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Toyah Live! 2010: Best 80s Party Guernsey: Backstage • 31st May, 2010
Toyah with, host of The Best 80s Party, Carl Ward, just before she went onstage last Friday. There’s been much positive feedback for Toyah in Guernsey from many people who were at the show. Carl said: “The gig was awesome and Toyah was just out of this world”.

• Thanks to Carl for this great photo. Listen to Carl’s recent interview with Toyah here.

Overseas Living: Me & My Travels • 31st May, 2010
It’s almost time for holidays… here’s an interview with Toyah, from April 2009, with ‘Overseas Living Online’:

A talented singer/actress/songwriter, she’s one of Britain’s biggest household names, having clocked up over 30 years in show business, as well as two weeks in the jungle…

She won Best Female Singer in the Rock & Pop Awards in the early 80’s (now ‘The Brits’) and her diverse career has produced not only a string of hit records, but prestigious stage and screen roles, alongside Hollywood greats including Sir Laurence Olivier. She’s also enjoying multi-million-pound success as an international property investor, with apartments on the French Riviera in her property portfolio.

I never get on a plane without…
… a bottle of water and a notepad, because I like to keep my mind focused and tend to have good ideas on long-haul flights.

My ideal travelling companion would be…
… a great book.

I’d least like to travel with…
… someone who drinks, needs to talk incessantly and who thinks they are funny. I’m very independent and prefer my own company. I love solitude and my most treasured item, believe it or not, is privacy.

• Read the full interview at ‘Overseas Living Online’, here

Toyah Live! 2010: Best 80s Party Guernsey: Photos • 31st May, 2010
Photos of Toyah onstage on Friday night at the Beau Sejour Centre, Guernsey. Toyah’s visit to Guernsey was covered by Channel Online and Guernsey News (see below), as well as Guernsey Insight, CarlWard.co.uk, BBC Guernsey, Sure C&W and Channel Islands Internet.

• Thanks to David and Carl for the photos. Listen to Carl’s recent interview with Toyah here

Toyah on TV: Bargain Hunt Famous Finds • 31st May, 2010
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds : Home – Sun 13th June : 2.00pm
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds : Home +1 – Sun 13th June : 3.00pm

Toyah Willcox v Kiki Dee. The bargain-spotting continues, here with rock queens Toyah Willcox and Kiki Dee shopping for hidden gems at an antique centre in Farnham, Surrey.

Toyah Newsy Bits & Pieces • 31st May, 2010
• Toyah was mentioned in the latest issue, published Thursday 20th May, of ‘Hot Press’ magazine. In an interview with cover star, Courtney Love. [Thanks to John O'Connor]

• Courtney was also interviewed, on Saturday 22nd May, on RTE Radio 1, with Niall Stokes (editor of ‘Hot Press’) and she again mentioned Toyah. Courtney remembered being a photographer 30 years ago and taking photos of Toyah, which were possibly used in ‘Hot Press’. [Thanks to John O'Connor]

• View photos from two Toyah ‘Hot Press’ features in Dreamscape’s 1981 Gallery.

• The ‘Here & Now’ Facebook includes some live shots of Toyah, from past ‘H&N’ shows. Visit that here.

• Yet another upcoming female singer being compared to Toyah: Spark, aka Jess Morgan, was featured in The Guardian’s ‘New Band Of The Day’ last Thursday: She’s certainly whimsical. Her debut single Shut Out the Moon features handclaps, a dirty bassline and a theatrically enunciated vocal that is very stage-school, very Toyah. Read the full article here.

• Toyah was also namechecked in an article in Times24 on The Animals. Read that here.

Cambs24: Win Tickets To See ‘Back To The 80s’ • 31st May, 2010
Toyah hasn’t been, as yet, officially confirmed for the show, but ‘Cambs24' are listing her as one of the artists appearing in their competition: Win tickets to see ‘Back to the 80s’ in Peterborough. She is also the subject of the competition question.

Remember big hair, shoulder pads and men wearing make-up? Well put those memories aside, as this week we have teamed up with the promoters of Back to the 80s to offer 10 of our readers the chance to see a show which will transport them back to this iconic era.

Playing at Embankment in Peterborough, legends from the day including Banarama, ABC, Go West, Heaven 17 and Toyah will be performing their hits from the decade of decadence.

On the play list are classic tracks such as Robert de Niro’s Waiting, Crushed by the Wheels of Industry and Toyah’s much loved 1981 smash, ‘It’s a Mystery’.

The outside venue provides the perfect backdrop for the event which is taking place on July 17. Gates open at 4pm with the concert starting at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased for the event by ringing 0845 296 0000.

Go here to view this at ‘Cambs24' and enter the competition. It runs until 5th July 2010.

