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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 Come Dancing: BBC One: Saturday 14th September: 7.20pm
Launch Show. Series 22, episode 1. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome 15 new celebrities to the Strictly ballroom to pair them with their professional partners, while judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke give their first thoughts on the couples. The celebrities are Chris McCausland, JB Gill, Wynne Evans, Toyah Willcox, Punam Krishan, Tasha Ghouri, Pete Wicks, Shayne Ward, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Borthwick, Tom Dean, Montell Douglas, Nick Knowles, Paul Merson and Sam Quek.

NB. Keep an eye on BBC Two’s week day It Takes Two. No doubt Toyah will be guesting on that at least once a week! Click below to visit the BBC’s official Strictly website for all the latest updates. (Photo © BBC)

“I am now fully in the joyous world of STRICTLY!”. Toyah’s blog is available to read at toyahwillcox.com. Click below for all the latest direct from Toyah, including her Strictly news!

The week of shows, of Richard Osman’s House Of Games, Toyah guested on back in October 2023 is being repeated next week.

Each episode airs at 6pm and will be available at BBC iPlayer after broadcast.

Richard Osman’s House Of Games: BBC2: Monday 16th September: 6pm
Monday. Series 5, Episode 6. Chris Hughes, Debra Stephenson, Inel Tomlinson and Toyah Willcox test their general knowledge skills before Richard Osman announces the day’s winner.

Richard Osman’s House Of Games: BBC2: Tuesday 17th September: 6pm
Tuesday. Series 5, Episode 7. Chris Hughes, Debra Stephenson, Inel Tomlinson and Toyah Willcox compete in the weekday general knowledge quiz, hosted by Richard Osman.

Richard Osman’s House Of Games: BBC2: Wednesday 18th September: 6pm
Wednesday. Series 5, Episode 8. Chris Hughes, Debra Stephenson, Inel Tomlinson and Toyah Willcox test their general knowledge skills on this week’s House of Games.

Richard Osman’s House Of Games: BBC2: Thursday 19th September: 6pm
Thursday. Series 5, Episode 9. Every day this week, celebrity contestants Chris Hughes, Debra Stephenson, Inel Tomlinson and Toyah Willcox take on a series of quiz rounds selected by the host, quiz legend Richard Osman.

Richard Osman’s House Of Games: BBC2: Friday 20th September: 6pm
Friday. Series 5, Episode 10. The celebrities face their final quizzes, and the week’s winner is announced.

• Visit the House Of Games BBC website. Tune in each evening or catch-up on BBC iPlayer. (Photos © BBC)

• Saturday Morning Song: The Vow (1983 Vintage Performance) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Slave To The Rhythm – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah’s 1983 studio album Love Is The Law receives new remastered and expanded editions, released by Cherry Red Records on Friday 8 November 2024. This follows the acclaimed and enthusiastically received series of remastered editions of four studio albums and four live albums that chronicle the band’s recording history from 1979-1983.

The album releases can be ordered from www.cherryred.co.uk.

For full track list and more details visit the Album page in the Discography of Toyah’s official website.

Reaching the UK album charts in November 1983, the album saw Toyah, Joel Bogen and Simon Darlow write and record the album whilst Toyah appeared as the lead in the successful theatre production of Trafford Tanzi at the Mermaid Theatre.

Previewed by the single Rebel Run, the album also includes fan favourites Dreamscape, Martian Cowboy and one of Toyah’s long-term personal favourites, I Explode. The title track features a group of fans singing on the song’s chorus after being invited into the Marquee Studios, Soho one evening in August 1983.

Following the acclaimed reissue Toyah series, this release once again features the album remastered from the original mastertapes by Nick Watson, overseen by Joel Bogen.

The LP reissue is pressed on translucent red vinyl and features a new colour inner bag plus a lyric insert. The 2CD+DVD edition features 31 bonus tracks, of which 21 are previously unreleased. Amongst these are B-Sides, alternate mixes, rarities, home demos, instrumentals and studio outtakes.

The DVD features two newly filmed 2024 interviews with Toyah Willcox reflecting on making the LP. These specially edited docu-features include extensive photographs from the Mermaid Theatre fan gatherings and several private studio session photos to bring the “Summer of ’83” story back to life once again.

The LP and 2CD+DVD artwork feature newly scanned archive negatives from the album photo shoot to both refresh the visuals with an alternate front cover and achieve a higher quality print finish, since the exact LP shot negatives are missing.

• Pre-Order Love Is The Law on 2CD+DVD, and semi-transparent red vinyl at Cherry Red (The editions with postcards sold out almost immediately!). Read the news/press release – and listen to a preview of Rebel Run (Extended) – and album page/full tracklist/release gallery at toyahwillcox.com. Watch Toyah announce the release on Toyah At Home.

We hope you’re ready, because in 10 days Toyah headlines Strictly… (Images © BBC)

• Toyah At Home: Love Is The Law Announcement – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Teen Spirit – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Most Shocking Moments in Pop 2: Channel 5 + 24: Sunday 15th September: 10.30pm
Pop. 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’s next episode of Toyah At Home comes a week early, and to bring you a special announcement. It’s the turn of the final Safari studio album “Love Is The Law” to be remastered and expanded. Tune in 11am, Saturday 31 August for all the details.

• Saturday Song: These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (Unplugged) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Money!!!! – Watch… 

Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering Barrett Strong. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Share Cover Of Barrett Strong Classic “Money (That’s What I Want)” For Sunday Lunch – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: RF: A brand new Toyah & Robert Sunday Lunch which presents an argument in favour of pecuniary aggrandisement… – Continue…

The Chase: Celebrity Special: Challenge: Sunday 8th September: 6pm
Bradley Walsh hosts the quiz show as four celebrities take on the Chaser. Singer Toyah Willcox, ex-footballer John Barnes, writer Germaine Greer and heavyweight boxer Audley Harrison pit their wits against one of the country’s finest quiz brains in the hope of winning thousands of pounds for their chosen charities. (Photo © ITV)

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.

One Week Today – Saturday 31st August – Toyah announces the remastered / expanded editions of the 1983 album, Love Is The Law in Toyah At Home. 11am at Toyah’s YouTube channel and Facebook. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Cherry Red reach the final studio album from Toyah this Autumn, with the release/reissue of Love Is The Law. A wonderful album which features Toyah’s vocals at their most soaring and glorious thus far in her career at the time.

I’m happy to say I’ve managed to produce an issue of my fanzine for each and every Cherry Red release over the past four years, and currently working on Issue 61 (gulp!!) in celebration of Love Is The Law. More info soon…

A new t-shirt featuring the iconic Toyah logo from the Rebel Run/Love Is the Law album (1983) is now available for pre-order in the Toyah & Robert merchandise shop! (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Wednesday 28th August: 9am
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)

For 45 years Toyah has taken to the stage like no other. She has won numerous awards and nominations from singing to writing to acting. In 2001 Toyah was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Central England in Birmingham. This showreel includes extracts from her filmography…

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)

50 Wild Women Of The 80s!: NOW 80s: Thursday 5th September: 4pm
Brilliant songs, big voices, blazing hair & bags of attitude – the ladies of the 80s had the lot! From Toyah to Tina & Joan Jett to Janet Jackson.