It’s Slade: BBC 4: Saturday 12th April: 0.00am
Documentary, narrated by Radio One’s Mark Radcliffe, about one of Britain’s greatest and best-loved bands. Apart from Noddy and his bandmates – Dave Hill, Jim Lea and Don Powell – the cast here also includes Noel Gallagher of Oasis (who covered Cum On Feel the Noize), Status Quo, Toyah Willcox, Suzi Quatro and Ozzy Osbourne. (Also airing on BBC4 HD)
More photos from Toyah’s Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! gig at Queens Hall, Nuneaton last month. Click below to view the full versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Richard | All photos © Richard Smith)
The Corn is Green: True Entertainment: Wednesday 9th April: 5.00pm
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).
• Live 2014: It’s a busy weekend of gigs for Toyah. Tonight she plays the Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne and tomorrow night the Jazz Cafe, Camden. Both of these are Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! dates. On Sunday Toyah plays The Great British Alternative Music Festival in Minehead. Further info on that here.
• Plymouth Herald: Here’s Johnny!: Razorlight, The Feeling, Boomtown Rats, Toyah, Heaven 17, The Real Thing and Hayseed Dixie are set to make this year’s Volksfest the biggest and best yet – Continue reading…
• Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! – Neon Womb, at The Apex on Saturday – View at You Tube.
• 11 Polaroids: Derek Jarman: 21 photographs: It’s 20 years since Derek Jarman‘s (1942-1994) death, but his films continue to inspire audiences with his romantic and subversive imagery – Continue reading…
• Rock Choir: Rock Choir Live at the Birmingham Symphony Hall: Over 1,000 Rock Choir members from across The Midlands present two unique performances of uplifting, feel-good songs, featuring special guests Toyah Willcox and Caroline Redman Lusher – Continue reading…
• Electric Sheep Magazine: Jubilee: To mark the BFI’s two-month season on the work of Derek Jarman, which runs until the end of March at BFI Southbank, Lee Christien takes an illustrated look at one of Jarman’s best and most original films, Jubilee – Continue reading…
JAZZ CAFE CAMDEN CONCERT
SPECIAL TICKET OFFER
The Official Toyah Willcox Website have a special offer for this Saturday’s Toyah gig at Jazz Cafe Camden. A concession ticket offer of just £10 per ticket! Anyone interesting please send an e-mail to gig@toyahwillcox.com and names will be added to list for payment on the door in cash.
The Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits concert takes place on Saturday 29th March at 5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PG
Email before 1pm on Friday 28th March. First come, first served until the concession offer allocation runs out.
• Info Source: Breaking Through: The Official Toyah Newsletter. View the complete Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! tour schedule.
2014 is a very busy year of concerts for Toyah, with three UK tours, gigs, festival appearances and PAs.
FRI 28 MAR: TIVOLI THEATRE, WIMBORNE
SAT 29 MAR: JAZZ CAFE, CAMDEN
SUN 30 MAR: ALTERNATE FESTIVAL, SKEGNESS
SAT 5 APR: ST. MARY IN THE CASTLE, HASTINGS
SAT 19 APR: THE GRAND, CLITHEROE
FRI 25 APR: WHITBY GOTH WEEKEND
SAT 26 APR: WAREHOUSE 23, WAKEFIELD
FRI 2 MAY: ERIC’S, LIVERPOOL
SAT 3 MAY:AQUARIUM, LOWESTOFT
FRI 9 MAY: ULTIMATE 80S, BOGNOR
SAT 10 MAY: PHOENIX THEATRE, BLYTH
SUN 11 MAY: ULTIMATE 80S, SKEGNESS
SAT 24 MAY: CRICK BOAT SHOW, NORTHAMPTON
SUN 25 MAY: VOLKFEST, PLYMOUTH
• Info Source: Breaking Through. View all of Toyah’s confirmed live dates for 2014 at The Official Gigs page.
A great review, of Toyah’s Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! gig at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, by In Suffolk.
Toyah – In Suffolk Review
I expected a build-up, a fanfare, some dry ice at least. Suddenly, I blinked, and there she was : coming straight at me at 100 miles an hour.
There are some people who are just not quite of this world. All you can do is stand back and watch. Toyah leaps. Toyah dances. Toyah sings note perfect. Toyah doesn’t seem to even break into a sweat. Toyah does not stop for an hour and a half. In the middle ages you’d get burned for less.
Toyah doesn’t mean to intimidate me. She is warm and funny. She asks the audience if they “want to hear some 80′s rock and roll”. We all cry out: “YES!” Toyah dedicates It’s A Mystery to pensioner at the back of the hall. She tells self- depreciating stories about playing holiday camps and how her song Spectacular, that was intended for the 2012 Paralympics, ended up being used in Patsy Kensit’s Weight Watchers commercial. She laughs with us. She makes us feel she doesn’t want to be anywhere but here. Toyah is truly in the moment.
