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Announcing the first issues of Dreamscape TOYAH Fanzine for almost a year…

I’ve had a fair amount of “Indecision” this year on how to proceed with the fanzine – which is now in its 14th year and 63 issues! – and have had numerous ideas including issues exclusively celebrating particular years from Toyah’s career, issues celebrating the pop icon aspect of Toyah as an artist, issues focusing solely(!) on each incarnation of the Toyah band. All that and a few other ideas, and I did create covers for some of these ideas through the past year.

Then Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah was announced and all those ideas had to be put on the backburner… More info on the new issues soon, but here’s a preview of one of the covers (alongside me attempting to look like a human!)

The trailer for the forthcoming Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah – released on deluxe box set, gatefold vinyl and double CD formats. Pre-order at Cherry Red.

Toyah guested on The Scott Mills’ Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Two on Friday 8th August (on what would have been my Dad’s 91st birthday)… Toyah Willcox, Craig David and Alex Jones on Big Guest Friday!

• Listen to the show at BBC Sounds – just 9 days left to listen! (Photo © BBC)

• Toyah At Home: August 2025 – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Paranoid – Watch… (Image © Cherry Red)

Toyah has just passed 1k of uploads at her official YouTube channel. There are also lots of upcoming music performances to look forward to in the next few weeks in the build up to the release of, the career-spanning, Chameleon.

Celebrating 45 years of music, Toyah will release a new career-spanning, hit packed collection Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah on 5 September 2025 on Cherry Red Records. A pioneering figure in the UK’s new wave and post-punk movement, Toyah has made an indelible mark on the entertainment industry with her unique voice, electrifying stage presence, and artistic versatility.

Spanning 1979-2024, Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah includes the top 40 singles I Want To Be Free, It’s A Mystery, Thunder In The Mountains, Brave New World, Good Morning Universe, Rebel Run and Don’t Fall In Love, alongside classic cuts right up to her 2021 Top 25 album Posh Pop.

Chameleon lives up to its name and highlights Toyah’s musical longevity as a singer/actress that burst out of the punk/new wave scene in the late 1970s, became a pop icon in the 1980s and who has remained an ever-evolving creative force across five decades. Her music, which blends theatricality with powerful rock energy has earned her a devoted fan base, Gold-selling records and respect as an acclaimed live performer and songwriter. Toyah played Glastonbury Festival and Isle of Wight for two consecutive years in 2023/2024 and has amassed a staggering 144 million views on YouTube with her inventive and creative weekly videos.

Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah will be available on 2LP, 2CD and a 3CD+Blu-Ray Deluxe Edition. Pre-order begins from Monday 23 June at www.cherryred.co.uk

The double vinyl contains 28 tracks, the 2CD edition includes 40 tracks and a deluxe 3CD+Blu-Ray edition adds a third 17-track disc of rarities and a 40-track Blu-Ray featuring Toyah’s iconic music videos and classic TV performances and concert footage from 1980-2024.

All formats include the previously unreleased track Worst In Me, the 2CD and Deluxe Edition also adds a live version of David Bowie’s Fashion performed by Toyah & Robert Fripp on their summer 2024 tour.

The album’s artwork package is awash with the striking, inventive and chameleonic images that are synonymous with Toyah. The package is presented with meticulous photography of the iconic looks Toyah Willcox crafted herself alongside the world’s very best stylists and rock photographers.

Sleevenote contributions from Shirley Manson (Garbage) and Saffron (Republica) reflect on the impact Toyah had on them personally.

• Pre-Order Chameleon – The Very Best Of Toyah on 2CD edition, 3CD+Blu-Ray Deluxe Box Set, and 2LP Gold Vinyl at Cherry Red (The editions with signed postcards will no doubt sell out almost immediately!). Read the press release/news announcement at toyahwillcox.com. Browse the 2CD/2LP tracklist/info. Browse the Deluxe Edition tracklist/info. Watch Toyah announcing the release in yesterday’s bonus Toyah At Home.

• Toyah At Home: Announcement Episode – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Have Love Will Travel – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)