A new date has been confirmed for The Humans Telling Strange Tales 2015 UK Tour. The band will play Gloucester Guildhall on Tuesday 14th April.
• View more details on the tour and ticket links here.
Toyah’s Acoustic, Up Close & Personal tour is continuing in 2015, with a number of dates confirmed by the Breaking Through newsletter yesterday.
ACOUSTIC SET WITH CHRIS WONG & COLIN HINDS
17 JAN: BECCLES PUBLIC HALL | BECCLES
5 FEB: ROBIN 2 | WOLVERHAMPTON
12 FEB: SUB 89 | READING
13 FEB: CHEESE & GRAIN | FROME, SOMERSET
14 FEB: GLOBE | CARDIFF
26 MAR: THE MUSICIAN | LEICESTER
1 MAY: HAVERHILL ARTS CENTRE | SUFFOLK
2 MAY: SOUNDSTOCK FESTIVAL | CHELMSFORD
8 MAY: STAMFORD CORN EXCHANGE | STAMFORD
15 MAY: WATERSIDE ARTS CENTRE | SALE
5 JUN: BABBACOMBE THEATRE | TORQUAY
6 JUN: CARNGLAZE CAVERNS | CORNWALL
12 JUN: OAKENGATES THEATRE | TELFORD
19 JUN: LOWDHAM VILLAGE HALL | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
27 JUN: LOWER HOLKER VILLAGE HALL | CUMBRIA
28 JUN: ACOUSTIC GUEST APPEARANCE TBA | LONDON (not full Toyah show)
6 NOV: THE CRESSET | PETERBOROUGH
• View more details on the Acoustic… dates and links to book tickets here.
Five live UK dates, the Telling Strange Tales tour, for The Humans in 2015 have been confirmed by toyahwillcox.com.
11 APRIL: UCKFIELD | TRADING BOUNDARIES
16 APRIL: SOUTHAMPTON | TALKING HEADS
17 APRIL: SWANSEA | THE GARAGE (WHITEZ)
18 APRIL: LONDON | 100 CLUB
19 APRIL: CHATTAM | BRITANNIA THEATRE
In 2015, The Humans will not only begin work recording their fourth album but embark on a UK tour of five confirmed dates. Telling Strange Tales will kick off on 11 April 2015 at Trading Boundaries, Uckfield and close at The Britannia Theatre, Chatham on 19 April.
• View more details on the tour and links to book tickets here. View the news announcement on the tour here. (A CD of the Strange Tales album will be available exclusively at the gigs).
AGMP presents TOYAH AND THE HUMANS
Sunday 19 April 2015
Toyah Willcox announces a rare club show with The Humans
New Wave Superstar Toyah announces a club show with her band The Humans who feature Bill Rieflin (drummer with R.E.M.) & Chris Wong at the Britannia in Chatham Dockyard.
The Humans are the brainchild of Toyah Willcox and were formed in 2007. The band’s first single was a version of Nancy Sinatra’s “These boots were made for Walkin”. They recently released their new album “Strange Tales” which was recorded in Seattle.
• Continue reading at The Britannia Kent. Further info at AGMP. This concert isn’t officially confirmed as yet. View all comfirmed dates for The Humans in 2015 at toyahwillcox.com.
As the end of the year gets closer more Toyah dates for 2015 are appearing online. The latest is at the Soundstock Music & Comedy Festival, taking place in Chelmsford on 2nd and 3rd May 2015. Click below to visit the festival website, but please bear in mind that this date hasn’t been officially confirmed as yet.
View our recent news on other 2015 Toyah dates at Lowdham Book Festival and Here and Now Stamford.
The first confirmed Here and Now concert of 2015, at Burghley House, Stamford in Lincolnshire, includes Toyah in the line up.
Here and Now Tours are proud to present Here and Now Stamford: Bananarama, Midge Ure, Odyssey, Toyah and Curiosity Killed The Cat on Sunday 7th June 2015.
• Further information and tickets at the Here and Now website. Please bear in mind that this date hasn’t been officially confirmed as yet.
Due to one thing or another – being super busy with the Christmas fanzines, work, life, and having a week’s holiday – I missed posting about the final day of toyahwillcox.com’s great IRH Tour countdown. It was the third “Five Live” Toyah EP, so now is a good time to look at the set:
Five Live (Volume One: Rarities): Indecision (Belfast 1981); Ghosts (London 1981); We Are (London 1981); Victims Of The Riddle (Germany 1982); The Packt (Glasgow 1982) – Listen here…
Five Live (Volume Two: Hits): It’s A Mystery (Belfast 1981); I Want To Be Free (Germany 1982); Thunder In The Mountains (Germany 1982); Good Morning Universe (Germany 1982); Brave New World (Glasgow 1982) – Listen here…
Five Live (Volume Three: Classics): Race Through Space (Belfast 1981); Angels & Demons (Belfast 1981); Neon Womb (Germany 1982); Angel and Me (Glasgow 1982); Jungles Of Jupiter (Glasgow 1982) – Listen here…
• Revisit the full countdown at The Official Toyah Willcox Website.
