Those who have already booked will have the chance to transfer/refund.

Proud Parents : Channel 4 - Thursday 7th February : 1.05pm
Proud Parents : Channel 4 Plus 1 - Thursday 7th February : 2.05pm
Toyah Willcox. 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.

Wed 20th February - State Club - Lincoln, Gainsborough - Full band set
Fri 22nd February - Skegness - Full band set 
Fri 14th March - Minehead - Full band set 
Sat 31st May - Back To The 80's - Braehead Arena, Glasgow 
Fri 13th June - Wisley Music Festival - Wisley Gardens, Surrey
Sat 28th June - Grassington Festival, Yorkshire - Full band set
Fri 1st August - Shugborough Music & Fireworks, Staffordshire
Sat 1st November - Embassy Ballroom, Selsey

The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party, in their "On this date in music history" feature, say: "On this date in 1980, Toyah released their third single, "Bird In Flight". It was backed by "Tribal Look". Neither song was included on an album in it's studio form (though both were captured live on Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!) until the combined Sheep Farming In Barnet/The Blue Meaning combination was released on CD which included both tracks as bonuses. The Birmingham, England post punk/new wave singer stepped away from music in 1987 to concentrate on her acting career but has resurfaced with her band in recent years."

'Top Twenty' was published in May 1982, with Toyah on the cover and a two-page feature, "Tireless Toyah wants to be free", inside. There is another 'Top Twenty' magazine listed here, that includes a Toyah article.

• Back To The 80s is the title of an article in today's Glasgow 'Evening Times' which reports on the two Eighties-inspired "festvals" taking place in Glasgow this Summer.

• Toyah is mentioned in a 'This is Leicestershire' news article about The Big Questions, the Sunday morning show she recently guested on.

• Toyah is also namechecked in a 'Daily Record' piece on Phil Daniels losing his iconic Quadrophenia coat.

He says: "This morning I received a very interesting photo, taken in Oct 1985 at the end of my first Guitar Craft course with Robert Fripp at Claymont Court in West Virginia. This was the seventh course. In the photo you can see all the participants of the course. Behind me is Tony Geballe, and on the bottom right is Toyah Willcox; she got married with Robert shortly after."

Please click on the photo to visit Bert's Diary.

Wisley Music Festival 2008, Belinda Carlisle, Nick Heyward, Toyah, Altered Images @ RHS Garden - Wisley - Fri 13th June 2008

Three day music festival held in the beauriful Wisley Gardens, Surrey. This is an outdoor venue with no seating.

2008 lineup includes: Lesley Garrett, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Belinda Carlisle, Nick Heyward, Toyah, Altered Images, Counterfeit Stones and Buddy Holly & The Cricketers

RHS Gardens, Wisley, Woking, Surrey. GU23 6QB
Tel: 0845 260 9000

Top Of The Pops 2 : Dave - Thursday 31st January : 8.30am
Top Of The Pops 2 : Dave Plus 1 - Thursday 31st January : 9.30am
Top Of The Pops 2 : Dave - Thursday 31st January : 1.30pm
Top Of The Pops 2 : Dave Plus 1 - Thursday 31st January : 2.30pm
More pop nostalgia and current music, introduced by Radio 2 stalwart Steve Wright. This edition includes a specially-recorded performance by Steve Balsamo. Plus Elvis Costello with 'Oliver's Army', Toyah performing 'It's a Mystery', Blur's 'Girls and Boys', and the camp classic 'It's Raining Men' by The Weather Girls.

If you've wondered what goes on behind a call-girl's closed door, here's your chance; Belle is more than happy to let you watch... In each episode, Belle guides us through an aspect of the industry. - with wit, expertise and pride she tells us how she got it, why she got it and exactly what it involves.

This 2 disc set contains all 8 episodes of the complete first season.

Starring: Billie Piper, Cherie Lunghi, Iddo Goldberg, Toyah Willcox.

In Albrecht's first big deal since landing at IMG, Showtime has snapped up 20 half-hour episodes of "Call Girl." Skein, toplined by former "Doctor Who" star Billie Piper, was produced for ITV2 by Tiger Aspect, a leading Brit production company owned by IMG.

