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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.
A few weeks ago I found a big box of photos I haven’t seen for, at least, 35 years. This was a real treasure trove of a photos from a happy childhood and they brought back a lot of memories… and, from a fan perspective, this correlates to Toyah’s 50 year career.
I’ve been a fan of Toyah’s amazingly eclectic career for 46 years of those 50. Here’s me in 1982 and 1983 (above) and this week! (below) Yup, us Toyah fans have a lot of staying power!!
It’s Christmas Eve Eve – always been my favourite day of the year… So from me to everyone who reads this, and each and every one of you who has visited Dreamscape in 2025, wishing you a very Merry Christmas Eve Eve and all the best for 2026!
I took another trip up to The Highlands last week for, yes, another festive day out. We had breakfast, and later dinner, at The Great Glen in Fort William and had a Christmassy day in and around the town. Delightful, and of course we took some photos…
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Christmas 2024, and I wished all the visitors to Dreamscape a Merry Christmas with a giant Toyah Christmas card.
I’ve been posting self posts – almost always Toyah related – on here for a couple of years now, and most people seem to like them, so it may continue in 2026.
Working on Dreamscape has been a part of my life for almost half the time I’ve been alive now, so sharing some personal content on these pages just seemed to organically happen over time. Of course the main focus will always be Toyah. I still love reporting on Toyah’s legendary career. It’s fun, always interesting and an enjoyable hobby, and here’s to a very Merry Christmas to everyone reading this in 2025, and a Happy 2026 – Please pay us a visit sometime next year!
We had a fantastic festive Saturday night out in Glasgow at the weekend, starting with a lovely meal, and lots of chat, at China Sea on Renfield Street, then a great time at The Polo Lounge with Christmas cocktails, including a fab Margarita – and we ended a brilliantly Christmassy night at Speakeasy!
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For the third consecutive December I had a wonderful festive day last week in Dundee with Sharon and her folks, Irene and Bob. We had an amazing Christmas lunch at Market restaurant in the city. Later, Sharon and I visited the fab Secret Pub for a festive mocktail. Such a lovely day with lots of laughter and Christmas moments!
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We had a fascinating night out at the Science Lates: Merry Little Christmas event at Glasgow Science Centre, at Pacific Quay, on Saturday night. A four-hour festive extravaganza that included a theatre show and much more. We were set on fire, hit by a hammer, spun upside down on a giant wheel and much more. A lot of fun!, and then into the city centre to throw some festive shapes at The Polo Lounge.
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We had an amazingly festive day out in Edinburgh last Thursday. Breakfast at The Booking Office on Waverley Bridge, some Christmas shopping and exploring the huge market at Princes Gardens, lovely afternoon tea at Willow Tea Rooms, and visits to say hello to Paddington and Greyfriars Bobby. Just a lovely day and great way to start Christmas!
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Lovely day out in Glasgow last week with my pal, Mark. He came all the way up from Wales – via Newcastle – to see his friend in panto at Glasgow’s legendary King’s Theatre, but we also had a catch up, doing some shopping in the city centre and a fantastic meal at The Ivy on Buchanan Street. Great food, fantastic service, lovely atmosphere and venue.
• See all our 2025 “tour dates” :) here! (Photos © David Fleming) NB. “Glasgow Smiles Better” was a famous campaign that launched in 1983 to promote the city, and became an incredibly popular slogan through the 1980s and into the 90s.
We had a fun, pre-festive, day out in Glasgow last week, beginning with a lovely breakfast at The Crystal Palace and then onto the West End and spending some quality time at – the stunning 575 year old – Glasgow University, a visit to, the equally fantastic, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, a saunter around beautiful Princes Square and then along to HMV on Argyle Street for some Toyah spotting – Yup that’s the album that changed my life – Anthem – I’m modelling!
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We’re rollercoasting towards the end of the year but Dreamscape’s 2025 Tour continues… Last week myself and Sharon headed to lovely, historic Stirling – Scotland’s smallest city – for a day of fun, laughs, food and photos! We had breakfast at The Crossed Peels, visited Stirling Castle, The Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Old Town Jail, Thistles Centre, went Toyah spotting at HMV, and we even – temporarily – got our angel wings. A great day in a great city.
