A major outdoor music festival at the home of Fleetwood Town FC starring the Happy Mondays has been postponed.
The club today released a statement saying the concert on June 1 has been postponed after being contacted by Wyre Council to say the event had not got permission. Wyre Council leases Highbury Stadium to the club and it is understood the concert breaks the terms of their contract.
A statement on the club website said tickets will be refunded in full. The anti-fracking gig was announced following Happy Mondays maraca player Mark “Bez” Berry’s visit to the port earlier this year.
Toyah Willcox, Big Country, Bad Manners and Alabama 3 were all due to play at the 10-hour event, alongside a number of local bands.
• Continue reading at Fleetwood Weekly News.
• An Evening With Toyah Willcox: Tickets for Toyah’s appearance/talk at Say What?, Waterstones, Deansgate in Manchester on Tuesday 10th June are now on sale (via telephone booking or at the venue) – Official Page…
• SohoCreate: Toyah is also guesting at the first SohoCreate festival/event in early June – Further info here…
• Independent.ie: This Week’s Birthdays: Toyah Willcox, singer and TV presenter, is 56 – Continue reading…
• Salisbury and Stonehenge: This week in Salisbury history: 18th – 25th May: •18th May 1958 – birthday of Toyah. Toyah lived in Reddish House in Broadchalke for some time – Continue reading…
• Lechlade Music Festival: 2014 Programme: Toyah headlines the first night of this festival, at the Riverside venue, on Friday 23rd May (this Friday!) – Visit website…
• Namechecking!: Mentions for Toyah in a couple of recent online press articles: NME: Happy Mondays to perform at Bez’s ‘Frack-Free Sunday’ event next month – Toyah Willcox and Bad Manners also confirmed for all-day event at Fleetwood FC’s Highbury Stadium – Continue reading… Stourbridge News: Stourbridge Rock Choir raises £800 for cancer sufferers – They have a summer concert coming up at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on July 19 when celebrity guest Toyah Wilcox will join them – Continue reading…
A special upload at Fragments for Toyah’s birthday – My Big Year, a pilot show, filmed at BBC Scotland in 2000, which never aired. Toyah talks to Rory McGrath about her career, and 1981.
Many Happy Returns and sending Best Wishes to Toyah. Have a lovely day x
An interview with Toyah, from March of this year, was included in Richard Green‘s show on BBC Radio Devon yesterday.
A “Best of” Show: Morten Harket, Belinda Carlisle, Toyah and OMD. It’s available to listen to at the BBC website for the next seven days. Listen here.
Wishing Toyah and Robert a Happy Anniversary, their 28th!, and Happy Birthday too to Mr Fripp. Here is a selection of photos from over the years. Have a lovely day.
• The Advertiser: Crimson queen ready to reign with set of her greatest hits: A news article on Toyah’s recent Crimson Queen gig in Blyth, and forthcoming Acoustic, Up Close & Personal date at The Duchess, York – Continue reading…
• Cat On The Wall Music & Culture Webzine: Whitby Goth Weekend – Day One – Friday 25th April 2014: Toyah Willcox: Her vocals were perfectly placed, her communication with the audience was excellent, the music itself was replicated to a tee (complete with plenty of synth, of course) and, ultimately, she’s about as practised live as a 
musician can get. She knows how to perform and uses the experience well without becoming the slightest bit robotic. I’ve never seen an audience so adoring before. It’s actually quite an incredible sight – Continue reading…
• Flatpack Film Festival: Jubilee: The 1978 film is showing at the Library of Birmingham Studio Theatre, Saturday 14th June at 7.30pm – Further info here…
• Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live!: Tickets are now on sale for Toyah’s gig at West Cliff Theatre, Clacton-On-Sea – Buy/View info here…
• Toyah Live 2014: Browse Toyah’s full diary of upcoming Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits, Acoustic, Up Close & Personal, festival and PA dates. There are numerous gigs listed at The Official Gigs Page…
• Toyah on Twitter: “Breakfast in Seattle overlooking Puget Sound… Planning 2015! xxx” – Follow Toyah at Twitter…
• The Watchers Film Show Blog: Shakespeare On Film: The Tempest: This is my favourite of Shakespeare’s plays. There are two particularly interesting film version of this lyrical, beautiful and poignant play. Derek Jarman’s 1979 version, starring Heathcote Williams as Prospero and Toyah Willcox as Miranda (above), is full of the usual striking and out-there imagery you would expect for a Jarman film – Continue reading…
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Yesterday: Wednesday 28th May: 6am/2pm
DJ Tony Blackburn and punk rocker Toyah Willcox take to the road, scouring the shops of York and Pickering in the hope of finding some poptastic period pieces to flog at auction.
Interesting Toyah news over at www.worcesternews.co.uk – I don’t want to spoil the surprise by directly linking to it.
Toyah also tweeted in relation to this on Saturday: “Had a mini riot outside our house yesterday when a very famous person was spotted coming out of the front door!”
• Search for Toyah at Worcester News if you really want to know ;))
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An ad for the Live Wyre Festival, which Toyah plays on Sunday 1st June, has just been uploaded to You Tube: Live Wyre Festival in association with Frack-Free Sunday, featuring The Happy Mondays, Alabama 3, Big Country, Bad Manners, Toyah and The Troggs. Click below to view.
