Dreamscape – Toyah Willcox Fansite

A great retro interview with Toyah – from The Lady in 2014- has recently been republished online…

Toyah Willcox … is an English singer. She has had 13 Top 40 singles, including It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free, and has released 20 albums. She is also an actress and has written a number of books. Toyah and her husband divide their time between London and Worcestershire.

What are you working on at the moment?
I am on tour all year with my band, Toyah. I am also touring an acoustic show with my American band, The Humans. I have three movies to shoot this year – in the first there’s no dialogue as we all ‘speak’ like apes… it will make sense in the end.

When were you at your happiest?
Why ‘were’? I am happy now. Happiness is an art form. I find it challenging at times but the past is gone. My motto is never look back – but my 40s were fantastic.

What is your greatest fear?
In the last five years I have lost my parents and the pain is overbearing. My great fear is losing my husband and our friends. I can’t imagine being happy without my hubby.

What is your earliest memory?
My mother putting a towelling nappy on me and the super size of the safety pin she used to secure it.

What do you most dislike about yourself?
I have less patience and sympathy for difficult people. I am on stage most nights and my audiences are wonderful, but there may be one person who has had too much to drink and disrupts the show.

• Continue reading at The Lady.

Roses In Chains from Toyah Willcox

Renowned artist Toyah Willcox’s latest single, ‘Roses In Chains’ is a captivating collaboration with her long-time writing partner Simon Darlow, and features the legendary Robert Fripp, adding his signature guitar to the production.

‘Roses In Chains’ emerged through collaborative song-writing sessions between Wilcox and Darlow, crafting a song that delves into the intense dynamics of human relationships. “The idea behind the song is the intensity of relationships; nothing is plain sailing, but bonds are unbreakable” Willcox explained. This theme of enduring connections is powerfully conveyed through both the music and the lyrics.

The single showcases the unique synergy between both them and Fripp. “Musically, we aim for our life experiences to add up to one,” the singer said, highlighting the trio’s diverse backgrounds: her roots in punk, Fripp’s eclectic genre-spanning career, and Darlow’s history of pop success. This convergence of influences is evident in the rich, textured sound of ‘Roses In Chains’, that follows in the footsteps of the pairings previous collaborative success, 2021’s charting album Posh Pop (#22 Official Album Chart). A standout feature of the song is their dual voices, symbolising the sometimes painful yet inseparable nature of deep relationships. “I asked Simon to sing with me to represent how sometimes two people cannot be apart, even if it hurts, that there is a symbiotic relationship.” Willcox explained.

• Continue reading at Ramzine.

More Toyah Strictly press from over the past few days. Plus updates & videos direct from Toyah & Neil! (Photos © BBC)

• Official Toyah Facebook: JOY! – Continue…

• BBC Strictly Instagram: What a ray of light that Tango was… Toyah and Neil were electric on the #Strictly dance floor ✨ – Continue…

• BBC Strictly Come Dancing YouTube: Toyah and Neil Tango to Ray Of Light by Madonna ✨ BBC Strictly 2024 – Continue…

• Official Toyah Instagram: Only three days until Week 2’s live show! – Continue…

• This Is Money: New Strictly star Toyah Willcox: Letting other people manage my money was a big mistake – Continue…

• Radio Times: Toyah Willcox on why now is the time for Strictly and not fearing the judges: The songwriter and actress and her Strictly partner Neil Jones speak to Radio Times about her love of dancing and the upcoming competition – Continue…

• Manchester Evening News: Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Wilcox’s 40-year health battle, rock star husband and ‘terrifying’ knife attack: The legendary singer, actress and television presenter is a contestant in the BBC One dance contest this year – Continue…

• Hello!: Strictly Come Dancing week one’s biggest moments: Chris McCausland’s incredible dance, top scorers and more: Join us as we recap Strictly live! – Continue…

• Mirror: BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Toyah Willcox sheds incredible amount of weight by cutting out just one thing: Strictly Come Dancing star and singer Toyah Willcox was determined to be in the best physical shape possible for the dancing contest so she gave up one major thing three months before – Continue…

