Toyah is now confirmed to be playing four Rewind festivals in 2025: Dubai (22nd February), Dublin (1st June), Margate (14th June), and Cork (21st June).
• Further info and ticket links are available at the Rewind Dubai website, and the Rewind Festival website. NB: Toyah is also playing a trio of dates with The SAS Band in early December. Two are sold out but some tickets are available at Ticket Web for 4th December at The Brook, Southampton. The first time Toyah has appeared with Spike and his band since Wickham Festival 2021. Browse all of Toyah’s confirmed upcoming gigs at toyahwillcox.com.
The 1981 POWER Hour!: NOW 80s: Tuesday 26th November: 2pm
60 minutes of power pop & rock! Earplugs at the ready as we rewind to 1981 with Toyah, Genesis, Rick Springfield & Meat Loaf.
• Saturday Song: Danced (Unplugged) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Merry Christmas – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)
Way Back When! 1981: NOW 80s: Tuesday 26th November: 4pm
60 minutes of lesser heard hits from 1981. Including The Pretenders, Spandau Ballet, George Harrison, Toyah & The Pointer Sisters.
A little late posting about Toyah’s blog this month – Apologies, been very busy the past few months!
Celebrity Fantasy Homes: Really: Saturday 30th November: 9am
Toyah (Series 2, Episode 2). Celebrities hunt for a new home. Gaby Roslin helps the original punk-pop princess Toyah Willcox search for a second home, in Richmond upon Thames, with a budget of £650,000.
Toyah and Robert guested on yesterday’s Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh on ITV. A great interview with Toyah included clips from Top Of The Pops, The Corn Is Green and The Isle Of Wight Festival. Toyah talked Strictly, working with Katharine Hepburn and George Cukor and much more. Robert then joined the conversation to chat about David Bowie, touring, and more.
The show is repeated next Saturday morning on ITV.
Love Your Weekend: ITV: Saturday 23rd November: 7.30am
Series 6. Episode 30. Joining Alan at Manor Farm are entrepreneur James Middleton, singer Toyah Willcox and composer Debbie Wiseman. Garden designer Chris Hull has advice on hedging and there is a masterclass on what wine goes with what for Sunday roasts.
• Saturday Song: Rebel Run (Vintage TV Performance) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Cult Of Personality – Watch… • See also: TVAM Fantasy Time: Toyah at Liberty 1983 – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)
The Quayside: Toyah Willcox praises Stourport restaurant
A famous couple has praised a restaurant for being “the heart of the Midlands” and bringing people together from across the Black Country and beyond.
Staff at The Quayside in Stourport have revealed their shock and delight after Birmingham-born singer Toyah Willcox and musician Robert Fripp described their food as “the best”.
Verity Alexander, who works as front of house, said the team couldn’t believe it when the musicians walked through the restaurant doors with some of their regular customers.
Describing the famous couple as “lovely”, Ms Alexander said the visit was made even better when they saw The Quayside had got a special mention on their YouTube channel.
Ms Alexander said: “Toyah and Robert came in really lowkey with a couple of our regulars. They came in first and sat and chilled with a drink. As soon as I heard Toyah’s voice, I knew exactly who she was. She is honestly so lovely and very humble.”
• Continue reading at Dudley News.
Celebrity Money For Nothing: Really: Tuesday 19th November: 1pm
Series 1, Episode 1. Sarah Moore and Jay Blades search the homes of celebrities to uncover unloved and unused gems for charity. Sarah and Jay look through the homes of 1980s pop stars Sinitta and Toyah Willcox in the hope of uncovering four pieces of junk to transform and sell on for a profit. Woodworking wizard Norman Wilkinson is tasked with taking on Toyah’s tired chairs, while robot-mad Mark Haig gives Sinitta’s broken fan a steampunk-inspired makeover. But will Sarah and Jay find new homes for their revamped items? (Photo © BBC)
• Toyah At Home: Love Is The Law Special – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Zombie – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)
Coming tomorrow at 11am… The Toyah At Home / Love Is The Law special. The songs. the video, the tour, the recording process, the photos. Some of your questions answered by Toyah plus music and lots of unseen photos. Not to be missed. Toyah At Home airs at Toyah’s YouTube channel and Facebook page simultaneously.
• Love Is The Law is out next Friday, 8th November. Pre-order this exciting release at Cherry Red.
Toyah Willcox becomes patron of the Avon Navigation Trust
The popular musician, actress, and Strictly Come Dancing contestant has joined the riverside charity to help inspire young people to care for the waterway.
Clive Matthews, the trust’s chief executive, said: “We’re immensely pleased to have Toyah on board. “Her media profile and fan base will be a major boost to our youth wing and enable us to reach out to many more young people.”
Willcox, who is out on the Avon every day she is at her Pershore home that she shares with her husband, King Crimson band member Robert Fripp, said: “I am proud to be a patron.”
• Continue reading at Worcester News. See related news on this at NarrowBoatWorld.
