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The week of Toyah’s “Tracks Of My Years” airing on the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio Two has been confirmed. Toyah will guest each weekday morning between Monday 29th June and Friday 3rd July, choosing two songs each day that have meant the most to her.

Ken Bruce: BBC Radio Two
W/C Monday 29th June: 9.30am
Toyah Willcox picks the Tracks of My Years, with songs from T.Rex and Kate Bush. Plus PopMaster, the daily Love Song and the Album and Record of the Week. Email ken.bruce@bbc.co.UK.

Toyah tweeted yesterday that she is filming the new movie project Kaleidoscope Man this week.

View a photo of Toyah with some of the cast and crew at Instagram.

• Browse all of Dreamscape’s Kaleidoscope Man news.

More special guests announced for John Shuttleworth’s Knight at the Palladium

John Shuttleworth and friends including Chas and Dave, Badly Drawn Boy, John Otway, Toyah, Leee John (Imagination), Martyn Ware (Heaven 17), Jon McClure (Reverend and the Makers), Gordon Giltrap, Lorraine Bowen and Sooty and Sweep (yes, really!) will perform for one night only at the London Palladium in ‘A Knight at the Palladium’ in aid of the MS Trust and an MS Centre in Sheffield.

“Sheffield’s funniest man” (The Guardian), the versatile singer/organist John Shuttleworth, plays the London Palladium to celebrate 30 years in ‘showbiz’ and is joined by star guests from his recent Lounge Music BBC Radio 4 series, plus others (TBA).

But, true to form, his agent, Ken Worthington, has messed up the show title. Night has become Knight, which makes John wonder… could his charity fundraising efforts at the Palladium lead to his being considered for a knighthood? That all depends on who is in the Royal Box!

This night of wonderful music and hilarious comedy is suitable for all so come along and bring your friends.

Where: The London Palladium, Argyll Street, London W1F 7TF
When: Sunday 28 June 2015 at 7:30PM
Tickets: £30.00 plus booking fee

Tickets for ‘A Knight at the Palladium’ are available online from reallyusefultheatres.co.uk or gigantic.com or by phoning 0844 412 4655

• Continue reading at the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. Browse all of Dreamscape’s John Shuttleworth news.

Plenty to sing about – pop star presents Altrincham nursery with award

Staff at Elmscot Day Nursery in Altrincham had plenty to sing about after receiving a prize at the National Day Nurseries Association’s Nursery Awards. Elmscot was the runner-up in the Nursery of the Year – north of England category.

Representatives received their accolade from TV presenter and pop star, Toyah Willcox, at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry.

• Continue reading at the Altrincham Messenger. (Photo © Messenger Newspapers)

Unfortunately a pair of concerts Toyah was scheduled to play are now not going ahead. Here’s an update from Toyah’s Official Facebook:

We wanted to let you know as soon as proper confirmation was received that two outdoor concert events which were scheduled to appear Toyah and her band live are no longer going ahead. This is due to technical issues with the respective councils involved in staging these events.

SUN 12 JULY: BLACKPOOL NORTH PIER
SAT 18 JULY: LOOE MILLENDREATH – BLACK ROCK FESTIVAL

Please contact your original ticket point of purchase for refunds. Apologies for inconvenience but the full responsibility lies with the original event organisers. You can read Black Rock Festival’s statement on the event not going ahead at http://www.pl13fest.co.uk/press-release/

Village Hall, Main Street, Lowdham

Friday 19th June, 8pm, £20
Toyah – Up Close and Personal

Saturday 20th June, 8pm, £22.50
Fotheringay – The Legends Return

Warthog Promotions are delighted to present two fantastic concerts to open the Lowdham Book Festival. Spanning a wide spectrum of musical tastes we welcome the uniquely gifted Toyah Wilcox with her Up Close and Personal tour, plus the reunited legendary band Fotheringay who are performing a small number of shows to coincide with the release of a limited edition set of recordings.

Please note – tickets for these two events are very limited. Please contact Michael Hoare on 0115 966 3596

• View the full list of Toyah’s 2015 tour dates at toyahwillcox.com. Visit the Lowdham Book Festival website. Browse all of Dreamscape’s Lowdham news.

Toyah’s Gig Diary is packed full of concerts for 2015. There’s sure to be a date near you…

As well as guesting on the radio show – on Saturday 20th June – Toyah has also recorded a filmed portion for BBC Radio 2’s Sounds Of The Eighties, with Sara Cox. (Photo © BBC)

This will be available on the BBC Red Button (as well as BBC Interactive 601 on Freeview), and also BBC iPlayer. The Red Button air time slots are as follows:

Saturday 20th June: 10.30pm
Sunday 21st June: 3am & 8.30pm
Monday 22nd June: Midnight & 7pm
Sara Cox plays a plethora of ’80s videos and chats to punk pop icon Toyah about her hectic times during the early 1980s and the creation of her album Anthem, which included tracks such as It’s a Mystery, I Wanna Be Free and Obsolete. Toyah also reveals her own favourite video from the decade. 80s videos in the show include classics from Human League, Whitney Houston, the Jam, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Thompson Twins, Adam and the Ants, Pet Shop Boys, the Pretenders and ABC. Plus a look back at what the top five singles were this week in 1989.

Toyah has paid tribute to two legendary veterans of British theatre, television and film: Sir Christopher Lee and Ron Moody both died yesterday, at the respective ages of 93 and 91. Toyah worked with Christopher on The Disputation and Ron in Peter Pan. Click below to read Toyah’s tributes at Twitter.

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Yesterday: Tuesday 23rd June: 7.15am
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Yesterday: Wednesday 24th June: 9pm
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.

