Some of us at the miners’ benefit gig went wild for Wham! | Brief letters (opens in new tab)

George Michael and Arthur Scargill | Men’s swimwear | Stephen Yaxley-Lennon | Fun with number bases | David HockneyWhoever said that Wham! were received stone-faced by the audience at the miners’ benefit show in 1984 () must have been at a different event to the one I attended, where the audience in front of me went wild for the band. The blinding white outfits and the energy put into Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go have stuck with me to this day, and made Arthur Scargill’s oratory seem pedestria...