• The Sun: Strictly fans outraged as eighties pop legend receives brutal scores from the judges: Shirley was left telling the star she needed to calm down – Continue…

• The Independent: Toyah Willcox says Strictly Come Dancing has made her feel ‘premenopausal’: Singer-songwriter is competing on the BBC dance series this year – Continue…

• Mirror: BBC Strictly star Toyah Willcox’s tough childhood, major surgery and bullying woes – Continue…

• Mirror: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox, 66, opens up about surgery which left her learning to walk again – Continue…

• GB News: BBC Strictly’s Toyah Willcox makes feelings clear on judges’ criticism after receiving lowest scores – Continue…

• OK!/Yahoo! News: Strictly: Toyah says show has been ‘best experience’ – Continue…

• Express: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox, 66, reveals surgery nightmare that left her learning to walk – Continue…

• BBC Strictly Come Dancing: Meet Toyah Willcox: Swapping the Pogo for a Paso! – The queen of punk is ready to headline Strictly! – Continue…

• OK!: Strictly star reveals brutal sexist abuse that prompted facelift: Toyah Willcox underwent a facelift in the early 2000s after “feeling like a victim” as she watched her features begin to age – and says it has completely transformed her life – Continue…

• Daily Record: BBC Breakfast viewers spot awkward blunder during Toyah Willcox’s Strictly interview – Continue…

• Liverpool Echo: BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Willcox’s age, net worth and famous husband: The I Want to Be Free singer is dancing alongside Neil Jones in this year’s Strictly – Continue…

• Mirror: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox reveals exactly what surgery she’s had done including ‘life-changing’ lift – Continue…

• The Times: Toyah Willcox: ‘Strictly is just what a woman my age needs’ – Continue…

Tons more press on Toyah over the past few days, about her participation on, or instigated by, Strictly. Plus updates & videos direct from Toyah & Neil! (Photos © BBC)

• Official Toyah: Toyah’s tango for Strictly (Sat 21 Sept) – Continue…

• BBC Strictly Come Dancing: The duo we never knew we needed…. Toyah and Neil are ready to rock and roll – Continue…

• Official Toyah Instagram: Countdown to showtime and more videos from Toyah & Neil – Watch at Instagram…

• Digital Spy: Strictly 2024 confirms week one dances and songs: Three Cha Chas and two Tangos! – Continue…

• Metro: Strictly fans discover star’s husband is 70s legend and ‘living god’ – Continue…

• Manchester Evening News: BBC Strictly Come Dancing viewers distracted as famous face support Toyah Willcox in studio audience: It was revealed during the programme that 80s icon Toyah was being partnered with fan-favourite Neil Jones – Continue…

• The Independent: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox: Everything you need to know about the punk-rock singer: ‘I Want to Be Free’ singer will be putting her experience from years of touring and West End performing to the test – Continue…

• Chronicle Live: How old is Toyah Willcox? Strictly star ready to compete alongside Neil Jones: Music legend Toyah Willcox is one of 15 stars on the line-up for Strictly Come Dancing 2024 and is paired with Neil Jones – Continue…

• Daily Record: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox recounts near-death experience and verbal abuse on BBC set – Continue…

• Metro: Strictly star reveals debilitating 40-year health struggle: ‘Back then no one really talked about it’ – Continue…

• Facts.Net: 40 Facts About Toyah Willcox – Continue…

• Manchester Evening News: Who is Toyah Willcox on BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2024?: Toyah is among the celebrities taking part in the 2024 series of the BBC One dance competition – Continue…

• Mirror: BBC Strictly star Toyah Willcox’s frank admission about child-free life: Punk icon and Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Willcox has candidly opened up about her 38-year marriage with rock guitarist Robert Fripp – and made her thoughts on having children pretty clear – Continue…

• Birmingham Live: Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Willcox opens up on terrible 40-year health battle – Continue…

• Heart: Toyah Willcox facts: Age, husband, best songs and TV shows revealed – Continue…

