It’s a new month and a new episode of Toyah At Home with updates on recent film shooting, gigs coming up and exciting projects for the new year. There’s also an unseen concert performance of a Sheep Farming In Barnet song. (Image © Toyah)
Less than a month until the new deluxe 24CD single box set Twenty-Four From Toyah is released on Cherry Red Records. The box set features 24 individual discs with expanded tracks lists for each single containing B-Sides, mixes, demos, rarities & alternate versions. Pre-order now by clicking below.
Toyah is taking part in Celebrating David Bowie: All Star 80th Birthday Concert, on 9th January 2027 at O2 Forum Kentish Town. Also featuring Tony Hadley, Lady Blackbird, Steve Hogarth, Toyah Willcox, Dave Vanian, Angelo Moore, former Bowie and Iggy band members, the London Community Gospel Choir & many more!
I will never tire of celebrating Toyah! I think I’ve said it all before but I still find it difficult to articulate just how important Toyah’s music, imagery and career have been to my life. She was there when I was an awkward 12-year old, a slightly less awkward 19-year old, a super confident 25-year old, a not so confident 44-year old and now, a sometimes optimistic, still curious, still questioning 59-year old! Indeed, the past few years have been great fun, sharing being a fan with my pals who I spend fantastic days with.
She was there when I was a kid, when my parents were alive, when I sat in class at school hating life, when I was a student at uni loving life, when I worked in a soul-destroying desk job, when I seriously struggled with my sexuality, when I accepted my sexuality…
I’ve met Toyah briefly a few times over the years and each time has always been difficult for me because I always feel unexplainably nervous, but this year – after 46 years – I finally had a photo with her and almost managed to relax. Almost!
She inspired me to be creative, her music has soundtracked my life – Cherished memories of playing the albums as a kid, on the bus to uni, on the train to and from work in Glasgow, or just playing my favourites on repeat in my bedroom as a teenager – and helped me through memorable happy days and very tough times – losing my Mum and Dad – her imagery brought, and brings, endless colour and light, her positive attitude has helped me be less pessimistic… I’ve forever found it fascinating that someone you, essentially, don’t know personally can bring so much to your life for close to 50 years.
PS. I’m not going to apologise for the selfies. They are just fun. People used to ask me why I was so camera shy. I never was, I just wasn’t particularly interested in taking photos, but in the last few years I’ve really enjoyed capturing moments. Life is short!
We had a really great day in Fort William in the glorious Scottish Highlands… Yep, wearing matching t-shirts for “Thunderrr… In The Highlands” :) Life is for living and living it thundering around the Highlands is actually a lot of fun!
• See Dreamscape’s other 2026 “tour dates” :) here! (Photos © David Fleming)
Official Toyah celebrated Halloween 2026 with some great unseen photos… (© Cherry Red)
• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Season Of The Witch – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering Donovan. (Image © Toyah)
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp launch their most terrifying Sunday Lunch video yet: Is Robert Fripp auditioning for Slipknot? – Continue…
• Guitar.com: Robert Fripp and Toyah’s Sunday Lunch Halloween special is the most unsettling thing we’ve seen all year: After enjoying the witching hour, Toyah Willcox is hosting a December Christmas Party tour to celebrate her Twenty-Four From Toyah boxset – Continue…
In Week 24, Robert recalls his time working with Toyah in Sunday All Over The World, and we listen to him playing on Blondie’s Fade Away And Radiate on the Spotify playlist.
The band Sunday All Over The World grew out of the improvisational work Robert had begun with Toyah in 1985. One of the pieces they had worked on for the Claymont Children’s School project would later appear on the band’s Kneeling At The Shrine album, with the addition of Stick player Trey Gunn and drummer Paul Beavis. Initially known as Fripp, fripp, the group began rehearsals in October 1988 and played three warm-up shows at Moles Club in Bath in early November, followed by four further UK performances in aid of charities including Greenpeace and Salisbury Arts Centre. They then toured in the Netherlands and Germany.
The following year saw the band change its name, record an album at Tony Arnold’s Courthouse Studio in Cranborne, and tour the UK, concluding at Salisbury City Hall close to where Robert and Toyah were then living.
• Continue reading at DGM Live. Browse more of Robert Fripp @80. See also Mothership from the @80 series.
Spectral Songs is a mixtape for Halloween that collects dark, macabre and gothic moments from Toyah’s catalogue.
Perfect for the season of witches, ghosts, beasts, demons and voodoo. It’s a frightfully good listen. Playlist available now at Spotify…
Spooky season approaches – though judging by where I live some people celebrate Halloween throughout October these days! – and a brand new Sunday Lunch yesterday…Toyah & Robert performed a spirited (I’ll get my coat!) Season Of The Witch, originally released by Donovan but covered by numerous artists over the past 60 years!
• Watch Toyah & Robert in spooky mode here. NB: I’ll update later in the week with related press etc. (Image © Toyah)
I want Blackpool to be City of Culture because it would mean the country has woken up to how special it is
TV personality Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has described Blackpool potentially becoming UK City of Culture 2029 as “the most extraordinary accolade”, while singer Toyah Willcox has called the seaside resort “a gem within the UK”.
