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| 100 Hits:
80s Rewind 5CD Set |
31 January, 2011 |
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 Toyah's classic
eighties hits 'Thunder In The Mountains'
and 'Brave New World' both feature on the
latest "100 Hits" compilation,
'100 Hits: 80s Rewind' - 100 Classic
Tracks Of The Decade.
'Thunder In The Mountains' is included on
disc three, and 'Brave New World' on disc
five of the 5CD set. Other
artists include: Madness, New Order, Echo
& The Bunnymen, Aztec Camera, Tracie,
The Beat, Propaganda, Frankie Goes To
Hollywood, Strawberry Switchblade, The
Jesus & Mary Chain, We've Got A
Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It, Billy
Bragg, Dollar, Anti-Nowhere League, Bad
Manners, Tenpole Tudor, A-Ha, Bananarama
and many many more.
This is the fourth
consecutive year that Toyah has been
included on a "100 Hits" 5CD
compilation: Last October 'It's A
Mystery' was included on '100 Hits:
Electric Eighties', 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: 80s Rewind' is released on
Monday 21st February 2011.
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| Toyah 30:
College Tour 1981 |
30 January, 2011 |
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| We are celebrating the 30th
anniversary of Toyah's breakthrough
year... 1981! On this very night exactly
30 years ago Toyah played Nottingham Rock
City on their "College Tour".
Rock City was a brand new venue, having
only opened in December 1980, and it is
still going strong today. 
The band members
for the "College Tour" were: Toyah
Willcox; Vocals, Joel
Bogen; Guitar, Phil
Spalding; Bass, Nigel
Glockler; Drums and Adrian
Lee; Keyboards.
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| Birmingham
Post: Toyah At Birmingham Chamber
Event |
30 January, 2011 |
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 Toyah
Willcox talks at Birmingham Chamber eventBirmingham-born
pop star Toyah Willcox has told of the
“terrifying sexism” she faced
when she was younger.
Speaking before her appearance at
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce’s
“Chamber Women Who...” event
she said it was inevitable that 30 years
ago club promoters would expect female
singers to sleep with them in return for
performing at their venue.
And although she said she was
“shocked” at the severity of
Andy Gray’s punishment, after he was
sacked from Sky Sports because of his and
co-presenter Richard Keys’ sexist
remarks, she called for more to be done
about sexism today.
“I’ve experienced terrifying
sexism and ageism that was deliberately
cruel,” she said.
“It was hard being a middle class
woman in the music industry when you were
just treated as a sex object.
“We are living in a fast-changing
cultural environment and I would like to
think sexism isn’t as bad as it was
30 years ago but many women are still
experiencing it and it is something we
must work to change.
• Read the full report at the
'Birmingham Post' website, here.
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| Sunday
Mercury: Toyah - I Was Treated As
A Sex Object |
30 January, 2011 |
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 Birmingham
singer Toyah Willcox - I was treated as a
sex object
Pop star Toyah Willcox has claimed young
female singers were expected to sleep
with club promoters to get gigs when she
started in the music industry.
The 51 year-old Birmingham-born artist
said she suffered terrible treatment when
she began her career.
She said: “It was hard being a
middle class woman in the music industry
when you were just treated as a sex
object. “I’ve experienced
terrible sexism and ageism.”
• Read the report at the 'Sunday
Mercury' website, here. |
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| Birmingham
Mail: Toyah Tells of
"Terrifying" Sexism |
30 January, 2011 |
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 Birmingham
born Toyah Willcox tells of
"terrifying" sexismBirmingham-born
pop star Toyah Willcox has told of the
“terrifying sexism” she faced
when she was younger.
Speaking before her appearance at
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce’s
“Chamber Women Who...” event
yesterday she said it was inevitable that
30 years ago club promoters would expect
female singers to sleep with them in
return for performing at their venue.
And although she said she was
“shocked” at the severity of
Andy Gray’s punishment, after he was
sacked from Sky Sports because of his and
co-presenter Richard Keys’ sexist
remarks, she called for more to be done
about sexism today.
“I’ve experienced terrifying
sexism and ageism that was deliberately
cruel,” she said. “It was hard
being a middle class woman in the music
industry when you were just treated as a
sex object.
