Win 4
tickets to see Rick Astley,
T’Pau, ABC, Go West and
Toyah: Simply join the
Flashback Facebook and
tell them your favourite
song from one of the acts.
Click here to join the
Flashback To The 80’s
Facebook. The concert takes place
at Clumber Park, Worksop,
Nottinghamshire on Friday 20th
August.
Come and join us
Flashback to the coolest decade
in pop music, bring your picnic
with you to Clumber Park and
enjoy our fabulous line up of 80s
sensations. Confirmed acts
include: Rick Astley, T-Pau, ABC,
Go West and Toyah.
.Toyah
Interview: Phoenix Radio/Fadeout:
This Saturday
Toyah is a guest on Phoenix Radio this Saturday at
7pm, when she is interviewed by
Cruel Britannia on the Fadeout show. The interview
will also air on Radio Nightbreed at 8pm on Sunday.
If you miss both it will be
available as a podcast at Fadeout/Podomatic.
In a career
spanning over 30 years Toyah
Willcox has had 13 top 40
singles, recorded 20 albums,
written 2 books, appeared in over
40 stage plays, made 10 feature
films and presented hundreds of
television programmes from The
Good Sex Guide Late to Songs Of
Praise.
Tune in to
Fadeout on Saturday 3rd April at
7.00pm to hear Toyah in an
exclusive interview with Cruel
Britannia where she talks about
her musical beginnings right
through to her current tour and
her involvement in
alternative/experimental band The
Humans.
To hear from Toyah
– and Cruel Britannia (to
the left, pictured together
during the interview)- make sure
you are tuned in to Phoenix Radio at 7pm UK time this
Saturday, 3 April.
Something eggciting
(!!) to round off Easter Sunday
with…
Jubilee :
Film24 – Monday 5th April :
2.20am
Derek Jarman’s fantasy tale
of life in a post-punk Britain.
Toyah Willcox, Adam Ant and
Richard O’Brien star. Strong
language, nudity, sex scenes,
violence and adult themes.
Director: Derek Jarman. Starring:
Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell,
Toyah Willcox, Hermine Demoriane,
Ian Charleson, & Karl
Johnson.
• Toyah is
included on the Régis Huet
website. The site focuses on
three decades of Régis’
career as a hair and make-up
artist, and includes some iconic
images from the 80’s. View
the page, “Famous
Faces”, with Toyah,
circa ‘Don’t Fall In
Love (I Said)’/'Minx’ here. Visit the main
page of the site here.
• Toyah is
namechecked, via a retro Melissa
Caplan quote, at the
‘Shapers Of The 80s’
website: Melissa Caplan, designer
whose clothes were worn by Toyah
and Spandau and Strange “Pop
stars offer a great showcase.
It’s a COARSE WAY to get
publicity but success is a matter
of luck, prostitution and talent.”
(April 1982). View here.
• ‘Latex
Messiah (Viva La Rebel In
You)’ and ‘I Want To Be
Free’ have both been
recently included on the
Alternative Classix “Modern
Rock Podcast” playlist.
• An acoustic
version of ’It’s A
Mystery’ at YouTube. Listen
to it here. (Thanks to
Sean)
• ‘Every
Picture Media’ has a short
clip from The Doll’s
House: Toyah Willcox
presents this series about the
miniature world of doll’s
houses, and the people who own
them. View the clip here. They also have a
short clip from another series, Life
Class, that Toyah fronted
for them. View that here.
• Someone over
at ‘Pop Justice’
has this week said: Toyah
Willcox is incredibly underrated,
especially her early material and
ignored as an influence on female
artists today. Everyone blabbers
on and on about Siouxsie being
their influence (who is bloody
brilliant) but ignores poor old
Toyah. View the comment here. There’s
another positive Toyah thread at
‘Pop Justice’ here. (Thanks to Greg)
.Express
& Star: Toyah’s Appeal
No Mystery To Long-Term Fans
The hair may be
tamed, but Toyah Willcox proved
she is still a rock chick at
heart when she took to the stage
in Bilston dressed in a black PVC
catsuit.
Birmingham-born
Willcox may be a recognisable
face on the TV thanks to numerous
presenting and reality show
roles, but at the Robin 2 on
Saturday night she returned to
what she does best.
