On Tuesday Toyah’s official website announced a new 12-date ‘Changeling Resurrection II’ UK tour for Autumn 2012, and also revealed a fantastic new tour poster.
The tour opens in Middlesbrough on 19th September and will also visit Sheffield, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Redhill, Telford, King’s Lynn, Bridport, St.Alban’s, London and Brighton. With brand new images created especially for the tour and material not performed in thirty years, this is a true celebration and re-interpretation of one of Toyah finest albums alongside hit singles.
The tour will wrap up on Saturday 3 November 2012 at Brighton Concorde 2 in a special show. The Changeling Resurrection II – Rewound & Extended will act as a finale to the tour at the same venue it began at in April.
Toyah said of the Spring tour: “I can’t believe how well received the Changeling Resurrection has been!”
The third monthly online live track has been added to Toyah’s official website. It’s the incredible ‘Castaways’, recorded live at Bush Hall, London on 22nd April 2012
Toyah’s official website will be offering visitors exclusive live tracks each month as Toyah’s Changeling Tour and summer festival/concert dates 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 ‘Castaways’, live at Bush Hall, London, here.
The 11-date tour marks the 30th anniversary of legendary albums The Changeling and Warrior Rock – tickets on sale now/Friday 4th May
Toyah announces The Changeling Resurrection II UK Tour for Autumn 2012
Following the success of a sold-out spring tour mark three decades since the release of Toyah’s fourth album, The Changeling, the former punk pixie is taking the show back out on the road; this time coupling it with the anniversary of her second album of 1982, the live record Warrior Rock.
The new dates will see the diminutive star perform a ‘true celebration and re-interpretation’ of what is undoubtedly one of her finest works, alongside a collection of hit singles including I Want To Be Free and Thunder In The Mountains. In more recent times, Toyah has continued her highly credible career as a TV and film actress and made a number of high profile guest appearances. Thankfully, in recent years she has returned to her first love as a highly decorated punk pop star with a distinctly theatrical accent.
• Continue reading at ‘All Gigs’ here.
• I think I may have mentioned this in the past, though possibly not! The 1986 film Toyah appeared in, alongside Christopher Lee, The Disputation, is available on DVD.
• Toyah Live 2012: Another new live date has been added to the Official Gigs page at toyahwillcox.com. Toyah plays a live PA at ‘Birmingham Pride’ at the Eden Bar on Sunday 3rd June 2012. Toyah is also playing Blackpool Pride (9th June) and Manchester Pride (26th August).
• Adam Ant (Adam Ant & The Good The Mad & The Lovely Posse) is playing a lot of live gigs this year, including festivals and a tour. View here.
• Books and Music and Stuff: Three Top British Films: 3. Quadrophenia. View here.
Two photos of Toyah from the late 70s. The first is a very rare shot taken on the stairs outside Mayhem in Battersea, and the second is a fuller length version of a shot I previously added to Dreamscape. Amazing photos! Click on each for larger versions. (Thanks to Andi)
More fantastic ‘Changeling Resurrection’ live photos of Toyah. Also from the gig at The Ruby Lounge, Manchester on Monday night. View larger versions of these, and numerous others, from the tour at Dreamscape’s Changeling Resurrection 2012 Tour Gallery. (Thanks again to Paul Crutchley/PAC Photography – Please click below to visit Paul’s website)
• There is still one date of the ‘The Changeling Resurrection’ Spring tour to go, on Saturday in Bishop’s Stortford (tickets available here), with Toyah headlining ‘Stortfest 2012’, but already there is a whole new ‘Changeling Resurrection’ Autumn tour to look forward to, and even (very vague) murmurs of a similar 30th anniversary outing for ‘Love Is The Law/Rebel Run Tour’ in 2013.
• The tour has been a huge success, probably even more so than last year’s ‘From Sheep Farming To Anthem’, with incredible fan response via Facebook, You Tube and Twitter. Proof, if it was ever in any doubt, how loved ‘The Changeling’ album is.
