2026 marks the 50th year of Toyah’s career! Her very first professional job, playing the role of Sue in the BBC’s “Second City First” television play, Glitter, aired in November 1976 – having been filmed in 1975.
This year Toyah is touring the UK with An Evening With Toyah: Songs And Stories, Toyah’s Christmas Party, as well as many other gigs, appearances, releases etc. between these two tours.
Toyah’s first – full length – studio album for well over a decade, In The Court Of The Crimson Queen, was released on 15th September 2008, featuring some of Toyah’s finest songs: Legacy, Heal Ourselves, Angel In You, Bad Man. The album has been re-released – with additional songs – a number of times since the original release. In 2023 ITCOTCQ was released with selected songs re-recorded and Toyah saying this was the definitive version of the album.
Revisit that very first release via Dreamscape’s “Crimson Queen” feature…
• Dreamscape also had a dedicated News & Press page for all things In The Court Of The Crimson Queen – this was updated between September 2007 and May 2010 – View that here.
2026 marks the 50th year of Toyah’s career! Her very first professional job, playing the role of Sue in the BBC’s “Second City First” television play, Glitter, aired in November 1976 – having been filmed in 1975.
This year Toyah is touring the UK with An Evening With Toyah: Songs And Stories, Toyah’s Christmas Party, as well as many other gigs, appearances, releases etc. between these two tours.
Dreamscape is planning on celebrating this awesome landmark via cherry picked moments from Toyah’s 50 years as an artist: Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Writer, Storyteller… Stay Tuned for #Toyah50!
Toyah’s first blog of 2026 is available to read at toyahwillcox.com, and it’s a great read. Toyah talks the New Year, plans for 2026, a new Quadrophenia project/film, and working with legendary photographers, including David Bailey and Terence Donovan.
• 2026 is also the 45th anniversary of Anthem‘s release too, hence the banner above. This website, and Toyah Fanzine, will be celebrating #Anthem45 this year… Anthem was reissued in deluxe formats four years ago and much homage was paid to the album, but as 2026 marks the 50th year of Toyah’s career, we’re planning on looking back at some of the most iconic moments, and Anthem is certainly one of those!
