{"id":590335,"date":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/17\/wham-flashback-to-iconic-bygone-band\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","slug":"wham-flashback-to-iconic-bygone-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/17\/wham-flashback-to-iconic-bygone-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Wham: Flashback to iconic bygone band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ON THE TUBE TONIGHT-<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">(all times CLT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">One for the baby boomers: Netflix\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/eg-en\/title\/81137188\" style=\"\">Wham<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> takes us back to the groovy 80s <\/span><span style=\"\">when the <\/span><span>two-man band was at the height of its popularity with major hits like Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Careless <\/span><span>Whisper<\/span><span>. 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