This exclusive interview excerpt (from the DVD of the 2CD+DVD) goes behind the music with a deep dive into the classic Street Creature.
NB. There is now only three weeks until the long-awaited deluxe editions of The Changeling are released!
• Pre-order The Changeling Super Deluxe Box Set & other formats.
• Saturday Morning Song: Obsolete (1981) from Anthem (Acoustic performance from Faith & Music 2006) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Where It All Began – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)
Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Wednesday 12th June: 10am
Pop legend Toyah brings 30 memorable videos featuring a cavalcade of clothing calamities from superstars including Bowie, Madonna, Adam Ant and many more in this crazy countdown!
Quadrophenia: Sky Cinema Greats: Tuesday 13th December: 11.50pm
The Who wrote and produced this energetic story of a young man disillusioned with his life in 1960s London. Phil Daniels excels as the alienated anti-hero Jimmy Cooper. Director: Franc Roddam. Starring: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, and Ray Winstone. (Sky Cinema Greats is on Sky Channel 304)
‘Herding Cats’ – Guide Cats For The Blind Volume 5, which includes ‘Pearl’ by Toyah, is available to download at iTunes. Tracks can also be downloaded individually.
Toyah narrates ‘Pearl’: A story of unrequited love.
All for a great cause. The ‘Guide Cats For The Blind’ series of CDs and digital downloads are released in aid of the British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB). The acclaimed ‘Guide Cats’ series has now raised more than £50,000 for the EyeT4All project!
• Listen to a preview of ‘Pearl’, and all the other tracks, at ‘iTunes’, here. View more info on BCAB here.
The Most Fertile Man In Ireland: Sky Movies Indie: Wednesday 21st March: 3.45am
Satirical comedy with Kris Marshall, Kathy Keira Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher, James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham, Olivia Nash, Pauline McLynn, Tara Lynne O’Neill, Toyah Willcox, Harry Towb, Marc O’Shea and Paddy McCarney. Also airing on Sky Movies Indie HD.
An Official Toyah eNews update was mailed out last night; A special on The Humans forthcoming live dates.
The Humans – featuring Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin (REM), Chris Wong – and guest band member Robert Fripp – play three UK concert dates later this month.
Performing for the first time live, (outside of Estonia) the gigs will see performances of material from their debut album We Are The Humans, the single These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ and brand new songs Sugar Rush, Sweet Agitation, Fragment Pool and Put A Woman On The Moon.
Tickets are now on sale and can be bought online for: 22 Feb at Assembly, Leamington Spa (+44 (0) 1926 523001), 23 Feb at The Junction, Cambridge (+44 (0) 1223 511 511) and 24 Feb at The Scala, London (+44 (0) 20 7833 2022).
• ‘Is It Wrong’ featuring Robert Fripp, recorded live in Estonia (May 2008) is now streaming on the Official Toyah MySpace… a taster of what’s to come from the gigs. Take a listen at www.myspace.com/toyahofficial.
• The Humans webpage now updated at www.toyahwillcox.com/thehumans.
• The Humans, with details on their gigs and Haiti Fundraiser, are included in the latest news update at www.remembertheeighties.com. The site will also be running an exclusive competition on the band soon.
THE HUMANS, Toyah Willcox’s remarkable new band, will perform a trio of headline UK dates next year.
The band – featuring Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin (REM) and Chris Wong with a special guest appearance from the legendary Robert Fripp, will perform at Leamington Spa Assembly on 22 February, Cambridge Junction on 23 February and The Scala, London on Wednesday 24 February.
The shows are the first time in 20 years that Toyah has shared a UK stage with her husband Robert Fripp. The last time was when their 1989 band, Sunday All Over The World, played a handful of UK dates.
THE HUMANS comprise a very different musical direction for Toyah, not surprising given the band line-up with their own individual musical backgrounds. Their first single “These Boots Are Made For Walkin” has just been released along with their debut album “We Are The Humans”. Both the album and single are available for digital download through iTunes, Amazon, Play.com, HMV, Tesco and all good digital download stores. A new physical CD edition of the album will be available from mid-October from www.remembertheeighties.com
myspace.com/wearethehumans | toyahwillcox.com/thehumans | youtube.com/toyahofficial