The It’s a
Mystery star let loose with some
of her biggest hits and a number
of cover versions.
“Tonight,
I’m going to play songs I
love to party out to and I want
you to party as well,”
Willcox told the
crowd at the Mount Pleasant music
venue.
She joked:
“I’m so glad I wore PVC
– it’s hot up
here.” The diminutive star
proved she still has the same big
voice that helped catapult her to
cult status in the 1980s as she
blasted out old favourites like
It’s a Mystery and I Want To
Be Free, as well as new songs
such as Lesser God. [ By
Catherine Dalton ]
Visit the
‘Express & Star’
website here. Check out
the Toyah Fans Club Facebook for some great
photos of Toyah from The Robin
gig.
.Toyah Live!
2010: 48 Hour Party | Camber
Sands Photos
A fantastic
selection of photos of Toyah from
Friday’s 48 Hour Party!:
80’s Weekender at Camber
Sands. The set-list for the gig
seems to have been almost the
same as The Robin 2.
Please click on
these great photos below for
larger versions. You can view
dozens of excellent photos of
Toyah, and the other bands who
played on Friday, from Camber
Sands at Brian’s online
photo album/gallery here. [ Thanks To Brian
Marsh ]
.Hitting The
Road Again Blues: Harder &
Heavier (With Added PVC)
A
quirky, and funny, review of
Toyah’s Robin 2/Bilston gig,
from ‘The Hitting The Road
Again Blues’ blog:
When I last saw
Toyah at the Robin she was
wearing very little. She did the
whole set dressed in a rather
revealing basque. Very nice it
was too. Last night she was
wearing more – a skin tight
black PVC outfit with a four inch
wide red rubber belt…
… It’s
hard to believe just how long
I’ve been going to Toyah
gigs and she’s never
disappointed and though her style
has become more mainstream rock
over the years it’s just
moved right along with her
audience’s personal tastes.
Let’s hope that she’s
back at the Robin again before
too long.
Toyah Willcox.
Eighties pop icon and actress
Toyah Willcox invites the Cash in
the Attic team into her beautiful
home to raise money for MacMillan
nurses. Toyah even gets on the
podium herself to help sell some
of her items.
Cash In The
Celebrity Attic : Watch
– Sat 10th April : 8.00am
Cash In The Celebrity Attic
: Watch +1 - Sat 10th
April : 9.00am
The set-list
from last night’s gig at The
Robin 2:
Thunder In The
Mountains, Lesser God, Are You
Gonna Go My Way, Neon Womb,
Schools Out, Obsolete, Echo
Beach, Word Up, Latex Messiah
(Viva La Rebel In You), These
Boots Are Made For Walkin’,
Jungles Of Jupiter, She Sells
Sanctuary, Its A Mystery, Rebel
Yell, Race Through Space, Sweet
Child O’ Mine, I Want To Be
Free, Ieya, Crazy Horses, and
Danced.
Three from
‘Sheep Farming’, four
from ‘Anthem’ and one
from ‘The Blue
Meaning’.
Please click here or on the pictures
for fantastic footage, at
‘YouTube’, from last
night’s gig – Toyah
performing the iconic ‘Neon
Womb’. [ Thanks to Paul Lomas ]
.Toyah Live!
2010: Toyah in Concert: The Robin
2, Bilston Tonight!
Toyah and her band
bring Wild Essence back
to Wolverhampton tonight. Five
years after the last gig there.
Toyah plays The
Robin 2 in Bilston – It
looks like it will be a great gig
with an interesting set-list (See
‘Sheep Farming in
Bilston’ update below).
Sanctuary
Music (Dudley) Ltd and Drunken
Dragon Promotions in
conjunction with The Robin 2 are
pleased to present : An Evening
With Toyah Willcox + supports
Deadfilmstar and Last 3 Victim.
All you
lucky people attending The Robin
2 gig in Bilston, Wolverhampton
tomorrow night have a real treat
in store. Toyah is including
three songs from ‘Sheep
Farming In Barnet’ on the
set-list. What I wouldn’t
give to hear
‘Computer’,
‘Elusive Stranger’ and
‘Victims Of The Riddle’
live in 2010, though ‘Race
Through Space’,
‘Danced’ and ‘Our
Movie’ are possibly more
likely!
