Wet Wet Wet in Halifax

Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop-rock band formed in Clydebank in 1982. They became known through songs including “Wishing I Was Lucky,” “Sweet Little Mystery” and “Goodnight Girl,” while their recording of “Love Is All Around” spent 15 weeks at the top of the UK singles chart and appeared on the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral. Their albums include Popped In Souled Out and Picture This. In 1988, Wet Wet Wet performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium. Their arena history later included The Big Picture Tour in 2016, which revisited the songs of Picture This. Kevin Simm leads the full-band lineup at the group’s later concerts.

Nick Heyward is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in 1961, who fronted the new-wave pop band Haircut One Hundred. He wrote and sang on the album Pelican West, including “Love Plus One,” “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)” and “Fantastic Day.” His solo work began with North of a Miracle, which produced “Whistle Down the Wind,” “Take That Situation” and “Blue Hat for a Blue Day.” In 2011, Nick Heyward reunited with Haircut One Hundred at London’s indigO2 for a performance of Pelican West. His later concerts have combined songs from the band’s catalogue with material from his solo records, and he has brought that repertoire to British nostalgia events including Rewind Festival.