Toyah Willcox is one of those performers who seems to be in the public eye but these days is never quite as much in our faces in the way she used to be. Known more these days for TV appearances and her acting it’s easy to forget that she took that acting talent onto the music scene to establish herself as one of the most intense performers to have survived the 1970s UK punk scene.
Tonight she lived up to that reputation from the moment she came on stage exploding into the energy of All In A Rage, her voice still perfect, and making it plain that she was the star here and the focus. She took to the front with her band in darkness against the back line to emphasise her presence. The crowd was here to see her and she was not about to disappoint them.
• Continue reading at Birmingham Live.
Russell Brand’s revolution, an X Factor star and an 1980s punk princess – here’s three things to do in West Yorkshire tonight
They say variety is the spice of life – and we’ve certainly got that for you today! If you’re looking for a night out, there’s plenty going on in West Yorkshire this evening – from a comedian predicting revolution to the return of an 80s punk princess.
Relive the eighties with Toyah — That’s right, 80s superstar Toyah is back — and she’s performing live in Leeds tonight. Her Songs from the Intergalactic Ranch House tour, her fourth venture this year, is calling at Leeds University Union tonight, features hits from the Safari catalogue through to Crimson Queen.
• Continue reading at The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
Six songs from Toyah’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane gig, and the final of the Good Morning Universe European Tour, from Christmas Eve 1981 have been aired by BBC 6 Music for the first time in over three decades. Listen for the next week at BBC iPlayer.
Toyah and The Moondogs: Chris Hawkins presents recordings from the BBC’s archive of live music. Tonight including Toyah recorded at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London in 1981, plus The Moondogs in session.
• Border Counties Advertiser: Picture Gallery: Music fans enjoy OsFest 2014: Hundreds of revellers enjoyed a day of great music – and sunshine – on the opening day of OsFest 2014. Rock band The Hoosiers, 1980’s punk star Toyah Willcox, rapper Wiley and legendary Scottish band Bay City Rollers were among the headline acts entertaining fans on the Park Hall Showground on Saturday (Photo © Border Counties Advertiser) – Continue reading…
• Shropshire Live: Top music acts head to Shropshire for Osfest: This weekend sees well known musical acts heading to Shropshire for OsFest. Taking place at Oswestry Showground, names including including Union J, From The Jam, Toyah, The Hoosiers, Conor Maynard, The Bay City Rollers will be performing sets as the festival celebrates its 5th birthday – Continue reading…
• Native Monster: Preview: OsFest: Music spanning four decades will come to Oswestry Showground this weekend as OsFest marks its fifth birthday. The festival features top chart acts including Foxes, Union J and Wiley, as well as names from past decades including Toyah, the Bay City Rollers and ‘From the Jam’ – Continue reading…
• Shropshire Star: OsFest: Yesterday 80s star Toyah tweeted about her frustrations getting caught up in traffic delays heading to the festival – Continue reading…
• Toyah @ OsFest 2014: Toyah Willcox performing a cover of the Billy Idol track ‘Rebel Yell’ Live! at Osfest 2014 on Saturday 9th August (Thanks to Mark) – View here…
Listen to a selection of live tracks, which have previously appeared on the Official Gigs page at toyahwillcox.com, in this new archive section. Over 20 different live tracks to listen to…
• View all of Dreamscape’s “Live Tracks” by Toyah posts…
Toyah and The Humans tell Strange Tales
Two live UK dates for The Humans, in April of 2015, were confirmed yesterday by toyahwillcox.com. Tickets for both dates will go on sale soon.
They will play at The Talking Heads, Southampton (Thursday 16th April) and The Garage Music Venue, Swansea (Friday 17th April).
• More gig news soon at toyahwillcox.com. Browse all of Dreamscape’s recent news on The Humans here. Keep an eye on The Humans Official and Sugar Rush: The Humans Fansite to stay updated on the band.
Dazzling photos of Toyah from last year’s Love Is The Law & More UK Tour, taken on the first date, 18th October 2013, at Legends, Newcastle. View these, and more, at Dreamscape’s LITL & More Gallery. (Thanks to Jo | All photos © Jo Oliver)
• Browse Dreamscape’s full Love Is The Law & More news and tour coverage here. Listen to Jo Oliver’s interview with Toyah at Soundcloud.
