Toyah confirmed via Twitter that she was recording “Tracks Of My Years” yesterday for future broadcast on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2.
Ken Bruce presents Tracks Of My Years: Each week a different artist joins Ken Bruce to pick 10 of the songs that have meant the most to them (two songs per day, Monday to Friday).
• Browse previous participants at the BBC Radio 2 website.
• The Fine Times Recorder: Toyah returns to the Tivoli: Toyah Willcox is back at the Tivoli in her husband Robert Fripp’s home town of Wimborne, on Friday 27th March – Continue reading…
• Big Foot Events: Popwork 80s: Look at this gorgeous couple… it’s none other than Joe from Popwork with 80’s Legend Toyah Willcox! Toyah was super impressed with Popwork 80’s performance and said they have a brilliant career ahead of them! We know that already of course…! – Continue reading – View the photo directly…
• The Library Time Machine: Royal Court Posters: Sugar and Spice by Nigel Williams (1980) featuring the young Toyah Willcox and just over her shoulder a just as young Caroline Quentin – Continue reading…
• Fandor: Watch A Time Less Golden: This is a limited-time screening of The Criterion Picks. Actors Jenny Runacre and Toyah Willcox along with film historian Tony Rayns, production designer Christopher Hobbs and filmmakers John Maybury and Lee Drysdale discuss Derek Jarman’s JUBILEE (with rare Super-8 clips and memorabilia from the film). Edited by Susan Arosteguy and Chris Ramey – Watch here…
• Spalding Guardian: Start Planning for Summer Nights: With the clocks going forward this weekend, those long summer nights can’t be too far away! on Sunday, June 7, the 80s Greatest Hits Show brings some of the decade’s biggest acts to Burghley. The impressive line-up includes: Bananarama, Midge Ure, Toyah, Odyssey and Curiosity Killed the Cat, who will all be playing their defining hits from the era – Continue reading…
Sensational photos of Toyah onstage at Queen’s Hall, Nuneaton on Saturday night. View larger versions of these, and more, at the new Toyah Live 2015 page at Dreamscape’s Gallery. Toyah tweeted on Sunday about the gig: “Last night’s show was awesome. Incredible feedback. Thank u. Cant wait 2 hit the stage again. Film to fit in first!” (Thanks to Mark | Photos © Mark Evans)
• Watch/Listen to three songs from the gig at You Tube: Toyah Willcox and her band performing @ The Queen’s Hall Nuneaton, 21st March 2015. Songs performed are All In A Rage | Obsolete | Little Tears Of Love. Filmed in HD by Mark Evans.
Trey Gunn recently played at Trading Boundaries, Uckfield. The venue The Humans open their tour at next month (11th April – three weeks today). He also recently posted about the venue at his website, and also mentioned The Humans, Toyah and Robert…
March 1, 2015 Uckfield, UK – Trading Boundaries
Great venue. Very similar to some of the Swiss shows and the the French show. More like a theater scene where there is a built in, season-ticket-holding audience who comes particularly to this venue to see what they are putting on. At least that what it felt like to me. Could be that this was a really a room full of Eigenharp fanatics who were suffering Gabriel tunes in order to feed their Eigen-Fevers.
The folks running this are super fans. I saw a poster for Toyah and The Humans for upcoming gig (with fresh Crimsonoid, William Rieflin). When I met Tracy, one of the owners, she said that Robert and Toyah had come in for tea before.
• Continue reading at The Official Trey Gunn website.
Toyah talks Bill Rieflin, Chris Wong… The Humans… and the upcoming UK Tour.
More of the recent radio interviews with Toyah have been converted to text articles over at The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive. Click below visit the website.
Toyah was interviewed earlier today on Uckfield FM, discussing the forthcoming Toyah & The Humans UK Tour and much more.
Toyah Willcox needs little introduction having been a household name since the early 80s with platinum selling-albums, a string of top 40 UK hit singles and scores of prestigious screen and stage roles alongside Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier.
The Humans is, of course, the transatlantic contemporary three-piece rock band comprising Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong. Toyah & The Humans embark on a UK tour of six intimate concert dates this April starting in Uckfield on 11th April, 2015 at Trading Boundaries.
• Continue reading/listen to the interview at Uckfield FM.
Win tickets to Toyah at The Talking Heads, Southampton
The 80s legend Toyah Willcox is bringing her latest band The Humans to Southampton for one night only and you could be there, thanks to The Breeze.
Toyah and the Humans will be on at The Talking Heads, Southampton on Thursday the 16th April (starts 7.30pm). And we have 5 pairs of tickets to give away!