Guernsey News: Toyah’s in Town! • 31st May, 2010
‘Guernsey News’ have two new short video interviews with Toyah at their website. She talks music, Guernsey, David Bowie, her favourite song, ideal dinner date, Muse, and much more! Go here to view both the video clips, and click here for larger versions of these screen captures.

She’s an eighties legend whose outfits and songs defined a decade but twenty years on, Toyah Willcox is still drawing in the crowds. Once crowned the Princess of Punk Pop, she’s in Guernsey to headline a best of the 80s party at Beau Sejour. We sent our reporter Tamara, to meet Toyah…

Look! Hear! @ Pop Goes The Talbot • 29th May, 2010

A retro edition of Look! Hear! will air at Pop Goes The Talbot, part of the Kaleidoscope 2010 event in Stourbridge, West Midlands next month (Saturday 5th June). Toyah presented Look! Hear!, which aired on BBC Birmingham, between 1979 and 1981.

Pop Goes The Talbot: Saturday 5th June 2010, 12:00 – 7:00 pm
6:10pm: Look! Hear! – Duran Duran and Eclipse headline the BBC Birmingham local magazine pop show unseen outside the Midlands. Presented by Toyah Willcox and Chris Phipps (TX: 1981).

• Go here for full details on this event. Thanks to Andi for the Look! Hear! caps

Toyah Live! 2010: In Guernsey • 29th May, 2010
Toyah played the Beau Sejour Centre, Guernsey last night, at The Best 80s Party in the World… Ever! 2, along with The Beat and Fade2Grey. View Dreamscape's April/May news for all our coverage, including radio interviews, press clips and more, on Toyah in Guernsey 2010.

Toyah on BBC iPlayer • 29th May, 2010
Toyah and John’s edition of Cash In The Celebrity Attic, which was repeated last Sunday on BBC1, is still available to watch online at BBC iPlayer.

It remains there until tomorrow afternoon at 1.44pm! View it here.

Channel Online: Toyah Willcox Lands in Guernsey • 29th May, 2010
Once crowned the Princess of Punk Pop, Toyah is in Guernsey to headline a best of the 80’s party at Beau Sejour.

We caught up with Toyah Willcox for a quick fire round about her career.

Among her many chart successes “Thunder in the Mountains” was Toyah’s 8th UK single by the band aptly named ‘Toyah’, and was released in 1981. It was one of Toyah’s highest charting singles…

View the full report here.

Cherry Red: Dreamchild Special Edition • 19th May, 2010
Following recent Cherry Red reissues of 1980s Toyah back catalogue albums, comes the June release of Dreamchild: Special Edition. Unavailable for over 15 years, this expanded edition contains Toyah’s 1994 album Dreamchild augmented with five previously unreleased tracks from the period. Written and produced by Mike Bennett (longtime collaborator with The Fall), Dreamchild sees Toyah cascade her distinctive, purring vocals over a framework of ethereal electronica. The album spawned two singles, the melodic, ambient ballad Out Of The Blue and the upbeat, techno-styled anthemic Now And Then, infamously remixed by Utah Saints upon original release.

Other album highlights include the ambient torch-song Let Me Go, the rousing, rock-infused Unkind, and the epic title track which features guest guitar from Jay Stapley. This reissue adds Open The Skies, a previously unheard outtake from the album sessions which is a heady mix of tribal beats, soaring guitar work and powerful vocals. Whilst Dreamchild is most definitely an ambient/dance album, it was born out of a proposed stage musical, Cindy X, also authored by Mike Bennett.

Although the stage musical didn’t come to fruition, recordings of songs for “what-would-have-been” a soundtrack cast album were produced with Toyah on vocals, and have remained vaulted until now. These are all contained on this special edition, including two tracks which were translated and carried over to the Dreamchild album, and two further songs which both clearly illustrate the mooted narrative of Cindy X. This includes Another Way, (later sampled and re-built as World Of Tension) and the storming, glam-rock Let Me Go (Jangle Mix) featuring backing vocals from Toto Coelo’s Lacey Bond.

Tone Poem / Now And Then / Let Me Go / World Of Tension / Out Of The Blue (Radio Mix) / Unkind / Dreamchild / Lost And Found / Over You / I Don’t Know / Disappear / Open The Skies (Dreamchild Outtake) (Bonus Track) / Another Way (Bonus Track) / Over You ( Cindy X Version) (Bonus Track) / Let Me Go (Jangle Mix) (Bonus Track) / Lost And Found ( Cindy X Version) (Bonus Track)

Birthday 2010: Good Night & Thank You! • 18th May, 2010
Phew! What a day! And 1981! Phew, what a year! I hope you enjoyed the “let’s travel back in time” birthday updates.

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by today. It’s been busy. We’ve had three times the number of visitors we normally do.

Here’s hoping Toyah’s next 12 months is 365 days of continued success (with, maybe, a new album – please!)

