Dreamscape
Downloads: Early 90s Interviews
• 30th September, 2010
Two rare interviews have
been added to Downloads: The Emma
Freud Show - a Strange Girls special
- from GLR in May 1992, and The Simon
Fanshawe Show (this aired on either
GLR or Talk Radio, most probably the
former), from October 1993 • Thank
you to Andrew, Stephen & Anthony.
BBC Hereford &
Worcester: Tony Fisher Show
• 30th September, 2010
Part
Two of Toyah's interview on The Tony
Fisher Show on 'BBC Radio Hereford
& Worcester' is now also at iPlayer.
This aired yesterday morning, and Toyah
appears approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes
into the show.
Toyah continued to talk about feeling fab
in her fifties, as well as ageism in the
media, playing panto in Malvern this
Christmas and more.
Go here to
listen. This is available until 6th
October. Listen to part one, available
until 5th October, here.
Home: Celebrity
Fantasy Homes
• 29th September, 2010
Celebrity
Fantasy Homes returns with a host of
stars searching for their dream homes
– with some help from presenter Gaby
Roslin.
Gaby and a team of experts work to give
them ideas that fit their budget and
ideas of their dream home, as well as get
the hot goss on their celebrity
lifestyles.
During this second series, it’s the
turn of Boyzone’s Shane Lynch,
legendary singer and actress Toyah
Willcox, Strictly Come Dancing’s
Camilla Dallerup and her Hollyoaks
husband Kevin Sacre, interior design guru
Kelly Hoppen and ex-EastEnder Michelle
Collins to look for a new home.
Gaby is there every step of the way to
hear about their hopes, dreams and
what’s going on in their lives.
With property advice, beautiful homes and
plenty of gossip, Celebrity Fantasy Homes
is back to provide a peek into the lives
and houses of the rich and famous.
KMFM: Toyah On The
Nigel Ansell Show
• 29th September, 2010
Keep
an eye, and ear, on 'KMFM for West Kent'.
Toyah is guesting on The Nigel Ansell
Show at some point this week.
Nigel's show airs Monday to Thursday from
7pm to 10pm. That means Toyah has either
already guested on Monday or Tuesday, or
will guest tonight or tomorrow night!!
Visit 'KMFM' here.
Visit Nigel's page, here.
They don't have a "listen
again" option, just "listen
live".
UPDATE:
Unfortunately Toyah's interview aired on
Monday evening's show [ Thanks to Garry ]
BBC Hereford &
Worcester: Tony Fisher Show
• 28th September, 2010
Toyah
appeared on The Tony Fisher Show
on 'BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester'
earlier today, in the first instalment of
a two part interview recorded last week.
Similar to the recent 'BBC Radio
Humberside'/Lara King Show
interview, Toyah talks about enjoying,
and being busier in, her fifties than her
twenties, her career and more.
The show is available to listen to at BBC
iPlayer, here.
Toyah appears just over two hours in. The
second part of the interview will air on The
Tony Fisher Show tomorrow. More
details on that and how to listen live
are available here.
The Tony Fisher Show : BBC Radio
Humberside & Worcester - Wed 30th Sep
: 9.00am
Can one man's answer to the midlife
crisis be to encourage relationships
outside marriage? Toyah Willcox reveals
her secret to feeling fabulous at fifty.
Gayle Tuesday: The
Comeback: Trailer Caps
• 27th September, 2010
Toyah features in one of the
trailers, that have been airing over the
last week, for Gayle Tuesday: The
Comeback. The one-hour
comedy-reality docu premieres tonight on
Living at 10.00pm.
YouTubing with
Toyah: From Minder to Rock Legend
• 26th September, 2010
A
special "YouTubing With Toyah":
A fantastic collection of 12 retro Toyah
tv clips, encompassing almost 25 years of
Toyah's career, from Minder in
1980 to Rock Legends in 2003!
Please click on each mini screen cap to
watch at 'YouTube' • Huge thanks to
Stephen Bennett
1.
Toyah as Kate in Minder (1980); 2.
Interview and 'Don't Fall In Love (I
Said') performance on Razzmatazz
(1985); 3.TVAM/The
Wide Awake Club (1985); 4.
Guesting on Wogan, interviewed
by Su Lawley (1986); 5.The
Women Of The Year Lunch (1987); 6.
Performing 'Echo Beach' on Lift Off
(1987); 7. Performing
'Echo Beach' on Live At The Palladium
(1987); 8. It's
Wicked (1987); 9.Frocks
On The Box (1987); 10.
TVAM/Summer Sunday
(1987); 11.My
Favourite Hymns (1998); 12.Rock Legends - Toyah Special
(2003).
Digital Spy: DS
Icon: Toyah Willcox •
25th September, 2010
Toyah
has been inducted into the 'Digital Spy'
DS Icons Hall Of Fame. About time too ;)
Stars come and stars go, but few have the
enduring longevity of Birmingham's
favourite daughter Toyah Willcox. She
first came to the attention of the world
as a young punk in Derek Jarman's iconic
Jubilee in 1977 and bagsied even more
cult points two years later with a role
in Quadrophenia. She then fronted the
niftily-titled new wave group Toyah
(their highlight was the live album
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!), winning the 'Best
Female Singer' gong at Brits precursor
the British Rock and Pop Awards in 1982.
She's
rarely been away since, acting in
everything from Quatermass to Secret
Diary Of A Schoolgirl and popping up on
our screens every few minutes as herself.
In recent years, she's clocked up credits
in a number of reality TV programmes and
gameshows; she's showed off rock husband
Robert Fripp in Celebrity Brides
Unveiled, braved the jungle in I'm A
Celeb... and boasted her smarts and
culinary skills on sleb specials of
Mastermind and Ready Steady Cook.
Somehow, she still squeezes in the time
to give those famous vocal chords a
workout, and currently fronts new group
The Humans.
• Click below to visit
the 'Digital Spy' Toyah feature and view
full-size versions of their eclectic
gallery of classic shots of Toyah (Toyah!
Toyah!).
1.
Toyah dresses up for Ant 'n' Dec's
Takeaway, 2. Toyah in
her pomp at London's Hammersmith Odeon, 3.
We're not quite sure what to say here!, 4.
In the Windy City with Calamity Toyah!,
5. "Because the night,
belongs to Toyah" Willcox as Patti
Smith, 6. Toyah wonders
what the future holds...