First eight episodes of "Call Girl" will air this summer. Second season of 12 segs begins lensing in Blighty next year. Greenblatt said he sees "Call Girl" -- which gave ITV2 its best ratings of the year -- as a cross between "Sex and the City" and "Californication."

"It has a great sensibility to it," he told Daily Variety. "It's more emotional than you think it's going to be. It's sexy and funny, but there's other stuff going on.

"Call Girl" has Piper playing a character with dual lives. By day, she's a legal secretary named Hannah; at night, she morphs into high-class hooker Belle.

Source: Variety: December 2007

Brum : CBeebies - Tuesday 15th January : 8.40am
Brum and The Football Hero. The adventures of a little car who lives in a motor museum, narrated by Toyah Willcox. Brum scores the winning goal when he comes on as a substitute during a football match.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks : VH1 UK - Thursday 24th January : 10.00pm Music quiz hosted by Mark Lamarr with team captains Phil Jupitus and Sean Hughes. Guests are Tom Gray, Toyah, Kele Le Roc and Adam Bloom.

Samworth Academy, in Saffron Lane, hit national headlines this week after a funeral was held at a church next to the building while pupils were in lessons.

On Sunday, the BBC1 show, The Big Question, hosted by Nicky Campbell, will be filmed at the Trenant Road school.

The live programme will include debates on Islam, contacting the dead and whether children should have a father figure. The show's panel will include the Bishop of Leicester Tim Stevens and singer and actress Toyah Willcox.

Series editor Jill Robinson said the issue of the funeral being held at the school, was nothing to do with the show being filmed at the academy. She said: "We filmed the show at the school back in November and it had very good facilities so we thought we would come back again.

"It was decided weeks ago. It is just a coincidence the school has been in the news this week.

"The issue of a funeral being held at the school is not something we would talk about on the show as that is a local issue."

Phyllippe Aaron, president of the Vaughan Way Spiritualist Church, in Leicester, will also be on hand to help answer the question: "Should we talk to the dead?" during the hour-long show.

* The Big Question will be on BBC1 from 10am on Sunday.

Source: Leicester Mercury: 12/01/2008

Toyah Willcox, star of "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!", and husband Robert Fripp, a former rock star, have written in support of campaigners who marched in Pershore on Saturday to campaign for the return of good old-fashioned Christmas lights.

Toyah wrote to campaign organisers: "Both myself and my husband are very concerned that Pershore's Christmas lights are returned to the brilliant example of earlier years.

"We would love to see the Christmas lights restored to include the whole High Street and Bridge Street."

The march attracted about 60 people as campaigners carrying banners reading "Don't Give Us A Ghost Town" and "Bring Back Our Lights" made their way from the Pershore Bridges car park to the Civic Centre in Queen Elizabeth Drive to roars of support from traders who have had a difficult year following the floods.

Organiser Trudy Burge, 38, was joined on the march by son Aaron, 12, and daughter Tori, nine, as well as their friends, twins Lynda and Sue Forse, both nine, and Becky Williams, also nine.

Mrs Burge of Church Street, said: "We're over the moon to have Toyah's support. It's really nice to hear from someone in the public eye who feels as strongly about this as the rest of us. These lights light up people's lives - it's important."

Pershore Town Council decided not to put up the Christmas lights after health and safety tests deemed the buildings not strong enough to hold their weight.

The town council has agreed to put an allowance in next year's budget to carry out tests to see if the lights can be brought back. Mrs Burge, born and bred in the town, said councillors would pay through the ballot box if the lights were not twinkling this Christmas.

She added: "People are sick and fed up - they are really cross about this now. The old display was so unique and breathtaking."

Source: Worcester News: 07/01/2008

The protest march began at Pershore Bridges on Saturday (5) morning with only a small amount of people, but as the group approached the town centre more and more people joined.

By the time they had reached their destination, at Wychavon Civic Centre, the group was made up of more people than organiser Trudy Burge, had ever expected.

She said: "When we were about to set off there were only around six of us there and I thought, oh no, it's just going to be me waving a board around. But as we approached the town these people came out of nowhere to join us.