I’m taking a short break from updating. In the meantime, please vote for Toyah’s haircut here. (Thanks to Paul)

Acoustic Toyah • 18th May, 2010
An interesting little tidbit of Toyah music info (gleaned from Craig’s Birthday Playlist below):

The gorgeous photos, by Dean Stockings, of Toyah with the acoustic guitar that were used in some press articles late last year and in early 2010 (including ‘Record Collector’, ‘Mojo’ and the ‘Coventry Telegraph’) were taken to be used on the artwork for a CD reissue of ‘The Acoustic Album’. This will happen at some point in the future.

Birthday 2010: Newsy Bits & Pieces! • 18th May, 2010
As well as Dreamscape’s special updates, there was plenty of other birthday activity online today.

• Minna’s birthday card for Toyah. Visit the ‘Toyah Willcox Interview Archive’ here.

• Lots of birthday wishes for Toyah today:

At the Fans Club Facebook, The Official Toyah MySpace, Mayhem Forum, and The Official Toyah Facebook.

This great fun birthday photo of Toyah and her PA John appeared online.

• ‘Brilliant Day’ by Toyah, from ‘Ophelia’s Shadow’, was played on ‘Flashback Alternatives’ earlier today – possibly to mark Toyah’s big day. View their ‘Last 500 Tracks Played’ page here.

• Toyah was also included in ‘The Times’ Birthday’s Today feature. View that here.

• Thanks to Minna, Kevin, Colin and Steven for the info.

Birthday 2010: Anthem/I Want To Be Free Revisited • 18th May, 2010

A wonderful 2010 feature on the photography of ‘Anthem’ and ‘I Want To Be Free’; Concept and design by Andi Westhorpe, with information from Jay Myrdal, the photographer who captured these iconic images of Toyah in April 1981. Also included are incredibly rare test shots from the ‘I Want To Be Free’ session. These have never been released previously and appear on the internet for the first time here. Jay has given his permission for this.

• A massive thank you to Andi Westhorpe and Jay Myrdal for this unique feature.

Birthday 2010: Anthem/IWTBF Preview • 18th May, 2010
I really enjoyed doing the session with Toyah. She was very professional in the best sense of the word when doing the pictures. The image was her idea… Jay Myrdal (Photographer)

Birthday 2010: Gallery 1981 • 18th May, 2010
A birthday update to the 1981 Gallery, with almost 60 new photos added, including a few rarities. The 1981 page now has approximately 250 photos of Toyah to browse or save.

• There’s also a few additions to the 1980 and 1983 pages. A huge thank you to Paul Lomas and Andi Westhorpe for their help with photos for recent updates. Thanks to everyone else who has provided photos over the years too.

Birthday 2010: 1981 Radio Downloads • 18th May, 2010
Four rare radio interviews with Toyah, all from 1981. Click below for the Downloads section.

1. Radio One: My Top 12 (November 1981): Toyah chooses her favourite songs and talks about her life, music, hobbies, childhood, fans, career… and more!. 2. Radio One: The Annie Nightingale Show: (August 1981): Toyah talks to Annie about her life, success in 1981 and new single. 3. BFBS Radio: (December 1981): Toyah interviewed in Europe at the end of her extraordinarily successful 1981. She talks about the year, her future plans, Christmas and the band’s new EP ‘Four More From Toyah’. 4. Radio One: Talkabout (February 1981): A Valentine’s Day special.

• Thanks to Giddy Gavin (aka Logan 5) and Sean.

Birthday 2010: Gallery 1981 Preview • 18th May, 2010
The 1981 Gallery will be updated with dozens of ‘new’ photos of Toyah later today – Including these fantastic shots below!

Birthday 2010: YouTubing With Toyah: At The Rainbow 81 • 18th May, 2010
An excellent slideshow of previously unseen photos of Toyah: Live At The Rainbow in 1981.

• There’s also a similar slideshow of photos of Toyah, live at Hammersmith Odeon in June 1981, on the ‘Anthem’ tour. View that here.

Happy Birthday Toyah • 18th May, 2010
Sending Best Wishes to Toyah for a very Happy Birthday! Please check back throughout the day for our special birthday updates.

Toyah Tuesday! • 17th May, 2010
Be sure to pay us a visit tomorrow – It’s Toyah’s birthday – We have a day of groovy updates!

Smash Hits May 15-28 1980 @ Like Punk Never Happened • 16th May, 2010
Smash Hits, issue dated May 15-28, 1980 is now online at ‘Like Punk Never Happened’.

The issue, which features Kate Bush on the cover, is significant as this was the first time the magazine included a “pin-up” of Toyah.

It’s a photo from the famous “stairs” session. View the full session the pin up is taken from at Dreamscape’s 1980 Gallery here.

Toyah also figures in “Bitz” again (page 11), with news on the release of ‘The Blue Meaning’, ‘Ieya’, the Ieya Tour, and The Tempest.

