Dreamscape – Toyah Willcox Fansite

As well as playing a set at Saturday’s Flashback Festival, Toyah also compered – something she has already done this Summer at Rewind Scotland and Rewind North. She was standing in for an unavailable Clive Jackson, aka the Doctor of Doctor & The Medics, who usually hosts.

He explained his absence, and thanked Toyah, at doctorandthemedics.com: “Apologies From The Doc – Hello Everybody out there in Medic Land Do to unforeseen circumstances and a family emergency, The Doc was not able to attend Flashback To The 80’s at Clumber Park Today. Many thanks to Toyah for taking over my responsibilities. Don’t be sad. We have a full gig schedule.”

Toyah Willcox headlines free music festival in Vale Park

Live in the Park, the free music festival being held in Vale Park over the Bank Holiday weekend, is set to be a great day out for all the family.

Starting at noon on Saturday, August 29, 80s’ pop singer Toyah Willcox will perform on stage following eight and a half hours of continuous live music featuring many local bands and musicians, including Platform Soul, the ultimate soul, disco and dance band.

Rob Casey, lead guitarist with Platform Soul, said: “We are very excited that Toyah will be headlining Live in the Park. It’s an honour to share the large outdoor stage with such a popular national star as well as a wide range of talented local artists. Live in the Park is going to be a great free concert in the centre of Aylesbury. It’ll be a gig to remember.”

• Continue reading at Bucks Herald. More info at toyahwillcox.com.

Jason Donovan and the Human League were among the acts performing at the Flashback to the 80s concert at Clumber Park at the weekend.

With their picnics, bottles of wine, cans of lager, umbrellas, fold-up chairs and fancy dress, thousands of people ventured deep into Clumber Park for the Flashback to the 80s concert on Saturday night.

With a line-up boasting Toyah, Jason Donovan, Five Star, Marc Almond and Human League, it promised to transport people back to a different age.

Toyah was superb, belting out a mix of her songs and cover versions, and she compered the night. Toyah clearly still has it.

Five Star don’t. As far as I could tell, it was more like one out of Five Star; she gave it a good go to be fair, but kept on shouting Come on Nottingham. She couldn’t hear me shouting back that we were about 23 miles from Nottingham and people were as likely to have come from Sheffield or Spalding as they were Nottingham.

• Continue reading at the Derbyshire Times.

Toyah Willcox, 5 Star and Jason Donovan at Flashback Festival: Review and pictures

It was the rain that dominated the second day of pop nostalgia at the 80’s Flashback Festival at Clumber Park, but whilst this packed crowd donned waterproofs and brollies, their enthusiasm for good 80’s music was not in any way dampened. The regular compere for the Saturday night slot, Clive Jackson, the Doctor from Doctor & The Medics was unfortunately unable to attend. Toyah Willcox took up the mantle and did a great job keeping the party going.

Soul II Soul hogged the sunshine and had the crowd on their feet with their hits including, Keep On Movin’ and Back To Life before handing the stage over to Toyah for her set. With a huge back catalogue of hits, she did not disappoint with old tracks such as Good Morning Universe and I Want To Be Free. Covers included a sterling performance of Guns ‘n’ Roses Sweet Child Of Mine, before finishing with It’s A Mystery.

• Continue reading/View Photo Gallery at the Nottingham Post. (Photos © Kevin Cooper/Nottingham Post)

Friday Flashback was a great day of 70s music yesterday at Clumber Park, Worksop in Nottinghamshire. It’s Day Two today and a whole roster of 80s pop legends will play.

The Human League, Marc Almond, Jason Donovan, Five Star, Toyah, Soul II Soul – Hosted by The Doctor, of Dr & The Medics.

What better way is there to spend a long summer evening than listening to your favourite performers in the picturesque location of Clumber Park? For 70’s and 80’s enthusiasts this is must but the atmosphere caters for everyone and by using our many years of experience, we ensure that Flashback keeps getting better and better!

Flashback is a picnic event to which you can bring along your own food and drink, so either sit back and relax or dance the away whilst listening to our fabulous artists. This year you can really make a weekend of it with our fabulous new twist 70’s v 80’s.

Pre-sales have now finished, however general admission tickets are available on the gate each day priced at £45 per person.

• Stay updated via the Flashback Festival Twitter. Browse all of our Flashback 2015 news.

Flashback Festival: Toyah Willcox, Boney M and The Human League among acts at Clumber Park

A star from the 1980s with a career spanning more than 30 years has promised she will be singing all of her fan-favourite songs at this weekend’s Flashback Festival.

