Acoustic Christmas tour show by Nick Heyward, frontman of Haircut One Hundred, with guitarist Adam Phillips in an intimate church setting.
Nick Heyward plays St Nicolas Church in Newbury on Thursday 3 December, the final date of a twelve-night UK tour that runs from 14 November. He's performing as part of The 12 Dates of Christmas, a run of acoustic shows in cathedrals and churches across the country. The Newbury date is the last of the twelve, following stops at Lincoln Cathedral, Peterborough Cathedral, Truro Cathedral, All Saints in Hove, The Gate in Cardiff, St Peter's in Poole, St Wilfrid's in Harrogate, Shrewsbury Abbey, All Saints in Kingston upon Thames, Holy Trinity in Cookham, and St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol.
Heyward, best known as the frontman of Haircut One Hundred, put the tour together to take his songs back to their essence, blending his catalogue with a festive, acoustic feel inside intimate church and cathedral settings. It's his first full UK tour since a run of acoustic dates in Scotland last year, and his first since a sell-out band tour in 2024. He's joined on stage by guitarist Adam Phillips, who has worked with Tom Robinson, Hamish Stewart and Richard Ashcroft.
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There's new material in the mix too. Haircut One Hundred's long-awaited new album, Boxing The Compass — the follow-up to Pelican West — came out on 19 June 2026, and Heyward is also working on new solo material. The set draws from that alongside his older songs, stripped back for the acoustic format. The Newbury show is on 3 December at St Nicolas Church.
