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“You give me, fire!”

This weekend has been something of an official “unofficial” celebration of one of Toyah’s most glorious pop moments.

The uplifting 1982 anthem Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard) – written by Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen, and originally released in August 1982 – and it’s gorgeous related imagery. With a Toyah At Home special, a retro, and incredibly rare, performance of the song from Italian music show, Popcorn, which aired on Italian TV channel Canale 5 from 1980 to 1985!

Official Toyah popped the cherry on the icing of the “Be Proud” cake by also sharing a previously unseen shot from the Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard) beach photo session.

“Soul deep!”

Aside from all that, how ahead of the curve was Toyah? The positivity and message of Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard) is relatable, and relevant, to right now. And the song still sounds so good, from that zoom-in intro to the very last second… (Photo © Cherry Red Records / Screen Caps from a video that is © Canale 5)

• Toyah At Home – Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard): Toyah uncovers the story behind the single Be Proud, Be Loud (Be Heard) in this week’s Toyah At Home. There’s the story about the song and a vintage rare performance of the track from 1982. Be Proud, be loud, tune in! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire: Toyah and Robert take a look at some of the objects that surround them in middle England, direct from social medias most famous kitchen! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – They Are RED HOT!!!: This week Toyah and Robert are RED HOT!!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Most Shocking Moments In Pop: Channel 5: Saturday 9th April: 10pm
Series 1, Episode 4. Tamzin Outhwaite narrates a selection of memorable incidents involving musicians, including Zayn Malik leaving One Direction and Robbie Williams rejoining Take That. There are lessons in etiquette from Grace Jones, the scoop on Beyonce’s sister Solange taking on Jay-Z and the British singing legend who was one of the first to take on the Apartheid regime. With insight from Toyah Willcox, Rick Wakeman, Bez, Dan Hipgrave, Harvey, Jay Aston, Carrie and David Grant and Linda Lewis, with comments from Ralf Little, Matt Richardson, Katie Puckrik, Pat Sharp and Robert Elms.

Toyah onstage at the The Glassbox Theatre, Gillingham last Thursday, (24th March), the penultimate date of the Posh Pop Tour.

These photos are wonderful. If Toyah ever needs an official photographer again, she need look no further than Brian. His live shots are incredible so heaven knows what he could create with a photo session. Please click on the photos below to view larger versions.

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In support of Hazel O’Connor, the Electric Ladies Tour will be going ahead with Toyah, Lene Lovich and Saffron of Republica.

Unfortunately, due to ongoing health issues, Hazel is unable to join the Electric Ladies Tour, but she will be very much with them in spirit.

Some of Hazel’s songs will be performed and a portion of the income from each show will going directly to Hazel to help towards her ongoing recovery.

All tickets remain valid.

Performing alongside their full band, each artist will perform their own set alongside some unique collaborations.

This hit-packed retro fest will include such classics as Thunder In The Mountains, Will You, Lucky Number, Ready To Go, Say When, Drop Dead Gorgeous and It’s A Mystery.

The Yarm, Lincoln, Exeter dates will no longer be taking place. Saffron will not be performing at Guilford, London & Milton Keynes, just Toyah & Lene Lovich.

• See all the dates and ticket links here.

Pre-order Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!, in deluxe formats, by clicking on the CD+DVD back cover…

An amazing photo of Toyah from the penultimate gig of the Posh Pop Tour 2021/22. This took place at The Glassbox Theatre, Gillingham last Thursday, 24th March. Return soon to see more great photos from this concert.

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A preview of the live performance of Danced performed live in June 1980 at Club Lafayette, Wolverhampton is premiering on Toyah’s Official You Tube channel on 5th April. As featured on the DVD with the Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! Deluxe CD+DVD release from Cherry Red Records. Released Friday 13 May 2022.

There’s a repeat airing of the Toyah Special of Video Killed The Radio Star on Sky Arts next month. This great half hour programme originally premiered in August 2018.

The programme focuses on the making/creation of Toyah’s 80s pop videos. The programme is repeated on Monday 11th April.

Video Killed the Radio Star reveals the genius, madness, excesses and ideas behind some of music’s most famous videos. Featuring interviews with iconic bands and artists, directors, cameramen and others involved in the creative process of making the ultimate pop promo.

Video Killed The Radio Star: Sky Arts: Monday 11th April: 11.30am
Toyah Willcox. (Series 7, Episode 6) An insight into the making of videos by Toyah Willcox, whose hits included It’s A Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want To Be Free.