As well as Kate Bush and Toyah there’s also Phil Lynott, The Undertones, The Jam, Blondie, The Human League, Motorhead, Michael Jackson, Roxy Music and more.

Happy Anniversary • 16th May, 2010
Best Wishes to Toyah and Robert - Celebrating their 24th Wedding Anniversary today!

Mark Satchwill: Blue Meaning • 14th May, 2010
Thank you to artist Mark Satchwill for allowing me to include his incredible Toyah art on Dreamscape. Below is his ‘Blue Meaning’ watercolour, as well as the preliminary sketch for the painting. View more of Mark’s art at his website here. The site includes another Toyah painting, ‘War boys’. ‘The Blue Meaning’ album was released 30 years ago next week.

Flashback Alternatives: More Toyah • 14th May, 2010
Thanks again to Kevin for the info that more Toyah music has been included on ‘Flashback Alternatives’ playlist over the last couple of days, with ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Good Morning Universe’ and ‘Danced’ all being played.

This is great news as the American-based station broadcasts to tens of thousands of listeners.

Toyah on TV: Cash In The Celebrity Attic • 14th May, 2010
Cash In The Celebrity Attic : BBC1 – Sun 23rd May : 1.00pm
Toyah Willcox. Eighties pop star and actress Toyah Willcox invites the Cash in the Attic team into her beautiful home to raise money for MacMillan nurses. Toyah even gets on the podium herself to help sell some of her items.

• Not showing on BBC1 Scotland. It will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer after airing.

Toyah On The Radio: Peter Pan: Episode 4 @ BBC iPlayer • 13th May, 2010
Episode Four of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, ‘Spring Cleaning Time Again’, is now available to listen to for the next seven days at BBC iPlayer, here. All four of the episodes in the series, broadcast earlier this week, are available for the next few days at BBC iPlayer, here.

• That’s more than enough Peter Pan for the time being. I’m sure many of you will agree! For anyone who is interested, you can find all the updates here.

Toyah On The Radio: JM Barrie’s Peter Pan: Episode Four • 12th May, 2010
The complete four-part radio version of Peter Pan, with Toyah in the title role, airs on BBC Radio 7 this week, over four consecutive mornings, concluding tomorrow. This was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of J. M. Barrie’s tale of childhood adventure starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan and Ron Moody as Captain Hook.

Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Thu 13th May : 5.00am
Spring Cleaning Time Again. Wendy longs for home, but first she and the brothers must be rescued from Hook. Stars Toyah Willcox and Ron Moody. Episode 4 of 4.

• You can hear these at the BBC Radio 7 website via their Listen Live option, and each episode will also be available at BBC iPlayer after airing.

Celebrating Toyah’s Birthday 2010 • 12th May, 2010
Please make a return visit to Dreamscape next Tuesday, May 18th, Toyah’s birthday. We have a veritable feast of special 1981-themed updates to mark the occasion.

BBC Radio Devon: Richard Green Show: Toyah Talks 80s • 12th May, 2010
A brief interview with Toyah was (re)aired on The Richard Green Eighties Show on BBC Radio Devon on Saturday evening. Toyah talks 80s in the interview, recorded around mid-2008.

It’s available to listen to for another four days here. Toyah appears approximately one hour into the show and the clip lasts around three minutes.

It’s Stevie Wonder’s 60th Birthday next week, and Biographer Mark Ribowsky joins Richard to chat about his commercial heyday from the late 70’s through to the early 90’s.

Also there’ll be music from the charts from the featured year – 1987. Toyah Willcox talks of her back catalogue in a clip from the 80’s archive.

Have you been watching Ashes to Ashes/ They’ll be music from Episode 5 of the third series, a 12 inch mix of the week, and two of those tricky teasers. How’s your points tally going?

Flashback Alternatives: Toyah on Playlists • 12th May, 2010
Great to see Toyah included regularly in ‘Flashback Alternatives’ recent playlists.

‘It’s A Mystery’ was played on 4th May, ‘Prospect’, from ‘Ophelia’s Shadow’ yesterday, and this morning the, sublime, album version of ‘Brave New World’ – also included on ‘Proud, Loud & Heard: The Best Of Toyah’.

The station plays The Cure, The Smiths, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, The Jam, Kate Bush, Lloyd Cole, Pixies, The Chameleons and Ministry, to name but a few, as well as more obscure bands, so Toyah is in very good company. [ Thanks to Kevin ]

YouTubing With Toyah: Never Mind The Buzzcocks 1999 • 12th May, 2010
Something to raise a smile, very much needed on days like this: “I bunked off and you’re responsible!“: I love Toyah’s reaction here, in this clip from Series Five of Never Mind The Buzzcocks. This originally aired in March 1999 (and re-aired on VH1) and this HQ clip has just been uploaded to ‘You Tube’. Click here to watch and on the screen caps for larger versions.