The
80’s Are Back And It’s
Criminal: The
long-awaited third, and final,
series of the fantastic Ashes
To Ashes begins on Good
Friday (2 April), on BBC1.
This series is set
in 1983, a year that will always
be, for me and many others
I’m sure, about ‘Rebel
Run’, ‘Love Is The
Law’, Trafford Tanzi,
Toyah filming The Ebony Tower,
‘The Vow’ and the
‘Rebel Run Tour’ –
a brilliant year for Toyah and
Toyah fans!
Toyah plays the 48
Hour Party!: 80’s Weekender
tonight at Camber Sands, along
with The Original Bucks Fizz and
The Christians.
48 Hour
Party Madness…
Come and join us at either our
Camber Sands or Southport parks
for 48 hours of non-stop partying
and fun! With live shows from big
names of the 80’s, the 48
Hour Party really will be an
action packed blast from the
past! With access to all
facilities on park included in
the price you pay for the
weekend.
Performances
from… Top 80’s Acts
A fantastic all star line up
awaits you at both parks, dance
the night away to some of the
best acts of the 1980’s! We
have 6 live concerts from Carol
Decker, Paul Young, The
Christians, Toyah Willcox and
Brother Beyond!
The Most Fertile
Man In Ireland is showing on
the Irish language channel TG4
early next month.
The Most
Fertile Man in Ireland : TG4
– Mon 5th April : 9.15pm
Greann Gnéas leagtha i
dTuaisceart Éireann featuring
Kris Marshall mar an fear is
thorthúil sa tír. [Sex comedy
set in Northern Ireland featuring
Kris Marshall as the most fertile
man in the country.] Director:
Dudi Appleton. Starring: Kris
Marshall, Kathy-Kiera Clarke,
Bronagh Gallagher, Toyah Willcox,
James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham
and Olivia Nash.
A great
selection of photos from
Toyah’s busy past, right up
to The Humans gigs late last
month, have recently
surfaced online.
1. Anthem
UK Tour (May/June 1981); 2. The
Humans, Haiti Earthquake
Fundraiser, Roundhouse,
London (February 2010); 3. Toyah
& Robert, Celebrity Good
Health feature (October
2003); 4. Dressed To Kill,
Daily Mail feature (July 1991);
5. The Changeling UK
Tour (June/July 1982); 6/7/11.
Outside & inside The
Shaftesbury Theatre, while
starring in Calamity Jane
(June 2003); 8. Eskimo Toyah,
while appearing in Whale
at The National Theatre (December
1989); 9. Promo photos at home
for Lester Middlehurst interview
(July 2000); 10. Ieya UK
Tour (May/June 1980); 12. With
Fred Dineage & Yvette
Fielding, presenting Under
Offer (2001); 13. With Kate
Adie at The Women Of The Year
lunch (October 1986); 14. On the
set of Secret Diary Of A Call
Girl (2008); 15. Rooftop
Photoshoot (May 1990); 16. At
home in Salisbury (May 1998); 17.
Peter Pan with Brian
Blessed (1993); 18/19. At home
(April 1997). [ Thanks to Simon
Shankland ]
A couple of rarities
from 1984 in the latest YouTubing
With Toyah; A
clip from an advert for
‘TV Times’ magazine
with Toyah, Laurence Olivier and The
Ebony Tower on the cover.
Plus Toyah presenting an award at
the 1984 Olivier Awards. Click on
the screen caps to watch.
.In The Court
Of The Crimson Queen: Japanese
Edition
According to various
online music retailers (Ideal
Copy/991/Eil) the release of the
Japanese edition of ‘In The
Court Of The Crimson Queen’
CD has been delayed until 30th
March 2010.
For all you
collectors out there –
There’s a possibility of
some subtle differences to the
artwork, though the obi strip is
reason enough to make this
collectable.
The 1st
longplayer of new material from
the acclaimed singer/songwriter
in nearly 16 years, co-written
with long-time collaborator Simon
Darlow, includes the single Latex
Messiah.
* Japanese-only
edition CD.
