Pepsi & Shirlie: ‘When I think back to that shoot, I just remember a feeling of freedom’

The singers recreate their first pop portrait and and discuss friendship, family and Wham!

Bastions of 80s pop jubilance, Pepsi & Shirlie travelled the world as dancers and backing singers for Wham!. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley enlisted their school friend Shirlie Holliman, before Helen “Pepsi” DeMacque joined for Wham!’s short but wildly successful career from 1982 to 1986. As a duo, Pepsi & Shirlie had hits with Heartache and Goodbye Stranger. Now living in St Lucia with her husband, Pepsi has performed in musicals such as Hair, while Shirlie, who lives in Hertfordshire and has two children, Harley Moon and Roman, has released a swing album and a book with husband Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet. Their book, Pepsi & Shirlie: It’s All in Black and White, is out now.

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