Toyah On The Radio: Peter Pan: Episode 3 @ BBC iPlayer • 12th May, 2010
Episode Three of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, ‘An Awfully Big Adventure’, is now available to listen to for the next seven days at BBC iPlayer, here. Episode Four airs on Radio 7 at 5am tomorrow.

Toyah On The Radio: JM Barrie’s Peter Pan: Episode Three • 11th May, 2010
The complete four-part radio version of Peter Pan, with Toyah in the title role, airs on BBC Radio 7 this week, over four consecutive mornings, continuing tomorrow. This was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of J. M. Barrie’s tale of childhood adventure starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan and Ron Moody as Captain Hook.

Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Wed 12th May : 5.00am
An Awfully Big Adventure. Captain Hook turns the tables, as the battle between the Lost Boys and pirates begins. Stars Toyah Willcox and Ron Moody. Episode 3 of 4.

• You can hear these at the BBC Radio 7 website via their Listen Live option, and each episode will also be available at BBC iPlayer after airing.

Dreamscape Downloads: Toyah @ Radio 1 • 11th May, 2010
Another two Toyah radio interviews now added to Downloads, both from Radio 1 in the Eighties: The Janice Long Show, from November 1983, around the time of ‘Love Is The Law’ and ‘The Vow’, and The Peter Powell Show, from April 1985, the month that ‘Don’t Fall In Love (I Said)’ was released. Peter Powell, as you hear during this, was always a huge fan of Toyah. He also interviewed her around this time for Sky Trax on Sky Channel (now Sky1).

• Click here or above for the Downloads section. [ Thanks to Sean ]

• Return to Dreamscape next week (18th May) for more rare radio interviews – All from 1981 as part of our Toyah’s Birthday|Anthem|1981 celebration.

Toyah Willcox Interview Archive: Five From Minna! • 11th May, 2010
The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive has been updated a number of times over the past couple of weeks. Check out transcripts of Net Talk (2006), Capital Radio (1979), Radio 1/Rock On (1980), the ‘Leap!’ interview (1983), and the recent Island FM/Carl Ward interview.

Toyah On The Radio: Peter Pan: Episode 2 @ BBC iPlayer • 11th May, 2010
Episode Two of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, ‘In the Mermaid’s Lagoon’, is now available to listen to for the next seven days at BBC iPlayer, here. Episode Three airs on BBC Radio 7 at 5am tomorrow.

Toyah On The Radio: JM Barrie’s Peter Pan: Episode Two • 10th May, 2010
The complete four-part radio version of Peter Pan, with Toyah in the title role, airs on BBC Radio 7 this week, over four consecutive mornings, continuing tomorrow morning. This was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of J. M. Barrie’s tale of childhood adventure starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan and Ron Moody as Captain Hook.

Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Tue 11th May : 5.00am
In the Mermaid’s Lagoon. The mischievous boy and the children arrive in Neverland. Stars Toyah Willcox, Ron Moody, Georgina Cates and Roy Hudd. Episode 2 of 4.

• You can hear these at the BBC Radio 7 website via their Listen Live option, and each episode will also be available at BBC iPlayer after airing.

Dreamchild/CD Reissues: Same But Different! • 10th May, 2010
The cover art for the latest Toyah CD set for reissue, ‘Dreamchild’, has just been released. It follows the recent design tradition, as seen on ‘Mayhem’, ‘Take The Leap’ and ‘Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!’, of staying true to the original cover, while subtly updating for the new release.

Dreamchild: Special Edition CD • 10th May, 2010
Toyah’s ‘Dreamchild’ album, first released in 1994, is reissued as an expanded ‘Special Edition’ CD next month on Cherry Red Records.

The CD cover features slightly alternative artwork (Toyah’s eyes are open rather than closed as on the original release), and boasts five bonus tracks.

The album will be available from 21st June 2010.

Tracklist: 1. Tone Poem; 2. Now And Then; 3. Let Me Go; 4. World Of Tension; 5. Out Of The Blue (Radio Mix); 6. Unkind; 7. Dreamchild; 8. Lost And Found; 9. Over You; 10. I Don’t Know; 11. Disappear; 12. Open The Skies (‘Dreamchild’ Outtake); 13. Another Way; 14. Over You (‘Cindy X’ Version); 15. Let Me Go (Jangle Mix); 16. Lost And Found (‘Cindy X’ Version).

Tracks 12 – 16 are bonus tracks/previously unavailable.

• View a larger version of the cover here. [ Thanks to Alan ]

Toyah On The Radio: Peter Pan: Episode 1 @ BBC iPlayer • 10th May, 2010
Episode One of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, ‘Away to Neverland’, is now available to listen to for the next seven days at BBC iPlayer, here. Episode Two airs on BBC Radio 7 at 5am tomorrow.