To be in with a chance of winning, just enter your details below to enter the draw for the tickets- it’s that simple. The competition closes on 10th April at midnight.
• Continue reading/enter the competition at The Breeze. You can also enter at Jack FM.
• Toyah & The Humans on Tour: Less than a month until Toyah & The Humans kick off their UK Tour Telling Strange Tales. Taking in Uckfield, Swansea, Gloucester, Southampton, London and Chatham. It’s your first chance to hear material from the album Strange Tales live in concert and to get the album on an official newly pressed hard copy CD at the gigs. (Source: Official Toyah Facebook)
• The Humans Tickets: Details and ticket links for all six concerts available here…
• Toyah Talks Telling Strange Tales: A couple of videos, with Toyah talking about the forthcoming tour, have been uploaded to Toyah’s You Tube channel – Visit the channel here…
• Social Media: There’s a new way to browse all the official news on Toyah, and Toyah & The Humans – The Official Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram – via the new “social media” page – Visit at toyahwillcox.com…
Tickets for the Here and Now concert at Carlisle Racecourse are now on sale.
Ultimate Ladies Night returns to Carlisle Racecourse for 2015, presenting Here And Now – bringing you the best of the 80s with Belinda Carlisle, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Toyah, Altered Images and Sonia.
Evening entertainment will be provided by Here And Now – the most successful high profile 80’s live show, having launched in 2001 and become a runaway success ever since. Here and Now shows have entertained audiences with live shows in UK arenas and international tours of Australia, The Far East, Japan and across Europe.
Carlisle Racecourse has world-class customer facilities, featuring an array of restaurants that cater for all tastes, be it fine dining through to delicious bistro food. Tickets will be on general sale at 9am 13th March via www.carlisle.thejockeyclub.co.uk and 0844 5793002. Tickets are priced starting at £25.
• Purchase tickets at Carlise Tickets. View a larger version of the promo image.
We love to see an unexpected mash-up of TVO-connected folk – and yesterday saw one such combo: comedian Joey Page and iconic actress/singer, Toyah Willcox!
We’ve been showcasing Joey’s comedic output on these pages for some time, but if you’re wondering what links Toyah to TVO, for those of you not currently in the know she features in Steve Oram‘s new film, Aaaaaaaah! alongside a bevy of ‘our lot’ (Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Shelley Longworth, Alice Lowe, Tom Meeten, Sean Reynard, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Waen Shepherd, Tony Way and Steve himself ).
Joey and Toyah joined 6 Music presenter, Steve Lamacq and fellow guest, Gideon Coe, for this week’s Roundtable, where they reviewed new releases by Mumford and Sons, Mini Mansions featuring Alex Turner, Sharon Van Etten, Streets of Leredo, Johnny Marr, Pins and Gang Of Four.
• Continue reading at The Velvet Onion. Listen to last Thursday’s Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable at BBC iPlayer.
Singer Toyah Willcox with be coming to Kent next month with band The Humans.
The Humans’ third album ‘Strange Tales, recorded in Pearl Jam’s studio, is available digitally now and will be available exclusively on CD at the six UK tour dates. The band is the brainchild of Toyah Willcox and brings together three lifetimes of musical experience, experimentation and craftsmanship.
Ms Willcox is best-known for being a household name since the early 80s with platinum selling-albums, a string of top 40 UK hit singles and screen and stage roles alongside Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier.
Bill Rieflin is a respected figure from the us music scene and was the live drummer for rem for over ten years. Most recently he played drums on the Robbie Williams album Take the Crown and the no1 hit single Candy.
Chris Wong is a Cambridge-born musician and a professional guitarist, bass guitarist, arranger, orchestrator, composer and musical director. Alongside band work Chris musically directs extensively in musical theatre. His debut solo album The Edible Suite reflects his interest in jazz/funk/rock.
The Telling Strange Tales tour comes to Chatham On April 19, at the Britannia Theatre. For tickets call 0844 858 6656 or visit www.thebritanniakent.com. Tickets cost £20 on the door, or £15 in advance (plus a booking fee).
• Continue reading at Kent News.
She will be Up Close and Personal this month
The Musician in Leicester will welcome Toyah to the stage on March 26.
A spokesman said: “A colourful character, part of the ’80s post-punk New Wave scene, Toyah had considerable chart success with hits such as It’s A Mystery, I Want To Be Free and Brave New World. Alongside her ongoing recording career and role as a TV presenter, Toyah has also trod the boards with the lead role in the musical Anne Get Your Gun. (Dreamscape: Nope, it was Calamity Jane)
“Tonight Toyah will perform songs in acoustic form and take us on a journey through her life history.”