• Continue reading at In Suffolk. Browse all of Dreamscape news on the Crimson Queen tour here. View photos from The Apex and other dates at Dreamscape Gallery.
Toyah was interviewed on myPod with Dom Chambers on ‘Somer Valley 97.5 FM’ yesterday. The interview is available at the station’s Listen Again page (at 37 minutes in).
The show was based around this weekend’s upcoming Great British Alternative Music Festival 2014. Toyah plays this on Sunday and she talks about what music she 
will be playing at the gig, her vinyl collection, Dexter Brown and his Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! painting, how younger generations perceive the original punk/new wave eras, the process of her songwriting in the present day for The Humans and solo, her television work including Shoestring, memories of the early music career and how punk changed things, and the line-up for this weekend’s festival.
There was also a play of ‘It’s A Mystery’ – The interview lasts for approximately 17 minutes. Listen to it here. There’s also a brief trailer for the station, recorded by Toyah, at Soundcloud. “Get ready to pogo!!“
A new article, on Toyah’s forthcoming Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! date in Hastings, by the Bexhill-On-Sea Observer.
Toyah Willcox and her band
St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
Saturday April 5 at 7.30pm
Toyah’s career has been diverse with hit records and prestigious acting roles to her credit, and she is also an author, TV celebrity, and vocalist with her husband Robert Fripp new band The Humans.
But it is her own band that she brings to St Mary in the Castle, and you can expect a dynamic performance from this charismatic survivor.
The show is a celebration of her thirty year songbook with well-loved songs that include such massive hits as It’s a Mystery and I Wanna Be Free and cult classic tracks from those early albums Sheep Farming In Barnet and The Blue Meaning through to the Platinum-selling Anthem and the critically acclaimed The Changeling.
• Continue reading at the Bexhill-On-Sea Observer.
Photos from Saturday night’s Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! gig at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds. Click below to view the full versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks again to Angus | All photos © Angus Turner)
Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! – Ieya, at The Apex on Saturday – View at You Tube.
Toyah onstage last night at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds for the third Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! tour date. The fantastic set list was: Thunder In The Mountains, Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard), Broken Diamonds, Brave New World, Rebel Run, Good Morning Universe, Sensational, Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You), Jungles of Jupiter, Neon Womb, Bird in Flight, It’s A Mystery, Lesser God, Come, Danced, I Want To Be Free. Encore: Dawn Chorus, Ieya. More photos will be added to Dreamscape’s Gallery later. (Thanks to Angus Turner for the photo & set list info)
Pop singer and ’80s icon Toyah Willcox will be the headline act at the Crick Boat Show.
The annual show will be held at Crick Marina from Saturday, May 24 to Monday, May 26 with more than 250 exhibitors at the event.
Toyah will be performing her acoustic, up close and personal set during the Saturday evening entertainment. Her gig will include renditions of her most well-known singles, such as It’s A Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want to Be Free and she will tell stories from her colourful 35-year career.
• Continue reading at the Daventry Express.
• Live 2014: Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! plays The Apex, Bury St Edmunds tonight, the third date of the UK Tour. Full details on this and the rest of the tour at toyahwillcox.com…
• Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live!: View all of Dreamscape’s news on the tour, so far, here…
• Dreamscape Gallery: Browse photos from the first two dates of the Crimson Queen Tour, and more live 2014 shots, here…
• SohoCreate: Toyah Willcox and Helen David (English Eccentrics) discuss the ‘creative spark’ in an event for the inaugural SohoCreate festival in early June – Further info here…
• The Organ: Organ Thing Of The Day: Robert Fripp has unveiled a new incarnation of King Crimson: Speaking to Uncut, Fripp said: “King Crimson is returning to active service. We are on-call to be ready for a live performance on September 1, 2014. Seven members. Four English, three American. Three drummers. It’s a different configuration of King Crimson than before. Some are familiar names, maybe more than others.” – Continue reading…
Toyah, at the BFI’s Derek Jarman Retrospective last month, discusses working with Jarman on The Tempest, in which she plays Miranda, and considers the director’s legacy. Click below to watch the video at the BFI website.
Toyah was also interviewed at the BFI about Jarman’s Jubilee. More info on that here.
Minder: ITV4: Thursday 3rd April: 5.55pm
Minder: ITV4: Friday 4th April: 11.45am
All Mod Cons. Arthur decides to sell Terry’s flat without his permission. Meanwhile, Terry gets a job minding at a local club and ends up getting into more trouble than he had planned for when he realises the club’s manager is on the fiddle. Starring: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Toyah Willcox, Simon Cadell, James Ottaway, and Tony Osaba. (Series 2, Episode 8, 1980). Also showing on ITV4 +1.
Thursday’s The Vintage TV Sessions is now available to watch online at the Vintage TV website. Five great bands guested on the show and Toyah performed acoustic versions of ‘Thunder In The Mountains’ and ‘I Want To Be Free’, accompanied by Chris Wong and Colin Hinds. There’s also a short interview with Toyah by host Tom Robinson. The programme is repeated on Sunday night at 10pm. Click below to watch.