• 5 Things To Do Today: 17 Things About Performer Toyah Willcox – Continue…

Series 22, and the 20th Anniversary year, of Strictly Come Dancing gets going this evening on BBC One, with a pre-recorded launch show, before the live competition shows begin next Saturday. The tabloids are already having a field day, with tons of Toyah related press and stories, some relevant, some fun, some informative, some ridiculous… (Photos © BBC)

• BBC Strictly Come Dancing: Meet Toyah Willcox ✨ BBC Strictly 2024 – Continue…

• BBC Media Centre: Meet the Strictly Come Dancing 2024 Celebs – Continue…

• The Sun: Willpower – Eighties pop star Toyah Willcox reveals real reason she signed up for Strictly – saying ‘it’s still tough for women’: This year’s Strictly has the fewest female celebs in its history – Continue…

• Mirror: BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Toyah Willcox on why she feels pressure and ‘channelling’ past star: Strictly Come Dancing returns this weekend for its new series with the likes of singer Toyah Willcox among the celebrity contestants competing on the BBC dance contest – Continue…

• Digital Spy: Strictly star reveals why Chris McCausland is the “biggest competition” this year: “He’s staggeringly good.” – Continue…

• Mirror: Exclusive: Toyah Willcox reveals heartbreaking reason she’s desperate to perform certain Strictly dance: Legendary singer-songwriter Toyah Willcox, 66, is looking forward to everything that comes with Strictly Come Dancing – be it the intense training or learning extra skills – Continue…

• Nottingham Post: BBC Strictly contestant shared fears of ‘premature Alzheimer’s’ after worrying symptoms: The Strictly Come Dancing star has been open about her cosmetic surgery journey in the past, revealing that she’s ‘lost the ability to spell’ after having a face lift – Continue…

• Mirror: BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Willcox reveals new BBC measures to keep couples safe – Continue…

• The Sun: show safety Strictly’s Toyah Willcox reveals extreme measures BBC have taken to keep celebs and dancers safe after abuse scandal – Continue…

• The Standard: Toyah Willcox: I’ll ‘channel my inner Ann Widdecombe’ on Strictly – Continue…

• Express: BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Toyah Willcox channeling former MP ahead of debut – Continue…

• Metro: Inside Strictly star Toyah Willcox’s private life and 38-year rockstar marriage – Continue…

• Express: BBC Strictly Come Dancing Toyah Willcox felt like ‘victim’ before ‘life-changing’ surgery – Continue…

• Shropshire Star: Toyah Willcox: I’ll ‘channel my inner Ann Widdecombe’ on Strictly: The 66-year-old singer said she ‘loved’ the former Conservative MP’s ‘strength of personality’ – Continue…

• Express: Inside Toyah Willcox’s haunted home where ‘ghost strangling’ investigator caught on camera – Continue…

All the latest Toyah related Strictly news and press. (Photos © BBC)

• The Independent: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox: Everything you need to know about the punk-rock singer: ‘I Want to Be Free’ singer will be putting her experience from years of touring and West End performing to the test – Continue…

• The Standard: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox says show scandal has made her ‘take what’s coming very seriously’: The singer and actress says she knows exactly what she has signed up for and for her, it was a case of ‘now or never’ – Continue…

• Mirror: Toyah Willcox ‘can’t bear the thought of anyone suffering’ as she responds to Strictly allegations: Singer-songwriter Toyah Willcox, 66, is just one of six women to take part in Strictly this year – the fewest number since the series began 20 years ago – Continue…

• Daily Mail: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox, 66, says she’s ‘prepared to go above and beyond her comfort zone’ as she vows to take the show ‘very seriously’ in light of the recent bullying allegations – Continue…

• The Telegraph: Strictly abuse claims made Toyah Willcox question if she had what it takes to be on the show: A bullying row continues to dog Strictly as it prepares to launch its 22nd series with a new lineup of stars on Saturday – Continue…

• Metro: 80s icon Toyah Willcox had one big question after Strictly Come Dancing scandal – Continue…

• Daily Mail: Toyah Willcox insists scandal that has engulfed Strictly is ‘because the show is one hundred percent committed to dance’ – Continue…