Toyah On The Radio: JM Barrie’s Peter Pan: Episode One • 10th May, 2010
The complete four-part radio version of Peter Pan, with Toyah in the title role, airs on BBC Radio 7 this week, over four consecutive mornings, starting today. This was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of J. M. Barrie’s tale of childhood adventure starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan and Ron Moody as Captain Hook.

Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Monday 10th May : 5.00am
Away to Neverland. A strange visitor transforms the Darling household one bedtime. Stars Toyah Willcox, Ron Moody and June Whitfield. Episode 1 of 4.

• You can hear these at the BBC Radio 7 website via their Listen Live option, and each episode will also be available at BBC iPlayer after airing.

Toyah on TV: Bargain Hunt Famous Finds – Today! • 10th May, 2010
A reminder that Home, and Home +1, are re-airing Toyah’s edition of Bargain Hunt Famous Finds this morning.

Toyah and John battle it out among the bargains with Kiki Dee!

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds : Home – Mon 10th May: 10.00am
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds : Home+1 – Mon 10th May: 11.00am

Toyah Willcox v Kiki Dee. The bargain-spotting continues, here with rock queens Toyah Willcox and Kiki Dee shopping for hidden gems at an antique centre in Farnham, Surrey.

In The Court Of The Crimson Queen: Japanese Edition • 9th May, 2010
At last! A photo of the Japanese CD import of, the mighty, ‘In The Court Of The Crimson Queen’. Complete with obi strip, and it looks crimsonlicious!!

TOYAH: In The Court Of The Crimson Queen
Product Notes: Japanese pressing of this 2010 release, the first long-player of new material from the acclaimed singer/songwriter in nearly 16 years. The album was co-written with long-time collaborator Simon Darlow and includes the single ‘Latex Messiah’. 10 tracks.

Catalogue Number: IECP-10218
Label: Victor/WHD Entertainment

• View a larger version of the cover here (quality not too great, unfortunately).

BBC Radio 4: The Face: Launching The Style Decade • 9th May, 2010
A fascinating documentary about the launch and history of ‘The Face’ magazine aired on BBC Radio 4 last Thursday. It is available to listen to online, until 13th May, here.

Toyah was interviewed in one of the first issues of ‘The Face’ back in 1980.

30 years after it was launched, Robert Elms investigates the origins and influence of The Face, the ’style bible’ of the 80s. The magazine was at the forefront of a remarkable change in the visual landscape of Britain in the 1980s: from Sunday newspaper supplements, to television ads, to ordinary high street shop fronts.

Until 1980 music magazines were black and white broadsheet papers like the NME and Melody Maker. Then in the summer of 1980 The Face changed all that. Started by the former NME and Smash Hits editor Nick Logan, it brought a flash of colour to the magazine industry, mixing pop, politics, photography, fashion and style, all tied together by the iconic design of art director Neville Brody.

• ‘Shapers of The 80s’ also has a feature on the 30th anniversary of ‘The Face’ being launched. View that here.

YouTubing With Crimson Queen: Sensational/Lesser God • 8th May, 2010
Just like this universe… The awesome visuals of ‘In The Court Of The Crimson Queen’, in the shape of ‘Sensational’ and ‘Lesser God’… plus a little something extra in 2010!

Island FM: Carl Ward’s Toyah Interview: Now Online • 6th May, 2010
Carl Ward’s interview with Toyah, first broadcast last month on ‘Island FM’, is now available to listen to at his website.

Toyah reminisces about her first visit, aged 11, to Guernsey, her early career, filming Quadrophenia in Brighton with Sting, why the original band was called Toyah, the early singles before chart success with ‘It’s A Mystery’ (which is played), and winning ‘Best Female Singer’ at the British Rock & Pop Awards.

Toyah also talks about appearing on the second series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and all that it entailed, guesting on, and cross-dressing with, Kenny Everett on his show in 1982, the everlasting Eighties revival and why it endures, ’In The Court Of The Crimson Queen’ and ‘Lesser God’. There’s also a play of ‘I Want To Be Free’.

A great, fun interview, listen to it here. Thanks to Carl.

Gallery 1979: Rare Toyah Photos • 6th May, 2010
The 1978/79 & 1980 Gallery pages are now just about complete. These now include some highly rare photos of Toyah, including these great shots below. Click on these for larger!

• A massive thank you to Andi for his generosity, patience and help.

Toyah Newsy Bits & Pieces! • 6th May, 2010
• Toyah’s May 2010 blog is now also available to read at www.toyahwillcox.com.

• ‘Like Punk Never Happened: Smash Hits Archive’ has been updated with the issue dated: May 1st – 15th 1980, with Siouxsie on the cover. Toyah features inside in “Bitz” – Toyah’s All Time Top Ten – which includes songs by David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Pere Ubu, Laura Nyro and Tim Buckley. She says “I like all these songs equally because of the emotions they betray and also because of the emotional feelings they trigger in me“. Visit the ‘Smash Hits Archive’ here.

