Sounds Of The 80s with Gary Davies: BBC Radio 2: Friday 31st May: 10pm
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You. Toyah Willcox guests on My 80s, whilst there’s a Gloria Estefan Mastermix!
• Listen online or at BBC sounds post airing – Here are some screenshots from Toyah’s last guest appearance on Sounds Of The 80s, back in 2015 when the show was presented by Sara Cox and also aired, visually, on BBC Red Button!
Fantastic photos of Toyah from last Sunday’s gig at the Theatre Royal, Winchester.
Set One: Dance In The Hurricane, 21st Century Supersister, Good Morning Universe, Thunder In The Mountains, We Are, Obsolete, Neon Womb, Telepathic Lover, It’s A Mystery
Set Two: Echo Beach, Rebel Run, Brave New World, Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard), These Boots Are Made For Walkin’, Who Let The Beast Out, Danced, Sensational, I Want To Be Free – Encore: Angel & Me, Ieya
• Thanks to Ian Davis for the photos and setlist info. Photos © Ian Davis – Please click on these to view larger versions, and more, at Dreamscape’s Gallery.
Toyah plays Colne Muni Theatre on 21st June, part of Pendle Summer Solstice. Join us this June for an eclectic mix of live performances from Toyah, Kelly Llorenna, Tina Cousins, Kim Syms, Blue Pearl, BMW and legendary Manchester DJ, Little Miss Natalie. Plus, celebrated psychic mediums Jason D Rothwell and Gloria Kaye. Click below to book tickets.
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of one of Britain’s greatest cult movies, Sky Arts presents one-off night brings the stars of Quadrophenia together on stage for a unique table read. Hosted by Lauren Laverne it will also feature a series of interviews with the cast, some special surprises and an audience Q&A.
Sunday 14 July 2019 | Shepherd’s Bush O2 Empire
The event will be filmed for a special TV broadcast. Click below to book tickets.
Composer David Norland, Sue Vincent and The Kent Sessions with Toyah.
Join Dom for The Arts, Life in Kent, Live Music and Conversation.
• Listen online at BBC Sounds for the next four weeks.
The Drama channel recently started airing Kavanagh Q.C. from the first episode. A Family Affair, with Toyah, is being shown next week.
Kavanagh Q.C.: Drama: Tuesday 4th June: 8pm
A Family Affair. Kavanagh finds himself caught up in a bitter family feud when he represents a frustrated father who has kidnapped his son in a desperate attempt to win custody. On the home front, Kavanagh’s daughter wants to let her boyfriend stay overnight. Directed by Renny Rye. With John Thaw, Holly Aird, Robert Ashby, Toyah Willcox and Lisa Harrow.
• Drama is available to watch on Sky (Channel 143), Freeview (Channel 20), Virgin Media (Channel 130), Freesat (Channel 158), Sky Ireland (Channel 158), Virgin Media Ireland (Channel 164).
BBC Radio Solent’s Alex Dyke will welcome Toyah as a guest this afternoon on his show, The Wall Of Sound. The programme airs for three hours from 1pm.
The Wall Of Sound: BBC Radio Solent: Thursday 23rd May: 1pm
With 80’s star Toyah, ahead of her appearance at the Theatre Royal in Winchester.
• Listen online at BBC Radio Solent’s website or at BBC Sounds post-airing.
Toyah will be appearing at the London Film Fair, a Showmasters event, on Sunday 15th September at the Royal National Hotel in Russell Square. Leslie Ash is also guesting.
This event is the continuation of a legacy that started back in the early seventies. The conventions presents dealers from all over the UK, Europe, US, Canada, Australia and South America that specializes in vintage and modern film memorabilia. Items cover the history of cinema from the silents to the present day blockbusters.
The London Film Fair will appeal to avid film buffs, collectors, archivists researchers and students. A must for anyone with an interest in cinema and cult television!
• Further info at the London Film Fair website. (Thanks to Graham Bashford)
Toyah Willcox will be performing at Morecambe Carnival along with a line-up of popular bands and singers.
Actor and quirky 80s pop goddess Toyah will be giving an amazing acoustic performance of her huge hits and some tracks from her acclaimed new album.
The main stage on Saturday August 10 is back for its second year once again hosted by Greg Lambert and Darren Milby.
Liverpudlian superstars The Christians will be headlining and performing all their huge hits such as ‘Ideal world’ and many more.
• Continue reading at The Visitor.
Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Friday 24th May: 9am
Pop legend Toyah brings 30 memorable videos featuring a cavalcade of clothing calamities from superstars including Bowie, Madonna, Adam Ant and many more in this crazy countdown!