• Express: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox unveils major weight loss as she ‘flies flag for pensioners’: Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Wilcox claims she has made huge life changes ahead of her debut this Saturday on Strictly Come Dancing – Continue…

• Yahoo! News: Strictly contestants Nick Knowles and Toyah Willcox address scandal surrounding show – Continue…

• Express: BBC Strictly’s Toyah Willcox shared concerning health fears after undergoing face lift: In her book, Diary of a Facelift, Strictly Come Dancing contestant Toyah Willcox admitted that she thought she had ‘premature Alzheimer’s’ as she suffered worrying symptoms. – Continue…

• Wales Online/Yahoo! News: Strictly cast 2024 first look as new celebs don sparkles ahead of most controversial BBC series yet – Continue…

Strictly’s Toyah Willcox ‘wanted to look like Carol Vorderman’ in true reason for face lift

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Toyah Willcox previously said Carol Vorderman had ‘supernatural beauty’ as she documented her face lift surgery in her book.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Toyah Willcox has been openly honest about her cosmetic surgery journey to give her a more youthful look – even writing a book about it. The 66-year-old singer cadidly opened up in a “diary” as she went under the knife to give herself a confidence boost.

After a few years of experimenting with Botox and dieting, she decided to take the plunge and go under the knife for a face lift. Sharing all the nitty gritty details about her ordeal in 2005 Toyah wrote a book, Diary of a Face Lift, documenting each step of the way including how the decision came about and what the recovery is really like.

In her book Toyah recalled taking part in ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! She was in the Australian jungle for 12 days, but it was what happened afterwards that had a profound impact on her life.

• Continue reading at The Express.

The latest online press related to Toyah on Strictly. (Images © BBC/Toyah Willcox)

• Independent: Strictly Come Dancing full line up 2024: Celebrity contestants revealed include Paul Merson and Toyah Willcox: A comedian, a JLS star and DIY SOS presenter are among those who have been announced – Continue…

• The Guardian: Strictly Come Dancing 2024: the contestants – ranked! – Continue…

• BBC One: Meet our class of 2024! Fifteen new celebrities ready to take to the floor – Continue…

• Daily Star: New Strictly star Toyah Willcox thinks we’re all made of ‘space dust’ and slept in a coffin
Toyah Willcox has been confirmed as one of the entrants for the new series of BBC hit Strictly Come Dancing but the punk rocker has some pretty out there views… – Continue…

• Evesham Journal: Strictly Come Dancing’s full line up confirmed for 2024 – Continue…

• Oh My Mag: Strictly’s Toyah Willcox and husband Robert Fripp: Everything we know about their 38-year-long marriage: Toyah Willcox, the iconic 1980s pop star and actress, has been married for over 30 years. And the secret to her long-lasting marriage is not what you’d expect – Continue…

The reissue of Minx is reviewed in Classic Pop magazine.

• The latest issue of Classic Pop is available to buy instore and online. (Thanks to Minna of The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive for the scans – Click below to visit Minna’s website)

There’s been a plethora of online – and offline – news and press on the cast announcement for the 22nd series – and 20th anniversary year – for Strictly Come Dancing, with Toyah’s inclusion reported widely.. Here is as much as I spotted, which I think is pretty much everything… so far! (All photos/images © BBC)

• Official Toyah: Toyah confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024 – Continue…

• BBC Strictly Instagram: Celebrities Revealed 2024: It’s no mystery! Actress and 80s icon Toyah is taking to the Strictly dance floor – Continue…

• BBC Radio 2 Instagram: Another Strictly contestant reveals themself! – Continue…

• Daily Mail: Strictly Come Dancing confirms singers Toyah Willcox and Wynne Evans and a surprise BBC name for the 2024 series – Continue…

• The Standard: Toyah Willcox and Wynne Evans announced as the next contestants for Strictly Come Dancing 2024 – Continue…

• Mirror: BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s latest contestant is Toyah Willcox as fifth star confirmed for new series – Continue…

