist	6,095	-
Unitarian	2,175	-
Protestant (undefined)	109,861	-
Roman; Catholic	921,425	20.7%
Greek Catholic	2,646	-
Catholic (undefined)	75,379	-
Others	31,320	-
Non-Christian	36,785
Hebrew	17,287	-
Confucian	5,194	-
Mohammedan	3,908	-
Buddhist	3,269	-
Pagan	1,447	-
Others	5,680	-
Indefinite	14,673
Freethinker	3,254	-
Agnostic	3,084	-
No Denomination	2,688	-
Others	5,647	-
No Religion	10,016
No Religion	9,251	-
Atheist	579	-
Others	186	-
Object to state	83,003	-
Unspecified	36,114	-
Grand total ..	4,455,005	100.00%
Source: ABS

1911

Fifteenth census of the Dominion of New Zealand
2 April 1911 (1911-04-02)
General information
Country	Dominion of New Zealand, British Empire
Results
Total population	1,058,313 ( 13.03%)
Most populous district	Auckland (264,520)
Least populous district	Westland (15,714)

The 1911 New Zealand census was New Zealand's fifteenth national census. The day used for the census was Sunday, 2 April 1911.

The total population of the Dominion of New Zealand was counted as 1,058,313 – an overall increase of 122,004 people or 13.03% over the 1906 census figure. The Māori census counted a total of 49,844, of whom 26,475 were males and 23,369 females, another 2,877 in the general census which made up 5 percent of the total night population. The total enumerated in the European (general) census was 1,008,468 of whom 531,910 were Males and 476,558 Females. The Māori census was held in March, while the general census was held in April.

The Census and Statistics Act 1910 created the Office of the Government Statistician within the Registrar General's Office. The Act (as in the 1911 census report) reiterated the penalties for those who refuse to fill out their census schedules and collectors who disclose the content of individual census schedules.

Population and dwellings

The principal natural divisions in New Zealand are the North, South, and Stewart Islands. The "Distribution of European populations" of the various provincial districts are as follows:

Region	Males	Females	Total population
Auckland	141,700	122,820	264,520
Taranaki	27,785	23,784	51,560
Hawke's Bay	25,769	22,777	48,546
Wellington	104,945	94,149	199,094
Totals, North Island	300,199	263,530	563,729
Marlborough	8,745	7,240	15,985
Nelson	26,958	21,505	48,463
Westland	8,719	6,995	15,714
Canterbury	88,391	84,794	173,185
Otago
Otago portion	66,995	65,407	132,402
Southland portion	31,735	36,993	58,728
Totals, South Island	231,323	212,797	444,120
Stewart Island	220	137	357
Chatham Islands	166	92	258
Kermadec Islands	2	2	4
Dominion of New Zealand	531,910	476,558	1,008,468
Source: Total (including Chinese and Half-castes)

The Maori population of the Dominion (not included above), according to the result of a separate census taken in April 1911, amounted to 49,844. Of these, 46,632 persons were found to be in the North Island, 2,681 persons in the South Island, 63 at Stewart Island, and 219 Maoris and Morioris at the Chatham Islands. There were 249 Maori wives of European husbands enumerated in the European census.

The total population of the Dominion (including Maoris and residents of the Cook and other Pacific Islands) in April 1911, was: Persons, 1,070,910; males, 564,834; females, 506,076; of these, 2,630 were Chinese—2,542 males, 88 females. The population of the Cook and other Pacific Islands now included within the boundaries of the Dominion was 12,598 persons, of whom 180 were whites or half-castes living as whites. There were also 513 Natives of these islands absent on ships or at the guano islands.

Māori census

The census of the Māori population—that is, full-blooded Maoris, with all half-castes living as members of Native tribes—was taken under the supervision of the officers of the Native Department in April 1911.

Area	Males	Females	Population
North Island	24,935	21,697	46,632
Middle Island	1,886	1,295	2,681
Stewart Island	42	21	63
Chatham Islands
Māori	105	99	204
Moriori	7	8	15
Māori wives living with European husbands	-	249	249
Totals, New Zealand	26,475	23,369	49,844
Source:

Notes: (excludes half-Māori counted in the separate European census) The pure-blood Moriori are practically extinct, and those now claiming to be Morioris are half-caste Moriori-Maoris.

Besides the half-castes (living as Members of Maori Tribes) included in the above table, there were 2,877 half-castes (males, 1,475; females, 1,402) living with and enumerated as Europeans in the other census.

Birthplace

The figures show that of the total population of specified birthplace had New Zealand-born at 69.74% and 30.26% were born-overseas.

