At around 1pm today
Toyah tweeted
some great news: "Just setting
off to rewind site. Can't wait. I will be
in full vintage '81 costume xxx".
Toyah is onstage @ 5.45pm.
A couple of hours later there was another
tweet from Toyah: "Robert fripp
has retired from touring to do security
for the wife. Vicious Security :-)",
accompanied by this brilliant photo of
Mr Fripp.
Toyah
Live 2011: Rewind Scotland:
Today!
31 July, 2011
Toyah plays
Scotland's 'Rewind: The 80s Festival'
today at Scone Palace, Perth. Toyah's
been rehearsing with the 'Rewind' band
this week and tweeted a photo of
them on Wednesday. She also tweeted on
Saturday: "364 miles to scone
castle for Rewind. But my chauffeur is
the legendary robert fripp".
Have a great time in beautiful Perth
Toyah and Robert. 'Rewind England' takes
place in three week's time at Henley!
Above:
Toyah plays her first 'Rewind Festival'
at Henley on Thames in August 2009; This
year's 'Rewind' logo and Toyah imagery;
Toyah, the last time she played an
outdoor festival in Scotland: 'Live on
The Lawn' @ Culzean Castle, Ayrshire in
August 2005.
Right:
Promotional flyer advertising the launch
of the first 'Rewind Scotland'. Please
click on the image for a lerger version.
Toyah
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
31 July, 2011
• View a collection
of rare live Toyah photos,
from November 1981, at 'The Official
Friars Aylesbury website'. There's some
really great shots "unseen from the
Bucks Herald archives".
• Dinnington
Today
are Counting down to the big Clumber
concerts. Toyah plays Clumber on
Saturday 20th August along with The Human
League, Level 42, Heaven 17 and Nik
Kershaw
• Wickham Festival is still
going ahead, reports the Romsey
Advertiser.
It appears that someone would prefer it
wasn't!!
Shoestring:
Series One: UK DVD Release
30 July, 2011
Following the
recent news that The Ebony Tower
is to be released on DVD in the UK in
September it looks like another classic
Toyah television appearance will also be
made available on DVD the following
month.
Shoestring:
Series One is set to be released on DVD
in the UK in October of this year.
The, late 70's/early 80's, series had
almost been released on UK DVD on a
number of occasions through the Noughties
but, unfortunately, all were cancelled
due to the high cost of licensing the
music included.
Shoestring: Series 1 (3 Discs)
Featuring: Trevor Eve, Doran Godwin &
Michael Medwin
Label: BBC DVD/2entertain
Release Date: 03/10/2011
Lighthearted detective series set in the
West Country, about Eddie Shoestring, a
radio-phone-in detective. Eddie
Shoestring, a crime-solving former mental
patient with a penchant for wearing
pyjama jackets instead of shirts was
played by Trevor Eve. Its creators went
on to create the much longer-lived
Bergerac. First broadcast in 1979,
Shoestring became one of the most popular
British private detective shows of all
time, with Trevor Eve playing the
dishevelled, private eye-turned-radio
show host, Eddie Shoestring.
Episodes: 1. Private
Ear; 2. Knock for Knock; 3. Higher
Ground; 4. An Uncertain Circle; 5. Listen
to Me; 6. Nine Tenths of The Law; 7. The
Link-Up; 8. Stamp Duty; 9. Find the Lady;
10. The Partnership; 11. I'm a Believer.
Toyah, and the Toyah band, guest in the
first series, in the episode Find The
Lady, with Toyah playing a singer,
"Toola", and the band appearing
sporadically through the epiosde and over
the end credits with an amazing version
of 'Danced'. This also stars Gary Holton
and Christopher Biggins.
The
Humans: Sugar Rush
29 July, 2011
The
finalised cover artwork for the second
album by The Humans, 'Sugar Rush',
tweeted by Toyah yesterday.