Toyah Willcox, 57, is one of the performers at the festival at Clumber Park, on Saturday.

The two-day event, which starts on Friday, will feature a host of artists from the 1970s and 1980s for the sixth retro music festival.

Rock and pop singer Toyah said: “I have played the festival five or six times before and it is one of the prettiest venues I have performed at. I would like to shoot a music video there.”

Toyah put her band together in 1977 and went on to have 13 top 40 singles, recorded 20 albums, and has toured live across the world. She said over the years her audience has grown and now she plays to bigger crowds than when she did in the 1980s.

• Continue reading at the Newark Advertiser. Further info @ toyahwillcox.com.

Punk princess rocks town hall for two nights steady

Eighties pop icon Toyah Willcox is to perform in a North-east town, playing two gigs in two nights. The former punk princess is to take the stage at Stonehaven Town Hall on September 18 and 19.

The event is being organised by music shop owner Chris Stirk. He said: “These revival gigs usually turn out to be great nights out with the acts giving their all and the crowd bopping along. “Toyah is a uniquely gifted performer. She is charismatic, outspoken and one of Britain’s iconic household names. She is an award- winning rock legend, as well as a much-loved actress and music composer and we are delighted she is the latest big act to come to Stonehaven.”

Chris was keen to add any money made from the concerts goes into community projects , and at the end of the year any surplus funds go to a local charity. Toyah had hit singles It’s A Mystery, I Want to Be Free, Brave New World and Be Proud, Be Loud (Be Heard). Tickets are available from Ma Simpson’s music shop in Stonehaven.

• News Source: Aberdeen Evening Express. Buy tickets here.

Worksop: Flashback Festival is set to go this weekend at Clumber Park

Now into its sixth year, the Flashback Festival returns to Clumber Park in Worksop this weekend with a celebration of the best of the 70s and 80s.

The weekend kicks-off tonight (Friday) with the best of the 70s, headlined by disco legends Sister Sledge. The line-up also consists of Boney M, The Real Thing, Hot Chocolate and Odyssey.

The following day sees the return of all things 80, headlined by Sheffield band The Human League. The line-up also includes Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond, Jason Donovan, 5 Star and Toyah.

• Continue reading at the Worksop Guardian.

It’s no mystery: Toyah will take to stage for two Stonehaven Town Hall gigs

Toyah Willcox is the latest chart star to play one of the north-east’s most popular music venues.

The former punk princess is to take the stage at Stonehaven Town Hall on September 18 and 19.

The gigs follow her successful recent appearance at Scone’s Rewind festival alongside other greats from the 1980s – including Bananarama, Jimmy Somerville, Kim Wilde and Nik Kershaw.

The event is being organised by music shop owner Chris Stirk, who has also booked ska band Bad Manners, led by Buster Bloodvessel, for October and Scottish hard rock group Nazareth for next April. She has already brought rockers Big Country to the town hall and was also responsible for a highly-acclaimed version of the musical Hairspray being put on there, with auditions about to start for a stage version of the hit movie Fame.

Chris, who also organises the popular open-air charity music festival Party in the Park, said: “These revival gigs usually turn out to be great nights out, with the acts giving their all and the crowd bopping along.”

• Continue reading at The Dundee Courier.

Punk princess of the 1980s, Toyah Willcox, is one of the star names appearing in this year’s Trowbridge Arts Festival taking place in October.

Actress, pop icon and TV presenter Toyah will bring the festival to a starry close in an Up Close and Personal performance at Trowbridge Civic Centre on Sunday November 1.

Festival director Andrew Bryant said: “We are absolutely delighted Toyah has agreed to close this year’s festival.

“She is a legendary and much-loved performer and has followed a fascinating career path. She is a name we have been keen to add to the festival for a long time. After last year’s sell-out performance by Hazel O’Connor we would advise people to purchase tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

“This will be a very special night for Trowbridge.”

• Continue reading at the Gazette & Herald.

Toyah was “Artist Of The Day” at the Cottingham Folk Festival website yesterday.