YouTubing with
Toyah: Race Through Space @ The Horn •
25th Sep, 2010
Toyah performing
the, always, awesome 'Race Through Space'
at last week's gig at The Horn in St
Albans. Click below to watch this at
'YouTube'. [ Thanks to popsikate ]
Toyah on TV: The
Comeback/Celebrity Fantasy Homes + •
25th Sep, 2010
The
Comeback : Living - Monday 27th September
: 10.00pm
The Comeback : Living +1 - Monday 27th
September : 11.00pm
The Comeback : Living - Sunday 3rd
October : 8.00pm
The Comeback : Living +1 - Sunday 3rd
October : 9.00pm Gayle Tuesday.
Outrageous original documentary-style
comedy created exclusively for Living.
Page 3 babe Gayle Tuesday is determined
to claw her way back to the top by
exploiting the reality show circuit.
Featuring guest appearances from Harry
Hill (who also script edited the pilot),
Heston Blumenthal, Ainsley Harriot, Toyah
Willcox, Paul O'Grady, Louie Spence and
Hollyoaks star Roxanne McKee. Also airing
at the same time on Living HD.
Celebrity
Fantasy Homes : Home - Tuesday 5th
October : 9.00pm
Celebrity Fantasy Homes : Home -
Wednesday 6th October : 10.00am
Celebrity Fantasy Homes : Home -
Wednesday 6th October : 4.00pm
Celebrity Fantasy Homes : Home - Saturday
9th October : 7.00pm
Celebrity Fantasy Homes : Home - Sunday
10th October : 1.00pm
Celebrities hunt for a new home. Gaby
Roslin helps punk pop princess Toyah
Willcox search for a second home, in
Richmond upon Thames, with a budget of
£650,000. Also airing one hour later on
the +1 channel.
Daily Cooks
Challenge : ITV3 - Thursday 7th October :
4.15pm
Daily Cooks Challenge : ITV3 +1 -
Thursday 7th October : 5.15pm
Merrilees Parker and Ed Baines have to
impress celebrity judge Toyah Willcox
with a mouth-watering menu. Antony
Worrall Thompson hosts proceedings as
usual.
Never Mind The Buzzcocks : Dave -
Saturday 9th October : 1.40am
Never Mind The Buzzcocks : Dave ja vu -
Saturday 9th October : 2.40am
Never Mind The Buzzcocks : Dave -
Thursday 14th October : 1.10am
Never Mind The Buzzcocks : Dave ja vu -
Thursday 14th October : 2.10am
Mark Lamarr hosts a special anniversary
edition of the long-running pop quiz,
with Phill Jupitus and Bill Bailey.
Guests include 80s pop icon Toyah Willcox
and Sumon Sunyal.
Quadrophenia at The
Kings, Portsmouth •
25th September, 2010
The
Kings Theatre, Portsmouth held a special
screening of Quadrophenia
last night.
This Friday 24th September, in
association with Portsmouth Film Society,
The Kings Theatre are showing
Quadrophenia, the classic Mod film
featuring Sting, Ray Winstone, Phil
Daniels, Lesley Ash and Toyah Willcox. In
1960s London Jimmy, loathing his dead-end
job and dead-end parents, lives for his
scooter and his Mod mates. August Bank
Holiday in Brighton looks like it will be
great, with a chance to see his
Vespa-riding hero, Ace, do battle with
the Rockers, and maybe get lucky with
Steph.
Also on the day will be pecial guest Gary
Shail & Scooters in the street
bewtween 4pm & 7pm. The film starts
at 7.30pm and is hosted by Gary Shail,
Ricky Tick, Djs and Mark Ballard Mod Ska
Soul. All welcome. Love Albert Road. And
if all goes to plan you will be able to
pre-order tee shirts from Parmiters with
the design showed below. www.kings-southsea.com
BBC Radio
Humberside: Toyah Interview @ iPlayer •
25th September, 2010
Toyah's
interview on Tuesday's Lara King
Morning Show on 'BBC Radio
Humberside' is available to listen to
again at BBC iPlayer.
Toyah talks about her career, The Humans,
enjoying her fifties, appearing in Gayle
Tuesday: The Comeback, Harry Hill
and much more.
The
interview begins just over two hours, 13
minutes into the show and runs for
approximately eight minutes. Go here to
listen. This is available on iPlayer
until around Midday on Tuesday 28th
September.
Energy FM: Totally
80s: Interview Transcript
• 21st September, 2010
A
transcript of Toyah's short 'Totally 80s'
interview, from 'Energy FM' last
Saturday.
They asked Toyah if she would go
back to the 80s:
I wouldn't go back there for all the tea
in China, but I was so much younger and
so much more inexperienced and it was
good fun, it was okay! I'm having a
better time now.
The 80s for me... I found it very
competitive, I didn't find the
camaraderie that I find now, back then.
It probably says a lot about me. I was
competitive, and I always wanted to know
my chart positions and the amount of
units I'd sold and all of that. It was a
tense time for me, so I really don't want
to go back there!
How would Toyah describe her
music? Punk? Avante-garde, perhaps?:
In the beginning it was, and then just
stumbled upon 'It's A Mystery', which was
a pretty respectable single. My music was
definitely rock but it had come out of
the punk era. All my music was geared
towards live performance so I felt I was
always a live artist rather than a
recording artist, and I pride myself in
thinking I was one of the best around at
the time. It was definitely high-energy
rock, anthem-for-stadium music.
We finish by asking for Toyah's
favourite memory of the decade:
There are quite a few of those. One was,
I played The Old Grey Whistle Test
live on Christmas Eve, 1981, and it was
the most perfect culmination of a perfect
year! I was tired and my voice was tired
but it just didn't seem to matter, I had
a great time and I don't think I'll ever
feel that high again.
BBC Radio
Humberside: Lara King's Morning Show
• 21st Sep, 2010
Toyah
guests on Lara King's Morning Show
on BBC Radio Humberside today, just after
11am. Visit the BBC Humberside website, here.
The show will be available on the Listen
Again option at some point today.
Toyah Live 2010: The
Horn: Photos •
21st September, 2010
A selection of excellent
shots of Toyah from last Friday's gig at
The Horn, St Albans. The concert has
garnered much positive feedback over the
last few days. Next gig is Blackpool on
23rd October.
