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Toyah’s May blog is now available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.

Toyah’s April blog is now available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.

Official Toyah Gigs: More concerts for 2014 are sporadically being added to Toyah’s live schedule – View all of the confirmed live dates for 2014 at The Official Gigs page.

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.

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.

Toyah’s March blog is now available to read at The Official Toyah Website. It’s a Strange Tales special, with Toyah talking about the evolution of the, just released, album. Click below to read.

It’s the final “Tell Tale” today. The album will be available at Midnight tonight, in whichever timezone you are in: The final tell tale previews the album opening track Slow Descent at the album entry for Strange Tales at the Toyah Official Discography.

• Previews of each song are now available at The Humans’ Soundcloud. Visit/listen/follow.

It’s Tell Tale #5 and Dreamscape has the privilege of bringing you the preview of the beautiful ‘Amnesia’ from the forthcoming album Strange Tales by The Humans. This album is sounding sooo good! Roll on 1st March! (Thanks to Craig, toyahwillcox.com and The Humans)

The title, cover art, tracklist and release date for The Humans’ third album was revealed last night.

Strange Tales, featuring seven new songs, will be released digitally, worldwide, on Saturday 1st March 2014. The highly anticipated album was recorded in Seattle and is produced by Bill Rieflin. The tracklist is:

1. Slow Descent, 2. She’s Fast, 3. Get In Your Car, 4. Amnesia, 5. Bedhead, 6. Improbable Thing, 7. Sleep Tight

A selection of “Tell Tale” previews of songs from the album are being made available via Toyah related websites and social media. The first, the full version of Get In Your Car, was uploaded to Soundcloud last week, and the second, a preview of Improbable Thing, was released last night. The third “Tell Tale”, a preview of Bedhead is also now at Soundcloud , after premiering at The Humans’ Sugar Rush fansite.

The Humans are also playing live dates in Seattle in April, with further concerts expected to be announced.

• View further details on this release here. Stay updated on all things Humans by visiting thehumanofficial.com for news, gig details, videos, gallery, audio and biography information. Visit soundcloud.com/thehumansofficial for track previews. (News Source: Breaking Through: The Official Toyah Newsletter – Sign up here)

There’s now a dedicated section at The Official Toyah Willcox Website for The Humans: With the great response to Get In Your Car, the third album just about to be released and live dates in America in April… it’s a busy time to be Human! Click below to visit.

You can now hear the first taste of The Humans’ forthcoming album release. Get In Your Car can be listened to at Toyah’s official soundcloud.

The track was recorded in Seattle and is one of seven tracks which make up the third album to be released by the transatlantic band comprising Toyah Willcox, Chris Wong and Bill Rieflin. Full details of the digital album release will be announced in the next week. The band will play two live dates at Seattle’s Triple Door Club on 15 and 15 April 2014.

Bill Rieflin also features in the band Slow Music who will perform at the same dates in at the Triple Door Club. Rieflin is currently rehearsing as part of the new King Crimson line-up who will play concerts for the first time in over a decade.

• Source: The Official Toyah Website. Listen to the song at the Official Toyah Soundcloud.

The Official Toyah Facebook has posted intriguing lyrics updates over the last couple of days. Wondering if these are from a new song, or songs, on The Humans’ third album?

♫ all is not as it seems / stuck by the glue of destiny ♫

♫ Changing playmates, changing playgrounds / paint a better backdrop, submerged in city sounds / Stop your excuses, don’t you feel useless / Feel the attractions, start a chain reaction ♫

♫ sleep tight, dream a thousand dreams where you’re swallowed by the sea / sleep tight, dream a thousand dreams dancing on moonbeams ♫

Toyah’s February blog is now available to read at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. There’s news on The Humans, Derek Jarman and The Tempest, Splash!, Steve Oram’s new film, the upcoming live dates and more. Click below to read.

