Join musician Nick Heyward as he discusses his new autobiography, Fantastic Days.

In 1981, Nick Heyward and school friends Graham Jones and Les Nemes signed their band Haircut One Hundred to Arista records. Less than two years later and frontman and principal songwriter Heyward had left. In that short period, they scored four top 10 singles, a number 2 platinum album in Pelican West and Nick Heyward had become the nation’s musical heartthrob.

Nick Heyward’s face was on a million teenage bedroom walls and countless magazine covers – it seemed all his childhood dreams had come true. But beyond the international fame and golden image there is a story of jealousy, signing to Alan McGee’s Creation label, being feted as godfather of Britpop and of being a commercial outcast, about depression and enlightenment and about the longest overdue comeback in pop music history.

‘When I stood in my bedroom singing Fantastic Day over and over again while learning to play guitar and sing and the same time, I had no idea it would become so prophetic. Underneath it all they’ve all been fantastic days, but I had to find that out the hard way.

Sometimes it’s the only way.’ Nick Heyward

Nick Heyward is the singer and songwriter for Haircut One Hundred and for the past four decades has built a hugely loyal fanbase as a solo artist. Nick continues to build on a remarkable legacy, with Haircut One Hundred’s long-awaited follow-up to Pelican West – Boxing the Compass – released on 19 June 2026, marking an exciting new chapter for the band. He is also currently working on new solo material. He lives in Oxfordshire.

The event will be followed by a book signing with Nick.  Books on sale during the event from Linghams Booksellers.