• ITV2 has announced that a fourth series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl is to be made. Filming will take place later this year and the series will air in early 2011 on the channel. Toyah didn’t appear in Series Three but maybe Belle/Hannah’s mother will make a comeback in the fourth?

• BBC Radio 7’s JM Barrie’s Peter Pan page is now online here – in anticipation of the four episodes that they will air next week to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Barrie’s birth.

• I just recently found Jill’s blog post, from February, titled ‘I Have Eventually Met Toyah’. I enjoyed reading it so I thought I’d add a link to it. Read it here.

BBC2: Eighties Season • 5th May, 2010
In spring 2010, BBC Two will rediscover its recent past through a series of programming focusing on the Eighties…

Programmes in the season

The Grumpy Guide To: The Eighties: The 80s, a decade that style forgot, along with any form of taste or decency. From Thatcher’s Britain to the New Romantics and the ubiquitous filofax there’s much about this decade to be grumpy about.

Money: Adapted from Martin Amis’s cult novel of the same name, Money stars Nick Frost as torpid anti-hero John Self. An archetypal hedonist living on his wits and his luck, Self lurches from one crisis to the next as he chases his dream – and the money.

Royal Wedding: Rich in cultural references and humour, Royal Wedding is set against the backdrop of the much-celebrated marriage of the, then, Lady Diana Spencer to the Prince Of Wales in 1981.

Top Of The Pops 2: 80s Special: Mark Radcliffe presents a look back at some of the most memorable Top of the Pops performances from the 80s including Adam Ant, Kylie and Jason, Culture Club, Bucks Fizz, Yazz, Duran Duran and Wham!

Worried About The Boy: Follows Boy George’s journey from cloakroom attendant to cultural icon – from falling in love for the first time, to embracing his unique style, to meeting his Culture Club bandmates.

Toyah (possibly) on TV: BBC2 Eighties Season • 5th May, 2010
Top Of The Pops 2 : BBC2 – Monday 10th May : 7.30pm
80s Special. Mark Radcliffe presents a look back at some of the most memorable Top of the Pops performances from the 80s including Adam Ant, Kylie and Jason, Culture Club, Bucks Fizz, Yazz, Duran Duran and Wham!

Grumpy Guide To… : BBC2 – Monday 10th May : 9.00pm
The Eighties. The 80s, a decade that style forgot, along with any form of taste or decency. From Thatcher’s Britain to the New Romantics and the ubiquitous filofax there’s much about this decade to be grumpy about. Ronnie Ancona used to get an adverse physical reaction to seeing a mullet, and Shappi Khorsandi does a spookily good impression of those horrendous Cabbage Patch Dolls. This is look back at one of history’s most embarrassing decades.

• Thanks to PJ

Official Toyah: May 2010 Blog • 5th May, 2010
Toyah’s May 2010 Blog has been added to The Official Toyah MySpace. Read it here.

Toyah Live 2010: Gig Dates Diary: Update • 5th May, 2010
Friday 28 May: Best 80’s Party: Beau Sejour Centre, Guernsey
Friday 4 June: Sparkles Showbar, Gran Canaria: Live PA
Saturday 31 July: Greatest Eighties Party Ever…2: Scarborough
Friday 20 August: Flashback To The 80s: Nottinghamshire
Friday 10 September: New Foresters: Nottingham: Live PA

• Please note that a number of other gigs and appearances are being advertised by promoters/ticket bookers/websites – None of these have, so far, been officially confirmed by Toyah.

YouTubing With Toyah: Kenny Everett Televsion Show 1982 • 5th May, 2010
The Kenny Everett Television Show; Series One, Show Two: 1982. Part One | Part Two.

Time Is Ours! • 5th May, 2010
Dreamscape | toyah.net is an unofficial, non-profit, fansite. Now in its 11th year, the site was created and is maintained to celebrate and, however we can, help promote Toyah’s extraordinary career: past, present &, hopefully, future.

All content herein; articles, soundfiles, photos, etc. are for that sole purpose. If you own copyright of anything included here and would like it removed please contact me.

Site Updates: 1980 Gallery Additions • 4th May, 2010
An update to the 1980 Gallery: An additional 65 new photos have been added. There’s now approximately 190 photos from 1980 to browse. The Gallery now has around 850 photos in total!

• There’s also a few more photo additions to 1978/79 (bottom row), including a rare photograph of Toyah from Quatermass. [ Thanks to Andi for his help ]

BBC Radio 7: JM Barrie – Coming Soon • 4th May, 2010
Radio 7 celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of JM Barrie with productions of The Little White Bird, the 1902 novel which introduced the character and mythology of Peter Pan.