• Please click
on the pictures for larger versions. [
Thanks to Angus Turner for these ]
Studio Talk: Post
30s: Screen Caps •
20th September, 2010
A few screen caps of Toyah
from this afternoon's Studio Talk
web show.
Studio Talk: Post
30s: Watch @ YouTube •
20th September, 2010
Toyah's guest appearance on
today's Studio Talk web show is
now available to watch again at their
website, here.
It can also be viewed at 'YouTube', here.
Running time is approximately 21 minutes.
Studio Talk: Web
Show With Toyah Today •
20th September, 2010
Toyah
guests on a 'Studio Talk' web show, live
this afternoon at 1.45pm.
This is in association with Beneden
Healthcare, who have been tweeting about
Toyah: 80s popstar Toyah Willcox is
live on radio across the UK today talking
about why 50 is the new 25. Also watch
out for our webchat later at 1.45pm.
View their Twitter page, here.
If you are ready to embrace your older
years and are looking for some
inspiration then log onto our live WebTV
Show where eighties pop star Toyah
Willcox in association with mutual
healthcare organisation, Benenden
Healthcare Society will offer her top
tips to make sure you start having just
as much fun as her.
She will also be offering some fun
insights into her life to show you how it
really is just the beginning and our life
coach Becki Houlston will be sharing her
advice on how to look and feel glamorous
at any age.
Toyah Willcox and Becki Houlston
join us live online on Monday 20th
September at 1.45pm to show you how
getting older can mean life is getting
better.
Easier: How To Beat
The Post 30s Slump •
20th September, 2010
Various
other websites have been reporting on the
studiotalk.tv web show Toyah is taking
part in today, including 'Easier.com'.
If you think getting older means
it’s time to start slowing down then
think again; as it appears things are
only set to get better.
But if your average day consists of
running a family or a household, juggling
a career and nodding off to the seven
o’clock news after one solitary
glass of wine, it can be hard to maintain
a positive outlook.
However life is far from downhill from
here and now is the time to take a fresh
look with our live WebTV Show ready to
give you a running start.
Worcester Standard:
Toyah To Star In Sleeping Beauty •
19th Sep, 2010
A
new interview with Toyah, from the
'Worcester Standard', published on
Friday.
It may only be September but panto fever
has come to Malvern as the stars of
Sleeping Beauty hit the town to promote
the show.
The Malvern Theatres production, which
opens its doors on December 16, promises
to bring the magic and mystery of the
traditional tale to life with a high tech
production - complete with computer
generated images (CGI) and a fire
breathing dragon.
Pershore-based TV star and 80’s punk
princess, Toyah Willcox, will be
indulging her dark side and taking a
leading role in the show as the Bad
Fairy. The actress and singer lives
minutes away from the theatre, and is
looking forward to spending Christmas at
home.
She said: “I’m really excited
because Malvern is local for me and
knowing that I’m going to be at home
for Christmas is really, really nice.
It’s a lovely place to come to, I
think the theatre is astonishing and when
you look at the size of the theatre and
the quality of what it does in an area as
relatively small as Malvern, it’s
excellent.
She added: “I’m really looking
forward to the panto because there’s
some nice technology within it. I get to
fly and there’s CGI and I get to
turn into a dragon and fly off so
that’s exciting. Playing the baddies
is always the most fun and rewarding
thing to do, baddies can do anything and
it’s mostly accepted.”
• Read the full article/interview at
the 'Worcester Standard' website, here.
Also look out for the "bigger
picture"!
I Was A Teenage
Toyah Fan: Final Part •
19th September, 2010
The
eighth, and final, instalment of 'I Was A
Teenage Toyah Fan' is now live and
available at Toyah.org.
Chris ends his brilliant series of blogs
by saying: I will be expanding this
memoir into a full length book sooner
rather than later which will hopefully be
published via the lulu.com Print On
Demand route, although if anyone offers
me another way I wouldn't say no! If you
would be interested in this book when it
appears, do please register your interest
by leaving a comment on the I was a
Teenage Toyah Fan website at toyah.org.
View 'I Was A Teenage Toyah Fan 8: Which
came out of the opened door?', here.
Toyah on TV:
Celebrity Fantasy Homes •
19th September, 2010
Toyah
is included in the new series of Celebrity
Fantasy Homes, premiering on 4th
October on 'Home'. The air date for
Toyah's edition is unavailable as yet.
Celebrity Fantasy Homes;
Weekdays, 9pm
(from Monday 4th October): Home
Searching for your dream home is an
intensely personal journey, and the
second series of Celebrity Fantasy Homes
once again sees Gaby Roslin accompany a
group of celebrities following their
property dreams.
Gaby and a team of experts work to give
them ideas that fit their budget and
ideas of their dream home, as well as get
the hot goss on their celebrity
lifestyles.
This time it’s the turn of
Boyzone’s Shane Lynch, legendary
singer and actress Toyah Willcox,
Strictly Come Dancing’s Camilla
Dallerup and her Hollyoaks husband Kevin
Sacre, interior design guru Kelly Hoppen
and ex-EastEnder Michelle Collins to look
for a new home. Gaby is there every step
of the way to hear about their hopes,
dreams and what’s going on in their
lives.
In the first episode, Camilla Dallerup
and new hubby Kevin Sacre are
house-hunting for a rural retreat in
north Devon. They find some beautiful
properties and have fun and lots of
laughs along the way. With property
advice, beautiful homes and plenty of
gossip, Celebrity Fantasy Homes is back
to provide a peek into the lives and
houses of the rich and famous.
Good
to hear that Toyah is still being
regularly played on, very popular
internet radio station, 'Flashback
Alternatives'.
In the past day or so 'It's A Mystery',
the amazing album version of 'Brave New
World' and 'Ghost Light' have all
brightened up the airwaves. [ Thanks
Kevin ]
Toyah Newsy Bits
& Pieces! •
19th September, 2010
•
Toyah and Geoff Capes have an arm wrestle
(I bet Toyah won!) at Wednesday's Cadbury
Spots v Stripes Homecoming celebrations
at Bourneville. [ Thanks to It's Pretty
Green ]
• 'Energy FM' did indeed air their
Toyah interview on last night's Gary
King Totally 80s Show. It was quite
brief with Toyah recalling her life in
the Eighties and comparing it to how it
is now. This will possibly be added to
their "Listen Again" Interviews
page, here.