• Fairport’s Cropredy Convention: View a selection of photos from Saturday’s concert here…

• Fairport’s Cropredy Convention: Watch Toyah perform ‘Jungles of Jupiter’ at the festival here… (Thanks to Kevin Tucker)

• Oxford Mail: Anthem sung by 17,000 helps to bring top festival to a finish: After two days of rain and cloud, revellers were rewarded with blue skies and sunshine for the final day, which also featured sets by singer-songwriter Paul Carrack and 80s punk icon Toyah Willcox – Continue reading…

• Aaaaaaaah!: Special Screening + Q&A: Steve Oram’s insane debut film begins a residency at Picturehouse Central with this exclusive screening + Q&A with special guests (Fri 4th Sep) – Continue reading…

• Eastbourne Herald: Super Saturday draws a record crowd to Airbourne: Friday proved popular too and many stayed into the evening to watch De’Vide on the Airbourne Live stage, sponsored by TJ’s Nightclub, or to see Toyah at the Bandstand, which proved to be a sell out success – Continue reading…

• Trip Advisor: Toyah @ Eastbourne: A few fan “reviews” of Toyah’s bandstand gig were even posted at TA – Continue reading…

• Hartlepool Mail: Stars of mod film Quadrophenia set to ride into Hartlepool: “Phil Daniels said he wanted to come but unfortunately he is away filming in Eastern Europe on the day. We are still waiting to hear on Leslie Ash and Toyah Willcox.” – Continue reading…

• Scriptuality: Bad Samaritan: “Mrs Tembe has an encounter with someone whose importance she doesn’t realise, while Howard tries to get involved in a clinical matter. Al has to deal with a patient who he suspects might be a stalker.” And, yes, that’s Toyah Willcox (the one in the camouflage, not the one in the suit or the one with the poppy). And there is just a tiny weeny bit of weirdness in this one. – Continue reading…

• Proper Music: Cropredy 2015: This feature brings together the main releases, back catalogue, bestsellers plus Fairport & Friends releases from the majority of artists appearing at the 2015 Cropedy Festival (where products are available). As usual, we’re also there manning the CD Tent so this feature offers a great chance for Festival-goers to purchase any of the albums that you didn’t or weren’t able to purchase at the event… or if you weren’t there then it’s a great way to catch up on the buzz of the best sellers – Continue reading…

Great trio of gigs: Thursday 13 August at London Hippodrome; Friday 14 August at Eastbourne Bandstand; Saturday 15 August at the legendary Fairport Cropredy Convention – Visit Toyah’s Official Instagram by clicking below.

• Worksop Guardian: Stellar line-up of 70s and 80s stars for the Flashback Festival: Fans of music from the 70s and 80s will be in for a treat with some of the greatest artists and bands from that era at Clumber Park’s Flashback Festival next weekend.

The weekend will kick-off Friday, August 21 with the best of the 70s. The line-up consists of Boney M, The Real Thing, Hot Chocolate, Odyssey and disco legends Sister Sledge. The following day sees the return of all things 80, headlined by Sheffield band The Human League. The line-up also includes Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond, Jason Donovan, 5 Star, and Toyah and Flashbacks – Continue reading…

• Matlock Mercury: Top acts flock to Flashback: Clumber Park will see a 70s v 80s weekend of concerts later this month to mark the sixth anniversary of the popular retro music concert The Flashback Festival. Fans of music from those two decades will be in for a treat with some of the greatest artists and bands from that era in action.

Saturday sees the return of all things 80s. Enthusiasts of this era will be flocking to Clumber Park from all over the UK. The Human League are set to headline the festival. Joining The Human League will be Marc Almond, Jason Donovan, 5 Star, Toyah and Flashback’s favourite compere, The Doctor of Doctor & The Medics… – Continue reading…

Toyah plays Eastbourne Bandstand this evening. The culmination of a day of events and music in the seaside resort. The Bandstand, on Grand Parade, is a gorgeous venue so it’s sure to be a great night of music and spectacle.

• Easbourne Herald: Whats on at Airbourne today?: Friday marks the first day of flying for Eastbourne’s air show. Hundreds of visitors will brave the weather to see the air displays and live music – Music can be found at the airbourne stage from 11am to 7.30pm and the Bandstand from 8pm. Highlights: 8pm: Toyah in concert, Bandstand – Continue reading…

• Visit Eastbourne: Toyah in Concert at Eastbourne Bandstand: Don’t miss your chance to see this legend live at Eastbourne’s iconic Bandstand. Doors and bar open at 7:00pm, Concert starts at 8:00pm, Concert finishes at approximately 9:30pm – Continue reading…

• Events in Towns: Eastbourne Bandstand: If that wasn’t enough, we have Toyah Willcox performing on Friday 14th August – Continue reading…

• Bandstand Info: The Eastbourne Bandstand is a bandstand on the seafront of the East Sussex coastal town of Eastbourne. It was built in 1935 and to this day plays an important part in the musical entertainment on the south coast offering around 150 concerts per year – Continue reading at Wikipedia…

• Dreamscaping: Browse all of our Toyah in Concert at Eastbourne Bandstand news and updates…

• Fairport’s Cropredy Convention opens today. Toyah plays the final day on Saturday.

