Toyah’s full interview, from September’s Time Out Live Quadrophenia Reunion is now available to watch at HiBROW: The Arts Online website.
Toyah discusses how she got the part of Monkey in Quadrophenia, the audition process, working with Director Franc Roddam, screen testing with John Lydon, kissing Phil Daniels, filming the huge riot scenes in Brighton, and her memories of the period the film was set in. She also talks about the other films she made during the late 1970s, in particular The Corn Is Green.
• Watch the full interview at HiBROW.
• Official Twitter: Toyah tweeted yesterday about the upcoming V&A In Conversation event, taking place this evening, AND tomorrow’s final concert of the Love Is The Law & More Tour. She said: “All ready 4 V&A talk, all ready 4 Islington O2……..can’t wait. Now 2 some serious lyric writing 4 Simon Darlow“.
• London Drum: Toyah Willcox, At The O2 Academy: It’s been 30 years since her breakthrough album “Anthem” first hit the charts, and the flame-haired Toyah is still going strong. You can see her play at the O2 Academy in November – Visit here…
• Rabbit Welfare Association: Rabbiting On – The Magazine for Rabbit Lovers: “Woe betide anyone who disturbs me whilst I am reading it…” Toyah Willcox – Visit the RWAF here…
• Phoenix Futures Recovery Music Project: A Message From Phil Spalding: I worked with the singer/songwriter Rob The Liar on this. If you scroll down this page YOU can vote for Rob simply by entering your email address. I’d appreciate your time in doing this for a great artist and for a great project giving people the chance to change their lives for the better … Thanks, best wishes, Phil – Go here to lend your support…
Celebrity Fantasy Homes: Really: Thursday 21st November: 12.30pm
Celebrity Fantasy Homes: BBC Lifestyle (Sweden): Tuesday 3rd December: 3.25am
Celebrity Fantasy Homes: BBC Lifestyle (Sweden): Wednesday 4th December: 0.15am
Celebrities hunt for a new home. Gaby Roslin helps punk-pop princess Toyah Willcox search for a second home, in Richmond upon Thames, with a budget of £650,000.
• Club To Catwalk: Caryn Franklin, Toyah Willcox & Brix Start-Smith: In Conversation: It looks like this V&A event, taking place at The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre this Friday evening, has sold out – View details here…
• Club To Catwalk: Browse all of Dreamscape’s Club to Catwalk news here…
• Toyah Live 2013: Here and Now Mediterranean Cruise: A selection of excellent photos from one of Toyah’s two shows onboard the Oceana, while sailing from Barcelona to Gibraltar, on 29th October (she later tweeted: “Gibraltar port. NOISY! 2 great shows. 2 standing ovations. Fab time“) – View here…
• Official Instagram: Toyah tweeted on Monday: “Darlow, Caroline Redman Lusher & myself in studio writing 4 @TheRockChoir“. View the photo at Instagram…
• 991 Sleevenotes: Wednesday’s Top Three including Toyah, Duran Duran & Weather Report: TOYAH Sheep Farming In Barnet Rare 1979 UK AUTOGRAPHED Safari 11-track vinyl LP, glossy picture sleeve. The vinyl and sleeve remain in excellent condition, plus the front of the sleeve has been signed and dedicated ‘To Harry Love Toyah’ in gold marker pen 1C064 – View here…
A new interview with Toyah, published today, by The Telegraph.
Toyah Willcox, the singer and actress, has fond memories of Estonia and the remotest regions of Belize, but hates to travel with Ryanair
Your earliest memory of travelling?
As a young child, my family holidays were always in Rock, Cornwall, with my parents, older brother Kim and sister Nicola. We hired a bungalow on the grounds of a hotel, but there were only two bedrooms. Mum and Dad stayed in one while Kim and Nicola shared the other. They used to put me to sleep in the living room by pushing two armchairs together. We lived in Birmingham at the time, so it took what seemed like 10 hours to get there, pootling along the single-track roads and country lanes.
• Continue reading at The Telegraph – Travel.
• Dreamscape Gallery: The latest page addition, Love Is The Law & More 2013, to the Gallery finally has its own index image. There are now comprehensive sections on all of Toyah’s recent anniversary tours, and much more at the Gallery. Visit here… (Thanks to Jo Oliver, Damon King, P A C Photography & Official Toyah for the photos used in the index image)
• Three Sided Coin: Toyah tweeted a “selfie” yesterday, from the set of a new short film she is appearing in – View the photo at the Official Instagram…
• LITL & More @ Bristol: Photos of Toyah from The Fleece on Thursday night (Halloween) at Simon Hendy’s blog – View here…
• LITL & More @ Bilston: Toyah performs ‘Dreamscape’ at the Robin 2 on 25th October – View here…
• Look! Hear!: Toyah Willcox & Duran Duran: Screen caps and a short article on an edition of Look! Hear! at the Pebble Mill blog – View here…
• Generation of Scars: Quadrophenia: This recent article includes a rare pinball poster for the iconic 1979 film – View here…
• News Briefs in, er, Brief!: Toyah receives a namecheck in a review of Susan Boyle’s new Christmas album (yes really!); a screen cap from Shoestring at flickr; A 2004 Toyah and Jack Ryder photo used in an About article on pantomime.
