Beautiful Happenings Vinyl

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, 039Beautiful Happening039 including the first single, 039Whats Wrong With The World039.The bands debut, Perfect, 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 Perfect, Whats Wrong With The World was written by the bands 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 everyones lips Whats wrong with the worldThere is no other band like Fairground Attraction their use of the guitarrn 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 breath of fresh air and it is even truer today than it was then.