“We are living in a fast-changing
cultural environment and I would like to
think sexism isn’t as bad as it was
30 years ago but many women are still
experiencing it and it is something we
must work to change. I have to say I was
shocked at Andy Gray’s punishment.
To me it seemed like he was being a bit
of a Jack the lad. But even so, it
doesn’t make what he did right and
it doesn’t excuse his
behaviour.”
• Read the full interview at the
'Birmingham Mail' website, here.
(Thanks to Minna & Paul)
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| Toyah 30:
Look! Hear! |
30 January, 2011 |
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 We are celebrating
the 30th anniversary of Toyah's
breakthrough year... 1981!
Early in '81 Toyah presented her third,
and final, series of Look! Hear!
'PebbleMill.org' has a mini feature on
Look! Hear!: Look! Hear! was a
regional television music and arts show
produced at Pebble Mill in the early
1980s which went out in the Midlands on
BBC 1. The series featured genuinely live
popular music performances with a studio
audience. It was presented by Toyah
Willcox plus local radio presenters Ann
Butler, Liz Cotton, John Holmes and Chris
Phipps, who sat around on odd-looking
chairs talking about the arts.
• View the full mini feature at the
'PebbleMill.org' website, here.
(Thanks to Andi for the captures)
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| Toyah 30:
1981 - 2011: Gallery |
28 January, 2011 |
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 Here at Dreamscape
we are celebrating the 30th anniversary
of Toyah's breakthrough year... 1981!
Three years before Madonna, and almost
three decades before Lady Gaga, Toyah was
the original face-changing,
shape-shifting pop chameleon. Way, way
ahead of her time, Toyah had a different
image/look for every week of 1981. View
hundreds of photos from that awesome year
at our Gallery.
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| From Sheep
Farming To Anthem: Band Line-Up |
28 January, 2011 |
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 The "From Sheep Farming
To Anthem" band has been announced:
Toyah Willcox: Verbals +
Unusual Sounds
Chris Wong: Guitar
Tim Rose: Bass
Andy Doble: Keyboards
Shan Chana: Drums
Throughout 2011 a special series of Toyah
concerts, "From Sheep Farming to
Anthem", will take place.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of her
breakthrough hit It's A Mystery these
live dates will include selections from
Toyah's first three albums, "Sheep
Farming In Barnet", "The Blue
Meaning" & the platinum-selling
"Anthem". This period includes
some of Toyah's biggest hits and greatest
songs. The set list for these gigs will
celebrate the hits but feature a a
sprinkling of material not heard since
some of Toyah's early tours from the late
70s and early 1980s. |
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| From Sheep
Farming To Anthem: 7th Date
Announced |
28 January, 2011 |
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 A
seventh "From Sheep Farming To
Anthem" date has been announced:
Saturday 22nd October 2011
The Slade Rooms: Broad Street,
Wolverhampton
Tickets |
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| Toyah Newsy
Bits & Pieces! |
28 January, 2011 |
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'West End Whingers' reviewed the new
stage production of Roald Dahl's
Twisted Tales yesterday, and they
managed to shoehorn in two namechecks for
Toyah... View here.
Did people really believe it was Toyah's
silhouette at the beginning of Tales
Of The Unexpected? Didn't the series
begin in the mid-70s?
• Twitterers have been tweeting
today about an "amazing lunch and
private mini concert with Toyah" -
Toyah made a guest appearance at
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce earlier
today. Sounds like she sang as well as
spoke!
• 'theCMUwebsite.com' report on
various 2011 festival line-ups, including
Rewind @ Henley. View here.•
More great transcripts of Toyah radio
interviews, including Tuesday's 'Radio
WM', have been added to The Toyah Willcox
Interview Archive. Head there here.
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| Best Kept
Secrets: Toyah "Sheep
Farming..." Live Dates |
28 January, 2011 |
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 Perennial
punk goddess Toyah Willcox is playing a
special series of concerts during 2011 to
celebrate the 30th anniversary of her
breakthrough hit "It's A
Mystery".
These live dates will include selections
from Toyah's first three albums,
"Sheep Farming In Barnet",
"The Blue Meaning" & the
Platinum-selling "Anthem". This
period includes some of Toyah's biggest
hits and greatest songs.