"I was leading at the front and when I looked back and saw how many people were supporting us I could have cried. All the traders were outside their shops waving at us and we even had Pershore councillor Jane Daniels with us so that was fantastic."

The march ended up at the district council offices, where leader of the council Paul Middlebrough met the group. Pershore celebrity Toyah Willcox also supported the march, despite being in panto in Reading, by sending a good luck message to the protestors.

Pershore Town Clerk, Ann Dobbins, explained that anchor points on town buildings failed a pull test in 2006, making it unsafe to string lights across the street.

She said: "The council has the intention, the wish and the finance to restore the lights but the buildings to which the anchor points are fixed are unsuitable.

"Council agrees that the current decorations are not as they would wish but we are sure the town would not wish to see no lights at all.

Source: Evesham Journal: 07/01/2008

TOYAH WILLCOX
Actress, singer

At this time of year, I always do panto, which does wonders for my figure. This year, I'm playing Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hexagon in Reading and we do two shows a day most days. I get so fit on stage and want to keep it up afterwards.

I have very sensible eating habits and my tip is the most basic and simple law in the world: do not eat more calories than you can burn. I find it staggering that people don't get that. Because I'm going to hit 50 next year, I have a sensible breakfast of green tea and a bowl of bran flakes, and a good lunch such as a piece of salmon with spinach and fruit. I drink water all day, allow myself one more cup of tea and then I'll have a bowl of soup in the evening and a bowl of cereal before going to bed. No one can sleep if they are hungry and you need carbohydrates to help you relax.

I only allow myself 1,500 calories a day because that's all I need. If I go over that, I put on weight. I have worked that out for myself. I believe you can look better and better as you get older. I think people who go on about age being a bad thing are people who have lost their figures. If you can stay fit and slim, life is far more enjoyable.

Source: The Telegraph: 29/12/2007

During the show she sang Guns 'N Roses' 'Sweet Child O Mine', Take That's 'Rule The World' and musical number 'The Other Side Of The Tracks'.

Interviewed by the 'Daily Mail' (twice)... included in 'First' magazine's Back To The Future feature... Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde released on DVD... English Eccentrics 'How To Dress Sensibly' album, including Toyah track 'One Cup Of Tea'... continuing to play Siobhan in BBC Radio soap Silver Street... guesting at various Memoribilia/MusicMania events... 80's gigs at Butlins... Toyah music finally available at iTunes... Guest speaking at FAME: The Creative Industries Show... guested on The Sarah Kennedy Show on BBC Radio 2... auction antics on Dickinson's Real Deal on ITV1... more 'Here And Now' concerts... numerous appearances on BBC's Through The Keyhole... the Picnic Concerts during the Summer... The Official Toyah MySpace launches... 

Faith & Music documentary repeated on ITV1... The Corn Is Green finally released on DVD (but only in the US)...Toyah plays at The Club in Stoke... The Ebony Tower released on DVD (as part of a Laurence Olivier box set)... in the celebrity audience for Tiswas Reunited... 'London Lite' interview... interviewed in 'The Times' (twice)... interviewed in 'Manchester Evening News'... played live at Blackpool Pride... The Humans... guest presenting ITV1's Loose Women... Quadrophenia Reunion... interviewed in 'SFX' magazine... Saving Planet Earth... 'Magic Of The Eighties' concert... new Toyah images and promo videos... interviewed in the 'Guardian'... interviewed in 'Culture' magazine...

Interviewed in 'Scotland on Sunday'... Eighties Toyah songs included on 'Electrax' and 'No.1 Woman Album' compilation CDs... Blue Marigold, Toyah's Tales Of The Unexpected episode released on DVD... playing Billie Piper's mum in Secret Diary Of A Call Girl on ITV2... guesting on BBC1's The One Show... live Humans gigs in Estonia... 'Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You)' Toyah's first commercially released single for 13 years... previews of new songs co written by Toyah & Simon Darlow... new 2008 album title revealed: 'In The Court Of The Crimson Queen'... The Official Toyah YouTube channel launches... Ready Steady Cook... Toyah opens A Taste Of Pershore...

