Worship The
80s With High Priestess Toyah
Toyah Willcox is never less than
effusive about her involvement in projects.
On this particular day, her voice is typically
bouncy at the end of the telephone a retro
way to interview nowadays, but then again
its time to talk about the landline-tastic
1980s.
The 58-year-old is almost evangelical about
Rewind, the 80s Festival, that will bathe Scone
Castle and its grounds in a sea of Day-Glo
clothing and lace accessories from July 22 to 24.
She is performing at Rewind Scotland and the
event in Henley-on-Thames. Its not a first
appearance at either for her last year her
presentation skills were also called on to MC the
Scone event.
That was a
great opportunity to see everyone that performed
, and I was impressed, she says. I
dont know why I was so surprised. All the
acts come from the era when you had to be able to
perform live before a record company would even
look at you.
The concept of Rewind works as many acts
as possible across two days and sets that can
only include chart hits. So even if you liked the
second track on the B-side of ABCs Beauty
Stab, this isnt the place to hear it. Every
track is a hit, keeping the energy as charged as
the end of the night at a secondary school disco.
Rewind is about fun, adds Toyah.
No-one is trying to sell anything here;
its not about plugging records of breaking
new acts. Its like a big ensemble, all
feeding into the same musical experience.
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