The set list for these gigs will
celebrate the hits but feature a a
sprinkling of material not heard since
some of Toyah's early tours from the late
70s and early 1980s.
And to to celebrate, in the run up to the
first date at the Cavern Club in
Liverpool, we will be reposting clips
from the fascinating intevriew that we
recorded with Toyah last year where she
talks about her early career and some of
the many interesting things she has been
invloved with.
• Read the full report at the 'Best
Kept Secrets' website, here. |
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| Toyah 30:
Four From Toyah/It's A Mystery |
27 January, 2011 |
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| We are celebrating the 30th
anniversary of Toyah's first bona-fide
hit 'Four From Toyah'/'It's A Mystery'.
Just prior to the EP being released at
the beginning of 1981 Toyah was
interviewed on 'Radio Trent' where she
discussed the release, her career, Look!
Hear! and future plans! Click here to
visit Dreamscape's audio/video section or
below for a direct link to the interview.
(Thanks to Paul) 
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| Toyah 30:
YouTubing With Toyah:
Free+Thunder+Universe |
27 Jan, 2011 |
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 Here
at Dreamscape we are celebrating the 30th
anniversary of Toyah's breakthrough
year... 1981! (though '79 and '80 were
also insanely exciting years for Toyah
fans) and over at 'YouTube' three great
quality classic Top Of The Pops
appearances from Toyah have recently been
added. (Thanks to Memory Lane @ YouTube)  
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| YouTubing
With Toyah: Tomorrow Calling |
27 January, 2011 |
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| The
complete short film Tomorrow Calling
has recently been added to 'YouTube'. The
1993 mini-movie made by Channel Four
Films, as part of their "Short &
Curlies" season, stars Toyah (as
Dialta Downes), Colin Salmon and Don
Henderson. Based on a story by William
Gibson, it was shot on location in
Blackpool. Please click below for
larger versions of the screen caps. (Update:
Unfortunately this has been removed by
'YouTube') 
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| BBC WM: The
Paul Franks Show: Toyah Interview |
27 January, 2011 |
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 Toyah
guested on The Paul Franks Show
(guest hosted by Mark Regan) on BBC Radio
West Midlands on Tuesday early evening.
Mark Regan sits in. A comprehensive
round-up of the day's news and sport plus
travel news. Fisherman Friends, Toyah
Willcox and Mark Regan gets his leg
waxed.
Toyah talked about appearing at
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (taking
place tomorrow), sexism, ageism and
feminism, the current Andy Gray/Richard
Keys debacle and more.
The interview is available to listen to
at BBC iPlayer, here,
until Tuesday 1st February. Toyah appears
around 1hr 48m into the show and the
interview runs for approximately seven
minutes. |
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| Toyah 30:
Four From Toyah/It's A Mystery |
25 January, 2011 |
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| 'Four From Toyah' was
released 30 years ago, January 1981. The
four-track EP comprised of lead song
'It's A Mystery', plus 'Revelations',
'War Boys' and 'Angels and Demons'. The
EP charted on 14th February 1981 in the
UK and eventually reached number 4 in the
Top 40. 'It's A Mystery' has become a
hugely iconic part of Toyah's history and
has been quoted everywhere over the past
30 years, from the cobbles of Coronation
Street to gazillions of online
blogs, tweets and websites. 
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| From Sheep
Farming To Anthem: Official Promo |
25 January, 2011 |
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| The great new official promo
for Toyah's upcoming "From Sheep
Farming To Anthem" dates. Please
click below to view the fantastic full
larger version at Toyah's Official
Facebook. 
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| From Sheep
Farming To Anthem @ The Cavern |
23 January, 2011 |
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Very
recent news from The
Official Toyah Facebook:
Rehearsals are being lined up for the new
set.... the first From Sheep Farming To
Anthem gig will be Sunday 20 March live
at the legendary Cavern Club.
The Cavern Club: 10 Matthew Street,
Liverpool L2 6RE
0151 236 1965 | www.cavernclub.org | Tickets |
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| Dreamscape
Forum is... Back!! |
23 January, 2011 |
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| In anticipation and
celebration (and lots of other words
ending in... ation) of this year's
"From Sheep Farming To Anthem"
gigs the forum is back!! 
