More new gigs for this year have been confirmed at The Official Toyah Willcox Wesbite. These include Acoustic, Up Close & Personal dates; Proud, Loud & Electric gigs, and a variety of music festivals (Rewind, Let’s Rock Leeds), There’s also a new Toyah t-shirt for 2016, which will be available to buy at gigs, featuring the Bird in Flight single sleeve emblazoned on the front. Click below to view the full t-shirt and here to browse Toyah’s Gig Diary.
Toyah’s Gig Diary for 2016 is already filling up with live appearances for this year, including the aforementioned Water Rats/Vintage TV special in February, plus a return to the Vauxhall Tavern and a visit to the Memorabilia signing event at Birmingham NEC, both in March. Click below to visit the Official Gig Diary.
Toyah’s first blog of 2016 is available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.
Toyah, accompanied by WillyFred the Wonder Rabbit, has recorded a Christmas message – Click on the screen shot below to watch. The final stocking filler for Christmas 2015 has also been revealed by toyahwillcox.com, a fantastic fantasy image Phoenix Rising (which would make an amazing album cover!).
A very Merry Christmas to Toyah, Robert and WillyFred – See Toyah’s We Are Family photo.
Two more shots from the “Toyah in Wonderland” photography series have been made available as part of Toyah’s stocking fillers for Christmas 2015. View at The Official Toyah Website, here and here. (Photos © Gary Clutterbuck/Toyah Willcox)
More festive stocking filler goodies courtesy of toyahwillcox.com – Download the booklet for the digital issue of Toyah’s 1988 album, Prostitute.
A couple of recent photos Toyah has shared on Twitter – A fantastic mosaic – Willyfred Sings To The Birds & The Bees – for Willyfred the Wonder Rabbit by Julie Hand of themosaicroom.co.uk. Toyah also wished her Twitter visitors a Happy Winter Solstice yesterday… (Photos © Toyah Willcox)
Another great stocking filler courtesy of toyahwillcox.com – Download the booklet for the digital issue of Toyah’s 1987 album, Desire – Gorgeous!!!
A second shot from the “Toyah in Wonderland” photography series has been made available as part of Toyah’s stocking fillers for Christmas 2015. View at The Official Toyah Website, Instagram and/or Facebook. (Photo © Gary Clutterbuck/Toyah Willcox)
Toyah in Wonderland #1 has now been added as an intro image to The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Such an amazing shot! (Photo © Gary Clutterbuck/Toyah Willcox)
Another stocking filler courtesy of toyahwillcox.com – Download the booklet for the digital issue of Toyah’s 1991 album, Ophelia’s Shadow – It’s the album’s 25th Anniversary in 2016 too!
The first “Toyah in Wonderland” stocking filler for Christmas 2015 has been revealed by toyahwillcox.com – Toyah as the Queen of Hearts.
Toyahwillcox.com is proud to premiere a brand new photography series as 2015 draws to a close. Take a trip to Wonderland this Christmas holiday.
Toyah was photographed earlier in the year by Gary Clutterbuck as the Queen of Hearts. The first results of this is seen in this festive stocking filler surprise, of which there will be more in the coming days at The Official Toyah Willcox Website.
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Visit toyahwillcox.com this weekend for Toyah’s Stocking Fillers…
New live dates and events for 2016 have been confirmed at toyahwillcox.com…
Toyah’s final blog of 2015 is available to read at The Official Toyah Willcox website, including a selection of festive photos from Toyah’s home. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Sneak peek into Toyah in Wonderland – Coming Soon >> “weep heart, weep / the sun’s hiding, crying in the night“… Ask Toyah >> Post your questions to be in with a chance of seeing them answered on video by Toyah. Click on both below for more info.
Toyah’s November blog, the penultimate letter of the year, is now available at The Official Toyah Willcox website.
In October 1983, Toyah’s album Love is The Law was released. It was issued on CD in 2005 and made available digitally for the first time ever in 2013 – thanks to toyahwillcox.com – to mark its 30th anniversary. The release was accompanied by a new digital booklet. You can now view/download the booklet at The Official Toyah website. Click on the original 1983 Japanese Love Is The Law press advert – colourised by Dreamscape – below to visit the album page.
• Browse Dreamscape’s recent Love Is The Law archive of posts here. View the related post at Instagram. The album is available to buy at iTunes and Amazon.
Eeeek!! This is amazing – ZACHT VOOR HAAR >> An astonishing #flashbackfriday to 1977. A rarely seen and seldom spotted shampoo advert modelling shot by a young Toyah. This advert was printed in Dutch magazines and the tag line translates as Soft for you. (Thanks to The Official Toyah Instagram)
• There’s no gimmicks! The above has brought this to mind – From 20 years later…
As has been posted about a fair bit recently… Toyah’s three quite different and, more than quite, brilliant albums: Desire – originally released in 1987, Prostitute – originally released in 1988, and Ophelia’s Shadow – originally released in 1991, were made available digitally, for the first time, earlier this month. There’s been a lot of related promotion…
Desire: Read Toyah’s Letter, first published in Tellurian One (Spring 1987); View info on Tenterhooks, Echo Beach (Acoustic) and Desirable; Visit the album page at toyahwillcox.com; Read a full transcript of Chris Limb’s 1987 interview with Toyah; Listen to the album at Spotify; Buy at Amazon or iTunes; Browse Dreamscape’s Desire news…
Prostitute: Read Toyah’s Letter (Summer 1988); Visit the album page at toyahwillcox.com; Read a reflection by Craig Astley; Listen to the album at Spotify; Buy at Amazon or iTunes; Browse Dreamscape’s Prostitute news…
Ophelia’s Shadow: Read Toyah’s Letter (Summer 1990); Visit the album page at toyahwillcox.com; Listen to the album at Spotify; Buy at Amazon or iTunes; Browse Dreamscape’s Ophelia’s Shadow news…
Explore Toyah’s Instagram for rarities related to all three albums (Thanks to Breaking Through).
Sugar and Spice, written by Nigel Williams and directed by Bill Alexander, opened at the Royal Court Theatre, in Sloan Square, London, 35 years ago today. Starring Toyah Willcox, Caroline Quentin and Gwyneth Strong. Toyah played Sharon, her third stage role – following Tales From The Vienna Woods (Emma, 1977) and American Days (Tallulah, 1979).
• Read an NME interview with Toyah, discussing Sugar and Spice (while she was still appearing in it in 1980), and see the production’s poster at Royal Court Posters. (Thanks to The Official Toyah Instagram)
