Toyah’s Christmas Countdown is well and truly under way at toyahwillcox.com, with the third reveal today. There’s a new box to open every day at around 1pm right through until Christmas Eve… Not only that but to celebrate its 30th anniversary ‘I Believe In Father Christmas’ is to be released as a digital single very soon.
Toyah’s festive December/Christmas blog is now online at toyahwillcox.com. There will also be a 12 Days of Toyah Christmas Advent Calendar at the official website beginning on 13th December.
Keep an eye on Toyah @ Twitter for updates from pantoland, aka The Marlowe, Canterbury.
Exciting news from The Official Toyah Willcox Website: Exclusive multimedia material is coming soon to toyahwillcox.com to celebrate the end of two year’s worth of successful live concerts including brand new previously unseen images and live tracks.
The Resurrection Live Sessions: An occasional series of videos, filmed at Brighton Concorde 2, the final date of The Changeling Resurrection II UK Tour. First up is Danced. I think this was filmed and, brilliantly, edited by Ali Carron who is also making a Toyah related documentary that will air next year. NB: The gig footage won’t be released on DVD but more will feature exclusively at Toyah’s new Official Vimeo Channel. (Thanks to Michael)
• A new photo of Toyah was made available this week: View it at Toyah’s Official Facebook. For those not on FB a smaller version is also on the news page at toyahwillcox.com.
The Gigs page at toyahwillcox.com has been updated with Toyah’s forthcoming live/theatre activities: Sleeping Beauty and Hormonal Housewives. There’s also a new live track: Echo Beach live at Concorde2, Brighton on the final date of The Changeling Resurrection II Tour.
Toyah’s November blog is now available to read at toyahwillcox.com, and it’s a missive of two, starkly different, halves. As you’ll see when you have read it! Click below to read.
Toyah’s October blog is available to read at toyahwillcox.com. Click below to leap on over.
A couple of news updates, direct from Toyah at Twitter.
• Toyah returned to the UK yesterday, from The Humans’ recording sessions in Seattle: “Just landed in UK. Raring to get going! Changeling Resurrection here I come :-)”
• Robert & Toyah will appear in the third episode of BBC4’s Love and Marriage series. This will air on Tuesday 2nd October (two weeks today) at 9pm. Toyah said: “It should be lovely“. The first episode premieres tonight.
Toyah’s September blog is now available to read at toyahwillcox.com. A busy update, direct from Toyah, with news on the forthcoming Autumn tour, The Humans’ third album recording sessions in Seattle, unintentionally breaking BBC cameras, being the ‘National Trust’ cover girl, not opening fetes and much more… Click below for a great read.
Following a successful song vote for Toyah’s one-off homecoming gig at the Hare & Hounds, King’s Heath in Birmingham, fans are being invited to help shape the set list for the autumn tour.
Vote for your favourite from a selection of eight classic Toyah songs for the tour date you are attending at the links below. Two song slots are reserved on each of the night of the tour and the top 2 winning votes will be performed that evening.
• Visit the news page at www.toyahwillcox.com for the full list of voting links.
This year we’ve already had six live tracks from Toyah’s From Sheep Farming To Anthem 2011 and The Changeling Resurrection 2012 tours. Each accompanied by great artwork, showcasing Toyah’s recent live imagery. Click below to view info on each.
• Official Toyah: The news at toyahwillcox.com has been updated, with details on The Humans (recording of third album + info on The Humans: Live, Up Close & Personal Podcast series), BBC4’s Love & Marriage (due to air next month) and ‘The Changeling Resurrection II’.
• Cult Queens: The brilliant 2007, Toyah as Medusa, image is included at ‘Cult Queens’. Toyah was previously featured by the site in March.
• Now Daily: A few past Toyah news posts have been collected together at ‘Now’ magazine’s website.
• Style Icons Past & Present: Toyah is included in this collection at ‘Pinterest’.
• Not exactly earth-shattering news, but… The King’s Arms in Salford has a Toyah mirror. Take a look.