The twelve-track LP, produced by Humans
band member Bill Rieflin, includes the
songs Sweet Agitation, Fragment Pool, Put
A Woman On The Moon and the title track,
all of which were previewed live on The
Humans' February 2010 UK tour. Sugar Rush
was recorded in the UK and features guest
guitar on all tracks by Robert Fripp.
Details of the album release will be
announced on www.thehumansofficial.com
soon. In the meantime preview clips of
four tracks from the album can be heard
in the Multimedia section of the website.
1. Titanium Girl; 2. Love In A Different
Way; 3. Sea Of Size; 4. Pebble; 5. Small
Town Psychopath; 6. Sweet Agitation; 7.
Playing In The Dark; 8. Snow At 10:23; 9.
Sugar Rush; 10. This Reasoning; 11.
Fragment Pool; 12. Put A Woman On The
Moon
• Information from The Humans
Official website | Visit here.
Dreamscape
Audio/Video: A Trip Through Time
29 July, 2011
Check out the Dreamscape
Audio/Video section. There's dozens of
great Toyah interviews...
Classic
Toyah: Fitness (1984): My Body
Myself
29 July, 2011
I’m
always changing my hairstyle. Quite often
I change my entire image. After all,
it’s my body and I’ll do
whatever I like with it.
We’re
raiding the Toyah archives again…‘Fitness’
magazine; 1984: Toyah Willcox My Body
Myself:
In her comfortable new
home in North London, she talked to
Maureen Stevens about fitness and health
“When it comes to
fitness, I’ve done the lot. You see,
I’ve had to. I was born with a bone
deficiency disease and the problems grew
as I grew. Looking back on it, I suppose
that was why my parents sent me to all
sorts of dancing and gymnastics classes
from the time I was a toddler. But ice
skating was what I really liked. When I
was 10, I was working six hours a day at
it and having lessons from John
Curry’s teacher. Then the blow fell:
one of my legs had gradually become much
shorter than the other. I had to give up
skating, go into calipers and have
several operations. It put paid not just
to ice skating, but to several years of
my life.
• Read the full classic
interview here.
Or view a larger scan of the original
article here.
Visit Dreamscape’s Press Archive here.
View all of our Classic Toyah Interviews here.
Dreamscape
Gallery: 30 New Photos
28 July, 2011
Approximately 30 'new'
photos have been added to the Gallery.
Including early Toyah photo shoots from 1979
and 1980.
Live at The Robin, Toyah in Guernsey,
Nightingales and The Hazel O'Connor
Collective all from 2010.
Plus one each from 1983
and 1984.
(Thanks to Richard Smith & Andi)
Somewhere
In The Distance: Desire
27 July, 2011
24 Summers ago... this
extremely underrated album was released. Desire:
Complex and intelligent, with great
songwriting, vocals and melodies. View
Toyah's full discography at toyahwillcox.com.
Custom
Toyah 'Anthem' Doll
26 July, 2011
Another
unique, and magical, way of marking the
30th Anniversary of the release of
'Anthem':
A new, fantastic,
custom Toyah doll, by Andi Westhorpe,
based on the artwork of the 1981 album.
Please click below for larger versions of
the photos, and here to
view Andi's collection at Dreamscape's Gallery.
From
Sheep Farming...: New Dates...
Plus!
26 July, 2011
Two
more new confirmed dates for the 'From
Sheep Farming To Anthem' Tour 2011.
14th
October at The Factory, Porth in Wales,
and 15th October @ Ropetackle Arts
Centre, Shoreham-By-Sea.
Toyah's set at Wickham Festival, on
Sunday 7th August, will also now be a
'From Sheep Farming To Anthem' set (set
duration: 1hour & on-stage time:
6pm).
• Other live Toyah news: A new PA
has been confirmed at New Forester's gay
club on Saturday 17th September. Toyah's
third PA, in as many years, at this
venue.
Visit the Gigs
page at The Official Toyah website for
more info and links to buy tickets for
all of the above new dates.
Express:
Still Shocking In Pink, Toyah
Willcox At 53
25 July, 2011
Toyah
Willcox has gone back to her shocking
pink, punk roots.
