The countdown to the Deluxe Expanded editions of Toyah’s Gold-selling album Anthem continues. Here is the first listen of the 2022 remaster with the brand new Official Lyric Video for the fan favourite Sphinx.
Music icon Toyah Willcox to join rockstar Billy Idol on six-date UK tour this Autumn
It’s A Mystery and Thunder In The Mountains singer Toyah Willcox will join special guests Television for White Wedding and Rebel Yell star Billy Idol’s Roadside UK Tour
Thunder In the Mountains singer Toyah Willcox will join punk icon Billy Idol on his Roadside UK Tour this Autumn.
Actress and singer Toyah will open for Billy Idol on his six-date tour, which takes in cities including Manchester, Cardiff, London, Glasgow, Birmingham and Leeds from October 13-25, 2022.
That’s not all, as Toyah Willcox and Billy Idol will also be joined by special guests Television, who will be performing their album debut Marquee Moon in full.
• Continue reading at the Daily Star. NB. Billy Idol shared posts on Instagram and Twitter yesterday on Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch cover of Rebel Yell.
• Toyah At Home: Reaction to Race Through Space – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Rebel Yell – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Billy Idol. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Billy Idol’s ‘Rebel Yell’: Willcox will be joining Billy Idol as a guest on his UK ‘Roadside Tour’ later this year – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp share a reliably unhinged version of Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell: For those wondering what Toyah and Robert Fripp served up for Sunday Lunch this weekend, wonder no more – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” – Continue…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Reprise “Rebel Yell” to Announce That Toyah Is Joining Billy Idol On Tour – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
Coming this Friday…. the first taste of the 2022 Anthem remastered tracks. The ‘Double A-Sided’ Sphinx/For You will be available digitally to stream.
The two-track release includes the 2022 remaster of Sphinx and the previously unheard Unfaded Version of For You, also newly remastered. Both tracks were recorded in the Anthem album sessions at the Marquee Studios, London and eventually released on the Flexipop 7” flexi-disc. They feature on the new 2CD+DVD edition of Anthem released by Cherry Red Records on 9th September.
• These are two, until now, under celebrated gems from Toyah’s back catalogue. For You in particular is just wonderful. Pre-save link available by clicking below.
Toyah to join Billy Idol on the road for October 2022 UK tour
Toyah will join Billy Idol later this year as he brings ‘The Roadside’ tour to the UK throughout October 2022.
The punk icon will join the rocker for a string of dates, which were rescheduled from earlier this year. “We’re looking forward to having Toyah join us in the UK,” says Billy. “This is the final piece in what is going to be an epic show!“
• Continue reading at Retropop.
Cherry Red steps up Toyah reissues with massive Anthem box set
1981 album gets the super deluxe treatment
Toyah’s 1981 album Anthem will be reissued in September across three physical formats, one of which is a large seven-disc super deluxe edition box set which comes with a signed print.
The album was the first to feature the new line-up of Toyah Willcox, Joel Bogen, Nigel Glockler, Phil Spalding and Adrian Lee. It reached number two in the UK album charts and contained a pair of top ten hits in ‘It’s A Mystery’ (which was issued in February ’81 as part of the ‘Four From Toyah’ EP) and ‘I Want To Be Free’ which was issued just before the album in May of that same year. Audio for the reissues has been remastered by Nick Watson (from the original master tapes) and approved by Joel Bogen.
• Continue reading at Super Deluxe Edition.
Toyah Willcox film telling disabled Quakers fan’s incredible life story to premiere in Darlington
Give Them Wings is set to premiere at Darlington’s Vue Cinema on July 16 to honour the writer’s hometown and the film’s location
A feature film based on the life story of a disabled Quakers fan will premiere at Darlington Vue Cinema on July 16. Starring Toyah Willcox, Give Them Wings chronicles the journey of Paul Hodgson, who was left disabled after being diagnosed with childhood meningitis.
Darlington born Mr Hodgson was diagnosed with the illness at just 10 months-old and his parents were told he would never move or speak. The now 57-year-old has defied all odds by becoming an award-winning novelist, film producer and screenwriter and Give Them Wings tells the story of his journey.
• Continue reading at Teeside Live.
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Thursday 14th July: 1am
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)
That Was Then This Is Now is a new and innovative online music show, masterminded by Mike Stock of Stock Aitken Waterman fame.
Featuring huge pop acts of the last 50 years in exclusive new live studio performances in HD quality and introduced by broadcasting legend Mike Read, and Sky’s Hayley Palmer.
“July 9, 1982”: Adam Ant and Toyah are the subject of a little more exploitation by Polydor Records. A song that the pair did together four years ago for the “Jubilee” soundtrack has been dusted off and released as a single. After Adam’s lawyers caught wind of this impending single, they insisted that it not be packaged as “Adam Ant & Toyah” as they had intended, but instead as “The Maneaters,” the name that the song appeared originally under.