Happy Anniversary to Robert and Toyah. It’s 33 years since they married, and also since their first collaboration, The Lady Or The Tiger, was released. Best Wishes from Dreamscape. See Toyah’s anniversary and birthday tweets by clicking below.
There’s another chance to see Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30 today on the NOW 80s music channel. Toyah’s pop countdown show airs for 2hrs 35mins.
NOW 80s television schedules appear to be quite fluid, so its best to check your TV guides for up-to-date info on when Toyah’s show is airing.
Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s:
Wednesday 15th May: 6pm
Pop legend Toyah brings 30 memorable videos featuring a cavalcade of clothing calamities from superstars including Bowie, Madonna, Adam Ant and many more in this crazy countdown!
NOW 80s is a British music television channel, focusing exclusively on playing music from the 1980s. The channel launched in its current form on 27 December 2016, initially as a temporary pop-up rebrand of NOW Music, previously a contemporary pop channel; the 80s format was subsequently made permanent.
• Watch NOW 80s on Sky (Ch 371), Virgin Media (Ch 346), Freeview (Ch 83).
One of Britain’s most iconic household names, singer Toyah Willcox, celebrates 40 years in show business with a show at the Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 26 May.
The original punk princess, this charismatic and outspoken performer’s show is a retrospective look over a career spanning four decades that saw her amass 13 Top 40 singles, and record 24 albums.
The vibrant production, which features a full electric band, will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of her first single and studio album, and celebrate her hits, album classics and fan favourites.
… Toyah Willcox will be at Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 26 May, at 7.30pm.
• Continue reading at Eastleigh News. See further info on this gig at toyahwillcox.com.
Toyah’s newly published blog – for May 2019 – is available to read at toyahwillcox.com – Click below to go there…
Yesterday’s Highly Rated – Classical Music for Modern Life – which aired on Scala Radio is now available to listen to on Catch-Up at the station’s website.
Toyah guested on the 60-minute show presented by Penny Smith. Listen here.
Toyah guests on Penny Smith’s Highly Rated show on Radio Scala, airing at 7pm this evening.
Highly Rated: Scala Radio: Friday 10th May: 7pm
Join Penny Smith every Friday from 7-8pm for Highly Rated, Scala Radio’s roundtable show, in which guests select their cultural recommendations for the week ahead.
On tonight’s Highly Rated Penny Smith is joined by TV critic Emma Bullimore & pop icon Toyah.
Listen from 7pm to hear their cultural highlights alongside some great pieces which include a track from next week’s Album Of The Week by The Sixteen!
• Scala Radio is available on DAB digital radio, app, online and smart speaker, and is also now on Sky TV, channel 0216 – Full details of how to listen are availabe here. (Photo © Scala Radio)
Toyah plays an Acoustic, Up Close & Personal date this evening at St. John’s Church in Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey. See her tweet about the gig by clicking below.
Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox: the prog family who proclaimed Sunday All Over the World
One of the brightest collaborations of the late 1980s arose after the wedding of postpunk singer Toyah Willcox and guitar virtuoso Robert Fripp who is by many considered to be the father of the prog rock genre. Formed in 1988 under the name Fripp/fripp, the couple’s band also recruited guitarist Trey Gunn and drummer Paul Beavis.
Having later changed its name to Sunday All Over The World, the band toured extensively in Europe to the delight of a prog audience but their recording career started and ended with one album—Kneeling At The Shrine—released in 1991. Unfortunately, it does not include all compositions performed at their concerts.
• Continue reading at Music Tales.
Get ready to rock to the sounds of the Eighties
Marion McMullen turns back the clock with some of the stars of the 1980s who are coming out to play at the Let’s Rock retro festival dates across the country
What is your strongest memory of the 1980s?
I sing my hits at least two to four times a week these days – the 80s are alive and kicking. But if I was to look back for a strong memory, it would be how large the clothes were. Everything was big and baggy.
What was your favourite gig?
Drury Lane Theatre, Christmas Eve, 1981. Headline artist for BBC TV’s The Old Grey Whistle Test – there were 12 million viewers tuned in. I was slightly nervous!
Did you ever have a starstruck moment?
(David) Bowie, always Bowie. He took my breath away. I have run away from him twice because I was speechless.
Did you embrace 1980s fashion?
I was very individualistic so I like to think 80s fashion embraced me. All my clothes were one-off designer made. I liked the big shoulders ’til I realised how out of proportion they were.
• See a larger version of the feature here. (Thanks to Colin Dew-Parry)
Dreamscape’s Toyah news for the first four, sensationally busy, months of 2019 have now been archived. Tons of interviews, press clips, live gig info, radio appearances, television listings and much more, including comprehensive coverage of the new release of Toyah’s album In The Court Of The Crimson Queen and related news… Click below to visit our News Archive, where you can also explore almost 20 years of news… news… news!