* Digitally remastered with
superior sound quality.
* Complete obi-strip &
Japanese introductory/lyrics
sheets included.
Thanks to everyone
who has given feedback on the new
site. It’s much appreciated.
I’ve changed my
mind (yet again duh!) and decided
the “old” site
won’t exist just as an
archive. I’m going to
transfer the best of its content
(Gallery, Interviews, News, etc.)
over to this version. I
don’t think there is any
software or programs that can do
this so I’ll have to do it
manually in my spare time.
Dreamscape has a huge archive of
images and text so it’ll
probably take a while to
complete.
As Dreamscape is
predominantly a news site these
days, this version is superior to
its predecessor. You can view
Toyah news in a variety of
archives; by month, category
(blue links under each post), or
on its own. I’m hoping to
eventually transfer all 10 years
(gulp!) so it can be easily
searched and browsed.
As you can see from
the new buttons to the right
– I’ve already built
some of the pages…
Toyah’s
forthcoming gig, this Saturday,
at The Robin 2 in Wolverhampton
has attracted much online
attention.
‘Last.fm’,
‘Surge Music’,
‘Pray Silence’,
‘107.7 The Wolf’,
‘Birmingham Gig Guide’,
Gig Guide Midlands’,
‘TourDates.co.uk’,
‘Galaxy Birmingham’,
‘City Local’, ‘The
Stirrer’,
‘UKPunkandOi.co.uk’,
‘Whats On Live’, and
‘Ents24' are just some of
the websites who have devoted
webspace to it.
Toyah last played at
the Bilston venue in 2005. A
concert that was captured for
posterity and released as her
first, and so far only, official
DVD – Wild Essence: Live In
The 21st Century.
On Saturday Toyah is
supported by Last 3 Victims and
Deadfilmstar. It’s going to
be a great night.
The
brilliant ’80s Actual blog
featured Toyah recently;
Sometimes, when I
think about the 1980s, I get all
misty eyed…
And we loved
Toyah…
The fantastic-haired
popstrel bestrode the pop scene,
thrilling all before her. So, if
you get misty eyed, perhaps even
downright snivelly, remembering
Toyah in 1981, snivel no more
because she’s back, back,
BACK!!
Toyah was pictured
and quoted in an article, A
pioneering new way to face up to
dyslexia, in
yesterday’s print edition
of ’The Sunday
Times’.
Leonardo da Vinci,
Albert Einstein, Keira Knightley,
Jackie Stewart, Eddie Izzard and
Richard Branson are some of the
other “Famed Dyselxics”
also mentioned in the article.
Toyah
Willcox suffered at school and
failed nine O-levels. Despite
this, she has found a positive
side. ‘Those
with dyslexia tend to excel at
something: for me that was
acting. So it can prove to be an
extraordinary gift’.
The full article is
available to read online at
‘The Times’ website here.
Please click on the
picture for a larger version of
the scan
Dreamscape’s
Toyah news for February 2010 has
now been archived: The month that
was all about The Humans. Look
back on numerous photos from
rehearsals and the gigs, gig
reviews, fan opinions and much
more.
.Official
Toyah: March 2010 Blog –
GGGGGGGGRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr!
Singer and actress
Toyah Willcox will be appearing
in an eighties party in Guernsey.
She’s
headlining the Beau Sejour gig at
the end of May. Also in the line
up is eighties electronic band
Fade2Grey.
Tickets go on sale
next Monday, 22nd March.
They’re available from the
Airtel-Vodafone shop in the High
Street or Beau Sejour box office,
telephone 747200.
80’s icon Toyah
Willcox and band The Beat have
been announced as the headline
acts for The Best 80’s Party
in the World Ever…Part 2!
The event is being
held in Beau Sejours Sir John
Loveridge Hall on Friday 28th
May.
It will be hosted by
Island FMs Carl Ward. Also in the
line up is eighties electronic
band Fade2Grey and other special
guests.
Organiser Nick Creed
told channelonline.tv:
“There is currently a big
demand for everything eighties:
We were overwhelmed when the
first gig sold out in a matter of
days, so its great to be able to
double the size of the event and
present such a strong line-up of
entertainment. Our policy is to
provide something to appeal to a
range of tastes within the genre
and we expect to see an audience
made up of all ages having a
great time.”