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| Dreamscape's
Top 10 Toyah 2010 |
21 January, 2011 |
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| We will all have our own
favourites, and this is Dreamscape's Top
Ten Toyah Moments of 2010. Thanks to
everyone who contributed Toyah news or
info to the site over the last 12 months. 
1. The Humans live:
UK Mini-Tour
2. Re-Joyce (In The Bleak Midwinter)
3. All new Official Toyah & The
Humans websites
4. I Was A Teenage Toyah Fan
5. Dreamchild: Special Edition CD
6. Toyah live: Numerous gigs & PA's
7. Sugar Rush previews
8. 21st Century Super Sister
9. In The Court Of The Crimson Queen -
Japanese Edition CD
10. Toyah models Trashion @ Brighton
Fashion Week
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| From Sheep
Farming To Anthem *Updated* |
21 January, 2011 |
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 There
are now six confirmed "From Sheep
Farming To Anthem" gigs, the
exciting live music event of 2011 that
every Toyah fan is talking about! Classics
Revisited Live with full band.
Sunday 20th March 2011: The Cavern Club,
Liverpool
0151 236 1965 | www.cavernclub.org | TicketsThursday
7th April 2011: The Horn, St Albans
01727 853 143 | www.thehorn.co.uk
Saturday 16th April 2011:
HMV Institute, Birmingham
Digbeth, West Midlands, B5 6DY | Tickets
Saturday 2nd July 2011: The Regal, Oxford
300 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 2AF | Tickets
Friday 5th August 2011: Rebellion Punk
Music Festival
Winter Gardens, Blackpool, FY1 1HL | Tickets
Sunday 23rd October 2011:
Jack Rabbit Slims
www.jacksbar.co.uk | Tickets
Keep checking the gigs
section of toyahwillcox.com for further
dates.
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| Toyah Dances
For Comic Relief 2011 |
21 January, 2011 |
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 Toyah will be
involved in Let's Dance for Comic Relief
for this year's Red Nose Day fundraising
programmes and activities. Toyah
will appear on the programme on 5th March
2011 on BBC1 and will be dancing!
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| Official
Toyah: January 2011 Blog |
21 January, 2011 |
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| Old news by now I guess...
Toyah's first blog of 2011 is available
at www.toyahwillcox.com. Read her upbeat
and "let's grab 2011 by the scruff
of the neck and party!!" missive by
clicking below. 
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| Toyah Live
2011: Dates |
21 January, 2011 |
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 Upcoming
live dates for Toyah are currently being
added to her Gig Diary all the time. View
full details of all the confirmed
appearances at the official Gigs page, here.Saturday
29th January: Live PA: The Kremlin,
Belfast
Saturday 26th February: Weekend Guitar
Trio with Toyah & Jan Bang: Kings
Place, London
Saturday 19th March: 48 Hour Party: 80s
Weekender: Pontins, Southport
Sunday 20th March: Full Band Gig: The
Cavern Club, Liverpool
Thursday 7th April: Full Band Gig: The
Horn, St Albans
Saturday 16th April: Full Band Gig: HMV
Institute, Birmingham
Friday 22nd April: Live PA: The
Canterbury City Faerie Ball
Saturday 2nd July: Full Band Gig: The
Regal, Oxford
Saturday 16th July: Toyah comperes at The
Rock & Bike Festival (Non music)
Sunday 31st July: Rewind Festival, Scone
Palace, Perth
Friday 5th August: Full Band Gig:
Rebellion Punk Music Festival, Blackpool
Saturday 20th August: Flashback To The
80s: Clumber Park, North Nottinghamshire
Sunday 21st August: Rewind Festival,
Henley-On-Thames
Sunday 23rd October:Full Band Gig: Jack
Rabbit Slims. Hoylake, Wirral
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| Robert
Fripp's Online Diary |
21 January, 2011 |
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| Robert Fripp's, always
interesting, online diary has a selection
of great festive photos of "the
coldest place in England" over the
Christmas period. Click below to re-live
Christmas Eve 2010! 
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| Daily Mail:
Everyone Else At School Was
Terrified Of Me |
21 January, 2011 |
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 The
'Daily Mail' interviewd Toyah, in their
'Femail' supplement, on 8th January. She
talks about her school days and
rebellious teenage years.