•
The live web TV show Toyah is taking part
in airs at 1.45pm tomorrow, online at
studiotalk.tv, here.
View further info on this at 'The Daily
Gloss, here.
• Check back soon for some great
photos of Toyah, live at The Horn, St
Albans on Friday night.
• Toyah is part of the
current TheNewsWall at 'The Independent'
website, due to her inclusion in their
recent "Ordeal by school"
article. View TheNewsWall here.
The Gazette: Toyah
Finds Her Beat In Blackpool •
19th September, 2010
Former
punk star and actress Toyah Willcox and
her full new band are to headline a show
at Beat Nightclub in Blackpool next
month.
She will be in concert at the Corporation
Street venue, above The Rose and Crown,
on Saturday, October 23. Doors open
7.30pm with the show starting at 9pm.
Tickets are £15 (admission is ticket
only) plus £1 per ticket online
credit/debit card fee.
Tickets can be bought online at
www.rspromo.co.uk or in person from the
Rose and Crown Pub and West Coast Rock
Café On Abingdon Street.
Read the full article at 'The
Gazette/Blackpool Today' website, here.
Dreamscape's
Toyah news for June, and a teeny bit of
July, has now been archived: Dreamchild:
Special Edition CD; I Was A Teenage Toyah
Fan; Toyah in Guernsey; Toyah @ Brighton
Fashion Week, and loads more...
TV Cream: Toyah in
Doctor Who... Sort of! •
19th September, 2010
Dr
Who and the Ghost of Christmas Specials
Past
The filming for this year’s Dr Who
Christmas special – “the
biggest and best yet” – might
very well be over. The thoughts of its
production team may well have turned to
assembling next year’s seri…
er, two mini-series.
But what if this recent invention were
not, well, a recent invention and was
instead a tradition winding back decades?
What possible delights and diversions may
have been thrown up in the course of
notional Dr Who Christmas specials in the
60s, 70s and 80s?
Here are five such episodes that, in an
alternate reality, were the biggest and
best festive TV events of their day:
Just for fun... Read the five episode
synopsis at 'TV Cream', here.
(Most of them are better than 'Voyage Of
The Damned')
Toyah Newsy Bits
& Pieces! •
18th September, 2010
•
The interview with Toyah from BBC
Introducing... is actually
highlights from an interview, recorded at
Malvern Theatres, that first aired on The
Andrew Easton Show on 'BBC Hereford
& Worcester' last Tuesday (14th
September).
The full interview is available to listen
to again for the next few days here.
Toyah appears approximately 2 hours, 10
minutes into the show and talks about
panto, gigs, music, Brum, Teletubbies,
travelling and working abroad, I'm A
Celebrity..., and the 30th
anniversary of 'It's A Mystery'. The
interview last around 15 minutes, with a
break for weather and a song!
• The BBC Introducing...
interview is available at BBC iPlayer, here.
Toyah appears approximately 52 minutes
into the show, and this has the
additional bonus of a play of 'It's A
Mystery'!!
• Check out Robert
Fripp's Diary
entry of 9th September for a preview of
the promo photos for The Humans new
album. They look excellent. I'm thinking
'Brave New World', with a smidge of 'The
Lady Or The Tiger'!!! [ Thanks to Giddy
Gavin ]
• Toyah confirms in the Andrew
Easton interview that she will be doing a
PA in Gran Canaria "later this
year" (a return to Sparkles Showbar
October 15th possibly??) [ Thanks to
Michael O'Brien ]
• It looks like the 'Energy FM'
interview is going ahead today, despite
Toyah now not playing live on the Isle of
Man. They are still advertising Toyah
guesting on The Gary King Totally 80s
Show today. This airs from 5-7pm and
can be listened to live online at the
website, here.
BBC Introducing:
Toyah Comes Home •
17th September, 2010
Earlier
this evening Toyah guested on BBC
Introducing in Hereford & Worcester.
The show is now available on BBC iPlayer.
SnodFest
2010 previewed, Toyah Willcox talks about
music, Clive John releases his new album,
plus Vo & Tyler are live in session.
TOYAH COMES HOME!
Pershore's Toyah Willcox is on this
week's show!
She caught up with BBC Hereford &
Worcester on Tuesday as rehearsals got
underway for Sleeping Beauty at Malvern
Theatres. Hear her talk exclusively about
the approaching 30th anniversary of It's
A Mystery - and how her music career is
still going strong in Britain, Europe and
America - with homes in three different
countries!
Every Friday night Andrew Marston
tears up the playlist to bring you the
latest unsigned, undiscovered and
under-the-radar music from Herefordshire
& Worcestershire.
We'll
give you the gig guide for the two
counties, news from the musicians,
interviews with the movers and shakers
within the industry, and exclusive live
performances on the show every week.
• Visit the BBC Introducing in
Hereford & Worcester website, here.
View details of this edition of the show,
here.
The full 120 minute show has just been
added to BBC iPlayer. Go here to
listen.
IsleOfMan.com:
Toyah's Isle Of Man Gig Cancelled •
17th September, 2010
The
Toyah Willcox gig planned for the Gaiety
Theatre, Douglas, next month has been
cancelled.
She had been due to appear on October 23
but will now be playing at The Beat in
Blackpool instead on that date.
Toyah last performed in the Isle of Man
as part of the Here and Now 80s show at
the Bowl at TT 2002.
A spokesman for the Villa Gaiety complex
said anyone who has bought tickets for
next month's show, which had been
organised by RS Promotions, will receive
a letter explaining how to claim a
refund.
• Read the full report at the
'IsleOfMan.com' website, here.
Malvern Gazette:
Toyah Video Interview •
17th September, 2010
The
'Malvern Gazette' have a new video
interview with Toyah at the press
launch/photo call for Sleeping Beauty.
Toyah talks about playing the baddie,
flying, cgi, Malvern, Elgar(!) and more.
View it here.
Please click on the screen caps from the
video below for larger versions.
Toyah Live 2010: The
Horn: Set List •
17th September, 2010
Toyah
played a "fantastic gig" at The
Horn. St Albans last night, with no less
than Pete Bush, of the original Toyah
band, in the audience.