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We had another faberoonie day out in Glasgow last week… Beginning with a great breakfast at The Crystal Palace, then onto, the amazing, Glasgow Cathedral – an incredible place, full of history and ambience, and also the oldest building in Scotland! – in the East End. We followed this with a visit to the Botanic Gardens in the West End, and finished our day off in the city centre, including a trip to HMV on Argyle Street to do some Toyah spotting, and get some photos with our favourite Still Game characters. Pure brilliant!
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Our latest Dreamscape On Tour! date was a very special and exciting one as myself and my pal Alec went for a lovely meal in the city centre and then to Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on Sunday night to see Toyah supporting Adam And on his Ant Music Tour 2025.
I’ve saw Toyah live many times over the years, the first time in 1981 at Glasgow Apollo – on the legendary Anthem Tour, and Alec even more times than me – he even went to New York specifically to see Toyah & The Humans live, and yet we both agreed Sunday night’s support set was one of the best experiences of ever seeing Toyah live. Amazing!
She sounded incredible – that note during Ieya…,, and awesome Neon Womb, stunning Race Through Space, mesmerising Rebel Run – looked amazing – her new tour look is gorgeous, a touch of the old but also up-to-date new, and performed to a packed Concert Hall (a fantastic venue) on the first of two dates in the city.
We both had a great time, and Adam wasn’t half bad either, though we were both there to see Toyah. A great night was finished off with a few drinks and lots of chat about a memorable gig.
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We had a great day out in Glasgow earlier this week, visiting the amazing Purrple Cat Cafe during the afternoon and a great time seeing The Wendy James at King Tuts in the evening. Great venue, fantastic gig, amazing band.
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A mini episode of Doctor Who… “The Furious Futures”. I’ve always wanted to be on my favourite television series and this is probably the only way it’ll happen!
We – myself and my long time pal Alec – had a fun day at BBC Scotland watching the recording of the 2025 Christmas Special of Mrs Brown’s Boys – This was our second recording of the year at the studios on Glasgow Waterfront’s Pacific Quay, having saw another episode being filmed earlier in 2025. This was a lot of fun and we laughed constantly for almost three hours. As well as the episode we were treated to stand up, a catwalk, a variety of games, fairy dance-off, a glow sticks rave, Christmas singalong and a big snowball fight between the cast/crew and audience at the end of the recording. A very eventful and memorable afternoon, then into the city centre for a fab meal.
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We – that’s my pal Sharon and myself – started off, what’s going to be a busy, October with a wonderful day out in beautiful St. Andrews in Fife. We had a great walk around the town centre, before visiting the seafront, beach and harbour. If you’ve never been to St Andrews I’d definitely recommend adding it to your bucket list.
We spent some time at St Andrews University – such a historic place, founded over 700 years ago and the oldest university in Scotland, and the third oldest in the English-speaking world. Amazing! Later we went to St Andrews Museum, another fascinating place.
The day was rounded off with a few hours back in Dundee, dinner and some time at the “Secret Pub”. This is gorgeous and the surroundings, ambience and music ensure you really do feel you feel like you’ve been transported back in time to the 1920s. Lovely!
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Our latest “tour date” (aka a day out) was a joint birthday celebration for Sharon’s birthday (18th September) and my birthday (15th September). Yes, we are both Virgos!! A faberoonie day out in Edinburgh – Delicious high tea at The Dome – lovely staff who added a wee bit extra for our birthdays – a visit to the amazing castle – a jaunt around the city – and finishing with a fun afternoon at Camera Obscura.
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We’re hoping for a great chart placing for Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah tomorrow evening when the Official Charts Top 100 Albums is announced. The album is currently at #10 but streaming is the best chance for the album to stay in the upper reaches of the chart. We have 24 hours… PS. Here’s some Chameleon fan art I created – to celebrate the new release and it’s fantastic debut chart placing – and will be including in the new issue(s) of Toyah Fanzine.
We had a, much needed, fun day out in Glasgow on Friday. Beginning with a big breakfast at The Crystal Palace, then onto the amazing Tutankhamun: The Immersive Experience at the SECC, a walk around the city centre, lunch and then a visit to King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, where Toyah played in 1993 & ’94.
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