Following Toyah playing 80s Calling in August of this year, she has been confirmed to play two 80s Calling dates, in Dundee and Darlington, in July & August 2025. These gigs are headlined by The Human League. Tickets go on sale in just a couple of days. Further info and ticket links available at toyahwillcox.com.
It’s 1st December, and that time of year again when Dreamscape gets it’s box of old, and not so old, decorations out of the virtual loft, and begins the annual Countdown To Christmas!
This year we’re feeling particularly festive and can’t wait to share Christmas memories-a-plenty through our favourite month of the year.
Christmas 2023, Toyah guests on BBC One’s The Great British Sewing Bee on 21st December, alongside actor and comedian Kerry Godliman, comedian and writer Jessica Knappett and actor Hammed Animashaun.
Toyah took part in a number of festive sewing challenges, creating a variety of outfits for Christmas! Toyah also reminisced with one of the show’s hosts, Esme Young, about Love Is The Law and Princess Diana. It was Esme’s fashion house, Swanky Modes, who concepted and designed Toyah’s iconic and memorable imagery for the 1983 album, Love Is The Law.
There was a tonne of pre-broadcast press for The Great British Sewing Bee, and the programme was a ratings hit for the build-up week to Christmas. Post-airing there was also an abundance of press – print and digital, reporting on Toyah winning the show!
• Revisit this seriously festive Toyah memory from 2023 – via numerous posts – at Dreamscape’s News Archive. (Photos © BBC)
Yeeeha!! I just received the prints for Toyah Fanzine‘s bumper celebration of the reissue of Love Is The Law, and I Believe In Father Christmas, as well as Toyah’s Album Discography. As you read this I’ll be festively packaging and postaging (!), while watching MTV Christmas… Ho ho ho!
Greatest Christmas TV Moments: Channel 5: Friday 6th December: 10pm
Countdown of 50 festive crackers past and present, including classic soap moments, dramatic endings, sitcom specials, comedy sketches and light entertainment highlights that have made the television set the focus of the holiday season for decades. Highlights include famous couples Den and Angie, Jack and Vera, and Gavin & Stacey; popular double acts Morecambe and Wise, the Trotter brothers and Wallace and Gromit; Doctor Who meeting Kylie Minogue; perennial music show Top of the Pops; and the ultimate irony of sitting down to watch the Royle Family sit down to watch TV for an hour. All small-screen life is here – with jingle bells on. Featuring interviews with cast, crew and assorted celebrity contributors. (This features a short appearance by Toyah, talking about The Gruffalo and Robbie Coltrane)
Following their interview with Toyah in 2021, and talking Toyah in September, Toyah & Robert guested on Word In Your Ear‘s latest Podcast – How Toyah & Robert’s kitchen show became an Xmas rock’n’roll ding-dong.
• Watch/Listen at You Tube or at Apple Podcasts.
The Chase: Celebrity Special: Challenge: Saturday 7th December: 4pm
Series 6, Episode 2. Bradley Walsh hosts the quiz show as four celebrities take on the Chaser. Singer Toyah Willcox, ex-footballer John Barnes, writer Germaine Greer and heavyweight boxer Audley Harrison pit their wits against one of the country’s finest quiz brains in the hope of winning thousands of pounds for their chosen charities.
• Saturday Song: Out Of The Blue (Vintage Performance) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Living In America – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering James Brown. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp break out the star-spangled bunting to celebrate Thanksgiving: In which Britain’s top light entertainment couple cover a Cold War classic – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover James Brown’s “Living in America” for Thanksgiving – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp and Toyah Celebrate American Thanksgiving With James Brown Classic For Sunday Lunch – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