Toyah’s gig
diary for 2010 is burgeoning
further with all of the below
dates (bar the MCNLive!) now
officially confirmed;
Friday 26
March: 48 Hour Party:
Camber Sands Sat 27 March:
The Robin 2: Wolverhampton Friday 23 April:
The Asylum: Birmingham Saturday 24 April:
MCNLive!: Skegness Friday 30 April:
Mardi Gras Club: Blackpool: Live
PA Friday 28 May:
Best 80’s Party In The
World: Beau Sejour Centre,
Guernsey Friday 4 June:
Sparkles Showbar, Gran Canaria:
Live PA Saturday 31 July:
Greatest Eighties Party: Open Air
Theatre, Scarborough Friday 20 August:
Flashback To The 80s: Worksop,
Nottinghamshire Friday 10 September:
New Foresters: Nottingham: Live
PA
[ News Source: The
Official Toyah MySpace - Visit here ]
• Motorcycle
News: Bands Galore
At MCNLive!: The only
MCNLive! in 2010 has just
confirmed that 80’s punk
legend Toyah Willcox will be one
of the headline live acts,
performing her classic hits. On
the bill for the weekend you can
get your fill of Nutty Boy
classics from Complete madness,
rock out to Steve Ferringo and
enjoy the voice that is Mrs Loud,
Lorraine Crosby.
Topping off the
weekend’s music are The
Kaiser Monkey Killers, the
ultimate indie rock’n'roll
band, and a stunning set by THE
definitive Blondie tribute act,
Bootleg Blondie. [Read the full
report here]
• Scarborough
Evening News: Concert
Brings The 80s Back To Theatre:
Get out your shoulder pads –
the 80s are coming back to
Scarborough! Some of the
decade’s biggest pop names
are heading to town for a huge
revival concert at the Open Air
Theatre on July 31.
Boy George, Rick
Astley, Paul Young and Kid Creole
and the Coconuts are among the
names that will bring a thrill of
nostalgia to Scarborough’s
old New Romantics. The other acts
on the star-studded bill of the
80s Rewind show are Nik Kershaw,
Midge Ure, Heaven 17, T’Pau,
Hazel O’Connor and Toyah.
Between them the 10 artists on
the bill have scored an amazing
total of over 70 top ten hits
[Read the full report here - There's further
related reports on this concert here and here]
There’s
some cool video footage of The
Humans, at last
month’s Haiti
Fundraiser, at YouTube here. Click below for
‘Put A Woman On The
Moon’, ‘These Boots Are
Made For Walkin’ and
‘Twisted Soul’. [
Thanks to John ]
.Toyah Live
2010: Skegness/Southport/Camber
Sands/Wolverhampton
Proud
Parents: S4C: Tue 23rd March:
9.30am Proud Parents looks at a
celebrity’s life through the
eyes of their parents. Performer,
author and TV star Toyah Willcox
visits her dad aboard his beloved
boat.
Brum: BBC2:
Monday 29th March: 6.00am
Brum and the Airport Adventure.
The adventures of a little car
who lives in a motor museum,
narrated by Toyah Willcox. When
precious gems are stolen from a
celebrity at the airport, Brum is
soon on the trail of the two
thieves.
Toyah was a guest on
The Frank Skinner Show
on Absolute Radio last Saturday
morning.
It was a fun
interview, with Toyah reminiscing
about working with Laurence
Olivier, It’s A Royal
Knockout, her 80’s make-up
range, gigging and much more.
She also talked
about The Humans, and Frank
played ‘These Boots Are Made
For Walkin’.
Toyah guests on
another radio show this Monday
(22nd March) evening; Philip
Solomon’s Music
& Memories Show on
Wolverhampton City Radio. The
show airs between 7-9pm and can
be listened to online at www.wcrfm.com
A big thanks to
everyone who sent messages
regarding Dreamscape’s 10th
birthday – much appreciated,
as always!
Please feel free to
add comments, good or not so
good, about the new look
Dreamscape News. It’s not
hugely different looking but
it’s a completely different
“platform” and I still
have a lot of tweaking to do
before I’ll be happy with
it.