• The Sun: Pop Legend Announced: Toyah’s Tango Who is Toyah Willcox and when is the singer, actress, and TV presenter appearing on Strictly Come Dancing? – Continue…

• Metro: Chart Topper Who Hasn’t Aged A Day Announced For Strictly: 80s legend Toyah Willcox revealed concerns about Strictly before joining cast – Continue…

• The Telegraph: Tenor Wynne Evans, singer Toyah Willcox and TV doctor Punam Krishan join Strictly Come Dancing – Continue…

• Virgin Radio: Strictly Come Dancing 2024 confirms 80s legend as fourth celebrity contestant – Continue…

• Cherry Red: Strictly Danced!: Toyah Willcox has been announced as a celebrity contestant confirmed for the new series of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing – Continue…

• Rayo: Toyah Willcox confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing: Five celebs have now been announced! – Continue…

• BBC Strictly TikTok: It’s No Mystery – Continue…

• STV News: Wynne Evans, Toyah Willcox and Punam Krishan join Strictly 2024 line-up – Continue…

• Digital Spy: Strictly 2024 confirms ’80s rock star in lineup: “I’m here for every sparkly second.” – Continue…

• Classic Pop: Toyah joins Strictly Come Dancing – Continue…

• Shropshire Star: Wynne Evans, Toyah Willcox and Punam Krishan join Strictly 2024 line-up – Continue…

• TV Zone: Toyah Willcox Confirmed For Strictly Come Dancing: Toyah Willcox is the fourth celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing – Continue…

• Daily Mail: Strictly Come Dancing contestant Toyah Willcox is seen attending rehearsals with JLS star JB Gill for the first time – Continue…

• Birmingham Live: BBC Strictly Come Dancing announce 80s icon as fourth star for new series – Continue…

• Entertainment Focus: Toyah Willcox is heading to the ballroom for ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2024 – Continue…

• Yahoo! News: How Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp’s kitchen videos beat lockdown boredom: The 66-year-old music sensation has joined the next edition of Strictly Come Dancing – Continue…

• Daily Star: Strictly newbie Toyah Willcox, 66, ended up on adult site after saucy dancing videos: Beloved 80s rocker Toyah Willcox sent fans wild when it was announced that she was the fourth celebrity to join the Strictly Come Dancing line-up later on this year – Continue…

• Female First: Strictly Come Dancing announces three new stars with Wynne Evans, Toyah and more – Continue…

• Bet365: Strictly Come Dancing 2024 Odds: Tasha Ghouri and Shayne Ward amongst favourites – Continue…

• Birmingham Live: BBC Strictly Come Dancing star’s hidden health condition that made children ‘laugh’ – Continue…

• Mirror: Strictly Come Dancing star’s rich list laid bare – Continue…

• AOL: How Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s kitchen videos beat lockdown boredom – Continue…

• Daily Mail: Strictly newcomer Toyah Willcox, 66, became a viral sensation with her VERY risqué videos after they landed on a porn website – with racy clips showing the rocker clad in a French maid’s outfit and a sheer wet T-shirt – Continue…

• Gold Radio: Toyah Willcox facts: Songs, films, husband and career of the new wave icon explained – Continue…

Toyah Willcox is the fourth celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024

The singer and actress will take to the floor when Strictly returns in autumn 2024

Wow Strictly Come Dancing, can you believe it! This is going to be a wild and wonderful ride, and I’m here for every sparkly second. I’m used to performing for big crowds but this is completely fresh for me, how I will do, it’s a mystery… I just want to get cracking and learn some dance routines now!
— Toyah Willcox

Toyah Willcox is the fourth celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by BBC Studios, will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for its new series this Autumn. As Strictly celebrates two spectacular decades of dance, this series promises to be extra special with even more glitz, glamour and unforgettable performances.

Toyah Willcox is a singer and actress.

Toyah Willcox has been performing across stage and screen for over 50 years. She is an award-winning rock legend with hit singles like It’s A Mystery, I Want to Be Free and Brave New World and played at this year’s Glastonbury Festival with her husband, Robert Fripp. She has amassed thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty-five albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, acted in over twenty feature films and presented many television programmes. In 2018 Paul McCartney awarded Toyah a Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Companionship for Outstanding Achievement in music, drama, performance and media.