The set list was: Thunder In The
Mountains, Lesser God, Neon Womb, Danced,
Obsolete, Echo Beach, Word Up, Latex
Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You), These
Boots Are Made For Walkin', Jungles Of
Jupiter, She Sells Sanctuary, It's A
Mystery, Rebel Yell, Race Through Space,
Sweet Child 'O Mine, I Want To Be Free.
The encore was: Crazy Horses and Ieya!
Update:
Today Toyah, via her Official
Facebook,
has said of the gig: "it really was
magic".
• Thanks to Merx for
the info.
Toyah Newsy Bits
& Pieces! •
17th September, 2010
• Not sure if
this is going ahead, as the Isle of Man
gig has now been cancelled, but 'Energy
FM' are advertising a Toyah interview on
the Gary King Totally 80s Show.
If
you're a fan of the 80s you'll love
Totally 80s! Tune in this weekend to hear
2 hours of the decade's finest music and
Gary chatting to Toyah Willcox! Saturdays
5-7pm.
• Toyah's interview from last week's
The Vibe on CRMK Radio is now
available as a standalone soundfile.
Listen to that here.
•
Toyah opened the PJ Crook "Deja
Vu" exhibition at Hay Hill Gallery,
London on Tuesday 14th September. The
exhibition runs from 13th September to
16th October 2010. Visit Hay Hill
Gallery's website, here,
and PJ Crook's, here.
• On Wednesday Toyah, along with
Geoff Capes, helped Cadbury Spots v
Stripes celebrate their homecoming with a
game of tug-of-war in Bourneville. View
their news page, here.
Numerous
Worcestershire based news websites have
covered the recent press call/photo
launch of Sleeping Beauty at
Malvern Theatres.
Evesham Journal:Taste
Of What's in Store in Panto Season.
View that here. Stourbridge
News: I Love Being Panto
Baddie, Says Toyah. View here. Halesowen
News, view here,
and Worcester News, here.
Most
of these also have a smaller version of
the video report that's also available at
the 'Malvern Gazette'.
Toyah Live 2010: The
Horn, St Albans Tonight! •
16th September, 2010
Toyah
plays a full band gig tonight at The
Horn, St Albans.
Speaking about the gig earlier this
month, Toyah said: “I’m really
looking forward to it because my bass
player is from that region so it’s a
bit of a homecoming for him.”
“I love performing live; it’s
incredible,” she said.
The 'Watford Observer' recently ran a
short article on Toyah playing The Horn.
Toyah Willcox became well-known
during the punk rock era, through her
appearances in Derek Jarman's 1977 film
Jubilee, 1979s Who album-inspired
Quadrophenia, which launched her as a
provocative and anti-establishment
figure. Fronting the band Toyah, her
singing career was slow to take off and
the band released six singles in the UK
before finally hitting the charts in
1981, with Its a Mystery. This was
followed by several other huge hits
including Thunder In The Mountains and I
Want to Be Free.
• View it at the 'Watford Observer'
website, here.
Visit The Horn's website, here.
Toyah
on TV: Gayle Tuesday: The Comeback •
16th September, 2010
Gayle Tuesday: The
Comeback : Living - Monday 27th September
: 10.00pm
Gayle Tuesday: The Comeback : Living +1 -
Monday 27th September : 11.00pm Gayle Tuesday. Outrageous
original documentary-style comedy created
exclusively for Living. Page 3 babe Gayle
Tuesday is determined to claw her way
back to the top by exploiting the reality
show circuit. Featuring guest appearances
from Harry Hill (who also script edited
the pilot), Heston Blumenthal, Ainsley
Harriot, Toyah Willcox, Paul O'Grady,
Louie Spence and Hollyoaks star Roxanne
McKee.
Also airing at the same time on Living
HD. View the advert for Gayle
Tuesday: The Comeback at YouTube, here.
The Malvern Theatres' Autumn
Season digital brochure double-page promo
for Sleeping Beauty. Toyah is in
panto at Malvern Theatres (at the
Festival Theatre) this Christmas.
Malvern Gazette:
Panto Star Toyah Loves Being Baddie •
16th Sep, 2010
A
new article on the very recent press
launch/photo call of Sleeping
Beauty from the
'Malvern Gazette'. This includes a brief
interview with Toyah.
Panto season may be some months away but
the stars of this year’s showing in
Malvern were in town this week to give
people a sneak preview of what’s in
store.
The panto at Malvern Theatres this
Christmas is Sleeping Beauty and members
of the cast were at the theatre and out
and about in Priory Park showing off
their colourful costumes.
Punk pop star and TV presenter Toyah
Willcox is playing the bad fairy, a role
she is really looking forward to.
“I love pantomime, this will be my
17th, and being the baddie is much more
fun than being good,” she said.
Toyah loves the whole history and
tradition of pantomime and the fact that
in the rapidly changing world of
entertainment it is still an event, an
occasion, when families get together and
go out for a special treat.
Toyah’s
opposite number, the Good Fairy, is
played by Australian singer and dancer
Wendy Lee-Purdy. “It’s my first
time in panto and I’m looking
forward to it,” she said. She is
particularly pleased that she gets to
really dress up.
• Read the article at
the 'Malvern Gazette' website, here.
Memories in Music:
Win Toyah Goodies •
16th September, 2010
From
18th September until 17th October this
year, Memories in Music C.I.C. (Community
Interest Company) is staging an event of
nostalgic memories and memorabilia
representing and celebrating a history of
popular, rock and blues based music in
the Midlands area.
The event will be held at St Pauls
Gallery in Birmingham and the proceeds of
the event will benefit Macmillan Cancer
Support, the widely admired organisation
selflessly dedicated to improving the
lives of people affected by cancer and
Task Brasil, a charity aiming to recover
the lives and support the needs of
abandoned children living on the streets
of Brazil.
So far, many memorable names associated
with the Midlands recent rich musical
heritage have offered support and
participation, including Blaze Bayley,
Steve Gibbons, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders,
Trevor Burton, Carl Palmer, Steve
Winwood, Hartley Cain, Ray Froggatt,
Deborah Bonham, the late John Bonham (by
means of Deborah Bonham), Jem Brent,
Toyah Willcox, Joe Dignam, Albert Lee,
Nick Mason, Mike Sanchez, Theo Travis,
Clifford T Ward (by means of his official
fan club), The Marquee Club, Judas Priest
and Bev Bevan. These will be contributing
photographs, gold and platinum records,
stage clothing, and instruments from
their personal collections. The event is destined
to be of huge interest, not only to fans
of the participating artistes and their
bands, but also to music lovers in the
wide Midlands area.
