Toyah Live at The Club June 22 2001 : By Tiff Davidson
Big Thanks to Tiff for another splendid review of the Toyah gig
| It's 10 o'clock when we finally arrive and I
find myself wondering how many people in the club know
who Toyah is and the significance of this appearance for
die hard Toyah addicts. The club is only small with
brilliantly placed stage so all had a good view and could
even get within a foot of her if we were quick! The atmosphere started building up at 11.30pm as Ruby (aka Paul) disappeared off the dance floor and the Dj shouted that Toyah was in the house. At last it was midnight and Ruby appeared back on stage in full Toyah face paint and wig completing the ensemble with red platform shoes, I was expecting Toyah to appear in anything but normal (if |
beautifully expensive) skirt and cami top.
For the first time I was stunned at her smallness and
gorgeousness. She proceeded to greet everybody and one girl in tears took the mike off her and told her in no uncertain terms that she loved her. Toyah playfully stuck her tongue out at someone taking a photo and launched into the first song. Among the tracks so brilliantly performed were It's a Mystery (of course), Good Morning Universe, I want to be Free and at the end for an encore, on the condition that we all pogo'd, Ieya. There was more squeezed in between and she sang for a total of 45 minutes with Ruby holding up cards to |
tell us which song was next, singing along and
complaining quietly about his/her delectable red shoes. What
can one say, there was a brilliant mixture of people
having a great time, Toyah was fab as usual and very much
on good form, witty and sociable and I love her more than
ever! Keep up the good work Toyah, please don't leave it
so long again, we all miss you 'gigging'. Tiff |
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