• Continue reading at BBC Media Centre.

Toyah Willcox confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up

The news was announced on Vernon Kay’s BBC Radio 2 show.

Toyah Willcox has been confirmed to be joining the Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up.

Willcox was the fourth contestant to be announced for Strictly Come Dancing 2024, following news that opera singer Wynne Evans, comedian Chris McCausland and JLS singer JB Gill would be competing in this year’s edition.

She rose to the fame as the frontwoman of new wave band Toyah, where her most popular singles included It’s a Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want to Be Free.

Willcox has performed as a solo artist since her 1985 album Minx, with her latest release being 2021’s Posh Pop, which was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic and reached number one on the UK’s Independent Albums Chart.

After Toyah and Wynne were announced on Vernon Kay’s BBC Radio 2 show this morning, Dr Punam Krishnan was also revealed to be joining the line-up, making the TV doctor the fifth celebrity to be confirmed.

• Continue reading at Radio Times.

Toyah Willcox joins Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up

The latest star to join the 2024 ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ line-up is ’80s pop icon Toyah Willcox.
Having enjoyed a decades-spanning career, during which she’s racked up 13 UK Top 40 hits and this year played at Glastonbury with her husband Robert Fripp, the singer-songwriter joins this year’s cohort of celebrities competing on the BBC One show.

“I’m used to performing for big crowds but this is completely fresh for me, how I will do, it’s a mystery… I just want to get cracking and learn some dance routines now,” she said.

Her participation was announced on Vernon Kay’s BBC Radio 2 morning show on Tuesday (August 6), with classical singer and face of the Go Compare ads Wynne Evans, and TV Dr Punam Krishan, also confirmed.

• Continue reading at Retropop.

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp to perform at Parr Hall

Two music legends are coming to Warrington’s Parr Hall this month. And you could be there to watch.

Iconic performers and husband and wife team Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp found a whole new audience together when the short videos they recorded during lockdown started to go viral.

Toyah and Robert’s quirky virtual ‘Sunday Lunch’ performances became a runaway success during the pandemic where they covered songs and put their own twist on classics by the likes of David Bowie, Nirvana and Metallica.

Now the couple are bursting out of the kitchen this summer to reconnect with fans all over the UK, including a date at Parr Hall in August. And it could be extra exciting with it confirmed this week that Toyah will be in this year’s Strictly which is likely to start in September.

• Continue reading at the Warrington Guardian.

Strictly star Toyah Willcox has a very famous husband – all you need to know

The ‘It’s a Mystery’ songstress was announced as a contestant for Strictly’s 22nd series

• Continue reading at Hello! Magazine.

A great new interview with Toyah & Robert, from The Inverness Courier, talking about their visit to Scotland, more specifically the Highlands, happening later today to play Belladrum’s Tartan Heart Festival…

Belladrum: Toyah & Robert on keeping the love alive and why they adore the Highlands

We caught up with music legends Toyah & Robert before they take the stage at Belladrum this weekend.

What is your favourite love song?
Toyah: For me it’s The Twelfth of Never by Johnny Mathis! But I’ve got a whole list…The Moody Blues, Nights In White Satin, Tasmin Archer’s Sleeping Satellite and Shakespeares Sister, Stay! They all make me really experience love!

Robert: I have no singing voice but there have been occasions I’ve sung Twelfth of Never to my wife! For me, it’s I Will Always Love You by Whitney Housten, the Dolly Parton song! Also, any early Elvis is when your heart aches!

Have you been to the Highlands before? What do you think of it?
Toyah: I’ve been there many times and I played there just before lockdown. I absolutely adore it. Inverness is just so different to Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. I’ve done plays there, toured there in theatre and done music shows there. People are very connected to the land, and it’s a very different feel. I’m looking forward to that grounded-ness and connection.

The sky feels so much lower than anywhere else in the UK. It does feel like a ceiling there and I’m just looking forward to being outside in that experience.

