{"id":31113,"date":"2019-04-10T07:39:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=31113"},"modified":"2019-04-10T07:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:39:56","slug":"edinburgh-evening-news-toyah-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/edinburgh-evening-news-toyah-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Evening News: Toyah Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/entertainment\/edinburgh-fans-will-be-first-to-hear-toyah-s-new-songs-live-1-4904643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/entertainment\/edinburgh-fans-will-be-first-to-hear-toyah-s-new-songs-live-1-4904643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31114\" style=\"border: 6px solid white;\" alt=\"een19b\" src=\"http:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/een19b.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><strong>Edinburgh fans will be first to hear Toyah\u2019s new songs live<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be wrong to introduce Toyah Willcox as an iconic 80\u2019s pop star but such a tag tells a very small part of her story.<\/p>\n<p>Actress, presenter, author, it was in the late-70s that the then \u2018punk princess\u2019 first exploded onto the music scene with the EP Sheep Farming In Barnet. The albums Blue Meaning, Anthem, The Changeling, Minx and Love Is The Law all followed, along with many more.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest album, In The Court of the Crimson Queen, released on Friday 12 April, brings the singer\/songwriter back to Edinburgh for her first headline gig in the Capital since selling out The Playhouse in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>n the intervening years, of course, Toyah has been no stranger to the city, appearing in numerous \u2018Best of the 80s\u2019 tours as well as starring in the play Picasso\u2019s Women at the Festival and in musicals such as Calamity Jane.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, it\u2019s clear the diminutive powerhouse performer is looking forward to returning on 25 April to play The Liquid Room.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/entertainment\/edinburgh-fans-will-be-first-to-hear-toyah-s-new-songs-live-1-4904643\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh Evening News<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh fans will be first to hear Toyah\u2019s new songs live It wouldn\u2019t be wrong to introduce Toyah Willcox as an iconic 80\u2019s pop star but such a tag tells a very small part of her story. Actress, presenter, author, it was in the late-70s that the then \u2018punk princess\u2019 first exploded onto the music [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,27],"tags":[1029,2099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31113"}],"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=31113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31115,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31113\/revisions\/31115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}