The
performer, who famously sang
“don’t want to be told what to
wear” in her 1981 hit I Want To Be
Free, donned a pink, fan-shaped hairpiece
on stage in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire,
at the weekend.
Still fresh-faced at 53, Toyah, who has
admitted to plastic surgery, has decided
to wear all her original stage costumes
on her latest tour, Sheep Farming To
Anthem, celebrating her three decades in
the music business.
She said: “These costumes have sat
in storage for 30 years. They deserve a
new spark of life. It is rather nice to
be groping around in the dark again doing
quick changes.”
Known for her theatrical
style, the actress and singer enjoyed a
string of hits with 13 Top 40 singles.
In 1977, aged 19, Willcox starred in the
violent punk film Jubilee directed by
Derek Jarman.
Rock
& Bike Festival 2011: Review
25 July, 2011
The Rock
& Bike Festival 2011
Review by Reg Enderby
Editor, The Nottingham Gig Guide
...Special guest for the day was Toyah
Willcox, who not only sang for her
supper, but was on hand to award trophies
and have her picture taken with the
winners, the bands and the public...
Local band “Stone” really
embraced the theme and the whole band
were dressed as pirates, but their
thoughts were more with how they were
going to perform alongside Toyah. A poor
show would see them walking the plank and
a quick acoustic run through in the
dressing room was all they were going to
get. All fears were soon allayed as Toyah
joined the band mid set and quickly
whipped the lads into shape with a very
raunchy costume as she belted out
“Rebel Yell”
• View Reg's full review at the
'Rock & Bike Fest' website, here.
Classic
Toyah: The Ebony Tower: More 1983
Stills
25 July, 2011
Another selection of
fantastic stills from The Ebony Tower,
featuring Toyah, Laurence Olivier, Greta
Scacchi and Roger Rees. The 1983 drama is
released on region 2 DVD on 19th
September. Please click on these for
larger versions. (Thanks to Andi)
From
Sheep Farming To Anthem:
Harrogate
25 July, 2011
Click below to view a clip
of Toyah performing 'Neon Womb' from the
gig. 'From Sheep Farming To Anthem'
headlined the Harrogate Fringe Festival
last Friday night. (Thanks to Howie)
Classic
Toyah: The Ebony Tower: 1983
Promotional Photos
25 July, 2011
Two promotional photos from The
Ebony Tower. Click on each for
larger versions. (Thanks to Andi)
From
Sheep Farming To Anthem: Oxford @
'You Tube'
25 July, 2011
Check out Godsholytrousers' channel at
'You Tube' for extensive, great quality,
footage of 'From Sheep Farming To Anthem'
at The Regal, Oxford, from the beginning
of July.
Bio's
'Psychic Thursdays' Trailer
25 July, 2011
Bio are re airing the recent
Celebrity Ghost Stories UK
series as part of their new "Psychic
Thursdays". Toyah is included in the
trailer currently running on the channel.
Rest
in Peace Amy
25 July, 2011
Toyah,
via Twitter, reacted to the death of the,
incredibly talented, Amy Winehouse on
Saturday at just 27.
"My god this is so bloody sad! God
bless you ms winehouse"
Rest in Peace Amy.
From
Sheep Farming... Bromsgrove:
Live! Tonight!!
23 July, 2011
More Excitment!! Toyah
brings 'From Sheep Farming To Anthem' to
the Artrix, Bromsgrove tonight...
Toyah
@ 'Manchester Pride 2011'
23 July, 2011
Toyah
plays 'Manchester Pride' next month. She
has now been added to the "What's
On" section of their website.
Toyah has had a highly successful,
prolific and incredibly diverse career,
with major hit records and many stage and
screen roles to her credit, which has
made her one of Britain’s biggest
household names. A star of both stage and
screen, we're looking forward to rocking
out with Toyah and taking a trip down
memory lane to what it was like 21 years
ago when Manchester Pride still only a
twinkle in everybody's eye!
