{"id":785696,"date":"2026-09-28T21:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785696\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:52:12","slug":"much-loved-80s-pop-star-announces-special-intimate-christmas-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785696\/","title":{"rendered":"Much-loved 80s pop star announces special intimate Christmas shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nick Heyward (Promo pic)<\/p>\n

Nation.Cymru staff<\/p>\n

Whisper it quietly but Christmas is just around the corner.<\/p>\n

To get us in the festive spirit a much-loved pop star of the 1980s is heading out on a special 12 Dates of Christmas Tour.<\/p>\n

Haircut 100 frontman Nick Heyward has revealed a unique run of intimate performances set in some of the country\u2019s most beautiful and atmospheric venues.<\/p>\n

The 12-date UK tour will kick off on 14th November at Lincoln Cathedral and will see Heyward perform across historic churches and cathedrals, creating a special live experience that blends his much-loved catalogue with a festive, acoustic feel.<\/p>\n

The tour visit Wales when the musician visits The Gate in Cardiff on Saturday, November 21.<\/p>\n

Best known as the frontman of Haircut 100, Heyward continues to build on a remarkable legacy, with the band\u2019s long-awaited follow-up to Pelican West \u2013 Boxing The Compass \u2013 released in June 2026, marking an exciting new chapter for the band. <\/p>\n

The album brought the classic line up \u2013 Nick Heyward (vocals\/guitar), Graham Jones (guitar), Les Nemes (bass) and Blair Cunningham (drums) \u2013 back together for the first time in 44 years.<\/p>\n

It followed the single The Unloving Plum, which was named BBC Radio 2\u2019s Record of the Week on its release. The band\u2019s 1980s hits include Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl), Love Plus One, Fantastic Day and Nobody\u2019s Fool.<\/p>\n

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Heyward is also currently working on new solo material, with more details on this exciting project to follow.<\/p>\n

Creatively ambitious from the start, Nick Heyward began his career as the songwriter and frontman of Haircut 100. Marrying Chic with The Monkees, they rode the post-new-romantic-funk-wave of the early 1980s burning brightly, but briefly. Following four UK top 10 singles, \u201cFantastic Day\u201d, \u201cFavourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)\u201d, \u201cLove Plus One\u201d and \u201cNobody\u2019s Fool,\u201d and their debut album, \u2018Pelican West\u2019, going platinum, the band parted ways.<\/p>\n

\u2018North of a Miracle\u2019, Heyward\u2019s first solo album, saw him working with The Beatles\u2019 engineer Geoff Emerick to craft pop landscapes incorporating full orchestra, a jazz band and catchy pop-funk, all knitted together with top-flight songwriting that was featured in John Hughes\u2019 classic film, \u2018Sixteen Candles.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Continuing to record through the \u201880s, Heyward found his stride again with 1993\u2019s \u2018From Monday to Sunday.\u2019 Lead single \u201cKite\u201d took off in America\u2019s burgeoning alternative scene, reached No.4 in the Billboard Alternative Chart, and found Nick touring the country with the likes of The Lemonheads and Tony Bennett. The follow-up album, \u2018Tangled,\u2019 was more pure power pop and led to Heyward signing to Creation Records for his final album of the \u201890s, \u2018The Apple Bed\u2019.<\/p>\n

2023 was a big year for Heyward and the newly-reformed Haircut One Hundred \u2013 as well as releasing a deluxe version of their 1982 debut album \u2018Pelican West\u2019, the much-loved band played BBC Radio 2\u2019s Piano Room and a triumphant sold-out, one-off reunion show at London reunion show London\u2019s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire which led to a short, joyous tour of the UK and Ireland. Now Nick Heyward sets off this autumn on his first solo tour since a series of UK, US & Japanese live dates in support of his critically acclaimed 2017 album, \u2018Woodland Echoes.\u2019<\/p>\n

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