Toyah’s February blog is available to read at toyahwillcox.com: Toyah talks Clare Balding, future plans, being glad to see the back of January and much more. Click below to read.
• Great to hear that Toyah, and toyahwillcox.com’s, Christmas gift to fans was a roaring success. Toyah’s Official Facebook updated today: Glad to see so many people enjoyed Twenty Four From Toyah which received 4391 plays in the 43 days it was live at Soundcloud, 12 Dec-24 Jan. All tracks “sold out” digitally too. Who knows what 2013 will bring…… :-)
• As the above says, ‘Twenty Four From Toyah’ is no longer available, but the artwork and booklet is currently still online at toyahwillcox.com (though this may change soon). View all of Dreamscape’s TFFT news here.
• “Set myself task of learning 17 pages a day of Hormonal Housewives script. This is fun :-)” tweeted Toyah today. Hormonal Housewives 2013 opens at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley on Tuesday 5th March and goes all over the country through March, April and May. View the complete dates at The Official Toyah Gigs page.
There’s now just one week left to collect all the songs from Twenty Four From Toyah: Live Archive Selections 1993-2102.
The page at Soundcloud, where all the tracks can still be listened to, will expire on the 24th January. Get your cover/artwork for the album, plus a digital booklet with photos and info here. The complete Twenty Four From Toyah can be downloaded at Media Fire in two zip files.
Twenty-Four From Toyah – Side 1 | Twenty-Four From Toyah – Side 2 (These are officially provided links).
Toyah’s first blog of the year is now available to read at toyahwillcox.com. Toyah talks Sleeping Beauty, ‘Sensational’ (there could be a full video made), touring plans for 2013 (Hormonal Housewives and the Toyah band) and pays tribute to Alfie Fripp.
Twenty Four From Toyah was Toyah’s Christmas gift to fans. Featuring a selection of unreleased live songs from various gigs and tours spanning 1993 to 2012. Not only celebrating Toyah’s live history over the past 20 years but marking the end of three recent highly successful UK tours commemorating Toyah’s amazing Safari albums from ‘Sheep Farming In Barnet’ to ‘The Changeling’.
Side One: 1993-2006: 1. It’s A Mystery (Acoustic, Take The Leap! sessions, 1993), 2. Dreamchild (Acoustic Dreamchild Tour, Burgess Hill 1994), 3. Now And Then (Acoustic Dreamchild Tour, Burgess Hill 1994), 4 Unkind (Acoustic Dreamchild Tour, Burgess Hill 1994), 5. Let Me Go (Acoustic Dreamchild Tour, Burgess Hill 1994), 6 Out Of The Blue (Has God Ceased To Dream You Tour, Plymouth 1994), 7. Moonlight Dancing (Has God Ceased To Dream You Tour, Plymouth 1994), 8. Something Good (Ronnie Scott’s, London 2002), 9. Strange (Ronnie Scott’s, London 2002), 10. Little Tears Of Love (Ronnie Scott’s, London 2002), 11. Obsolete (Acoustic Faith & Music sessions, 2006), 12. Neon Womb (Acoustic Faith & Music sessions, 2006).
Side Two: 2011-2012: 13. War Boys (FSFTA, London 2011), 14. Blue Meanings (FSFTA, London 2011), 15. Elusive Stranger (FSFTA, London 2011), 16. Pop Star (FSFTA, Oxford 2011), 17. Masai Boy (FSFTA, Oxford 2011), 18. Demolition Men (FSFTA, Shorham 2011), 19. Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You) ( FSFTA, Manchester 2011), 20. Castaways ( TCR, London 2012), 21. Voodoo Doll (TCR, London 2012), 22. Bird In Flight ( Manchester 2012), 23. Rebel Run (Minehead 2012), 24. Angel & Me (TCRII, Brighton 2012).
• Listen to the complete ‘Twenty Four From Toyah’ album at Soundcloud. Download the album cover and a booklet with photos and song information at toyahwillcox.com. Thanks to Toyah, and the Official Toyah Website, for this great gift!
Toyah’s Christmas Countdown was fully revealed and completed on Christmas Eve. Browse Twenty Four From Toyah at Soundcloud.
A great selection of rare live Toyah recordings from 1993 to 2012.
Download the digital artwork as well as a Twenty Four From Toyah booklet at toyahwillcox.com.
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.