In addition to the items on display,
there will be rarities like Steve
Winwood’s personal photographs
collection, Fairport Convention’s
instruments and Deb Bonham’s stage
clothes and photos. Bev Bevan is loaning
a drum head, his Out of The Blue tour
jacket and Gold Albums, Blaze Bayley is
loaning some of his stage clothes and
Mike Sanchez is loaning his first
electric piano, together with photos of
him playing with the likes of Paul
McCartney. Trevor Burton is loaning stage
clothes from The Move, together with
photographs and Judas Priest is loaning
Gold/Platinum Albums to the event. Toyah
Willcox has donated a signed CD and
backstage pass for display and subsequent
use in a competition for the charity
fundraising. And – as a neat bonus,
the representatives of London’s The
Marquee Club are to allow items from
their archive to be on display at
Memories in Music IN THE MIDLANDS.
Enter the contests HERE to
support Macmillan Cancer Support and Task
Brasil for a chance to win:
•
Toyah Willcox signed CD and backstage
pass
• Robert Plant drawing and signed
photo
• Your choice of a Cynthia Blair
original print
100 Hits: Electric
Eighties •
14th September, 2010
Toyah features on
the latest "100 Hits"
compilation, '100 Hits: Electric
Eighties' - 100 Classic Tracks and
Alternative Hits
'It's A Mystery' is included on Disc
Three of the 5CD set.
Other
artists include: New Order, Aztec Camera,
Madness, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Echo
& The Bunnymen, John Foxx, Strawberry
Switchblade, Primal Scream, The
Adventures, World Party, That Petrol
Emotion, Dead Kennedys, Bananarama,
Fuzzbox, Kirsty MacColl and many many
more.
This is the third
consecutive year that Toyah has been
included on a "100 Hits" 5CD
compilation: In February 2009 'I Want To
Be Free' appeared on '100 Hits: More
80s', and in October 2008 Toyah made her
'100 Hits' debut when 'It's A Mystery'
was included on '100 Hits: 80s Pop'.
'100 Hits: Electric Eighties' is released
on Monday 4th October 2010.
Yes
it is still only September but it's never
too premature to think about food and
presents (ie. Christmas!).
Toyah plays the Bad Fairy in her panto
for Christmas 2010, UK Production's Sleeping
Beauty at Malvern Theatres. Her
co-stars are Derek Moran from Milkshake
on Channel Five; Charles Burden; Wendy
Purdy, David Alcock and Stephen Witson.
The show opens on Thursday 16th December
2010 and runs through until Sunday 9th
January 2011. That's approximately 40
performances in total!
Visit Malvern Theatres' website here,
and UK Productions' dedicated 2010 panto
page, here.
Rock & Bike
Festival 2010: Through The Lens •
14th September, 2010
View the full
version of this excellent Toyah/Devil
Queen photo, by Laurine Clifford, at the
Rock & Bike Festival website, here. Vampires
Rock played the huge festival back
in July.
Through The Lens:As
a keen photographer and keen festival
goer I was really pleased to be asked to
cover this years festival for Moonshine
Magazine.
Check out Dreamscape's
audio/video Downloads section. You'll
find dozens of fascinating and
entertaining Toyah interviews to listen
to, covering over 30 years of her career!
The Vibe: Interview
Now Online •
13th September, 2010
Toyah's
interview on yesterday's The Vibe
on CRMK Radio is now available, for the
next 27 days, to listen to again at The
Vibe website, here.
Toyah appears approximately halfway
through Part 2, talking about her career,
punk, music, being busy, The Humans, I'm
A Celebrity... and much more.
Toyah Live 2010: New
Foresters: More Photos •
13th September, 2010
More excellent photos of
Toyah at New Foresters in Nottingham on
Friday night. Thanks to Ray Sears,
pictured with Toyah, for these. Please
click here or
below for larger versions.
YouTubing with
Toyah: All The Hits TV Ad •
13th September, 2010
Before
rolling on
the Mum,
circa 1987, Toyah's most famous
television advert was for the 1984 album
and VHS video compilation 'Toyah! Toyah!
Toyah! All The Hits'. Relive the ad,
surely the most exciting televisual event
(The Ebony Tower - pah!, no
contest!! ;)) of 1984 for every Toyah fan
in the UK, at YouTube now!
Isle of Man Gig
Cancelled/New Show in Blackpool •
13th September, 2010
The
Isle of Man/Blackpool Toyah gig date
clash mentioned the other day has been
resolved. Toyah will now play a full-band
gig in Blackpool:
Official Toyah Facebook:
Toyah's gig on Sat 23 Oct at the Gaiety
Theatre, Douglas, Isle Of Man has been
cancelled. However, on the same day Toyah
(& the full band) will instead play
at The Beat in Blackpool. Tickets can be
bought online here.
Thursday 16th September:
The Horn, St Albans, Hertfordshire Saturday 23rd October:
The Beat Club, Blackpool Sunday 24th October: Jack
Rabbit Slims, Hoylake, Wirral
Toyah Live 2010: New
Foresters: Photos •
12th September, 2010
A
selection of photos of Toyah at her New
Foresters, Nottingham live PA on Friday
night. Please click on the photos for
larger versions.
Toyah, who was special guest to help
celebrate nine years of the venue,
laughed and chatted with the audience in
between songs at this intimate gig.
Set list was: Schools Out, Echo Beach,
Rebel Yell, Thunder In The Mountains,
Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel in You),
Sweet Child Of Mine, I Want To Be Free,
and I Love Rock 'N Roll.
• Thanks to Richard Smith, pictured
with Toyah, for the great photos and
info.
Toyah Guests on The
Vibe •
12th September, 2010
Just
a reminder that Toyah will guest on The
Vibe on 'CRMK Radio' today.
Hosts
Steve and Stuart will be chatting to
Toyah live from 3pm. You can listen to
the show via their website. Visit The
Vibe website, here,
for further info. Or email the show at
interview@thevibeonline.co.uk
The Humans: Album
Number Two •
12th September, 2010
Keep
an eye on Toyah's Official Facebook for
teaser's about the, much anticipated, new
album from The Humans... day turns
into night and night into day...... this
is the noise of life... sneak
previews are imminent!
