Browse Dreamscape’s dedicated news feeds on each of Toyah’s three 2014 UK Tours:
Acoustic, Up Close & Personal
Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live!
Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House
• You can also view the entire Live 2014 archive, which includes news on all of the above as well as the other non-tour live gigs and appearances that took place this year.
Great photos of Toyah onstage at The Birdwell Venue, Barnsley, on the penultimate date of the 2014 Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour on Friday night. Click below to view larger versions of these at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Jill | Photos © Jill Perlstrom)
Added more sensational photos of Toyah from a couple of the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour dates, Warehouse 23 in Wakefield (26th April) and the Astor Theatre in Deal (21st June), to the Live 2014 page at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Alyson & John | Photos © Alyson Evans & John Weston)
Over the last four months Toyah has played 14 CRIMSON QUEEN/GREATEST HITS… LIVE! dates in Holmfirth, Nuneaton, Bury St Edmunds, Wimborne, London, Hastings, Clitheroe, Wakefield, Liverpool, Lowestoft, Blyth, Clacton, Isle of Man and Deal. There are still a couple of dates of the tour remaining:
LIVE IN CONCERT WITH FULL TOYAH BAND
7 SEP: DEVON / BUDLEIGH SALTERTON HALL
27 SEP: BUCKLEY / TIVOLI THEATRE
The Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! dates have run throughout 2014 as an extended series of gigs rather than in a single-month tour.
• View more details on the Crimson Queen… dates and links to book tickets here. View all of Toyah’s confirmed live dates for 2014 at The Official Gigs page. Browse all of our Toyah Live 2014 news here.
A fantastic photo of Toyah onstage at the Astor Theatre, Deal, on the latest date of the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour, and with John at the “Meet & Greet”. Click below to view the full versions of these at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Brian & John | Photos © Brian Marsh & John Weston)
Great photos of Toyah last night at the Astor Theatre, Deal, on the latest date of the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour. Click below to view the full versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. Tonight Toyah plays a, sold out, Acoustic, Up Close & Personal concert at Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve. (Thanks to Angus | All photos © Angus Turner)
For a superstar who writes songs about the universe, Toyah Willcox is surprisingly down-to-earth. Performing for the first time in the Peel Centenary Centre, and for the second time in the island, she sung her lungs out to a nearly sold out theatre.
The pyramid seating of the theatre gave everyone a wonderful view as the white backstage turned to neon green and coral pink. The lights then shifted the hue farther as the band members walked out.
They took their positions, all wearing predominantly black clothing so our star could shine: Toyah. She emerged wearing her iconic eccentricities of a kaleidoscopic T-shirt and space invader accessories. Although her outfit certainly won the prize for uniqueness, her hair no longer wins the prize of weirdest style as ‘Mr Mohican’ (as Toyah named him when he shouted out) was far more exciting.
Toyah didn’t just perform a concert, she was also a personality on the stage; she stopped in-between tracks and spoke to the crowd about what she felt when she wrote the song, or what she felt when she performed it. This was fantastic for the audience as we gained so much insight into the mind of star.
• Continue reading at the Isle Of Man Today.
A new interview with Toyah, ahead of her Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! gig at The Astor Theatre in Kent on Saturday, published yesterday by Kent Online.
Former ‘high priestess of punk’ Toyah Willcox may have mellowed with age but she still loves donning the dramatic costumes to become her on-stage musical alter-ego, as she tells Jo Roberts
“In my youth, I was happy standing out but I love that now I can be anonymous in the street. I’d rather just turn it on for the stage,” says Toyah, whose current conventionally blonde tresses and subtle chic contrast with the flame-haired punk appearance she sported in the 1980s.
The prolific singer has released more than 20 albums in the past 35 years. Her biggest chart hits came in 1981 with the EP Four from Toyah and the single Thunder in the Mountains. Toyah forged a three-pronged career as an actress and media personality too but she will be returning to her first love when she hits the stage at Deal’s Astor Theatre this weekend with her Crimson Queen Greatest Hits show.
“It’s definitely a different part of me,” she says of her musical alter ego, known for a signature dramatic look which manages to combine a futuristic vibe with retro 1980s stylings. “The majority of the time I’m a businesswoman, but I can’t wait to get out of the office and become my on-stage persona, I love that freedom”.
• Continue reading at Kent Online.
Eighties pop sensation Toyah Willcox gave a stunning performance in front of an audience of 250 people at the Peel Centenary Centre.
Dave Moncaster from Port St Mary sent us this photo from the gig and said: ‘She was brilliant and gave an absolutely worthy performance, appreciated by everyone in attendance. The evening was full of her well known songs and some that I don’t remember. The lady is funny, well spoken and a total professional. Please come back to the island soon, Toyah.’
• Continue reading at isleofman.com.
A look at the print version of the Isle Of Man Today article we linked to last week. Toyah played a Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! tour date The Centenary Centre in Peel last night.
Multi-talented 80s pop star Toyah Willcox comes to the Centenary Centre in Peel on Saturday, June 14. This will be Toyah’s second visit to the island after she performed at Jaks in Douglas in 2011.
