Nick Heyward

Nick Heyward is pure early-1980s nostalgia for me. As the frontman and songwriter of Haircut One Hundred, he helped define that bright, jangly British pop sound before the band split after just one album. I find the post-split path telling: rather than vanish, he carried on as a solo artist, which suggests real songwriting conviction. The Beckenham-born musician still keeps an active presence online, which I take as a sign he never fully left the music behind. I'd note the English data file mislabels him as American, but he's unmistakably English. He's a reminder that one perfect era of pop can define a whole career.

Name (English)

Nick Heyward

Name (Japanese)

ニック・ヘイワード

Reading

にっく・へいわーど

Born

May 20, 1961 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

Origin

Beckenham, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / songwriter / singer-songwriter / guitarist / recording artist

• Official sitehttps://nickheyward.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nickheyward/
• Xhttps://x.com/nickheyward
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Heyward
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325361

Tags

• singer
• songwriter
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.