Toyah is featured in today’s ‘Mail On Sunday’ supplement Event, in their “Desert Island Pics”, with some excellent photos of, and memories from, Toyah:
Caged by Chris Tarrant, trapped in the jungle by the Aussie SAS… the It’s A Mystery singer’s colourful life.
1. Pants performers, 1980: That’s a promo shot of my first band. They dumped me but within months I had my debut hit. We’re all still friends, by the way. The belt I’m wearing was given to me by Lou Reed.
2. Women on top, 1986: This was the Woman Of The Year Awards at the Savoy. Diana was a beautiful person, quick to laugh and very kind. I sat next to her during lunch that day and she talked to me about how she wanted William and Harry to have normal lives, to be able to travel and do whatever they chose. She was a devoted, loving mother.
Click here to read the full article via a larger scan. (Thanks to Lärwi, of The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive, for scanning this.)
Fab photos of Toyah onstage last night at the Phoenix Theatre, Blyth, on the 11th date of the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour. Click below to view the full versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Gareth| All photos © Gareth Suthers)
Splendid shots of Toyah headlining the first night of ‘Whitby Goth Weekend’ on Friday 25th April.
Browse Dreamscape’s Toyah-related past news on the three-day festival here, and click below to view the full versions of these photos, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Jeff | All photos © Jeff Agar)
• Toyah 1980 #1: An original copy of the eight-page fanzine Fagends, from 1980, recently sold on ebay for a tidy £77! It includes a review of Toyah’s Glasgow Tiffanys gig from the Ieya UK Tour. The fanzine is available to read online, via scans at the ‘Still Unusual’ website – You may have to scroll down, there’s no direct link – View here…
• Toyah 1980 #2: Three photos, two of which are previously unseen, of Toyah from The Blue Meaning era in 1980 are on sale at photographer Brian Griffin’s website (Photos © Brian Griffin) – View these fantastic photos here…
• Echo News: Clare Balding rambles in Leigh: In the 26 series of the show Clare has made, she has walked with Toyah Willcox in Worcestershire, with taxidermists in Boston, and with a bereavement walking group in Shrewsbury – Continue reading…
• Live 2014: Tickets for the Live Wyre Festival, which Toyah plays on Sunday 1st June, are now on sale – More info and buy tickets here…
• Namechecking!!: Mentions for Toyah in a couple of recent online press articles: Herald Express: South Devon Arts Centre is also hosting artists such as Toyah, The Wurzels, Beverley Craven and China Crisis later in the year – Continue reading… Northumberland Gazette: Some pretty big names in the music industry have graced the series, including Status Quo, 10cc, Marc Almond, Alison Moyet, Toyah and Midge Ure – Continue reading…
• 80s Heaven: Toyah – View here…
Following dates in Holmfirth, Nuneaton, Bury St Edmunds, Wimborne, London, Hastings, Clitheroe and Wakefield, Toyah played at the legendary Eric’s in Liverpool on Friday 2nd May, the ninth gig of the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour. Click below to view the full versions of these great photos of Toyah from Eric’s, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Myke | All photos © Myke Crombleholme)
There’s a new “Fan Of The Month” feature over at Sugar Rush: The Humans fansite. Click below to visit the site and check out their first fan.
A new article on Toyah, By Chronicle Live, published today.
Eighties pop star Toyah to play Phoenix Theatre in Blyth
Former punk princess Toyah will be performing all her greatest hits at the Phoenix Theatre in Blyth this Saturday
Eighties pop star Toyah will play the Phoenix Theatre in Blyth this Saturday.
It all began in her hometown Birmingham in 1977 when film director Derek Jarman offered her the role of ‘Mad’ in seminal punk epic Jubilee. She continued to gain strong roles, appearing alongside Katherine Hepburn in the film, The Corn is Green, as well as playing Monkey in the legendary Quadrophenia. She teamed up with Jarman again to play Miranda in his innovative version of The Tempest, which won her a nomination as Best Newcomer at the 1980 Evening Standard Awards.
Saturday’s show will see her play all her greatest hits plus her tracks from her album Crimson Queen.
• Continue reading at Chronicle Live.
Toyah’s May blog is now available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.
Phil Spalding is playing Another Bass Night at Absolute Music’s superstore in Bournemouth on Wednesday 4th June. Phil says: “I’ll be sharing lots more juicy stories from my crazy life on the road…”. Buy tickets by clicking below.
• The Official Phil Spalding Website: Phil’s website, “Music + Mayhem”, has some great content to browse through, including “the inside stories” on recording ‘Anthem’ and ‘The Changeling’, with more Toyah memories to follow. Visit the website…
• What’s On North East: Toyah Willcox in Concert: Win a pair of tickets to see Toyah Willcox – Crimson Queen – Greatest Hits Live Sat 10th May. The Phoenix is very proud to announce “Toyah Willcox” in concert – Enter competition/Continue reading here…
• Crimson Queen @ Eric’s: “35yrs ago supporting the Damned now back at ERIC’S Liverpool…… headlining! Great atmosphere“, Toyah tweeted last night.
• EDP24: Six of the Best: Cultural highlights not to miss this Bank Holiday weekend: Music: Toyah Willcox, Aquarium, Claremont Pier, Lowestoft, May 3: The restless punk-pop performer returns to the region again – Continue reading…
• Toyah & John Shuttleworth: Toyah tweeted on Thursday: “In the studio with John Shuttleworth. He is just about to perform a medley of TOYAH songs” – View the photo at Instagram…