Everyone else at school was terrified
of me, I was the rebel from day one
Singer, actress and writer Toyah
Willcox, 52, is best known for her punky
performances on Top Of The Pops in the
1980s – and is perhaps less famous
for her voiceovers on Teletubbies. She is
married to musician Robert Fripp and
lives in Worcestershire.
I’m 11 in this picture. It
wasn’t a great day – I’d
failed my 11-plus and just had some
vaccination jabs. I was about to enter
the senior school at Edgbaston C of E
College for Girls – the one school I
went to all my life from the age of three
and a half.
I was born in Birmingham. My father,
Beric, ran a joinery business and owned
two factories. My mother, Barbara, was a
dancer from the age of 14 to 19. She
toured with the comedian Max Wall in a
dance group of six girls.
My father fell for her when he saw her
dancing in Weston-super-Mare. She was 18,
but it took him months to get close to
her because she was strictly chaperoned.
The only way he could speak to my mother
was to get the chaperone drunk.
• Read the full report at the 'Daily
Mail' website, here.
(Thanks to Minna) |
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| Toyah Newsy
Bits & Pieces! |
21 January, 2011 |
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• Glasswerk.co.uk: Rewind
The 80s Music Festival Hits Scotland.
View here.
• Racing Post: Ascot to host
ten-act line-up for Shergar day.
View here.
• Scotland Courier: Revellers to
relive the 80s at Rewind Festival.
View here.
• Toronto Sun: Stars line up for
'80s supergig. View here.
• Swindon Advertiser: £25000
needed to save Swindon Pride. View here. |
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| The Toyah
Willcox Interview Archive |
21 January, 2011 |
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A new selection of
transcripts of 2010 radio interviews have
recently been added to The Toyah Willcox
Interview Archive. Please click below to
visit Minna's excellent site.
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| Toyah on TV
& Radio |
21 January, 2011 |
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 Celebrity
Fantasy Homes : Home - Sat 22nd January :
11.00am
Celebrity Fantasy Homes : Home +1 - Sat
22nd January : 12.00pm
Gaby Roslin helps Toyah Willcox search
for a second home in Richmond upon Thames
with a budget of £650,000.The
Lee Mack Show : BBC Radio 7 - Wednesday
2nd February : 11.00pm
The sharp comedian presents stand-up,
sketches and music. From April 2005.
Episode 6 of 6.
Starring: Toyah Willcox, Angela McHale
and Steve Brown.
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| Birmingham
Post: Toyah At Birmingham Chamber
Event |
21 January, 2011 |
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 Toyah
to speak at Birmingham Chamber event
Singer Toyah Willcox is to talk about her
30-year career in showbiz at a Birmingham
business lunch.
The Kings Heath-born pop star is to be
guest speaker at Birmingham Chamber of
Commerce’s Women Who… annual
lunch later this month.
The flame-haired former punk rocker
– who has had eight top 40 singles,
and released 18 albums – will trace
her lengthy career in showbiz, and also
talk about her interest in social issues.
She is particularly passionate about
education, and says she proudly
‘‘waves the banner’’
for women in the world of business and
entertainment.
• Read the full report at the
'Birmingham Post' website, here. |
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| TheBusinessDesk:
Toyah To Be Guest Speaker |
21 January, 2011 |
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 Toyah
to be guest speaker at Chamber's Women
Who...event
Birmingham born singer and actress Toyah
Willcox is to be the guest speaker at a
women's networking event in the city.Ms
Willcox, who has had eight top 40 singles
and released 18 albums during her career,
has accepted an invitation to be guest
speaker at Birmingham Chamber of
Commerce’s ‘Women
Who….’ annual lunch. The singer
is expected to talk about her long career
in the entertainment sector which has
spanned the period between punk rock and
I’m a Celebrity…
• Read the full report at
'TheBusinessDesk.com' website, here
(Registration required) |
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| Dreamscape
News Archive: Nov/Dec 2010 |
16 January, 2011 |
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| Dreamscape's Toyah news for November
and December
2010 has now been consigned to that place
called... the past! Great for everyone
who was tired of seeing that garish
Christmas 'card' when they visited :)
Click below to plough through almost 11
years of tantalisingly good Toyah news. 
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