Birthplaces	Population	Percentage	Population increase or decrease
New Zealand	702,779	69.74%	+15.92%
Totals, overseas-born	305,689	30.26%	–
England	133,811	13.28%	+14.80%
Scotland	51,709	5.13%	+8.25%
Ireland	40,958	4.06%	−3.53%
Wales	2,206	0.22%	+2.89%
Australia, Tasmania, and Fiji	50,693	5.03%	–
Other British Possessions	4,570	0.46%	–
Total British	986,726	97.92%	–
Germany	4,015	0.40%	−3.80%
Denmark and Possessions	2,262	0.22%	−0.65%
Other European countries	55	–	+19.56%
United States of America	1,400	0.13%	+21.10%
China	2,611	0.25%	+0.34%
At sea	1,392	0.14%	+11.80%
Birthplaces not stated	779	–	+65.04%
Total for specified birthplaces	1,007,689	–	+13.46%
New Zealand	1,008,468	100.00%	13.49%
Source:

Religious denominations

Denomination	1911 census
	Population	Percentage
Christian	931,170	92.62%
Church of England	411,671	40.93%
Presbyterians	234,662	23.34%
Roman; Catholics	139,191	13.84%
Catholics (undefined)	1,332	0.13%
Baptists	20,042	2.00%
Church of Christ (Christians, Christian Disciples,     Disciples of Christ, Disciples)	9,187	0.92%
Congregationalists	8,756	0.88%
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren,      Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren)	7,865	0.78%
Lutheran (German Protestants)	4,477	0.44%
Methodist Church of Australasia	63,959	6.36%
Primitive Methodists	27,445	2.74%
Society of Friends	412	0.04%
Protestants (undescribed)	2,171	0.22%
Hebrews	2,128	0.21%
No Denomination	-	–
Freethinkers	4,238	0.42%
Not described	-	–
Objecting to state	-	–
New Zealand	1,008,468	100.00%
Source:

1851 estimate

District / Settlement	Males	Females	Total	Percent
Auckland
Auckland	5,282	4,148	9,430	35.3%
Windsor (near Auckland)
Bay of Islands
Hokianga
Smaller settlements
New Plymouth	845	687	1,532	5.7%
Wellington	3,613	2,796	6,409	24.0%
New Ulster	9,740	7,631	17,371	65.0%
Nelson	2,317	1,970	4,287	16.1%
Canterbury
Akaroa	1,965	1,308	3,273	12.3%
Rest of province
Otago	1,013	763	1,776	6.6%
New Munster	2,978	2,071	9,336	35.0%
Colony of New Zealand	15,035	11,672	26,707	100.0%
Source: Dominion Committee Blue Books

1916

Sixteenth census of the Dominion of New Zealand
15 October 1916 (1916-10-15)
General information
Country	Dominion of New Zealand, British Empire
Results
Total population	1,149,225 1,162,022 1,162,293 ( 8.59%)
Most populous provincial district	Auckland (308,766)
Least populous provincial district	Westland (15,502)

The 1916 New Zealand census was the sixteenth national population census. The day used for the census was Sunday, 15 October 1916. The census of the Dominion of New Zealand revealed a total population of 1,149,225 - an overall increase of 90,981 or 8.59% over the 1911 census figure.

Enumeration

In 1916 a new departure was made in connection with the enumeration of Māori. The Māori census counted 49,776 (excludes Māori counted in the European census) for a total of 52,997, fewer than 1,900 reside in the South Island. It was decided to enumerate the (South Island) Māori with the enumeration of the European population, the same schedules being used and the work done by the same Enumerators and Sub-Enumerators as for the European population. The North Island Māori census, however, was also taken in October.

Cost

The census of 1916 witnessed an important innovation in respect of the mode of distribution and collection of the census schedules, resulting in a considerable saving of expense. This was the substitution of the machinery of the Post Office for the old system of special Enumerators.

Not only was the work performed more economically (the cost of collection was approximately £20,600 in 1911 and £17,500 in 1916), but the schedules were in much better condition than at any previous census, the proportion of incomplete entries being infinitesimal, and the necessity for queries being reduced to practically nil. A point in connection with the 1916 census was the increase in the number of Enumerators' districts—ninety-five, as compared with fifty-nine in 1911—and it is probable that the consequential reduction in the average size of the districts made for increased efficiency.

Summary

The results of the census covered these topics: (Separate Volumes) (published 1920)

• Part I Population (published 1918)
• Part II Ages (published 1918)
• Part III Birthplaces and Length of Residence (published 1918)
• Part IV Religions (published 1918) (20pp)
• Part V Education (published 1918)
• Part VI Infirmity (published 1918)
• Part VII Conjugal Condition (published 1918)
• Part VIII Fertility (published 1919)
• Part IX Occupations and Unemployment (published 1919)
• Part X Race Aliens (published 1919)
• Part XI Dwellings (published 1919)
• Part XII Households (published 1920)

Appendix A Maori Census
Appendix B Population of Cook and Other Annexed Pacific Islands*
Appendix C Religious Denominations (Places of Worship etc.) and Libraries
Appendix D Census of Industrial Manufacture*
Appendix E Poultry and Bees