I hope a few of you
will post and comment on some of
the news posts. It would be good
to create a small
blogging/message community on
Dreamscape.
NB: As of
mid-June 2010 Dreamscape has now
reverted back to an html website,
but retaining and incorporating
some of the design features we
used while with WordPress!
We’re Back!
Dreamscape is now in its 11th
year and the site has been
rejigged… rebooted…
redesigned! We are using a new
program and hopefully the site
will look just a wee bit more
streamlined and modern.
Now every Toyah news
post can be commented on. The
site also has an RSS Feed.
Stay tuned for more
updates and enhancements over the
coming weeks and months as I
learn how to use this.
NB: As of
mid-June 2010 Dreamscape has now
reverted back to an html website,
but retaining and incorporating
some of the design features we
used while with WordPress!
Well! We
made it to double figures! Who'd
have thought!
Dreamscape is 10 years online
today. Time has really flown, it
doesn't feel like exactly 120
months since I first launched
this website onto an unsuspecting
online Toyah public.
To everyone who has contributed
news, photos, ideas, praise, and
criticism... I thank you all.
A great deal has happened over
those years. Below is a collage
thingy-wingy with the Dreamscape
highlights of March 2000 - March
2010. Please click on it for a
larger version.
.The Humans
Live 2010 - Act!onAid / Robert
Fripp's Diary
• A great photo
of Toyah, and Chris Wong, from
The Humans set at the Haiti
Earthquake Fundraiser. This is
from the 'Act!onAid' website, who
caption the photo with
"Toyah Willcox puts on a
pleasingly mad performance."
Go here to view more photos
from the Fundraiser, and find out
more about what 'Act!onAid' do here.
• Robert Fripp's Online
Diary now has lots of great
photos and information covering
the entire week of The Humans UK
Tour.
Go here to start reading
from Saturday, 20th February, the
day of the first warm-up show at
Bishops Cleeve. [Thanks to Merx]
.Mojo - All
Back To My Place: Toyah Interview
.Monday
8th March, 2010 • Thanks to
Paul Lomas.......................Interview
The Toyah All
Back To My Place
article from the February 2010
issue of 'Mojo' magazine. It
includes a new picture of Toyah
from the 'Boots' photo-session:
In Which The Stars Reveal The
Sonic Delights Guaranteed To Get
Them Going...
Toyah: Wants To Be Free
What music are you
currently grooving to?
I am very eclectic. My husband
[Robert Fripp] doesn't listen to
new music, so when he's enjoying
Bartok and Chopin, I shut the
door. I adore Muse - Matt
Bellamy's got all that was good
from prog rock - and Metallica,
and I'm slowly getting into 65
Days Of Static. Marina And The
Diamonds are exciting. We also
enjoy the singing of castrati
singers, old recordings from
Italy.
What, if push comes to
shove, is your all-time favourite
album?
The Man Who Sold The World.
Magnificent songwriting by a man
at the point of giving up - it
articulated how painful it can be
when you feel you're singing
without an audience.
What was the first record
you ever bought? And where did
you buy it?
T.Rex's Ride A White Swan, at a
little record shop on Poplar Road
in Kings Heath, Birmingham. I was
12 and it cost 12/6. It turned me
into a teenybopper.
Which musician, other
than yourself, have you ever
wanted to be?
The love child of Dave Gilmour
and P.J. Harvey. Imagine the
spiritual guidance you'd get!
What do you sing in the
shower?
I have a rare phobia, I can't
stand water on my face, so the
truth is I fucking don't! But if
I had to, it'd be The Divinyls, I
Touch Myself, or She's A Rainbow
off [The Rolling Stones] Their
Satanic Majesties Request.
What is your favourite
Saturday night record?
All The Young Dudes by Mott The
Hoople. I'm on-stage on Saturday
nights, but this reminds me of
when Saturday was going out to
strut your peacock feathers and
pull!
And your Sunday morning
record?
Alice Cooper's Second Coming.
Fabulous band, deep, soul
searching writing. The absurdity
and arrogance of it's inspired me
for years.
Toyah's first film,
the iconic Jubilee, gets
another airing on Film24 next
week. Toyah plays Mad, alongside
numerous others who went onto
successful music and acting
careers.