The sixth monthly online live track has been added to Toyah’s official website. It’s ‘Masai Boy’, recorded live at The Regal, Oxford in July 2011, on the ‘From Sheep Farming To Anthem’ tour.
Toyah’s official website will be offering visitors exclusive live tracks each month as Toyah’s summer festival/concert dates and The Changeling Resurrection II approach. At the beginning of each month an exclusive live track recorded from Toyah’s extensive 2011 tour dates will feature on the Gigs page.
The live tracks will be available to listen to for a limited time only with a new track replacing it each month. These live tracks are a taster for a special live album release planned for digital release in autumn/winter of 2012.
• Listen to ‘Masai Boy’, live at The Regal, Oxford, here | View news on the previous live tracks here (these are no longer available).
Toyah’s August blog is available to read at toyahwillcox.com: Toyah talks the ‘Walk Of Fame’ day, the forthcoming BBC4 Love & Marriage documentary, The Humans, Vintage TV, the Olympics, ‘The Changeling Resurrection II’ and more. Click below to read.
HOMECOMING CELEBRATION KING’S HEATH WALK OF FAME UNVEILING & CONCERT
Toyah’s career and musical heritage is honoured in a celebratory accolade on Monday 16 July 2012. In a true homecoming fashion Toyah is unveiled as the first star on KING’S HEATH WALK OF FAME. Later that day 7.30pm the doors will open at Hare & Hounds, York Road, King’s Heath for a special Walk of Fame gig from Toyah with her full live band featuring classics, hits and rarities.
• Continue reading at The Official Toyah Willcox Website.
Toyah’s July blog is now available at toyahwillcox.com. Toyah talks being busy, The Humans, seeing Patti Smith live, and tomorrow’s King’s Heath Walk Of Fame/Hare & Hounds gig.
The winning songs in the ‘Walk Of Fame’ setlist vote, both of which will be played at next Monday’s Hare & Hounds gig, are Blue Meanings and Elusive Stranger.
From VICTIMS OF THE RIDDLE to LATEX MESSIAH via BRAVE NEW WORLD… this gig promises to be a very special night for Toyah fans. An unmissable concert with classic album tracks, singles, b-sides & rarely performed tracks. Tickets are available here.
The fifth monthly online live track has been added to Toyah’s official website. It’s ‘Demolition Men’, recorded live at Ropetackle Arts Centre in October 2011, on the ‘From Sheep Farming To Anthem’ tour.
Toyah’s official website will be offering visitors exclusive live tracks each month as Toyah’s summer festival/concert dates and The Changeling Resurrection II approach. At the beginning of each month an exclusive live track recorded from Toyah’s extensive 2011 tour dates will feature on the Gigs page.
The live tracks will be available to listen to for a limited time only with a new track replacing it each month. These live tracks are a taster for a special live album release planned for digital release in autumn/winter of 2012.
• Listen to ‘Demolition Men’, live at Ropetackle Arts Centre, here | View news on the previous live tracks here (these are no longer available).
An update, from Toyah’s Official Facebook, on the King’s Heath ‘Walk Of Fame’ set list vote. The, two-set, gig takes place on Monday 16th July at The Hare & Hounds:
BLUE MEANINGS and ELUSIVE STRANGER are in the lead…. but will it stay that way?! … get voting……
The forthcoming one-off gig at Birmingham King’s Heath Hare & Hounds is going to be a special night for Toyah celebrating her induction on the KH Walk of Fame. It’s also going to be a special night for fans who can help choose selections for the set list. Pick your favourite song from the following choices and the most popular 2 will be performed. One song in each of the 2 sets on the evening
A full career-spanning retrospective with classic Toyah songs from the albums SHEEP FARMING, BLUE MEANING, ANTHEM, THE CHANGELING, LOVE IS THE LAW, VELVET LINED SHELL and CRIMSON QUEEN plus CLASSIC SINGLES & RARE B-SIDES……… plus the chance for fans to vote for 2 songs to be performed on the night!
Vote for either Elusive Stranger, Blue Meanings, Masai Boy, Pop Star, Waiting or Our Movie at Toyah’s Official Facebook.
