{"id":1447,"date":"2012-04-07T20:21:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T19:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/fallingtoearth\/wordpress\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2012-04-09T23:21:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T22:21:53","slug":"herts-essex-observer-toyah-promises-twists-on-her-classic-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/herts-essex-observer-toyah-promises-twists-on-her-classic-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Herts & Essex Observer: Toyah Promises Twists On Her Classic Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A great new interview with Toyah, published today by the ‘Herts & Essex Observer’. An interviewer who actually asks some interesting and intelligent questions!!<\/p>\n

Toyah promises Stortford audience new twists on her classic tracks<\/strong><\/p>\n

For original 80s wild child Toyah Willcox, growing old gracefully was never on the cards.\u00a0At the age of 53, the gloriously extravagant and punk-inspired New Wave singer remains every bit as keen to strap on an outrageous outfit and strut into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Best known for 1981 hit single It\u2019s A Mystery, Toyah \u2013 who is the star attraction at Bishop\u2019s Stortford\u2019s week-long Stortfest Crawl \u2013 has also enjoyed a career as an actress and voiceover artist.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s her musical ventures that give her the most satisfaction \u2013 and when she comes to Rhodes on May 5, fans can expect plenty of surprises and fresh twists on classic tracks.<\/p>\n

Asked if she still felt comfortable hitting the stage in her trademark costumes, she told the Observer: \u201cIt\u2019s what I do and what I\u2019ve always done, so it\u2019s absolutely second nature to me.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI started out in an age of video, so everything in those early days was about being visual \u2013 it had to be. You couldn\u2019t release a single without a video to go with it.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Continue reading, at \u2018Herts & Essex Observer\u2019, here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A great new interview with Toyah, published today by the ‘Herts & Essex Observer’. An interviewer who actually asks some interesting and intelligent questions!! Toyah promises Stortford audience new twists on her classic tracks For original 80s wild child Toyah Willcox, growing old gracefully was never on the cards.\u00a0At the age of 53, the gloriously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,20],"tags":[82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}