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Edwin Starr. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Edwin Starr’s ‘War’: This week’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ is all about peace and love – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Edwin Starr‘s ‘War’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Edwin Starr’s “War”: Toyah and Robert Fripp are keeping things topical on their Sunday Lunch covers series, this week taking on Edwin Starr’s 1970 classic protest song, “War.” If you needed the point driven home any further, they’re both wearing white, there’s a poster of a dove on their kitchen cupboard and Toyah smashes a toy tank at the end. Recent Sunday Lunch covers: Kaiser Chiefs’ “I Predict a Riot” and Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” and Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality.” – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Edwin Starr’s “War”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This week, the duo cover Edwin Starr’s “War,” seemingly in continued protest against Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. The song continues the twosome’s tradition of going more conceptual and less outright salacious with the covers – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Say No To War In Rousing Edwin Starr Cover: It’s Fripp, Toyah, and the Dove of Peace in this week’s Sunday Lunch – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back for another episode of Sunday Lunch, and this time they’re keeping things topical with Edwin Starr’s protest anthem War. The couple continue in their protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a stirring rendition of Starr’s 1970 anti-war classic, singing to the lines “War, huh / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing” as a painting of a white dove with an olive branch in its beak hung in the background – Continue reading…

• Sounder Ground: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Edwin Star’s “War”: Toyah and Robert Fripp are keeping things topical on their Sunday Lunch covers series, this week taking on Edwin Starr‘s 1970 classic protest song, “War.” If you needed the point driven home any further, they’re both wearing white, there’s a poster of a dove on their kitchen cupboard and Toyah smashes a toy tank at the end – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – War… Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (March 26th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Brave New World (March 26th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: War…: War – What is good for….. – Watch the video…

Liam Rudden: How can Ferris Bueller be 60 and Toyah Willcox 63 when in my head I’m still 23?

Last week, I nipped down to Carlisle to see Toyah Willcox in concert, a wee bundle of energy as always, as she revisited 40 years of hits for an hour or more I was a teenager again… until she mentioned she is now 63. Now, I don’t know about you, but in my head the icons of my youth have remained trapped in a time bubble that allows them to defy the ageing process. Consequently, it’s only when reminded of their advancing years I remember that I too am old.

• Continue reading at the Edinburgh Evening News.

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Tuesday 5th April: 5pm
T’Pau’s Carol Decker brings a bit of Heart and Soul to a countdown of ’80s ladies who like to rock! With Joan Jett, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. (as well as Toyah via the Thunder In The Mountains video)

• Toyah At Home – Brave New World: This week Toyah goes behind the creation of Brave New World, with the inside track on the making of the video, plus an unseen performance of the song from a a recent concert – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire: Toyah and Robert take a look at some of the objects that surround them in middle England, direct from social medias most famous kitchen! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – War…: War – What is good for….. – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah onstage at the Old Fire Station, Carlisle last Thursday night (17th March), a date from the Posh Pop Tour. The set list included Good Morning Universe, Sensational, Ieya, It’s A Mystery and Take Me Home.

There are just two dates left of the Posh Pop Tour: Gillingham (24th March) and Sheffield Green (25th March). Further info on these dates and all of Toyah’s confirmed upcoming live dates for 2022 can be found at toyahwillcox.com. Please click on the photos below to view larger versions.

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Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Wednesday 6th April: 5.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Thursday 7th April: 1.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Friday 8th April: 9.30am
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Sunday 10th April: 8.35am
Blue Marigold. Series 5, Episode 1. Dropped by her agency for her diva-like behaviour, supermodel Marigold’s mental health deteriorates. Years later, she plots a comeback. Director: Giles Foster. Starring: Toyah Willcox, Ralph Bates, Sharon Duce, Helen Fraser, Billy Hamon, Edward Jewesbury.

Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool: Stiff Little Fingers announced as one of the headliners, joining acts The Stranglers, Toyah, Squeeze and Gary Numan

Stiff Little Fingers have been confirmed as a major headliner for this summer’s Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool.

Blackpool will once again be at the centre of the punk universe for four days in August with Rebellion bringing together hundreds of British and American acts from the punk scene’s various eras.

“It hasn’t been easy to pull all these amazing bands like SLF together, but this year is going to be the biggest and best ever Rebellion seen in Blackpool.,” said the festival’s co-founder Jennie Russell-Smith.