• Northamptonshire Telegraph: Fairport begin Cropredy festival: Thousands of folk, fans are expected to head to Cropredy today as Fairport Convention’s annual festival returns. The hosts will kick off proceedings with an acoustic set as well as bringing the festival to a close on the Saturday night. The Friday will opened by the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winners who will be followed by ahab, Judith Owen, Skinny Lister, Skerryvore, Fish and The Proclaimers. The second day will be headlined by Level 42. The final day of Cropredy will be opened by Richard Digance who will be followed by Kevin Dempsey and Rosie Carson, The New Grasscutters, Band of Friends, Toyah Willcox, Paul Carrack and Iain Matthews and Egbert Derix – Continue reading…

• Banbury Guardian: What’s on where around Banbury: listings, August 13 edition: Music – Today (Thursday August 13) to Saturday August 15: Fairport’s Cropredy Convention – Three days of some of the best folk music at the popular annual shindig. Performers include Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Level 42, The Proclaimers, Fish, Paul Carrack, Toyah Willcox and Fairport Convention themselves. Tickets will be available at the gate. See www.fairportconvention.com – Continue reading…

Hippodrome / Thursday 13th

It’s Toyah! Actual Toyah Willcox! Household name! Singer! Model! Actress! She was on I’m A Celeb y’know. And she’s that voice in the Teletubbies that goes “Teletubbies, say goodbye!” Not many people know that. Anyway she’s at the Hippodrome for your aural pleasure, doing songs, and she’s going to be sublime.

The Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square
Cranbourn Street, WC2H 7JH
Show time 8pm. Tickets from £40.

Toyah plays an Acoustic, Up Close & Personal date at the, new for this year, Cottingham Folk Festival in Yorkshire early next month.

Toyah Willcox: Acoustic, Up Close & Personal
+ Rita Payne + Fudgey
Sunday 6th September: 1pm – 5pm, The Civic Hall

Cottingham Folk Festival is a brand new event for the region’s already blossoming music calendar, to be hosted in various venues in the picturesque East Yorkshire village of Cottingham across the first weekend of September.

An exciting addition to a vibrant summer of events, this three-day extravaganza will see an incredible line-up of artists descend on what is thought to be the largest village in the UK.

Browse the full festival line-up here.

• Visit the Cottingham Folk Festival 2015  website. Browse all our Cottingham Festival related news. Click below to view info on the date at Toyah’s Official Gig Diary.

Toyah plays Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2015 on Saturday – The final day of the festival.

An annual well attended festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy, and run by Fairport Convention.

This year’s 35th anniversary of the festival will take place from Thursday 13th to Saturday 15th August 2015.

Hosts Fairport Convention make two appearances opening the festival and closing the show as is traditional. Other headliners are Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell and Level 42. Other acts include Paul Carrack, Iain Matthews and Egbert Derix, Trad Arrr, Dreadzone, ahab, Judith Owen, Skinny Lister, Skerryvore, Fish, The Proclaimers, Richard Digance, Kevin Dempsey and Rosie Carson, The New Grasscutters, Band of Friends and Toyah.

The music starts at 4pm on Thursday. As in previous years, the festival offers three-day (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) tickets; two-day (Friday and Saturday) tickets; and Saturday-only tickets.

Three-day (Thurs, Fri, Sat) ticket £125; Two-day (Fri and Sat) ticket £115; Saturday-only ticket £80.

• Visit the Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2015 website. Browse all our Cropredy related news. Click below to view the date at Toyah’s Official Gig Diary.

Toyah plays the stunning Eastbourne Bandstand this Friday. An iconic venue and the busiest bandstand in the UK.

She is one of Britain’s iconic household names; an award-winning rock legend, accomplished TV presenter and much-loved stage actress.

Toyah is very much looking forward to performing at Eastbourne Bandstand for the first time ever in 2015! This charismatic, outspoken and much loved musician will be performing a 1.5 hour live concert which promises a selection of music that will span her career and include her hits ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Brave New World’ and ‘I Want To Be Free’.

Don’t miss your chance to see this legend live at Eastbourne’s iconic Bandstand.

• Continue reading at Eastbourne Bandstand for show times and ticket booking info.

The newly printed New Mills Festival 2015 promotional brochures/flyers, featuring Toyah. She plays the festival on Saturday 12th September. Browse our New Mills Festival news here.