A lovely shot of Toyah from the penultimate Love Is The Law & More concert at The Brook, Southampton on Friday night. View a larger version of this, and more, at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. The next, and final, date of the tour is on Saturday at the o2 Academy, Islington. Ticket information for that is available at Toyah’s Official Website here. (Thanks to Greg Cox for the photo)
More photos from Toyah’s Love Is The Law & More UK Tour, including a great “movement” shot. These are from last night’s gig at The Fleece in Bristol. View larger versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. The next date is tonight at The Brook, Southampton. (Thanks to Chris Cox for the photos)
It’s the final day of October and also of Dreamscape’s Love Is The Law Month. I hope you’ve enjoyed all the LITL related posts over the last 31 days. Of course the Love Is The Law & More Tour is still in full swing, with another three dates still to be played. To finish off here’s a really lovely interview with Toyah from Harty, aired by the BBC in late 1983, plus Toyah and Joel performing ‘The Vow’. Click below to watch at Dreamscape’s You Tube channel and view larger versions of the screen caps here. (Thanks to Andy for the clip)
Wishing all our visitors a Happy Halloween. Andrew York’s In The Fairground has been updated with a new gallery page, for special OCCASIONS like Halloween, with 10 new spooky Toyah images. Click below to visit.
More great photos of Toyah on the Love Is The Law & More UK Tour. These are from last Thursday’s gig at Concorde 2 in Brighton. View larger versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. The next date of the tour is tomorrow night at Bristol Fleece. (Thanks to Greg Fowler for the photos)
Amazing photos from Toyah’s Love Is The Law & More gig at the Robin 2, Wolverhampton last Friday night, by Paul of P A C Photography. View larger versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. (Thanks to Paul | (Photos © P A C Photography)
Toyah plays the Here and Now Mediterranean Cruise today. The ship, Oceana, departed from Southampton on 22nd October on a 12 day trip of the Western Mediterranean. Toyah flew out and boarded at Barcelona Harbour a couple of days ago and will now be in Gibraltar. After the concert Toyah will fly back to the UK for the next Love Is The Law & More gig at Bristol Fleece on Thursday.
A few fantastic photos of Toyah on the original Rebel Run Tour, which played 19 dates between 25th November and 17th December 1983. View more photos from that tour at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery.
Just uploaded to the Smash Hits Archive, the latest issue (October 27 – November 9 1983) of the late 70s/early 80s must-have magazine, exactly 30 years to the day it was originally published. This includes a full page advert for the Love Is The Law album and a 7 out of 10 review for the album too.
TOYAH: Love Is The Law (Safari) This has imaginatively powerful tracks such as “Broken Diamonds” and “Dreamscape” which conjure up vivid futuristic images of things such as “scrapyards of human emotion” and general planetary desolation. Even so, Toyah has developed a softer side to her music. “The Vow” is a haunting romantic melody and one of the high points of the album. Don’t know whether it will gain her any new admirers but her fans will love it (7 out of 10) Lisa Anthony
• Visit the ‘Smash Hits Archive’ here. Here are direct links to view the advert and review.
• Toyah Signed 1983 Scarf: Rebel Run Tour, (Love Is The Law): Original LITL Tour scarf, signed by Toyah in Brighton mere days ago. All proceeds to charity (St Richard’s Hospice). View here…
• Toyah on Tour 2013: Great shot of Toyah @ Concorde 2, Brighton – View here…
• You Tubing with Love Is The Law & More: Lärwi, of The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive, has uploaded a great selection of videos from the LITL & More gig at Concorde 2 in Brighton, including Race Through Space, Brave New World, Bird in Flight, Neon Womb and Broken Diamonds. View them at the Toyah Fan Videos channel…
• Top Of The Pops! at Facebook: More from 21st October 1982 and Toyah! – View here…
• Toyah on TV: Dirty Sexy Funny: Olivia Lee: Comedy Central Extra: Saturday 9th November: 2.55am: Olivia Lee stars in this hidden camera sketch show. Deaf Bubba makes a mess of things at the marina, Door B***h takes a punt, and Elaine Caine meets Toyah Willcox.
More great shots from the Love Is The Law & More Tour. These are from the fourth, and most recent, gig on Friday at the Robin 2 in Bilston Wolverhampton. View larger versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. (Thanks to Jonny for the photos | (Photos © Jonny Edwards)
A few more photos from Toyah’s Brighton gig, including a great band line-up shot. View larger versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. (Thanks to Sharon Dickson for the photos)
Wonderful photos from Thursday’s Love Is The Law & More gig in Brighton. View larger versions of all of these at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. (Thanks to Damon King for the photos)
We are into the last few days of Love Is The Law Month, and Toyah has now completed over half of the LITL & More Tour. The next date is Halloween in Bristol (ticket info here). Back in 1983 there was a hectic promotional schedule for Love Is The Law, with interviews in numerous magazines and music papers, and Toyah guesting on many TV shows, including a performance of ‘Rebel Run’ on Jugendbund.
A five star review, of Toyah’s gig at Concorde 2 last night, by Brighton & Hove’s The Latest.
What a night everyone had! Toyah Willcox is back with a vengeance in her new tour full of new and classic hits. She not only refined her singing voice so it had a beautiful rock-opera style to it, but also kept the staging and props simple, yet with scope to be dramatic.
• Continue reading at The Latest.