Toyah recorded a new edition of, the hit BBC1 quiz series, Pointless Celebrities earlier this week. A “music special”, it will air later in the year.
Toyah previously guested on the programme in 2012, partnered with Cheryl Baker.
A short promo for this week’s The Vintage TV Sessions is now available to watch at You Tube. This ad has also been airing on the music channel over the last couple of weeks. Toyah will perform two acoustic songs on this month’s show which airs tomorrow at 8pm.
The Vintage TV Sessions: Vintage TV: Thu 20th March: 8pm / Sun 23rd March: 10pm
Let’s keep it live! We are proud to present our fourth Vintage TV Sessions, live from the Bedford pub in Balham, With The Struts, Josephine, Sheryl Crow, Nik Kershaw, Toyah Willcox and Judie Tzuke.
Hold on to your hats as Toyah Willcox plays her greatest hits at the Tivoli, Wimborne, next Friday (28th) at 7.30pm.
The lovable livewire has moved from punk princess to high priestess of TV, treading the boards as an actress, composing music and being an award-winning rock legend along the way.
Toyah will be performing a full set with her band, featuring songs from In the Court of the Crimson Queen along with classic hits and fan favourites.
• Continue reading at Blackmore Vale Magazine.
Toyah is celebrating her iconic past (and present!) later this year via the, recently announced, UK tour Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House… & Beyond!, with eight dates in October and November.
The IRH, as many call it, was, of course, Toyah’s official fan club for the first four years of her music career (later becoming simply the Toyah Fan Club and then Tellurian). Tickets are already on sale, and the full tour dates are:
SAT 18 OCT: BIRMINGHAM HMV INSTITUTE
THU 23 OCT: LEEDS COCKPIT
FRI 24 OCT: GLASGOW CLASSIC GRAND
SAT 25 OCT: MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3
FRI 7 NOV: BRIGHTON HAUNT
FRI 14 NOV: SOUTHAMPTON BROOK
SAT 15 NOV: BRISTOL FLEECE
SAT 22 NOV: LONDON O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
The Official Toyah Willcox Website: Intergalactic Ranch House Tour Announced: Toyah is pleased to announce a new eight-date tour beginning 18 October in her hometown Birmingham. Songs From The Intergalactic Ranchouse will feature a set list focusing on Toyah’s Safari Records catalogue which boasts the top 40 hit singles Good Morning Universe, Thunder In The 
Mountains, It’s A Mystery, I Want To Be Free and Rebel Run. Alongside this will be classics Neon Womb and Danced which were first seen and heard on our screens on the much-loved BBC programmes The Old Grey Whistle Test and Shoestring – Continue reading…
This Is Not Retro: Toyah Announces ‘Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House’ Autumn Tour: Toyah will play an eight-show Autumn tour under the title ‘Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House’, a reference to the name of her fanclub during the early part of her music career through to 1983 – Continue reading…
Stereo Board: Toyah Announces Songs From The Intergalactic Ranchouse Tour: Toyah Willcox has lined up autumn dates for her Songs From The Intergalactic Ranchouse Tour. Exclusively for these eight dates, the set will also include a cherry-picked selection of rarer Safari songs including b-sides/EP tracks or rarely performed album cuts. Some material from Toyah’s most recent album ‘In The Court Of The Crimson Queen’ will also feature live – Continue reading…
• View more details on the Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House tour here. Browse all of Toyah’s confirmed live dates for 2014 at The Official Gigs page. Read our Toyah Live 2014 news here.
• The Evolution Of Friars: The Buckinghamshire County Museum in Aylesbury is now hosting ‘The Evolution Of Friars’ exhibition that features rare posters, photos and memorabilia from the Friars club archive. One of Toyah’s original costumes will be on display along with some other iconic pop memorabilia from the 1980’s. Visit the site here, and view a preview at You Tube…
• Sky News: A short clip of Toyah guesting on yesterday morning’s programme, discussing the missing Malyasian plane, during the “Paper Review” – View here…
• Official Instagram: Toyah posted a great photo yesterday… Just recording TV show at elstree studios….got my best studded collar on…..gggrrrrrrr – View here…
• Birmingham Mail: 30 celebrities you didn’t know were from Birmingham: We take a look at the stars whose connections to the city are not as well-publicised as the likes of Ozzy Osbourne – how many of these did you know had links to Birmingham? – Continue reading…
• Classic Pop: Top 100 Singles of the 80s: The complete rundown of this recent magazine poll is now online, with ‘Thunder In The Mountains’ at number 51 – View here…
• London Evening Standard: Yours Insincerely: Wilf, Derek and Toyah make the ‘Evening Standard’ – View here…
• BBC Radio Devon: Read a full transcript of Toyah’s recent interview at The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive…, The interview is also still available to listen to at BBC iPlayer.