She has had 13 top 40 singles, written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays, made 10 feature films and presented TV shows from ‘Songs of Praise’ to ‘The Good Sex Guide Late’.
• View a larger version of the article here. (Thanks to Colin Dew-Parry for the scan)
Multi-talented 80s pop star Toyah Willcox comes to the Centenary Centre in Peel on Saturday, June 14.
This will be Toyah’s second visit to the island after she performed at Jaks in Douglas in 2011.
She has had 13 top 40 singles, written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays, made 10 feature films and presented TV shows from ‘Songs of Praise’ to ‘The Good Sex Guide Late’.
Toyah’s biggest year musically was 1981 when she had three top ten hits, with her ‘Four from Toyah Ep’ and its lead track ‘It’s a Mystery’ reaching number four, follow-up ‘I want to be free’ reaching number eight, and ‘Thunder in the Mountains’ also peaking at number four.
• Continue reading at the Isle Of Man Today.
A very busy week ahead for Toyah: This evening it’s SohoCreate; tomorrow a Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! date in Clacton-On-Sea; Saturday a PA in Minehead; on Sunday Toyah plays the Let’s Rock Bristol festival; and on Tuesday there’s An Evening With Toyah Willcox @ Say What? Waterstones, Manchester – Phew!
Punk princess Toyah Willcox’s greatest hits live show is in Clacton next week.
The It’s A Mystery and I Want to Be Free singer is at the West Cliff Theatre on Friday, June 6, performing a full set including tracks from smash albums The Court and Crimson Queen
As well as a being an accomplished singer and multi-award winner, Toyah has starred in cult movies Epic and Quadrophenia and was even the voice who introduced the Teletubbies at the height of their popularity. With gravity-defying bright orange hairstyles and a career which turned her from punk pop idol to priestess of television Toyah is sure to have something for everyone.
• Continue reading at the Clacton Gazette.
Fab photos of Toyah onstage last night at the Phoenix Theatre, Blyth, on the 11th date of the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour. Click below to view the full versions of these, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Gareth| All photos © Gareth Suthers)
Following dates in Holmfirth, Nuneaton, Bury St Edmunds, Wimborne, London, Hastings, Clitheroe and Wakefield, Toyah played at the legendary Eric’s in Liverpool on Friday 2nd May, the ninth gig of the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour. Click below to view the full versions of these great photos of Toyah from Eric’s, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Myke | All photos © Myke Crombleholme)
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.
• What’s On North East: Toyah Willcox in Concert: Win a pair of tickets to see Toyah Willcox – Crimson Queen – Greatest Hits Live Sat 10th May. The Phoenix is very proud to announce “Toyah Willcox” in concert – Enter competition/Continue reading here…
• Crimson Queen @ Eric’s: “35yrs ago supporting the Damned now back at ERIC’S Liverpool…… headlining! Great atmosphere“, Toyah tweeted last night.
• EDP24: Six of the Best: Cultural highlights not to miss this Bank Holiday weekend: Music: Toyah Willcox, Aquarium, Claremont Pier, Lowestoft, May 3: The restless punk-pop performer returns to the region again – Continue reading…
• Toyah & John Shuttleworth: Toyah tweeted on Thursday: “In the studio with John Shuttleworth. He is just about to perform a medley of TOYAH songs” – View the photo at Instagram…
The recent Chorley Guardian interview with Toyah has been slightly rejigged and published today by the Lancashire Telegraph.
No mystery that Toyah Willcox still rocks
Toyah Willcox has never been afraid to speak her mind, and, now she’s a 50-something, the former high priestess of punk doesn’t show any signs of putting the brakes on.
Toyah burst on to the pop scene with smash hits It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free, and since then she’s also enjoyed a successful career as a singer, presenter and an actress, appearing in several films, stage plays and in numerous television dramas.
• Continue reading at the Lancashire Telegraph.
She’s 55 but already this year she’s high dived in Splash and made her point on Pointless – now she’s back on the road – as Tony Dewhurst discovers
Toyah Willcox has never been afraid to speak her mind, and, now she’s a 50-something, the former high priestess of punk doesn’t show any signs of putting the brakes on.
Toyah burst on to the pop scene with smash hits It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free, and since then she’s also enjoyed a successful career as a singer, presenter and an actress, appearing in several films, stage plays and in numerous television dramas.
“The punk revolution changed my life, but I’m as busy now as I ever was,” said Toyah, who brings her colourful greatest hits stage show to Clitheroe tonight.
“Slow down? Not a chance. “I love performing and I’m chocka with commitments.
• Continue reading at the Chorley Guardian.
More fantastic photos from the Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour. These are from Saturday night’s gig at St Mary In The Castle, Hastings. Click below to view the full versions of these photos, and more, at Dreamscape Gallery. (Thanks to Angus (1&5), Brian (2&4) and Paul and Merx (3&6) | Photos © Angus Turner, Brian Marsh & Paul Stephens)