• Continue reading at Blackpool Gazette.

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Kaiser Chiefs. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Kaiser Chiefs’ ‘I Predict A Riot’: ‘Sunday Lunch’ gets lairy this week – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Kaiser Chiefs’ “I Predict A Riot”: This week Toyah and Robert Fripp are dipping into the mid-00’s UK indie scene for their Sunday Lunch covers series, taking on Kaiser Chiefs’ 2004 hit “I Predict a Riot.” They throw a little bit of a social undercurrent into it as well, with a poster of their kitchen cupboard of a lighthouse with “HOPE” written beside it and at one point Toyah shines a flashlight on its beacon – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Kaiser Chiefs’ “I Predict a Riot”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This weekend, the duo cover Kaiser Chiefs’ 2005 hit “I Predict A Riot.” The video showcases Toyah dancing in front of fake blue flames, and continues a recent trend of Toyah no longer performing half-naked in every cover. Our loss! – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Get Unruly In Cover If Kaiser Chiefs’ I Predict A Riot: Robert Fripp and Toyah have posted the latest episode of their Sunday Lunch cover series, sharing their take on I Predict A Riot, a cut from Kaiser Chiefs’ fourth LP, The Bands 05. In the episode, Fripp once again dons the colours of the Ukrainian flag in his vest-tie combination, while a cardboard drawing showcases a lighthouse with the word “Hope” written beside it – Continue reading…

• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox cover Kaiser Chiefs song ‘I Predict a Riot’: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and singer Toyah Willcox have uploaded their fiery performance of Kaiser Chiefs favourite ‘I Predict A Riot’. This performance is their latest cover and sits in a repertoire of online uploads that includes numbers by Greenday, Ramones and Nirvana – Continue reading…

• Sounder Ground: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Predict A Riot… Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (March 19th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Echo Beach (March 19th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: I Predict A Riot: This weeks Sunday Lunch is really a belter – and we predict a lot more than a riot!! – Watch the video…

Favourite Singers With Nick Heyward: NOW 80s: Thursday 31st March: 12pm
Mr Favourite Shirts is back on NOW 80s – this time he selects his Favourite Singers! Including some who influenced him the most such as David Byrne & XTC’s Andy Partridge.

Pointless Celebrities: Challenge: Monday 4th April: 7pm
Series 6, Episode 14. Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a special celebrity music edition of the quiz that rewards the answers that no-one else could think of. Featuring Mark King and Toyah Willcox, Carol Decker and Limahl, Dave Hill and Dave Bartram and Antony Costa and Scott Robinson.

• Toyah At Home – Echo Beach: This week Toyah takes a look and gives us the story behind the hit – Echo Beach, and an exclusive live version of the song! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire: Toyah and Robert take a look at some of the objects that surround them in middle England, direct from social medias most famous kitchen! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Predict A Riot: Airing at Midday today!! This weeks Sunday Lunch is really a belter – and we predict a lot more than a riot!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Sensational Toyah Brings Her ‘Posh Pop Tour’ to East Sussex

TOYAH + HOLLY DEANNA (CURRLS) – ST MARY IN THE CASTLE, HASTINGS 12.3.22

The music scene in Hastings has steadily been getting back on its feet this year and is starting to thrive once again. Tonight’s show at St Mary In The Castle is a sure sign of a return to normality though you could hardly describe Toyah as ‘normal’.

My first encounter with Toyah may have been as a 16 year old hearing ‘Sheep Farming In Barnet’ and being most intrigued by her, or it could have been watching her playing ‘Monkey’ in ‘Quadrophenia’ around the same time, but whichever I was hooked.

I got around to seeing her in the flesh for my one and only time at Drury Lane Theatre Royal on Christmas Eve, 1981, which was actually broadcast on BBC2 as an ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ special. I say seeing her in the flesh but my main recollection of that night is being stuck in the balcony about as far away as you could get. I then lost my return tube ticket home, but luckily the train inspector was full of Christmas cheer and allowed me through the barrier.

Tonight was my opportunity to reconnect having lost touch with her career and was surprised to find out that she has released 16 albums, of which 11 are as a solo artist. Throw in a few compilation albums and a box set, and you have quite an accomplished music career. Of course that isn’t the end of her talents as she has appeared in over 20 films, presented on television, appeared in numerous shows, and done a fair bit of charity fundraising.

• Continue reading at Brighton News. Browse Dreamscape’s Posh Pop Tour News Archive.