Jubilee : Film24 -
Thursday 11th March : 1.30am
Derek Jarman's fantasy tale of
life in a post-punk Britain.
Toyah Willcox, Adam Ant and
Richard O'Brien star. Strong
language, nudity, sex scenes,
violence and adult themes.
Director: Derek Jarman. Starring:
Jenny Runacre, Nell Campbell,
Toyah Willcox, Hermine Demoriane,
Ian Charleson, & Karl
Johnson.
There has
recently been comment and
observations that some of the
imagery used in Tim Burton's,
must-see new movie, Alice in
Wonderland looks somewhat
similar to some of Toyah's more
extreme early 80s looks... What
do you think? Would Toyah be
welcome at the Mad Hatter's Tea
Party?
.In The Court
Of The Crimson Queen - 2010
Japanese CD
Various
online music retailers are
listing the 'In The Court Of The
Crimson Queen' Japanese import CD
as being available from 24th
March 2010.
No picture of the CD, with
obi-strip, has been released as
yet, so here are previous Toyah
Japanese, vinyl and CD, imports
with their respective obi-strips.
Catalog No:
IECP-10218 Format: CD Number of Discs:
1 Release Date:
2010/03/24
No-one packages a CD
album quite like the Japanese.
Known as a culture for elaborate
and excessive packaging, their
approach to the CD album is no
exception. From the visual
delights of the artwork and
packaging, to the content itself,
you will without doubt get your
money's worth here. The inclusion
of the famous 'obi-strip' not
only adds a uniquely intriguing
aspect, but is also a great
marketing tool for the Japanese
labels.
Changing
Faces: Madonna : Living -
Saturday 6th March : 3.00pm
Changing Faces: Madonna : Living
+2 - Saturday 6th March : 5.00pm
Changing Faces: Madonna : Living
- Sunday 7th March : 6.00pm
Changing Faces: Madonna : Living
+2 - Sunday 7th March : 8.00pm
Madonna. Unique new series that
delves into the lives and looks
of the hottest celebrities using
archive footage and digital aging
technology. The queen of pop is
also the queen of reinvention.
Changing Faces charts Madonna's
many looks.
A huge
thank you to Stephen for his
review of The Humans at The
Scala, and for the photos also:
On arrival at the Scala the signs
of Mr Fripp’s well known
intolerance for illegal
recording, were noticeable in the
form of a large number of hand
printed poster notices from
‘The Humans’ stating
that “no unauthorised
photography or recording of any
kind would be permitted or you
will be asked to leave”.
Harsh perhaps? But frankly
refreshing to be at a gig again
without being confronted by a sea
of mobile phone screens shining
back at you and distracting from
the act in hand. The act in this
case being Toyah, Bill Reiflin,
Chris Wong and ‘Mr
Willcox’ as the guest man at
the back.
After a no doubt talented, but
rather middle-of-road support
artist, Robert commenced the
proceedings solo with one of his
trademark soundscapes. I have
personally always found watching
RF perform to feel slightly
voyeuristic and at times the
hushed reverence can be
uncomfortable (maybe a “good
evening” would help ease the
audience in). However he is
always impressive whether you are
a fan or not, and at times I was
wondering how such sounds could
be coming from a mere guitar.
During the piece, as reported, a
shout of ‘Cmon Toyah’
could be heard, presumably from
someone imagining the opening
bars of Good Morning Universe
would perhaps be next – erm,
nope.
Please click here, or above, for the
full review and larger versions
of the pictures.
.Gloucestershire
Echo - Toyah Gig Raises Cash For
Cheltenham Church
Toyah
And The Humans Gig In Cheltenham
Raises Money
A gig by pop punk
legend Toyah Willcox and The
Humans at St Michael’s
Church in Bishop’s Cleeve
gave a much-needed cash boost to
the building.
The church was packed on February
20 for the free gig which was a
warm-up concert before the band
kicks off their tour in March.
The audience was asked to give a
donation to the church fabric
fund and more than £1,000 was
raised on the night.
Team vicar Mike Holloway thanked
the band and everyone who enjoyed
the event. "The concert was
great and there was a lovely
atmosphere in the church,"
he said. "It was nice to see
it being used like that and it is
always good to have live music
there.