The celebrities voiced their support for Blackpool after the resort was shortlisted as one of four finalists in the prestigious national City of Culture competition, alongside Wrexham, Sheffield and Milton Keynes.
• Continue reading at the Blackpool Gazette. See more reports on Toyah’s Wishing Star at Blackpool Illuminations here. (Photo © Toyah)
Fab day out in Dundee with Sharon, Bob & Irene. Busy day but we found time to have an amazing long lunch at Yamms. So good!
• See Dreamscape’s other 2026 “tour dates” :) here! (Photo © David Fleming)
I’m sending Carl my very best wishes as the last few months have been tough. Please take a look at his Just Giving crowdfunding page – all for an amazing cause – by clicking below. All the best to you Carl x
Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Monday 26th October: 9pm
Pop legend Toyah brings 30 memorable videos featuring a cavalcade of clothing calamities from superstars including Visage, Five Star, Divine, Cher, The Jam, Bananarama, Dead Or Alive, Bucks Fizz, ABC, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Madonna, Adam & The Ants, A Flock Of Seagulls, Roxy Music, Kajagoogoo, Duran Duran, Grace Jones, Su Pollard, Toyah herself and more in this crazy countdown! See the full Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30 playlist here.
“Well, I’ve been taking an affectionate look at fellow pop stars and their styles so I had to balance things out with that. My hair, make-up and outfit on Thunder In The Mountains was pretty crazy. But I loved it!”
80’s popstar spotted at Himley Hall in Dudley
Singer, actress and television personality Toyah Willcox has been spotted enjoying a visit to a popular Halloween attraction in Dudley.
The star shared a photograph on social media during a trip to XCon, which is taking place at Himley Hall, saying she was “so happy” to be there alongside fellow musician Jayne Harris for a “spooky day”.
XCon has transformed the grounds of Himley Hall into a hub for horror, sci-fi and fantasy fans, featuring celebrity guests, themed attractions, traders and entertainment throughout the event.
Toyah, who rose to fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including It’s a Mystery and Thunder in the Mountains, remains one of Britain’s most recognisable performers. In recent years she has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity through television appearances, touring and her hugely successful online projects with husband Robert Fripp.
• Continue reading at Dudley News. See also Facebook and Instagram.
While on the subject of Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard), released exactly 44 years ago this month, there’s been a great selection of rare/unseen photos from that era made available for the anniversary of the single and countdown to the release of Twenty-Four From Toyah, the CD Singles box set that features every Toyah single from 1979 to 1987! See more of the rare shots from 1982 here and here. Watch an “Anniversary Edit”, featuring a selection of performances including Top Of The Pops, Crackerjack and Popcorn, here.
• Pre-order Twenty-Four From Toyah at Cherry Red. (Photos © Cherry Red)
“Soul deep!” – Next weekend there’s a repeat airing on BBC Four for the retro episode of Top Of The Pops with Toyah performing the euphoric Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)… This was Toyah’s final ever Top Of The Pops studio appearance and is showing again on BBC Four this Friday and early Saturday. Most, if not all, of Toyah’s early Eighties Top Of The Pops appearances – both in the studio and on promo video – have been repeated over the last few years on BBC Four. See Dreamscape’s news on these here.
Top Of The Pops: BBC4: Friday 23rd October: 8pm
Top Of The Pops: BBC4: Saturday 24th October: 2.15am
21.10.1982. Peter Powell presents the weekly pop chart show, first broadcast in October 1982. Includes appearances from The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin’ Stevens.
We had a fantastic day in Glasgow last week which culminated with seeing Transvision Vamp at the o2 Academy. We had breakfast at The Crystal Palace, visited GoMA (Gallery of Modern Art) on Royal Exchange Square, spent some time in the city centre, lunch at Wendy’s on Sauchiehall Street and then a great time at the gig. The band are on top form and Wendy was sounding amazing. Glasgow gave the band such a welcome!
• See Dreamscape’s other 2026 “tour dates” :) here! (Photos © David Fleming)
It’s the return of Dreamscape’s “Toyah Newsy Bits & Pieces”, the first for almost five years!
• Toyah 2026 #1: Coinciding with the news about Toyah supporting The Human League at their York Museum Gardens concert in July 2027, this << new photo of Toyah was published!
• Toyah 2026 #2: Is it a preview of the Future Dreaming imagery? Or a different photo shoot altogether? I guess time will tell. Great shot anyway! (Photo © Toyah)
• Toyah’s Christmas Party: Rachael Sage joins Toyah as support act on her Christmas Party tour! Tickets are on sale now…
• Burning Shed #1: is now the official home for Toyah’s handcrafted and handwritten bespoke items, artworks and merchandise range.
• Burning Shed #2: To coincide with the shop’s launch, a new T-shirt featuring Toyah’s bold and distinctive hand-painted logo is now available to pre-order. Shipping from 20 November.