Population and dwellings

The principal natural divisions in New Zealand are the North, South, and Stewart Islands. These contain nearly the whole population of European descent, the Cook and other annexed islands being inhabited almost solely by Natives.
The populations of the various provincial districts are as follows:

Provincial District	Males	Females	Total population
Auckland	155,298	153,468	308,766
Taranaki	28,773	27,150	55,925
Hawke's Bay	27,194	27,073	54,267
Wellington	119,572	112,542	232,114
Totals, North Island	330,839	320,233	651,072
Marlborough	8,506	8,102	16,608
Nelson	22,415	20,836	43,251
Westland	8,088	7,414	15,502
Canterbury	88,085	93,784	181,869
Otago
Otago Portion	63,546	67,972	131,518
Southland Portion	30,296	29,333	59,629
Totals, South Island^	220,936	227,441	448,377
Dominion of New Zealand	551,771	547,674	1,099,449
^Includes Stewart Island and Chatham Islands

Distribution

Distribution	Males	Females	Total
Population of the Dominiona	551,775	547,674	1,099,449
Māori populationb	25,931	23,840	49,771
Morioris at Chatham Islands	2	3	5
Totals, New Zealand	577,715	571,510	1,149,225

^a European, (Māori living as Europeans) and others. (excluding Māori and residents of Cook and other Pacific islands).
^b Includes 3,529 half-castes living as Māoris.

Population of Cook and other annexed islands†	6,553	6,244	12,797
Total, (excluding Samoa)	584,261	577,761	1,162,022
Samoa (Expeditionary Force and New Zealand civilians)	246	25	271
Total, Pacific Islands	584,507	577,786	1,162,293
Source:

Notes: † Includes 112 soldiers in camp in New Zealand.

Birthplace

Question 8 on the census form asked the question: (a.) Country where born... (not county, town or subdivision.) If born outside the British Empire or if born at sea, add "P." if a British subject by parentage, add "N". if a British subject by nationalization. The figures show that of the total population of specified birthplace (1,097,841), 1,077,808, or 98.17 per cent., were born on British soil, 1.70 per cent, on foreign soil, and 0.13 per cent, at sea. For the overseas-born census usually resident population:

Country	Population	Percentage
New Zealand-born	794,139	72.34%
Totals, Overseas-born	305,310	27.66%
England	140,997	12.84%
Scotland	51,951	4.73%
Commonwealth of Australia	45,585	4.15%
Ireland	37,380	3.40%
Wales	2,197	0.20%
Other British possessions	5,559	0.51%
Totals, British soil	1,077,808	98.17%
Austria-Hungary	2,365	0.22%
German Empire	2,999	0.27%
Denmark	2,244	0.20%
Chinese Empire	2,041	0.19%
Other foreign countries	9,007	0.82%
Total foreign	18,656	1.70%
At sea	1,377	0.13%
Not stated	1,608	-
Total that specified a birthplace	1,097,841	100.0%
New Zealand	1,099,449	100.0%
Source: Statistics NZ

Race

The census form asked the question (a.) Country where born... (b.) Race.)

Race	Males	Females	Total population	Percent
European	547,505	545,519	1,093,024	95.11%
Māori	27,446	25,551	52,997	4.61%
Others	2,757	447	3,204	0.28%
Chinese	2,017	130	2,147	-
Syrians	267	192	459	-
Hindus	167	14	181	-
Negroes	79	16	95	-
Japanese	55	4	59	-
New Zealand	577,715	571,510	1,149,225	100.0%
Source:

Māori census

Location	Total population
North Island	47,545
South Island	1,590
Stewart Island	4
Chatham Islands
Māoris	253
Morioris	5
Māori wives living with European husbands	379
Totals, New Zealand	49,776
Source: (excludes Māori living as Europeans.)

Religion

Members of Christian denominations formed 95.71 per cent. of those who made answer to the inquiry at the last census; non-Christian sects were 0.44 per cent.; and those who described themselves as of no religion 0.39 per cent.; whilst "indefinite" religions constituted 1.12 per cent.

Denomination	1916 census
	Number	Percentage
Christian	1,048,479	95.71%
Church of England	459,021	42.90%
Presbyterians	260,659	24.36%
Methodists	106,024	9.91%
Baptists	20,872	1.95%
Congregationalists	8,221	0.77%
Lutherans	3,530	0.33%
Salvation Army	10,004	0.94%
Brethren	9,758	0.91%
Church of Christ	9,249	0.86%
Unitarians	1,402	0.13%
Society of Friends	431	0.04%
Roman; Catholics and Catholics undefined	151,605	14.17%
Other Christians	7,703	0.72%
Hebrews	2,341	0.22%
Other specified religions	14,817	1.39%
No religion	4,311	0.40%
Totals, specified religions	1,069,948	100.00%
Object to state	25,577	-
Unspecified	3,924	-
Grand totals, New Zealand	1,099,449	-