Guests at the Women Of The Year lunch & Awards... The Official Toyah website relaunched... The People's £50 Million Lottery Giveaway... cover star of 'GScene' magazine... played Jack in Jack & The Beanstalk in Reading... nominated for Birmingham's Walk of Stars... interviewed in 'New!' magazine (twice)... turned on Bracknell's Christmas Lights... played at two SAS Band Christmas shows... interviewed at BBC Berkshire... guested on BBC1's This Week... guested on Channel Five's Cooking The Books... guested on BBC Breakfast on Christmas Eve... cover star of the Christmas issue of 'Woman's Weekly'...

1. 'Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You)'
2. The beautifully redesigned/relaunched Official Toyah Willcox website
3. New images/videos - Toyah's most visually interesting year since the 80s
4. Toyah still sporadically gigging all over the place
5. Back To The Future - Recreating a classic 80s look
6. The Humans/Preview clips of 'In The Court Of The Crimson Queen' songs.
7. Toyah on TV - Every week of 2007
8. Secret Diary Of A Call Girl
9. Ending the year as cover star of 'Woman's Weekly'
10. Dreamscape's 25 Years of The Changeling (slightly self indulgent - sorry!)

Secret Diary of a Call Girl, starring Billie Piper (Doctor Who), is the sexually explicit story of a beautiful woman who leads the ultimate double life. To her parents Hannah is a legal secretary, which often involves late night work. To her clients, Belle is whatever they want her to be. However, her moto of never getting emotionally involved with her clients is soon put to the test. Follow Hannah/Belle's adventures and mishaps in this eight-part mini series.

Region 2, 1 disc, Running Time: 177 minutes.

Guardian: Never gonna give it up: 80s stars cash in on thirtysomething pop nostalgia boom

Toyah Willcox, who has appeared on several tours, said the arrangement suited her: "The concert isn't under my name. I'm not having to be a guarantor to fees. That might sound cold and mercenary and not very artistic, but it's pretty important." She insists the artists get on. "You can't do that kind of package tour with an ego, you'd get laughed out of the door."

While Denton admits that some artists have taken more coaxing than others to agree to only play their hits , Willcox had no such qualms. "I've always played all the old songs. I'd go and see Peter Gabriel or Madonna and be surprised if they didn't play all the hits. People don't want to come and hear the B-sides," she said.

The timing was also important. When Denton launched Here & Now the 80s were no longer seen as naff. It was also an era when pop stars had strong images and wrote hits that echo down the years.

He doubted whether today's X Factor stars would sell out arenas in 20 years time. Wilcox added: "In the 80s, we were all writing for stadiums even if only two or three got to play them. The choruses are for the audience, not the artists."

She also noted the appetite for nostalgia-based TV, from Doctor Who to Strictly Come Dancing. "When I'm singing It's a Mystery or I Want to be Free I'm communicating with a time in people's lives," she said. "You go out and do what you're best at: performing hits everyone wants to hear."

Daily Mail: Never gonna give up: 80s stars back on top as sell-out nostalgia tour reaches Far East

Toyah Willcox, who has appeared on several tours, says that the show is satisfing the appetite for nostalgia-based music: "When I'm singing It's a Mystery or I Want to be Free I'm communicating with a time in people's lives," she said.

Read the full Guardian article here and the full Daily Mail one here.

“I don’t attend parties to be snapped by the paparazzi. I go to celebrate the liberation and freedom of being an ’old bird’ on the razzle” - Actress Toyah Willcox, 49.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks : VH1 UK - Thursday 10th January : 10.00pm
Another edition of the classic comedy pop quiz with special guests Toyah, Tony Wright, Saul Davies and John Moloney. Mark Lamarr presents.

The Big Questions : BBC1 - Sunday 13th January : 10.00am
A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol from the Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. On the panel are local Iman, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, Catholic columnist Cristina Odone, Surrey University chaplain Alexander Goldberg, and the feminist writer Julie Bindell. Toyah Willcox is the celebrity guest.

Read the full article and visit the Grassington website here.

It is also available at The Word magazine website.