• tenek on ‘The Changeling Resurrection’: For us the Toyah tour is now over sadly! Played to lots of people over the 5 nights and met many new friends. (Source: tenek @ Twitter) View all of our tenek news.
• Soley Mourning on ‘The Changeling Resurrection’: End of Tour: Well, first of all what a great tour – we’ve had a real blast and met some really cool people along the way. All of the gigs have been excellent and we have thoroughly enjoyed them. Shame its over now until next time. Thanks to everyone who came and saw us and thanks to Toyah and her crew for really making us feel welcome. Pictures to follow! (Source: soleymourning.com) View all of our Soley Mourning news.
• Check out three great ‘Changeling Resurrection’ wallpapers, by ‘The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive’, here, here and here.
Welcome to May! What better way could there be to start Toyah’s birthday month than with this fantastic, pre-gig, photo of a gorgeous Toyah, taken at The Robin2, Wolverhampton on Saturday night. Please click on it to zoom. (Thanks to Lee Hopkins)
• A rare shot from a well-known 1978 Toyah photo session has appeared online. It was used as a “pin-up” in Issue 16 of the fanzine Ripped and Torn in January 1979. Photos from this session were most famously used on the cover of, and inside, ‘Record Mirror’, also in January 1979.
• Lärwi has compiled a great video to mark the 30th anniversary of ‘The Changeling’ and ‘Warrior Rock’, with music from 1982 and visuals from 2012. View it at You Tube.
• ‘Ieya’ is included in ‘The Epileptic Gibbon Podcast Music Show’ in their 77th podcast: “Episode 77: The Far Distant Dead”. View here.
• Tommy’s Garage: Toyah Willcox, Pioneer of Punk + New Wave: She’s an incredible woman and artist. We Love Toyah!
• The Changeling Resurrection 2012′: Autumn Tour: Numerous dates for the Autumn tour are already all over the internet. No point in mentioning them here until they are officially confirmed. This one, however, at Rechabite Hall, Telford (a new venue), is worth a look. Their flyer is full of great bands.
To mark what would have been director Derek Jarman’s 70th birthday, Nottingham Contemporary Arts Centre are showing Jubilee on 5th June at The Space.
Derek Jarman Jubilee (1978): Honouring the name behind the Jarman Award in what would have been his 70th year we are screening a film that many regard as Derek Jarman’s first masterpiece. In Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth I is transported to a bleak, broken Britain – where violence and anarchy reign and Buckingham Palace is a recording studio for punk musicians. Serving to upset and unnerve the conventional cinemagoer, Jubilee defines the confrontational abandon of punk cinema.
• View further info here and here.
Toyah, just arriving in Manchester, this morning ahead of tonight’s gig at The Ruby Lounge. Pictured with Paul Lomas and Michael O’Brien. (Thanks to Paul for the photos)
Amazing photos of Toyah from ‘The Changeling Resurrection’ Robin2, Wolverhampton gig on Saturday night. These have all been added to the TCR tour gallery. Toyah tweeted yesterday: “Wolverhampton….amazing! Loveliest crowd. Brave New World sent shivers down my spine“. This evening Toyah brings ‘The Changeling Resurrection’ to The Ruby Lounge in Manchester. It’ll be another great gig! (Thanks to PaulCrutchley/PAC Photography for the photos)
‘Bird in Flight’ at The Robin2, Wolverhampton on Saturday. (Thanks to popsikate)
Toyah was interviewed on ‘The Bridge 102.5’ on Saturday morning on The Nick Alatti Show.
Nick asked Toyah about Lady Gaga and that some have said she was the forerunner to her. Toyah said: “If you look at something in a compartment, nothing is new. Lady Gaga is completely different to what I’m doing, but I was doing it 30 years ago. I suppose I’ve always used image to go hand in hand with my music. It’s important to me. The music compliments the imagery as well. It’s something I’ve always been interested in. I don’t go onstage in a little black dress or a demure little cocktail dress, I’ve always gone onstage and made a statement”.
