{"id":44301,"date":"2026-10-18T21:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/?p=44301"},"modified":"2026-10-18T21:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:16:58","slug":"dudley-news-toyah-at-xcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/dudley-news-toyah-at-xcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudley News: Toyah at XCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dudleynews.co.uk\/news\/26647456.80s-popstar-spotted-himley-hall-dudley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.dudleynews.co.uk\/news\/26647456.80s-popstar-spotted-himley-hall-dudley\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dudnews26a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><strong>80&#8217;s popstar spotted at Himley Hall in Dudley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Singer, actress and television personality Toyah Willcox has been spotted enjoying a visit to a popular Halloween attraction in Dudley.<\/p>\n<p>The star shared a photograph on social media during a trip to XCon, which is taking place at Himley Hall, saying she was \u201cso happy\u201d to be there alongside fellow musician Jayne Harris for a \u201cspooky day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>XCon has transformed the grounds of Himley Hall into a hub for horror, sci-fi and fantasy fans, featuring celebrity guests, themed attractions, traders and entertainment throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>Toyah, who rose to fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including It&#8217;s a Mystery and Thunder in the Mountains, remains one of Britain&#8217;s most recognisable performers. In recent years she has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity through television appearances, touring and her hugely successful online projects with husband Robert Fripp.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dudleynews.co.uk\/news\/26647456.80s-popstar-spotted-himley-hall-dudley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dudley News<\/strong><\/a>. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1712165490270032&amp;set=a.251258556360740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/toyahofficial\/p\/Del6ehWqusW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>80&#8217;s popstar spotted at Himley Hall in Dudley Singer, actress and television personality Toyah Willcox has been spotted enjoying a visit to a popular Halloween attraction in Dudley. The star shared a photograph on social media during a trip to XCon, which is taking place at Himley Hall, saying she was \u201cso happy\u201d to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[3279,3540],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44301"}],"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=44301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44329,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44301\/revisions\/44329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}