This decade-spanning film series, presented in partnership with Ikon Gallery on their 50th anniversary, moves on to the 1970s and Derek Jarman’s punk poem. Preceded by a video interview with Toyah Willcox and a short talk by Chris Phipps.
• Visit the Live Brum website.
Flatpack Film Festival: Jubilee: The 1978 film is showing at the Library of Birmingham Studio Theatre, Saturday 14th June at 7.30pm – Further info here… (<< Dreamscape’s previous news post related to this)
A major outdoor music festival at the home of Fleetwood Town FC starring the Happy Mondays has been postponed.
The club today released a statement saying the concert on June 1 has been postponed after being contacted by Wyre Council to say the event had not got permission. Wyre Council leases Highbury Stadium to the club and it is understood the concert breaks the terms of their contract.
A statement on the club website said tickets will be refunded in full. The anti-fracking gig was announced following Happy Mondays maraca player Mark “Bez” Berry’s visit to the port earlier this year.
Toyah Willcox, Big Country, Bad Manners and Alabama 3 were all due to play at the 10-hour event, alongside a number of local bands.
• Continue reading at Fleetwood Weekly News.
A new article on Toyah, By Chronicle Live, published today.
Eighties pop star Toyah to play Phoenix Theatre in Blyth
Former punk princess Toyah will be performing all her greatest hits at the Phoenix Theatre in Blyth this Saturday
Eighties pop star Toyah will play the Phoenix Theatre in Blyth this Saturday.
It all began in her hometown Birmingham in 1977 when film director Derek Jarman offered her the role of ‘Mad’ in seminal punk epic Jubilee. She continued to gain strong roles, appearing alongside Katherine Hepburn in the film, The Corn is Green, as well as playing Monkey in the legendary Quadrophenia. She teamed up with Jarman again to play Miranda in his innovative version of The Tempest, which won her a nomination as Best Newcomer at the 1980 Evening Standard Awards.
Saturday’s show will see her play all her greatest hits plus her tracks from her album Crimson Queen.
• Continue reading at Chronicle Live.
Toyah and Robert left the UK yesterday, flying to the US for some adventures of The Humans (and Slow Music) variety.
To mark The Humans making their West Coast appearances to promote Strange Tales the band’s live cover of the Hendrix classic Purple Haze is available to stream over at Soundcloud. This final track from the Scala live recordings means the entire 2010 gig is available across the various digital live releases or website exclusives.
THE HUMANS with guest human ROBERT FRIPP
Purple Haze [Live at Scala, London 2010]
Audio recorded/mixed by Paul Nicholson
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THE HUMANS are Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin & Chris Wong
www.thehumansofficial.com
Toyah’s April blog is now available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.
Official Toyah Gigs: More concerts for 2014 are sporadically being added to Toyah’s live schedule – View all of the confirmed live dates for 2014 at The Official Gigs page.
JAZZ CAFE CAMDEN CONCERT
SPECIAL TICKET OFFER
The Official Toyah Willcox Website have a special offer for this Saturday’s Toyah gig at Jazz Cafe Camden. A concession ticket offer of just £10 per ticket! Anyone interesting please send an e-mail to gig@toyahwillcox.com and names will be added to list for payment on the door in cash.
The Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits concert takes place on Saturday 29th March at 5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PG
Email before 1pm on Friday 28th March. First come, first served until the concession offer allocation runs out.
• Info Source: Breaking Through: The Official Toyah Newsletter. View the complete Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! tour schedule.
A great review, of Toyah’s Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! gig at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, by In Suffolk.
Toyah – In Suffolk Review
I expected a build-up, a fanfare, some dry ice at least. Suddenly, I blinked, and there she was : coming straight at me at 100 miles an hour.
There are some people who are just not quite of this world. All you can do is stand back and watch. Toyah leaps. Toyah dances. Toyah sings note perfect. Toyah doesn’t seem to even break into a sweat. Toyah does not stop for an hour and a half. In the middle ages you’d get burned for less.
Toyah doesn’t mean to intimidate me. She is warm and funny. She asks the audience if they “want to hear some 80′s rock and roll”. We all cry out: “YES!” Toyah dedicates It’s A Mystery to pensioner at the back of the hall. She tells self- depreciating stories about playing holiday camps and how her song Spectacular, that was intended for the 2012 Paralympics, ended up being used in Patsy Kensit’s Weight Watchers commercial. She laughs with us. She makes us feel she doesn’t want to be anywhere but here. Toyah is truly in the moment.
• Continue reading at In Suffolk. Browse all of Dreamscape news on the Crimson Queen tour here. View photos from The Apex and other dates at Dreamscape Gallery.