Splash!, Vintage TV, Kaleidoscope Man, Aaaaaaaah!, WillyFred, guilty pleasures, Derek Jarman, Bill Rieflin, hangover cures… just some of the topics Toyah has tweeted about recently.

Keep up to date with Toyah at Twitter – Regular tweets and photos directly from the Crimson Queen herself here…

The latest Breaking Through, Toyah’s Official Newsletter, was mailed out to subscribers at the weekend. As always it was packed with Toyah news.

This included updates on Toyah’s live dates for 2014, Vintage TV, BBC Radio 2’s Sound Of The Eighties, The Tempest @ BFI, 3 Sides Of The Coin, Dun Punkin, One Voice at Rotherham, Rock Choir at Birmingham, The Humans and Dreamchild.

• Subscribe: For full info on all of the above, and to receive future issues of the newsletter, sign up to ‘Breaking Through: The Official Toyah Mailing List’ here.

Toyah’s first blog of 2014 is available to read at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. She talks Seattle, Canne, Christmas, Splash! and more. Click below to read.

The bonus Christmas Eve Digital Advent gift was unveiled at Toyah’s Official Website today and it was Live Is The Law, a seven-track mini-album of songs recorded on the 2013 Love Is The Law & More UK Tour. There’s also downloadable artwork. Click below for Toyah’s final 2013 Christmas goodie, as well as a full Digital Advent summary. Merry Christmas to toyahwillcox.com!

Welcome to the final “Toyah Newsy Bits & Pieces!” of the year…

• Smash Hits Archive: Exactly 30 years to the day it was originally published, the December 22, 1983 – January 4, 1984 issue of Smash Hits. This includes various Toyah content: There’s a review of the Rebel Run Tour, Celebrity Squares article, and in the “Quotes Of The Year”. Toyah is also included in the 1983 Reader’s Poll, placing at number six in the Best Female Singer and Most Fanciable Female categories. View the full issue here…

• The Official Phil Spalding Website: Phil’s website, “Music + Mayhem”, is now live and has some great content to browse through, including “the inside stories” on recording ‘Anthem’ and ‘The Changeling’, with more Toyah memories to follow. Visit the website…

• Phil Spalding: Check out all of Dreamscape’s recent Phil related news here…

• Official Toyah Advent: The final door was opened earlier today BUT there will be a bonus gift for Christmas Eve tomorrow. Visit the advent here…

• Official Instagram: Toyah has been posting some festive photos over the last week. Take a look at her Instagram page…

Toyah’s Digital Advent for Christmas 2013 is almost complete, with the final door coming tomorrow. Yesterday’s gift was a selection of previously unseen outtakes from legendary Toyah photo sessions. Click  below to view.

• Toyah’s Digital Advent: The Official countdown to Christmas Eve reaches day eight today, and a very special gift – The Humans Live At Scala London 2010. A full digital live album for Christmas – Listen here… View the full Advent here…

• Rare Photos: Additional photos from the late 1970’s were also added to the Calendar yesterday – View these amazing shots here…

• A Very Vintage Christmas: Toyah is mentioned in Vintage TV’s December Podcast. She is also still pictured on the Home Page of their website. There are still numerous chances to catch both editions of A Very Vintage Christmas – View the full schedule here…

• Vintage TV: Both editions of A Very Vintage Christmas are also now available to watch online at Vintage TV’s website. Watch Part One here, and Part Two here.

• Dark Night Of The Soul With Julie: Toyah’s ‘I Believe In Father Christmas’ was included in Julie’s Christmas Special playlist last night on WFMU – View the full list here…

In the early 80s, every member of Toyah’s Fanclub – The Intergalactic Ranchouse – received a personally signed Christmas card from Toyah. She even mentioned in an interview at the time that she signed thousands of cards. Do you still have yours? Here are all four cards, send from 1981 to 1984. The card from 1983 was a postcard and the 1984 card came from the Toyah Fanclub, the IRH had closed earlier in the year.

Click here to read the messages, for 1981 and ’82. And click here for the cards, and messages, from 1983 and ’84.