Toyah earlier today at the NDNA Awards. (Photo © NDNA)

“Thunder in the Mountains, or at least in the High Peak…”

Setting this year’s New Mills Festival off with an enormous bang, and following on from last year’s hugely successful fundraiser, this year sees the colourful, dynamic and unique Toyah Wilcox and her band take to the stage at New Mills Art Theatre on Saturday 12 Sept 2015. Toyah will be belting out all her old hits including the iconic hit singles – It’s A Mystery, I Want To Be Free and Thunder In The Mountains, as well as newer material, in her famous high-energy style.

To give locals, and those willing to travel, first choice of the front row seats in the iconic 500 – seater venue, tickets will go on sale first at New Mills Carnival on Sat 13th June, in person only. Seats will then be available online from Monday 15th June or from the Festival Box-Office at The Studios at 12 Union Road New Mills, on Saturdays from 10-12am.

Toyah at New Mills Art Theatre: Saturday 12 September, Doors 7 pm
New Mills Art Theatre, Jodrell Street: Tickets £18 and £15 concessions

• Continue reading at the New Mills Festival website.

Toyah’s June blog is available at, the revamped and now super responsive, The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read the blog and view photos from the last month.

David Bowie, Roxy Music, Toyah Willcox – a Bucks club night has seen it all

The Friars Club, in Aylesbury, has seen hundreds of artists play since 1969, and has promoter David Stopps to thank for this

Not many people can say they have received a text message from David Bowie, and even fewer can say they have played an influential role in the history of rock. And when it comes to rock music, market towns in the home counties are probably not most people’s first point of call.

But it may come as a surprise to some to learn that Bucks has a fascinating and unique musical history, in part down to its location roughly halfway between Birmingham and London. As promoter of the Friars Club since 1969, a music club based in Aylesbury, David Stopps has seen legendary bands and artists perform here over the past 46 years.

Along with being the first place David Bowie performed his famous Ziggy Stardust persona, other bands to have taken the stage under his guidance include Genesis, The Jam, The Clash, The Ramones, Howard Jones, Marillion, Toyah Willcox, The Velvet Underground and Roxy Music.

• Continue reading at Get Bucks.

Celebrating the forthcoming 30th anniversary of the release of Toyah’s debut solo album MINX. View a larger version of Dreamscape’s fan art by clicking on it and another image here.

Photos from last night’s Acoustic, Up Close & Personal gig at Carnglaze Caverns, Cornwall – A venue which is inside an actual cave!! View larger versions of these photos at the Live 2015 page at Dreamscape’s Gallery. (Thanks to Angus | Photos © Angus Turner)

Following last Thursday’s announcement by BBC Who’s in Today?, the date of Toyah’s guest appearance on BBC Radio Two’s Sounds Of The 80s, presented by Sara Cox, has been revealed.

This is Toyah’s second time on the show, she previously guested back in February 2014. That is available to listen to here.

Sounds Of The 80s: BBC Radio Two: Saturday 20th June: 10pm
Sounds Of The 80s: BBC Radio Two: Saturday 24th June: 3am
Singer and actor Toyah Willcox joins Sara Cox to look back on the decade, with hits, album tracks, 12-inch singles and the top 5 from the week in the 1980s.

• Visit the BBCR2/Sounds Of The 80s website.

Hear music star Toyah Willcox sharing her fave Sounds of the 80s with the lovely Sara Cox! Check out Toyah in the 80s when she had a slightly different look for our contribution to this week’s #throwbackthursday

• BBC Who’s in Today?: Check out Toyah Willcox in for Sounds of the 80s on BBC Radio 2 with Sara Cox – we’re celebrating ‪#‎TBT‬ in her honour! – Visit the Who’s in Today? Facebook…

• BBC Who’s in Today?: Visit the Who’s in Today? project website…

• Tony Banks: A Chord Too Far: More info on the forthcoming boxset which includes Toyah’s Lion Of Symmetry – Continue reading…

• Brave New World: Some of us never tire of Toyah’s iconic/unforgettable/still relevant 1982 image – Check out what Mark Wallis Design has done with the single sleeve…

• Celluloid Wickerman: Alchemical Magic in Derek Jarman’s The Tempest (1979): Forever a cinematic alchemist – a sage that conjured and devoured celluloid before the eventual ritualistic sacrifice- Derek Jarman is the perfect suitor to Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1979); a play whose heart is bathed in the tragedy and power of magic – Continue reading…

Toyah Willcox will line up with other 80s icons in Stamford on Sunday

A line-up of musical icons will help to recreate the nostalgia of the 1980s at a concert in Stamford on Sunday.

Burghley House is the historic setting for the 80s Greatest Hits Tour featuring Toyah Willcox, Bananarama , Midge Ure, Curiosity Killed The Cat and Oydessey.

Bananarama (hits include Cruel Summer and Venus), Midge Ure (lead singer of Ultravox, famous for Vienna), Toyah (It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free), Odyssey (Use It Up and Wear It Out and Going Back To My Roots), and Curiosity Killed The Cat (singles include Misfit and Down To Earth).

Tickets are £39.95 and the event promoters are encouraging people to get to the venue early and enjoy their own picnic before the show starts.

• Continue reading at The Hunts Post. Browse Dreamscape’s Here and Now @ Stamford news.

A couple of very recent photos – Toyah was filming in Wales with Len Goodman earlier this week (left), and arrived at the BBC Radio studios today. View a larger version of photo one at Toyah’s Twitter, and photo two at Contact Music. (Photos © Toyah Willcox [1], Contact Music [2])