Toyah Newsy Bits & Pieces!
• Toyah @ Twitter: Yesterday Toyah tweeted a lovely festive photo: “Our christmas wreath is up including white bunnies and now we r expecting snow…….where’s my sledge xxxx” – View a larger version of the photo… (Photo © Toyah Willcox)
• Toyah Live 2015: More live dates for next year, including an Acoustic, Up Close & Personal date on 9th May at Selby Town Hall – Visit the Official Gig Diary…
• Worcerstershire Life: An interview with Toyah from 2008, around the time of her 50th birthday, has recently been re-published – “Some women,” whispers the photographer discreetly, “just look better and better as they get older.” Read here…
• The Seattle Times: ‘Sub Pop USA’ book release party celebrates the independent music scene of the 1980s: As Johnson spun discs by post punk NW acts like the Beakers and the Blackouts, one could spot the Beakers’ George Romansic and the Blackouts’ Bill Rieflin chatting to each other (the always busy Rieflin, most recently playing with King Crimson, revealed he’s planning a new musical project with British singer Toyah Willcox) – Continue reading…
• Dorset Echo: Shock rockers plan to set the Pavilion alight: Vampires Rock: The show has attracted some famous names in its time on tour too. In 2007 Eddie Ojeda of hit rock band Twisted Sister played guitar in the show, and he was followed by Toyah Willcox, who toured in the show for two years as the Devil Queen, the long-suffering wife of Baron Von Rockula – Continue reading…