"If people went
along expecting the Toyah of old,
it was not that at all. The new
stuff is very different."
The cash raised will be put into
a fund for future building work
at St Michael’s.
"It was great people were
able to enjoy the gig for free
and give some money to help the
church," he said.
The Humans, which was launched in
2007, is made up of REM drummer
Bill Rieflin, who plays bass
guitar, Chris Wong and
Toyah’s husband Robert
Fripp.
Leave the kids with
the inlaws and escape to Pontin's
for an adult-only party. Two
lucky users will win an
adult-only break to Pontin’s
48 Hour 80’s Extravaganza!
Pontin’s have two apartments
up for grabs at the Camber Sands
48 Hour Party in October.
The two lucky winners can take up
to three friends to party with
them, as each apartment can sleep
four people.
This year’s line up features
a host of 80’s megastars,
including Carol Decker, Paul
Young, Nathan Moore, Toyah
Willcox and The Christians.
Click here to enter. Closing
date: Wed 10th March, 2010.
.Toyah on TV
- Changing Faces: Madonna -
Screen Caps
Toyah
appeared a couple of times during
last night's Changing Faces:
Madonna on Living. There are
further opportunities to watch
the programme, from Wednesday
through to Saturday, this week on
Living, LivingIt and Living HD.
Please click on the screen caps
for larger versions.
A
response, at the 'DGM Live'
Forum, to the "review"
that has rapidly became vaguely
infamous;
RF has long lambasted the quality
of music criticism, in particular
for its paucity of basic humanity
and its ineptitude (and, of
course, nastiness). A perfect
example of this was a
’review’ of The Humans
performance at the Haiti
Earthquake Fundraiser earlier
this week (by Pete Paphides of
the Times, 26 February). Not a
review at all really, in
actuality simply a nasty
sideswipe at Toyah and RF. This
is not a surprise, I take the
Times on Saturdays (mainly for
the fine crosswords) and often
read Paphides’s music
reviews. They are uniformly
tiresome, the type of review that
is sadly typical of the British
press in particular (thankfully
the more reasonable and
intelligent John Bungey
contributes to the Times too).
Such reviews appear to have
little to do with music and more
to do with self-aggrandisement
and a rather sad attempt by
columnists (especially those past
the first flush of youth) to
remain hip to the latest thing.
It was this pathetic attempt to
remain perpetually
’cool’ that led me to
abandon British music magazines
in the first place. Anyway
I’m sure Toyah and RF
don’t take this nonsense to
heart. All the same... the casual
reader is given a distorted,
uninformed and partial impression
of a band, mainly because they
don’t follow the accepted
musical orthodoxy. Which, to me
at least, is still a pain in the
ass. By fishbonealice
Dreamscape's Toyah
news for January 2010 has now
been archived. Look back on the
first month of the decade,
including our Review Of 2009,
Dreamscape's Interview with John
Wain, and much more.
Something eggciting
(!!) to round off Easter Sunday
with…
A fantastic
selection of photos of Toyah from
Friday’s 48 Hour Party!:
80’s Weekender at Camber
Sands. The set-list for the gig
seems to have been almost the
same as The Robin 2.
Toyah Willcox.
Eighties pop icon and actress
Toyah Willcox invites the Cash in
the Attic team into her beautiful
home to raise money for MacMillan
nurses. Toyah even gets on the
podium herself to help sell some
of her items.
The Most Fertile
Man In Ireland is showing on
the Irish language channel TG4
early next month.
Thanks to everyone
who has given feedback on the new
site. It’s much appreciated.
A big thanks to
everyone who sent messages
regarding Dreamscape’s 10th
birthday – much appreciated,
as always!
We’re Back!
Dreamscape is now in its 11th
year and the site has been
rejigged… rebooted…
redesigned! We are using a new
program and hopefully the site
will look just a wee bit more
streamlined and modern.
Well! We
made it to double figures! Who'd
have thought!
Toyah's first film,
the iconic Jubilee, gets
another airing on Film24 next
week. Toyah plays Mad, alongside
numerous others who went onto
successful music and acting
careers.
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