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• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Freak – Watch… (Image © Toyah)

Toyah’s Blog for October is a Vlog with lots of news and a great update about Future Dreaming (see below). Watch at toyahwillcox.com YouTube. (Screenshot from a video that is © Toyah)

Toyah talks Future Dreaming: “We’re really excited because it’s going back to the beginning, 45… 50 years ago, we’ve got back to that intensity of ideas, behind the album artwork, so that people get something that’s enriching, that’s lovely to have in the hand, that they can explore while listening to the music.

The music is about contradictions. It takes you on a journey, and I don’t think you can guess what it is even if you tried. Everything lyrically is about, almost being in love with things that keep you on a knife edge and that is the contradiction… These are love songs but they’re very dark and they go into dark places and… That’s all I’m gonna tell you!”

Guy Garvey – From The Vaults: Sky Arts: Friday 23rd October: 8pm
1981. Series 3, episode 4. The Elbow frontman introduces clips from the TV archives from 1981, featuring performances by New Order, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Adam and the Ants, Kirsty MacColl, Kim Wilde and Toyah. Also featured are Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Madness, the Belle Stars, Dave Edmunds with the Stray Cats, and Secret Affair, and there are interviews with the Human League’s Philip Oakey, and Simon Le Bon and John Taylor from Duran Duran.

2026 marks the 50th year of Toyah’s career! Her very first professional job, playing the role of Sue in the BBC’s “Second City First” television play, Glitter, aired in November 1976 – having been filmed in 1975.

One of the first “Toyah 50” posts at the start of the year wished the Four From Toyah EP, Toyah’s sixth UK single, Happy 45th Anniversary and we’re returning to FFT as it’s such a crucial element of Toyah’s discography and it’s importance can never be underestimated.

Four From Toyah – featuring It’s A Mystery, Revelations, War Boys and Angels & Demons (all worthy of being standalone single releases or the lead song on the EP) was Toyah’s chart breakthrough release after three years of albums, singles and tours. It could be said that it changed everything and, at least, had a huge effect on the trajectory of Toyah’s career. Click below to view Dreamscape’s 30th Anniversary feature on the EP, from 2011. (In Memory of Keith Hale)

We had a great day out in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago. It was one of those eventful days where so much happened and we even bumped into Scotland’s strongest men (and brothers!), Luke & Tom Stoltman. A fun day!

• See Dreamscape’s other 2026 “tour dates” :) here! (Photos © David Fleming)

The Chase: Celebrity Special: Challenge: Monday 26th October: 7pm
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.

• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Wanna Be Sedated – Watch… (Image © Toyah)

More live Toyah dates recently announced, Rock Against Ageism in November 2026 and The Human League at York Museum Gardens in July 2027.

• Browse all of Toyah’s upcoming confirmed 2026/27 live dates and appearances at toyahwillcox.com.

Holly Johnson just announced live dates for Summer 2027 with Toyah being one of the support acts…

Get ready for a nostalgia overload: Holly Johnson, Haircut 100 and Toyah are heading to Lincoln Castle next summer

If you grew up with Relax, Two Tribes or The Power of Love blasting from the radio, this one’s for you

Dust off the shoulder pads, warm up your vocal cords and prepare for a serious dose of nostalgia. Holly Johnson, Haircut 100 and Toyah are set to take over Lincoln Castle next summer for what might just be the region’s biggest retro night out.

The former Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman will headline Live at Lincoln Castle on June 26, bringing a catalogue packed with some of the most iconic songs of the 1980s to one of the country’s most spectacular outdoor venues.

• Continue reading at Stuck In The Middle. This news has been reported everywhere… See also: Kent Online, Isle Of Thanet News, Nation Cymru, Lincolnshire Council, Shropshire Star, North Wales Live, Hello Lincoln, The Midlands Rocks, Stereoboard, Wales 247…

It’s a new month and a new episode of Toyah At Home at the Old Mill. Toyah’s been gigging in Blackpool and preparing for the Christmas tour, the new album creative and more. There’s even been time for some vine cutting. There’s also music with an archive clip to mark a classic Toyah single’s 45th anniversary.

On 4th December 2026, the Deluxe 24CD singles box set Twenty-Four From Toyah is released.

Toyah is counting down to the release by chronologically posting a performance of each single in the collection every few days at YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, with three so far – Victims Of The Riddle, Indecision (from Sheep Farming In Barnet AP) and Neon Womb – and another 21 to follow…

Originally shown in April 2011 and repeated a couple of times over the past 15 years, Top Of The Pops: The Story Of 1976 is airing again next weekend on BBC2.

Top Of The Pops: The Story of 1976: BBC2: Sunday 11th October: 1.10am
Documentary examining how the BBC’s flagship pop show reflected changes in British music and culture during 1976. As the popularity of glam rock faded, no dominant musical scene emerged to replace it, leading to chart success for bands including Abba, Showaddywaddy, the Brotherhood of Man and the Wurzels – while outside the mainstream, punk rock was rapidly growing in popularity. Featuring contributions by Tony Blackburn, Paul Morley, Toyah Willcox, David Hamilton and Dave Haslam.

Toyah’s Vlog for October will be available on Monday… (Image © Toyah)

• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Kick Out The Jams – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering MC5. (Image © Toyah)

• Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp unleash sprightly cover of the MC5’s incendiary call to arms Kick Out The Jams: Kick Out The Jams ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit – and now it’s set light to Toyah and Robert Fripp’s Worcestershire kitchen – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Perform MC5 Classic “Kick Out The Jams|” For Sunday Lunch – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…

Celebrity Lingo: ITV Quiz: Saturday 10th October: 9pm
Series 2, Episode 3. Adil Ray hosts the game of words as Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway and This Morning’s Ashley James battle singers Toyah Willcox and Carol Decker to win big money for charity.

There’s a brand new Sunday Lunch today at YouTube and Facebook, with Toyah & Robert celebrating the 50th anniversary of punk by covering MC5’s classic Kick Out The Jams. (Image © Toyah)

FYI: MC5’s iconic 1968 track Kick Out the Jams, from the live (debut) album of the same name, is important to punk because it delivered a raw, aggressive, high-energy blueprint that anticipated the punk movement nearly a decade early.

Way Back When! 1981: NOW 80s: Wednesday 30th September: 8am
60 minutes of lesser heard hits from 1981. Including The Pretenders, Spandau Ballet, George Harrison, Toyah & The Pointer Sisters.

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Challenge: Friday 9th October: 11am
Series 1, Episode 4. Tony Blackburn and Toyah Willcox take to the road with antiques experts Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson. Their journey starts in the historic town of York and ends up with an auction in Stansted, Essex. (Photo © BBC)

The Chase: Celebrity Special: Challenge: Sunday 4th October: 6pm
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.

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Sunday 27th September: 11pm
T’Pau’s Carol Decker brings a bit of Heart and Soul to a countdown of ’80s ladies who like to rock! With Joan Jett, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. (as well as Toyah via the Thunder In The Mountains video).

Toyah: My doctorate, AI and days out in Pershore

One of Worcestershire’s most successful musical exports, Toyah Willcox, has been recognised with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Worcester.

From chart hits including It’s a Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want To Be Free, to acting, broadcasting and her hugely successful Sunday Lunch videos with husband Robert Fripp, the Pershore musician’s career has spanned nearly five decades.

Last week, she joined graduates to receive the honour – and to offer some advice to the next generation of creatives, with BBC Hereford and Worcester’s Adelle Davies at Worcester Cathedral.

• Listen at BBC Sounds.