Toyah also said that ‘The Changeling Resurrection’ tour was structured with “four day breaks” to enable her to be able to sing the songs with her voice in peak condition.
• Not sure if Lady Gaga has been influenced by Toyah’s visuals, I’d say the creative team working with Katy Perry have plundered Toyah’s visuals far more. Has to be said, though, that the intro vocals to Gaga’s Government Hooker do sound more Toyah than Toyah.
Toyah is included in a new article by ‘Vogue’: 100 Definitive Hairstyles: From Cleopatra to Kate Moss, see the 100 most definitive hairstyles: TOYAH WILLCOX – The singer’s choppy and wildly-coloured hairstyles epitomised her rebel spirit.
‘The Changeling Resurrection 2012’ gallery is now online at Dreamscape. View it here.
Tonight Toyah plays Wolverhampton’s Robin 2, the fourth gig of the, highly acclaimed, UK tour. Doors open at 7pm with first support on 7:05pm. There is no curfew at the venue, so after the gig you can stay for drinks up until 1am. It’s sure to be yet another great gig.
Thanks to everyone who generously sent photos to be included in the new gallery page. I’ve added over 200 and there are some fantastic shots in there, including set lists for each gig so far (Spoilers! don’t click on them if you don’t want to know what’s been played), some fun and quirky London photos (Thanks Damon:)) and lots and lots and lots of… Toyah!
These amazing photos below are by Mark Evans. View these and many more by clicking below. (Thanks to Lärwi for her help with photos, and to all the cups of coffee that helped keep me awake to compile the TCR gallery)
Toyah will be talking to Nick Alatti on Midlands radio 102.5 The Bridge tomorrow morning at 10am ahead of tomorrow night’s Robin 2 Wolverhampton gig.
Nick’s here with a blend of music, news and chat to make sure your day goes quickly and the weekend comes sooner!
Listen to the interview live at the website. (News Source: The Official Toyah Facebook)
Quadrophenia is showing on STV in May. The channel airs in Scotland but is available UK wide via Sky.
Quadrophenia: STV: Tuesday 8th May: 00.10am
Quadrophenia: STV +1: Tuesday 8th May: 1.10am
The Who wrote and produced this energetic story of a young man disillusioned with his life in 1960s London. Phil Daniels excels as the alienated anti-hero Jimmy Cooper. Director: Franc Roddam. Starring: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, and Ray Winstone. Also airing on STV HD.
The complete four-part radio version of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, with Toyah in the title role, will re-air on ‘BBC Radio 4 Extra’ in May. This was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of J. M. Barrie’s tale of childhood adventure starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan and Ron Moody as Captain Hook. These audio editions, especially dramatised for BBC Radio, are of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of readers both young and old.
Also starring Roy Hudd as Smee and June Whitfield as Mrs Darling, this sparkling production is directed by award-winning producer Dirk Maggs, with an original music score and stunning sound effects.
J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: BBC Radio 4 Extra: Sunday 6th May: 9.00am/4.30pm
J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: BBC Radio 4 Extra: Monday 7th May: 5.00am
Away to Neverland. A strange visitor transforms the Darling household one bedtime. Stars Toyah Willcox, Ron Moody and June Whitfield. Episode 1 of 4.
Time Flies! On this day, 27th April 1985 (yup), 27 years ago Toyah’s 15th single, and first ‘solo’ release, ‘Don’t Fall In Love (I Said)’ entered the UK singles chart. In retrospect, it’s a great pop song, written by Toyah and Simon Darlow, with an incredible b-side, ‘Snow Covers The Kiss’ (written by Toyah, Joel Bogen & Christopher Neil). Then there’s the unforgettable video. Personally, I can’t wait to hear it live on the ‘Minx: Trash & Tease 2015’ tour ;-))
I’m working on The Changeling Resurrection gallery and hoping to have it online before the fourth gig of the tour on Saturday. Here’s a few more photos from the Bush Hall concert. Please click on each to zoom. (Thanks to Francesco Carli, Lärwi & Damon King)