Summer of Toyah...
Revisited (July/August Catch-Up )•
12th Sep, 2010
While
Dreamscape took a Summer sabbatical,
Toyah didn't and has had an incredibly
busy July and August.
In
July she played 'Back To The 80s' in
Peterborough, the 'Rock & Bike
Festival' in Derbyshire (both on the same
day!!), and 'The Greatest Eighties Party
Ever' in Scarborough.
The Humans' 'These Boots Are Made For
Walkin' received a very prominent play on
BBC1 just before the final of the 2010
World Cup. View that here.
Toyah received a namecheck during an
episode of Coronation Street.
Sure, it was via that 30-year-old
"It'th A Mytherty" joke but it
was still good to hear her mentioned on
the nation's most popular tv show!
Toyah filmed a cameo in the new Living
comedy If You Can't Stand The Heat
(now called Gayle Tuesday: The
Comeback). Read reports on that at
'The Guardian' here,
'Digital Spy' here,
and 'The Stage' here.
Toyah headlined Swindon
& Wiltshire Pride on 14th August. The
'Pink Paper' reported on this, here.
As did the 'Swindon Advertiser' here.
View Toyah performing 'School's Out' at
Swindon Pride at YouTube, here.
'This is Wiltshire' also reported on
Pride, and Toyah's appearance. Read that here.
Check out some fantastic photos of Toyah
at flickr, here.
Toyah also played Doncaster's Pride on
21st August. 'The Star' reported: Top
Names for Pride Event in Doncaster.
Read that here.
'Doncaster Today'/'Doncaster Free Press'
covered the festival and featured a story
on Toyah topping the bill. view that here.
Read the 'Doncaster Pride' website's news
updates about Pride here.
'Pink Paper' also featured news about
Doncaster Pride, here.
'The Star' featured a report and photos
of the festival. View that here.
Flashback To The 80's was a huge success.
The 'Worksop Guardian' have a news report
and gallery of photos from the gig at
Clumber Park, Worksop here.
'This is Retford' also published news on
Flashback here.
'80's Rewind: The Greatest Eighties Party
Ever' was featured at 'The York Press'.
Read the article here.
Toyah still has more gigs to play this
year, and there has been online press
related to these: 'Wirral News' - Toyah
Willcox To Perform At Jack Rabbit Slims
in Hoylake. Read that here.
The 'Wirral Globe' - Toyah Set To
Rock Through The Ages. Read here.
Toyah & Hazel
Record Christmas Single •
12th September, 2010
Toyah,
Hazel O'Connor, Pauline Black and Moya
Brennan, of Clannad, are collaborating on
a Christmas single.
This will be a tribute to Hazel's mother
and will raise money for her mother's
hospice.
Visit the official Hazel O'Connor
website, here,
the official Pauline Black website, here,
and the official Moya Brennan website, here.
Toyah Talks in The
Guardian •
10th September, 2010
Look
out for an interview with Toyah in a
forthcoming issue of 'The Guardian'.
Toyah is included in an article, by Dave
Simpson, on poetry in pop and he talks to
Toyah, among other things, about William
Blake and her incorporation of his poetry
on 'The Blue Meaning'.
Dave recently tweeted: Great talking
to Toyah about Sylvia Plath, the church
and thieving.
The Daily Goss: How
To Beat The Post 30s Slump •
10th September, 2010
Watch
our live WebTV Show with Toyah Willcox
and life coach Becki Houlston to find out
how to embrace life at any age
Show Date: Monday 20th September
Show Time: 1.45PM
If you are ready to embrace your older
years and are looking for some
inspiration then log onto our live WebTV
Show where eighties pop star Toyah
Willcox in association with mutual
healthcare organisation, Benenden
Healthcare Society will offer her top
tips to make sure you start having just
as much fun as her.
She will also be offering some fun
insights into her life to show you how it
really is just the beginning and our life
coach Toyah Willcox will be sharing her
advice on how to look and feel glamorous
at any age.
• Visit 'The Daily Goss' website, here,
for info on how to listen to the webchat
and submit a question for Toyah.
The Independent:
Ordeal by School •
10th September, 2010
Toyah
is quoted in an article in Monday's 'The
Independent', about first day school
memories.
Ordeal by school: memories of that
terrifying first day
Toyah Willcox, Singer and Actress
When I was four-and-a-half I went to
Edgbaston Church of England College for
Girls and it was possibly the worst day
of my life. My mother dressed me in this
excruciatingly uncomfortable uniform
which I detested for the whole 14 years,
and drove me to school. I just screamed
and screamed and she had to come back. I
remember clinging to her. The spinster
who was our teacher was lacking in
warmth. When my mother came back to pick
me up on that first day, I thought that
was it, that there was no more school.
• Read the full article at 'The
Independent' website, here. [
Thanks to Stephen Bennett ]
Toyah Live 2010: New
Foresters Tonight! •
10th September, 2010
Toyah plays a live PA at New
Foresters, Nottingham tonight. There are
also full-band gigs in the coming weeks:
Thursday 16th September:
The Horn, St Albans, Hertfordshire Saturday 23rd October:
Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle Of Man Sunday 24th October:
Jack Rabbit Slims, Hoylake, Wirral
•
Another date is being mentioned at the
Beat Nightclub in Blackpool. The date,
however, clashes with the above Isle of
Man gig so probably best not to book just
yet.
A
new interview with Toyah, from the
'Welwyn Hatfield Times', published on
Wednesday.
Eighties singer Toyah Willcox talks to
the Welwyn Hatfield Times ahead of her
forthcoming date at The Horn in St
Albans.
Actress, TV presenter, author and
provocative, anti-establishment figure
– Toyah Willcox has undoubtedly
enjoyed a successful and varied career to
date.
She’s also had a successful career
as a musician and, it is in this guise
that she will be visiting The Horn in St
Albans next week, following the release
of her most recent studio album In the
Court of the Crimson Queen.
Speaking to the WHT ahead of the gig, she
said: “I’m really looking
forward to it because my bass player is
from that region so it’s a bit of a
homecoming for him.”
Toyah first forced her way into the
public consciousness during the punk rock
era, with appearances in the films
Jubilee (1977) and Quadrophenia (1979).
