Since 1978 Toyah, the band, and solo artist, has played live hundreds of times at hundreds of different venues in many countries. 

Live, Toyah really comes alive and in the past she has said that no one can hope to understand her musically unless they have seen her perform live. It was the Toyah band's early live gigs that built the reputation and loyal fan base that later helped to catapult Toyah to national fame and enormous commercial success. Long before the chart hits and countless TV appearances Toyah were always assured of a sold-out gig through nothing more than word of mouth about how awesome they were live.

Nowadays most chart acts not only lip sync on TV shows but at their so-called 'live' concerts too. Playing live was/is so important to Toyah that not one but two live albums were released, one a double, and two live concert videos too. These releases are crucial to anyone just discovering Toyah as they capture what was so special about them live in the early 80s. 

Even Toyah's fiercest critics had to admit that the band live were an awesome experience.

Toyah continues to tour, and in the 90's probably played as many gigs as she did with the Toyah band way back in the late 70's/early 80's. 

Let's hope there are more live gigs sometime in the future. 

Gig recorded for inclusion, in parts, in the ATV Documentary Toyah. The show was also released as the live album 'Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! 
 

Band : 

Vocals : Toyah 
Guitar : Joel Bogen 
Bass : Charlie Francis 
Keyboards : Pete Bush 
Drums : Steve Bray 

Set List : 

Victims Of The Riddle 
Indecision 
Race Through Space 
Love Me 
Danced 
Blue Meanings 
Ghosts 
Insects 
Vision 
Our Movie 
Tiger! Tiger! 
Tribal Look 
Neon Womb 
Ieya 
 

"Among the laser beams, through clouds of swirling smoke. Toyah struts and strides - a truly spine-tingling performance. "Toyah" - band and vocalist - frenzied, pulsating, mystical, fabulous - an explosive experiance." 

London Trax magazine wrote: "The irrepressible Toyah Willcox is marching on, opening up new horizons in audio visual entertainment. She is now number one in a field of one. An original." 

The concert was released as a BBC video (Toyah At The Rainbow : BBCV3012), long since deleted but it pops up regularly on eBay and receives very high bids. 

Band : 

Vocals : Toyah 
Guitar : Joel Bogen 
Bass : Phil Spalding 
Keyboards : Adrian Lee 
Drums : Nigel Glockler 

Set List : 

War Boys 
Neon Womb 
Waiting 
Tribal Look 
Ghosts 
Victims Of The Riddle 
Race Through Space 
Angels And Demons 
Insects 
It's A Mystery 
Danced 
Ieya 
 

This gig was broadcast live on BBC2's The Old Grey Whistle Test, Christmas Eve 1981. It was also released as a BBC concert video: "Since her first remarkable appearance on BBC video, Toyah has become a popular household name through her hit records: I Want To Be Free, It's A Mystery and Thunder In The Mountains... Experience the dynamism of Toyah's colourful stage act in this spectacular recording." 

Band : 

Vocals : Toyah 
Guitar : Joel Bogen 
Bass : Phil Spalding 
Keyboards : Adrian Lee 
Drums : Simon Phillips 

Set List : 

Good Morning Universe 
We Are 
Furious Futures 
In The Fairground 
It's A Mystery 
Jungles Of Jupiter 
Masai Boy 
Danced 
Thunder In The Mountains 
Ieya 
I Want To Be Free 

The culmination of 'The Changeling' UK Tour. The final two shows on July 17th and 18th were recorded and released as the 1982 live album, 'Warrior Rock : Toyah On Tour'. 

This album illustrates how exceptional the Toyah band were live. This line up may have been the greatest of the many variations over the years. Unfortunately the show wasn't released on video to accompany the double album. 
 

Band : 

Vocals : Toyah 
Guitar : Joel Bogen 
Bass : Phil Spalding 
Keyboards : Keith Hale 
Drums : Simon Phillips 

Set List : 

Good Morning Universe 
Warrior Rock 
Danced 
Jungles Of Jupiter 
It's A Mystery 
Castaways 
Angel & Me 
Brave New World 
The Packt 
Thunder In The Mountains 
We Are 
I Want To Be Free 
Dawn Chorus 
War Boys 
Ieya