• Continue reading at the Hinckley Times.
A repeat airing for “Toyah’s episode” of Kavanagh Q. C. later this month on, the still shiny and relatively new, ITV Encore.
Kavanagh Q.C.: ITV Encore: Tue 24th March: 3.05pm
A Family Affair (1995). Kavanagh finds himself caught up in a bitter family feud when he represents a frustrated father who has kidnapped his son in a desperate attempt to win custody. On the home front, Kavanagh’s daughter wants to let her boyfriend stay overnight. Directed by Renny Rye. With John Thaw, Holly Aird, Robert Ashby, Toyah Willcox and Lisa Harrow. Also airing on ITV Encore HD and Plus 1.
A reminder that Toyah is guesting on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable on BBC Radio 6Music today. The programme will be available at BBC iPlayer after it airs.
Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable: BBC Radio 6Music
Thursday 12th March: 4.00pm
Steve hosts Roundtable and is joined by Toyah Willcox and Gideon Coe.
Toyah’s March blog is available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Along with some fantastic new photos. Click below to read/view.
Flexipop!, the legendary 80s magazine which featured Toyah on one of its covers, is back. A new book is in the planning, but they need your help.
THE FLEXIPOP! BOOK IS READY TO ROCK!
Here it is. After two years of blood, sweat and tears, The Flexipop! Book.
But this isn’t just any old book. It’s a catalogue of calamity, cock-ups and guffaws featuring many of the greatest moments to ever grace the pages of Flexipop! There’s also a Best Of Magazine plus an exclusive free flexi disc by Spandau Ballet and Marc Almond made with love by Pirates Press – the only flexi-making company left in the world and based in San Francisco.
We originally published 27 issues of Flexipop! with flexi discs on the cover (the next six didn’t have one) so the new record is numbered 28. But here’s the thing. We can’t publish the book without a bit of help and we need to hit a figure of £10,000 to breakeven. You can help us reach that goal by pre-ordering a copy now, which retails at £24.99.
• Continue reading/further details at Flexipop!
A great promo for the, just announced, Here and Now Carlisle concert, taking place in August. Toyah tweeted yesterday: “I am thrilled to announce that I will be performing at Carlisle Racecourse Ultimate Ladies Night on 3rd August alongside Here & Now – The Very Best Of The 80’s stars Belinda Carlisle, Sonia, Altered Images and Kid Creole and The Coconuts. Tickets go on general sale 9am this Friday.”
Did you catch Toyah’s Electric Ladies on Vintage TV at the weekend? Toyah wrote and presented the 60-minute programme, which airs again tonight at 8pm.
The full roster of “Electric Ladies”: Chaka Khan (I Feel For You); Debbie Harry/Blondie (Atomic); Cher (If I Could Turn Back Time); Celine Dion (My Heart Will Go On); Bjork (Human Behaviour); Annie Lennox/Eurythmics (Love Is A Stranger); Grace Jones (Pull Up To The Bumper); Janet Jackson (That’s The Way Love Goes); Wendy James/Transvision Vamp (Baby I Don’t Care); Whitney Houston (I Wanna Dance With Somebody).
Toyah’s Electric Ladies: Vintage TV: Tuesday 10th March: 8pm
New! The princess of punk shines the light on those iconic female artists through the years who have inspired and made their own mark.
Choccywoccydoodah: Good Food: Sunday 22nd March: 9.30pm
Choccywoccydoodah: Good Food: Friday 27th March: 11.30pm/4.30pm/8.30pm
Show Business. Another morsel from the ultimate chocolate shop. Tom and Christine make their live TV debut on Sunday Brunch, and Dave creates a chocolate replica of Toyah.
TOYAH AND BELINDA CARLISLE AMONG STARS HEADING TO CITY FOR CONCERT
The very best of the 1980s will be relived during the ever-popular ladies’ night at Carlisle Racecourse this summer.
Stars such as Kid Creole and The Coconuts, Belinda Carlisle, Altered Images, Toyah and Sonia will be appearing on August 3 as part of the annual Ultimate Ladies’ Night celebration.
The five different music acts have amassed 17 UK top 10 hits during the very best of the 1980s, including number ones for Belinda Carlisle (Heaven Is A Place On Earth) and Sonia (You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You).
The event is one of the highlights of the county’s social calendar, combining an evening of flat racing with musical performances.
• Continue reading at the News & Star.