And Peter Pan, Barrie’s classic tale of fantasy and adventure in a far away land, starring June Whitfield, Ron Moody, Toyah Willcox, Chris Emmett and Roy Hudd.
The Little White Bird – Sunday at 1pm and 1am
Peter Pan – starts Monday 10th May at 5am

Rock & Bike Festival 2010: Festival Poster • 3rd May, 2010
Toyah is pictured (twice) on the promotional poster for the forthcoming ‘Rock & Bike Festival 2010'. View the full poster here. Visit the Official Vampires Rock website here.

Site Updates: 1978/79 Gallery Additions • 3rd May, 2010
Another update to the 1978/79 Gallery: An additional 65 new photos have been added. There’s now approximately 125 photos from 78/79 to browse. A similar update to 1980 coming soon!

YouTubing With Toyah: Crimson Queen @ Blackpool • 2nd May, 2010
‘Lesser God’ and ‘Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You)’, from ‘In The Court Of The Crimson Queen’ live from Blackpool on Friday night. Toyah also confirms some news before she sings ‘Lesser God’.

Please click below to watch, or double click to go to ‘YouTube’.

Toyah in Blackpool 2010: Backstage @ Mardi Gras • 2nd May, 2010
Toyah, pictured with Andrew and Michael, backstage at the Mardi Gras Club on Friday night before her live PA. Thanks to Michael O’Brien for the photos.

Somewhere In The Distance: The Blue Meaning: 30 Years • 2nd May, 2010
The Blue Meaning: (Don’t) Beware The Eyes Of May!

This month sees the 30th anniversary of the release of Toyah’s first “proper” studio album, the incredible, ‘The Blue Meaning’.

From the stunning cover art to the awesome songs, including the iconic ‘Ieya’, the album has come to be regarded as something of a classic over the years since its release…

Released on Safari Records with the unique catalogue number “IEYA 666?, it also marked the first time Toyah’s name appeared on the (mainstream, non indie) UK charts, entering the Top 40 album chart in June 1980.

Check out Dreamscape’s feature, from last year, on ‘The Blue Meaning’ here. [ Thanks to PJ ]

Toyah Live! 2010: Mardi Gras Club, Blackpool: More Photos • 1st May, 2010
More photos of Toyah onstage in Blackpool last night. [ Thanks again to Paul ]

Toyah Live! 2010: The Asylum: News Archive • 1st May, 2010
Check out Dreamscape’s archive of news coverage for Toyah’s “homecoming” gig at The Asylum in Birmingham last month:

There’s pre-show info; press interviews; video clips; some excellent fan photos, and a great review by Greg Fowler.

Thanks to everyone who contributed. View The Asylum news archive here.

Toyah Live! 2010: Mardi Gras, Blackpool: Set-List/Photos • 1st May, 2010
Toyah’s set list from last night’s PA at the Mardi Gras Club, Blackpool:

Are You Gonna Go My Way
Echo Beach
Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You)
It’s A Mystery
Lesser God
Thunder In The Mountains
Sweet Child O’ Mine
I Want To Be Free

The PA started at 1am, and other songs on the set-list but subsequently not played were ‘Sensational’, ‘River Deep Mountain High’ and ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin’.

Please check back later for more photos.

• Huge thanks to Paul Lomas for the photos and information.

Toyah On The Radio: JM Barrie’s Peter Pan • 1st May, 2010
The complete four-part radio version of Peter Pan, with Toyah in the title role, will re-air on BBC Radio 7 in May, over four consecutive mornings. This was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of J. M. Barrie’s tale of childhood adventure starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan and Ron Moody as Captain Hook.

These audio editions, especially dramatised for BBC Radio, are of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of readers both young and old. The wonder and excitement of these much-loved tales live on in these acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and effects.

Also starring Roy Hudd as Smee and June Whitfield as Mrs Darling, this sparkling production is directed by award-winning producer Dirk Maggs, with an original music score and stunning sound effects.

JM Barrie’s Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Monday 10th May : 5.00am
Away to Neverland. A strange visitor transforms the Darling household one bedtime. Stars Toyah Willcox, Ron Moody and June Whitfield. Episode 1 of 4.

JM Barrie’s Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Tuesday 11th May : 5.00am
In the Mermaid’s Lagoon. The mischievous boy and the children arrive in Neverland. Stars Toyah Willcox, Ron Moody, Georgina Cates and Roy Hudd. Episode 2 of 4.

JM Barrie’s Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Wednesday 12th May : 5.00am
An Awfully Big Adventure. Captain Hook turns the tables, as the battle between the Lost Boys and the pirates begins. Stars Toyah Willcox and Ron Moody. Episode 3 of 4.

JM Barrie’s Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Thursday 13th May : 5.00am
Spring Cleaning Time Again. Wendy longs for home, but first she and the brothers must be rescued from Captain Hook. Stars Toyah Willcox and Ron Moody. Episode 4 of 4.

• You can hear these at the BBC Radio 7 website via their “Listen Live” option, and each episode will also be available at BBC iPlayer after airing.

 

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