• Continue reading at Songs Smiths.
Press on this week’s announcement Toyah is supporting Billy Idol on his Roadside UK Arena Tour later this year.
• The Official Toyah Willcox Website: Toyah Joins Billy Idol Arena Tour As Special Guest: Billy Idol is delighted to announce that Toyah will be joining his UK live dates this October on The Roadside Tour 2022, alongside very special guests, Television – Continue…
• Vive Le Rock: Toyah Joins Idol Tour!: TOYAH has been added to the bill for Billy Idol’s Roadside Tour this Autumn. The post-punk hitmaker joins a line-up that also includes Television, who stepped up to replace The Go-Go’s who were unable to play the rescheduled dates. “We’re looking forward to having Toyah join us in the UK,” says the former Generation X frontman. “This is the final piece in what is going to be an epic show!” – Continue…
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See Toyah unbox the, incredible, Anthem Deluxe releases on yesterday’s Toyah at Home…
Every Tuesday, Official Toyah will count down to the release of Anthem on 9th September.
Next up, it’s a really special electro-acoustic performance of We Are taken from the DVD which features inside the Anthem 2CD+DVD and Super Deluxe Edition. Alongside Toyah is Sidney Jake on guitar and Ellie Williams on keys. Premieres at You Tube and Facebook on Tuesday. (Photos © Toyah Willcox)
Billy Idol is delighted to announce that Toyah will be joining his six UK arena dates this October on The Roadside Tour, alongside very special guests, Television.
“We’re looking forward to having Toyah join us!“. Click below for ticket info and/or booking. Read more on this at toyahwillcox.com.
This is exciting! Glitter, a television drama made as part of the BBC’s 1970’s Second City Firsts series, is being repeated later this month for the FIRST TIME since it originally aired in 1976! Significantly, Glitter was Toyah’s first professional onscreen acting role (and music performances)!
Second City Firsts: BBC Four: Wednesday 20th July: 10.35pm
Glitter. Series 1, episode 2. Drama from 1976 about Sue, a teenage singer whose dream is to perform on Top of the Pops. Toyah Willcox stars in her first professional role, with Phil Daniels and Noel Edmonds. Director: Tony Bicat. Also features: Doremy Vernon and Bilbo Baggins.
Toyah is interviewed in the new issue of Retropop magazine (August 2022) in a special eight-page feature. Retropop is on sale now. View the full feature here. NB: This interview was originally published on Retropop‘s website in 2021 around the time of the release of Posh Pop. (Thanks to Minna of The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive)
Minder: ITV4: Monday 11th July: 4.50pm
Minder: ITV4: Tuesday 12th July: 9.50am
Minder: ITV4: Sunday 17th July: 8.20am
All Mod Cons. Series 2, Episode 8. Terry tries to help his friend Kate evict some unwanted tenants, but comes to doubt her motives. Meanwhile, Arthur is desperate to get into the property market and tries to sell Terry’s flat without telling him. Guest starring Toyah Willcox and Simon Cadell. Director: Ian Sharp. Also starring: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Peter Childs, George Layton, Patrick Malahide, Michael Troughton. Also showing on ITV4 HD and ITV4+1.
Toyah’s new single is released on Friday 5th August, a new take on the iconic song Slave To The Rhythm. It’s produced by Simon Darlow, the original co-writer of the song and features Robert Fripp on guitar…. The team behind the album Posh Pop.
Every Tuesday, Official Toyah will count down to the release of Anthem on 9th September.
First up, today, Jungles Of Jupiter an album track from Anthem which both Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen agree should have been a single release. Get the inside track on the song in this exclusive preview of the track-by-track commentary from the 2CD+DVD set. There’s also footage so rare that it may have only ever been previously broadcast on Jupiter! Premieres 6pm, today!
Read Toyah’s latest blog at toyahwillcox.com. Lots of announcements coming!
• Toyah At Home: Reaction to vintage Thunder In The Mountains – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Keine Lust – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Rammstein. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Don A Lederhosen and Drindlj for Rammstein’s Keine Lust – Continue…
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Rammstein’s ‘Keine Lust’ for ‘Sunday Lunch’: Complete with a lederhosen-clad Fripp and Willcox pouring water down her dirndl – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Gott im Himmel! Toyah and Robert Fripp give Rammstein the bierkeller treatment: Toyah and Robert go “slightly German” as Rammstein’s Keine Lust lights up Worcestershire’s most iconic kitchen – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Rammstein’s “Keine Lust” – Continue…
• Consequence: Toyah Pours Water on Herself as She and Robert Fripp Cover Rammstein’s “Keine Lust”: The performance of the German band’s song comes ahead of the couple’s 2023 tour – Continue…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Rammstein’s “Keine Lust” – Continue…
• Metal Injection: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Covered Rammstein’s “Keine Lust” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Watch Toyah & Robert’s Octoberfest Sunday Lunch Covering Rammstein – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
