Beautiful Happenings LP + CD

In 2024, after an absence of 35 years, all four original members of 80s band Fairground Attraction have reunited to tour Japan and the UK with a brand new studio album, Beautiful Happening including the first single, Whatrsquos Wrong With The World.The bandrsquos debut, lsquoPerfectrsquo, went to Number One not only in the UK but in countries all around the world and, in 1988, it won Best Single at The Brit Awards. It has gone on to be regarded as a genuine pop classic.Like lsquoPerfectrsquo, lsquoWhatrsquos Wrong With The Worldrsquo was written by the bandrsquos guitarist Mark Nevin and sung by their brilliant vocalist, Eddi Reader. In a similar upbeat Countrypop vein as their huge hit, they finally answer the question on everyonersquos lips ldquoWhatrsquos wrong with the worldrdquoThere is no other band like Fairground Attraction ndash their use of the guitarroacuten a large, Mexican acoustic bass, played by Simon Edwards, gives the bottom end of their records a warmth and character that combines with drummer Roy Dodds, Nevin and Reader to create a charming acoustic antidote to all that is modern and digital. When they arrived on the scene all those years ago, their unique sound was described by many as a ldquobreath of fresh airrdquo and it is even truer today than it was then.