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Toyah performing at yesterday’s Rock Choir event in Birmingham Symphony Hall. ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Angel In You’ and ‘Sensational’. Sounding great with the choir.

Toyah and The Humans tell Strange Tales

Two live UK dates for The Humans, in April of 2015, were confirmed yesterday by toyahwillcox.com. Tickets for both dates will go on sale soon.

They will play at The Talking Heads, Southampton (Thursday 16th April) and The Garage Music Venue, Swansea (Friday 17th April).

• More gig news soon at toyahwillcox.com. Browse all of Dreamscape’s recent news on The Humans here. Keep an eye on The Humans Official and Sugar Rush: The Humans Fansite to stay updated on the band.

Rock Choir 2014 takes place today and this evening at Birmingham Symphony Hall.

Toyah has been tweeting about the event over the last couple of days.

“RockChoir Choir sounds absolutely mega. Sensational, Angel In You, Mystery….WOW, i cant wait“, “Just rehearsed Rock Choir B’ham Symphony hall. Moved me to tears. Crimson Queen songs are Sensational“.

• Browse all of Dreamscape’s Rock Choir related news here.

Slideshow: Toyah Willcox at One Voice

Toyah Willcox comperes the One Voice event which saw about 1,500 school pupils join together to sing at Rotherham’s New York Stadium.

• Continue reading/view the slideshow (just one photo of Toyah) at The Star. (Photo © The Star)

More chances to listen to John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music. Toyah guests in John’s new series later this month. The programme will also be available at BBC iPlayer post-airing.

John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music: BBC Radio 4: Sunday 27th July: 7.15pm
John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music: BBC Radio 4 Extra: Friday 1st August: 7.30am
John Shuttleworth invites musical guests to his Sheffield home to sing one of his songs and one of their own, if they are lucky. 3: Mary is not happy, as John has invited Toyah Willcox to the lounge and she is worried that Toyah will live up to her wild 80s image and wreak havoc in the house.

The Corn is Green: True Movies 1: Friday 25th July: 11am
Academy Award winner Katharine Hepburn stars as a schoolteacher determined to help the people of a turn-of-the-century Welsh mining town. With Ian Saynor, Bill Fraser, Patricia Hayes, Anna Massey, Artro Morris, Dorothea Phillips, Toyah Willcox, Huw Richards, Bryn Fon, Dyfan Roberts and Robin John. Directed by: George Cukor (1979).

Hundreds of Rotherham youngsters were joined by eighties pop star Toyah Willcox to bring a massive summer celebration to a tuneful close.

The singer led a huge choir of voices at New York Stadium on Friday at the One Voice concert.

• Continue reading. and view another photo of Toyah, at the Rotherham Advertiser. (Photo © Rotherham Advertiser)

Toyah is the cover star of ‘Scene’, the magazine supplement that accompanies tomorrow’s ‘Rotherham Advertiser’. View a larger version at Toyah’s Twitter. (Thanks to Gareth Dennison)

Stourbridge Rock Choir set to rub shoulders with singing star Toyah Willcox

Members of Stourbridge Rock Choir will be rubbing shoulders with singing star Toyah Willcox this Saturday (July 19) at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall.

They will be forming part of the Midlands Rock Choir who will be giving a concert at the Birmingham venue starting at 8pm.

• Continue reading at Stourbridge News.

There’s great Toyah content in, the just published, Issue 12 of Classic Pop magazine. She is pictured and mentioned in a review of Let’s Rock Bristol. There’s also a competition to win tickets for the Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House UK Tour. Click below to visit the Classic Pop website. (Thanks to Lärwi for the scans)

Toyah’s July blog is now available to read at The Official Toyah Willcox Website.

Last Thursday Toyah attended the Press Night of Wicked at The Birmingham Hippodrome. View a selection of photos from the evening by clicking below. (Photo © Birmingham Hippodrome)

John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music: BBC Radio 4: Sunday 27th July: 7.15pm
John Shuttleworth invites musical guests to his Sheffield home to sing one of his songs and one of their own, if they are lucky. 3: Mary is not happy, as John has invited Toyah Willcox to the lounge and she is worried that Toyah will live up to her wild 80s image and wreak havoc in the house.

Forthcoming dates for Toyah’s Acoustic, Up Close & Personal UK Tour: Thursday 24th July: The Duchess, York and Friday 25th July: Settle Victoria Hall, North Yorkshire. Click below for all the Acoustic… dates at toyahwillcox.com.

Toyah onstage yesterday at Rocking Through The Decades in St John’s Square, Blackpool. Click below to view larger versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. Toyah’s live schedule for 2014 is available at the Official Gigs page. (Thanks to Glyn | All photos © Glyn Whelan)

The set list: I Love Rock N’ Roll, Rebel Yell, Echo Beach, It’s A Mystery, She Sells Sanctuary, Sweet Child O’ Mine. I Want To Be Free (Thanks again to Glyn)

Check out Dreamscape’s Toyah News Archive – Over 14 years of press, interviews, releases, photos, TV, radio and more. Literally 1000’s of news posts – Crazy but true!!