• Continue reading at The Inverness Courier. See all of Toyah & Robert’s upcoming live dates at toyahwillcox.com.

Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party will take over the Coro on Saturday

Ulverston will welcome an ‘iconic duo’ for an evening of rock classics this weekend.

The Coronation Hall is hosting Toyah and Robert, who are both renowned for their ‘legendary artistic twists’.

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Toyah Willcox has had eight Top 40 singles, released 20 albums, written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays and ten feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows.

Composer, record producer and author Robert Fripp is best known as the guitarist, founder and continuing member of rock band King Crimson. He has worked as a studio player and collaborator with Brian Eno, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall, David Sylvian, Blondie and The Damned among others.

• Continue reading at The Mail. See also The Westmorland Gazette.

Stars give music fans ‘blast from the past’ at festival

Hundreds of music fans have enjoyed a “blast from the past” at a one-day festival celebrating some of the stars of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Pop acts such as Toyah, Haircut 100, Damage and Liberty X took to the stage at Hits On The Pitch at Stockport Rugby Club in Greater Manchester on Saturday.

The event saw many memorable moments, including singer Chesney Hawkes leading the crowd in a rendition of The Beatles’ Hey Jude, in tribute to England footballer Jude Bellingham before the nation’s appearance in the Euros 2024 final.

Organiser Paul Taylor said it had been a chance to go “back to the good old glory days” and enjoy “guilty pleasures and forgotten treasures spanning across three unforgettable decades”.

• Continue reading at BBC News.

A short Toyah press clip from Yours magazine, issue dated 9th July 2024.

If asked who you’d consider to be the ‘original punk rocker’ it’s unlikely that Princess Margaret would spring to mind. But after meeting Her Royal Highness and the Queen Mother at St James’ Palace many years ago, singer Toyah Willcox believes she was just that.

“We talked about the philosophy of punk rock and how it was opening doors for women and she was fascinated,” says Toyah. “I met her many times after that and she was a wicked and very sharp woman. I realised later that Princess Margaret was probably the original punk rocker as she just rebelled and rebelled and rebelled.”

• Yours magazine is on sale now. (Photo taken from Yours magazine).

Sign of the Times music festival is a wet wet wet weekend saved by great music

The Waterboys were an apt first-night headline act for the Sign of the Times festival at Church End, Little Hadham.

If you add in a set by Toyah, complete with a guest appearance by husband and King Crimson guitar hero Robert Fripp, what more could you want?

• Continue reading at Bishop’s Stortford Independent.

These Are All The Celebrities Who’ve Been Rumoured For Strictly Come Dancing 2024 So Far

Stars from across the world of TV, sport, music and beyond have already been tipped to be taking part this year.

With the summer only just starting to get underway, it might seem like the new series of Strictly Come Dancing is still aaaaages away – but we’re actually only just over a month away from the first of this year’s celebrities being revealed. In the past few weeks, rumours have been coming in thick and fast about which stars will be getting their dancing shoes on for a very special series of Strictly, commemorating 20 years since the show first began airing on BBC One.

Celebrities from across the world of TV, sport, music and beyond have already being tipped to be in the pipeline, ahead of the first announcements in August. So, to get you in the Strictly spirit, here are all the rumours about the 2024 line-up that have been reported so far…

Toyah Willcox: In June, The Sun reported that British music legend Toyah Wilcox had signed up for Strictly, after being impressed by her friend and colleague Angela Rippon’s performance a year earlier.

She previously joked to The Mirror: “I’d have to do it sooner rather than later, because I’m not gonna be able to move. I do understand how hard they work. I’m friends with Angela Rippon and she was extraordinary,” she continued. “But they’re rehearsing 10 hours a day every day. And then on Saturday, they do two shows.”

She added: “If I’m going to do it, it’s gonna have to happen within the next few years because I don’t think I’ll be able to move like that in two years’ time. But, you know, the whole world wants to do Strictly, I wouldn’t say no.”

• Continue reading at the Huff Post. See also Yahoo! News.