To date, she’s released 30 albums
and has had 13 UK Top 40 singles,
including It’s A Mystery, Thunder in
the Mountains and I Want To Be Free,
making her one of the most successful
female solo artists in British music
history.
And although she’s now 52, Toyah
said she is still passionate about what
she does.
“I love performing live; it’s
incredible,” she said.
• Read the full interview at the
'Welwyn Hatfield Times' website, here. [
Thanks to Paul Lomas ]
Official Toyah:
September 2010 Blog •
10th September, 2010
Toyah’s September 2010
Blog has been added to The Official Toyah
MySpace. Read it here.
Three From Minna! •
10th September, 2010
Minna, of The Toyah
Willcox Interview Archive,
has made three more excellent fan videos
for three excellent Toyah songs: Computer
(from 'Sheep Farming In Barnet'), Alien
(One of the b-sides from 'I Want To Be
Free'), and Sensational (from 'In The
Court Of The Crimson Queen').
Dreamscape's Toyah
Gallery •
4th September, 2010
Check out Dreamscape's
huuuge Toyah Gallery. You'll find more
amazing, colourful, Toyahtaaastic photos
to browse there than you can possibly
imagine! (Erm, that's just over a
thousand!! :))
I Was A Teenage
Toyah Fan: The Book? •
2nd September, 2010
Chris
Limb's fascinating "I Was A Teenage
Toyah Fan" continues to grow and
grow...
Originally
intended as a short three or four part
series of blog entries about my
misadventures in pop music fandom at the
dawn of the 1980s, it soon became clear
that I had far more than a couple of
thousand words to tell and that
furthermore what I had to say seemed to
be of interest to more people than simply
those who had been Toyah obsessives such
as myself. The experience of being a
compulsive fan seems to be a universal
one, whatever the object of your
infatuation...
So far the story shows no
sign of slowing down despite the fact
that I'm leaving so much out. I do know
exactly where it ends, but as yet can't
predict how quickly I'll get there. This
page serves as a portal to the
installments written thus far; new
chapters will appear here automatically
when they're published.
In the meantime a lot of
people seem to be enjoying it and some
have asked me to rewrite it in more depth
and making a full length book out of it.
I'm very tempted as there's a lot tucked
away there in my memory. It would be
useful to know how many people would be
interested in buying one if it was made
available - would you? Do let me
know.
• Visit I Was A Teenage
Toyah Fan/www.toyah.org here.
Toyah Photo Book by
Mick Mercer •
2nd September, 2010
Journalist
Mick Mercer has just published a Toyah
Photobook.
Toyah Photo Book by Mick Mercer:A basic but interesting mixture of
1980 live photos, with some terrible ones
from Harrow, and better ones from the
Music Machine, along with some charming
photos taken at interviews during 1980
and 1981.
Mick
interviewed Toyah and reviewed many of
the band's gigs for iconic magazines and
music papers like NME, Melody Maker,
Sounds, ZigZag and Record Mirror in the
late 70s/early 80s.
The book is available from Lulu.com, here,
and is priced at a very reasonable
£7.99.
Toyah Scrapbook •
2nd September, 2010
Check out Anthony Lewis'
excellent virtual Toyah scrapbook/blog, here.
Full of Toyah memories!
Toyah Guests on The
Vibe •
2nd September, 2010
Toyah
will guest on The Vibe on 'CRMK Radio' on
Sunday 12th September.
Hosts
Steve and Stuart will be chatting to
Toyah live from 3pm. You can listen to
their show via their website. Visit The
Vibe website, here,
for further info. Got a question for
Toyah? Email it to
interview@thevibeonline.co.uk
• Thanks to Paul Lomas
If You Can't Stand
The Heat •
2nd September, 2010
A couple of photos from the
filming of If You Can't Stand The
Heat. There's more info about the
pilot episode, in which Toyah has a
cameo, here.
This will air on Living TV sometime later
this month.
• Thanks to
Andi. View more photos at Flickr, here.
Toyah on TV
• 2nd September, 2010
Kavanagh
QC : ITV3 - Tuesday 14th September :
11.05am
Kavanagh QC : ITV3 +1 - Tuesday 14th
September : 12.05pm A Family Affair (1995). Legal
drama series, starring John Thaw, with
Holly Aird, Robert Ashby, Toyah Willcox
and Lisa Harrow.
A
special "YouTubing With Toyah":
A fantastic collection of 12 retro Toyah
tv clips, encompassing almost 25 years of
Toyah's career, from Minder in
1980 to Rock Legends in 2003!
Please click on each mini screen cap to
watch at 'YouTube' • Huge thanks to
Stephen Bennett
The
Comeback : Living - Monday 27th September
: 10.00pm
A
transcript of Toyah's short 'Totally 80s'
interview, from 'Energy FM' last
Saturday.
Toyah
is included in the new series of Celebrity
Fantasy Homes, premiering on 4th
October on 'Home'. The air date for
Toyah's edition is unavailable as yet.
•
Toyah and Geoff Capes have an arm wrestle
(I bet Toyah won!) at Wednesday's Cadbury
Spots v Stripes Homecoming celebrations
at Bourneville. [ Thanks to It's Pretty
Green ]
Toyah
played a "fantastic gig" at The
Horn. St Albans last night, with no less
than Pete Bush, of the original Toyah
band, in the audience.
Numerous
Worcestershire based news websites have
covered the recent press call/photo
launch of Sleeping Beauty at
Malvern Theatres.
Toyah features on
the latest "100 Hits"
compilation, '100 Hits: Electric
Eighties' - 100 Classic Tracks and
Alternative Hits
Other
artists include: New Order, Aztec Camera,
Madness, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Echo
& The Bunnymen, John Foxx, Strawberry
Switchblade, Primal Scream, The
Adventures, World Party, That Petrol
Emotion, Dead Kennedys, Bananarama,
Fuzzbox, Kirsty MacColl and many many
more.
While
Dreamscape took a Summer sabbatical,
Toyah didn't and has had an incredibly
busy July and August.
Look
out for an interview with Toyah in a
forthcoming issue of 'The Guardian'.
Toyah is included in an article, by Dave
Simpson, on poetry in pop and he talks to
Toyah, among other things, about William
Blake and her incorporation of his poetry
on 'The Blue Meaning'.
Kavanagh
QC : ITV3 - Tuesday 14th September :
11.05am