Eighties icon Toyah and boy band East 17 to headline at Falmouth

Eighties’ icon Toyah Willcox and nineties’ boy-band East 17 will be headlining the evening entertainment during Falmouth Week this summer.

It is the 25th anniversary of shoreside activity during the regatta week and organisers have pulled out all the stops to make it an event to remember. East 17 will be top of the bill for the 80s/90s night and joining them will be Toyah and Livin’ Joy, the Italian dance duo who had hits in the late 90s.

Toyah said: “I am looking forward to being in Falmouth on August 15 to celebrate Falmouth Week with everyone. I will be singing my hits and more with the crowd. As it will be August we will all be in holiday mood. It’s been a while since I have visited Cornwall and Falmouth but I intend to explore as much |as I can.”

• Continue reading at This Is The West Country.

Musical moment of the week comes in John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music (Sunday, 7.15pm, Radio 4) in which he welcomes guests to his lovely home, offers them a cup of tea, demonstrates his less-than-complete mastery of his electronic keyboard, and tries to stop them being bothered by his manager Ken in the conservatory. In a regular feature called Under The Covers, guests are invited to perform one of their host’s tunes. This week, cockney songsmith Chas Hodges chooses Shopkeepers In The North, John’s poignant meditation on the relative merits of the retail experience above and below the Wash, and he plays and sings it with the delicacy and accomplishment you would expect from somebody who’s been in bands since before the Beatles. Future guests being warned to watch the sharp edges on the wicker furniture will include Toyah Willcox and Leee John. They’ll have to go some to better Chas.

• Continue reading at The Guardian.

• Sugar Rush: Fan Of The Month: I’ve received some really lovely responses to the interview I gave to Sugar Rush in the week since it was made available – Thanks to those who got in touch and thanks again to Paul for asking – Read it here…

• Essential Ephemera: Trees and Flowers #2, 1980: Is the future going to be a Nightmare? – Rare fanzine which includes a review of ‘The Blue Meaning’, download, via Mediafire,  at this blog…

• The Shuttle: Toyah Willcox to join with Kidderminster Rock Choir at show: Singer and actress Toyah Willcox is joining members of Kidderminster Rock Choir for a special performance in Birmingham next Saturday (July 19) – Continue reading…

• Loughborough Echo: Toyah joins rock choir: Toyah Willcox, who has had a career spanning 30 years, joined Rock Choir founder, Caroline Redman Lusher and more than a hundred Midlands Rock Choir members for a very special rehearsal in Worcester ahead of the performances on Saturday July, 19 in Birmingham – Continue reading…

• The Gazette: X-Factor and BGT stars set for free resort gig: Five-piece boy band Kingsland Road, who came ninth in the last series of The X-Factor, will open the show at St John’s Square on Saturday. Black Lace and N-Trace are among those who will take to the stage before the former first lady of punk, Toyah Willcox, closes the show – Continue reading…

• An Evening With Toyah Willcox: Watch Toyah’s appearance/talk at Say What?, Waterstones, Deansgate in Manchester on Tuesday 10th June at You Tube… (Thanks Paul)

Since the mid-1980s, aspiring singer/songwriter, John Shuttleworth has been posting audio cassettes of his “finest songs to date” to pop stars throughout the land, in the hope that someone would record his material. But all to no avail.

However, the BBC has very kindly given John a series and asked him to invite pop starts to bring their music to his Sheffield home. So it is that Chas and Dave, Heaven 17, Toyah Willcox and Lee John find themselves in John’s lounge having tea with wife Mary, being flirted with by Mary’s friend Joan and hassled by John’s agent Ken Worthington, as they try and perform not only one their greatest hits but more importantly, one of John’s.

• Visit the BBC website. It looks likely that Toyah will guest on John’s show on either Sunday 27th July or 3rd August.

• Toyah Shots/Photos: Something new over at Facebook – Dreamscape’s FB page will soon be closing as I’ve started a new Toyah page (not directly associated with this website). There are similar photo-sharing pages for the many of the best visual pop stars so it makes sense to have one for Toyah

• The Guardian: Sharleen Spiteri criticises YouTube’s ‘take it or leave it’ music licensing deals: BASCA’s chairman Simon Darlow, who also co-wrote hits for the likes of Grace Jones, Cliff Richard and Toyah, attacked YouTube’s use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in its dealings with labels, publishers and music collecting societies – Continue reading…

• Beyond The Joke: News: John Shuttleworth Radio Show & Tour: John Shuttleworth returns to Radio 4 this Sunday with John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music – Continue reading…

• Lost Turntable: The Lady Or The Tiger: I’ve been meaning to post these tracks for about five years now. Seems like now is a good time to finally get around to doing that. In case you couldn’t already figure it out, Toyah & Fripp are Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp – Continue reading…

• People Of Shambhala: The Forgotten Women of Punk: Of all of the women of Punk, British singer and actress Toyah Wilcox is perhaps the most overlooked. Probably because she not only did that most un-Punk thing of not only forging a successful music career, with each new single flying high in “the charts” – Continue reading…