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Toyah on TV: Toyah Willcox – My Vintage

February 28th, 2018

myvin18aToyah Willcox – My Vintage, which originally aired on ‘Vintage TV’ in March 2012, is repeated next month.

Toyah chose 12 songs, by bands and singers as diverse as Roxy Music, Echo & The Bunnymen, Iggy Pop, Kate Bush, Tears For Fears and The Cure, and discussed why each song was significant to her.

My Vintage: Vintage TV: Sunday 11th March: 5pm
My Vintage: Vintage TV: Thu 15th March: 10.30pm
Toyah Willcox. Toyah was a rebellious child, but the arrival of rock ‘n’ roll reinvented her life and gave her grounding. Here she shares with us the songs that brought her to where she is today.

• View all of Dreamscape’s previous My Vintage news here.

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Toyah on TV: My Vintage TONIGHT!

May 7th, 2013

A reminder that Toyah’s My Vintage is repeated tonight on ‘Vintage TV’ at 11.30pm.

My Vintage: Toyah’s Final Song Choice

April 7th, 2012

Toyah’s final song choice from My Vintage, ‘The Lovecats’ by The Cure.

“My career has spanned many decades. My first success with music actually started in the late Seventies when I started to top the Indie Chart. I was actually number one on the first Indie charts for 12 months. Then, in 1981 I started to have mainstream hits, and the interesting thing about “Eighties” music, it’s perceived as quite popularist but there were some artists around in the Eighties who were incredibly diverse…”

• Read the full transcript of the reasons for this song choice here.

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