Dreamscape
News Archive: June 2011
23 July, 2011
Dreamscape News forJune
2011 has now been archived. June was a
busy month for Toyah news and updates but
Toyah bringing 'From Sheep Farming To
Anthem' to London's Leicester Square
Theatre overshadows everything else.
Dreamscape brought you numerous updates
and wonderful photographs from the gig,
courtesy of Lärwi, Damon & Greg.
Visit our News Archive below.
Efestivals.co.uk:
Toyah Willcox (On Motorbike)
22 July, 2011
Toyah compered at
last weekend's 'Rock & Bike Fest
2011'. and also performed a song with
Stone. Toyah also found the time to pose
on a motorbike at the festival.
Exciting!! Toyah brings
'From Sheep Farming To Anthem' to the
Harrogate Theatre tonight...
• Thanks again
to Lärwi & Damon King for their
FSF-A London photos, above in our banner.
Dreamscape
Gallery: Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!
22 July, 2011
BBC
Hereford & Worcester: BBC
Introducing
22 July, 2011
Toyah guests on BBC
Introducing in Hereford & Worcester
this evening at 7pm on 'BBC Hereford
& Worcester'.
Toyah Willcox has just announced a
brand new UK tour, taking in Bromsgrove
as she relives some of her 80's hits that
launched her to fame. The singer-come-TV
star, who lives in Pershore, still
performs all over the world and travels
to London on virtually a daily basis -
saying she'd rather stay at home than
live in the big smoke!
Hear how she's still described by many as
the Pershore Pin Up while she's shopping
for her groceries - and show's had the
ultimate compliment from both Florence
& The Machine and Marina & The
Diamonds.
This sounds like it could possibly be a
repeat of a part of the recent Andrew
Easton Show interview, or it could,
possibly, be a new interview.
Listen online at the website, here.
This will also be available at BBC
iPlayer, here,
after broadcast.
My
Spirit Radio: Celebrity Interview
Archive
22 July, 2011
Toyah's interview with 'My
Spirit Radio', originally aired in 2006,
is currently on the website's entry page:
Toyah Willcox:The
prolific singer, writer musician and
actress talks about her career, love
life, and being a Taurean. Click
below to visit the site.
The
Changeling +: Lyrics: 'Warrior
Rock'
21 July, 2011
A bonus 'The Changeling'
lyric, Warrior Rock
the b side to 'Brave New World', and
certainly worthy of inclusion in The
Changeling | The Complete Lyrics.
Click on either of the below for larger.
(Dedicated to another good friend,
Michael Cooney, as I know he loves 'The
Changeling')
Classic
Toyah: The Ebony Tower: Stills
From 1983
21 July, 2011
The Ebony Tower is,
finally, released on standalone DVD in a
couple of month's time in the UK. Only 27
years after the drama aired on ITV. Toyah
looks amazing in this, so here's a
selection of rare stills from the filming
in France, Summer 1983. Click for larger
versions. (Huge thanks to Andi)
Rewind
Festival, Henley: Airing on Sky
Arts
21 July, 2011
'Sky
Arts' are once again airing the 'Rewind
Festival' at Henley, taking place 19th -
21st August.
Great news! Toyah has tweeted
today that the channel will be filming
her set at the festival. Toyah is playing
both Rewind Festivals this year; Henley
and Perth, Scotland (29th - 31st July).
Visit the Official Rewind Festival
website, here,
for ticket info and much more.
The
Changeling: Lyrics: 'Brave New
World'
21 July, 2011
It's the final of our lyric
pages for 'The Changeling' ( ... or is
it? ). It's Brave New World,
one of the best singles of 1982.
Beautiful imagery but even without that
it's just a great song. Click on either
below for larger versions. (Dedicated to
Andrew York: A good friend & creator
of stunning Toyah
art)
Wetherby
News: All Change For Hitmaker
Toyah!
21 July, 2011
Flamboyant
hit 80s singer Toyah Willcox is planning
not one but six changes of costume for
her forthcoming Harrogate Theatre show.
Toyah, who appears this Friday, July 22
as part of Harrogate international
Festival Fringe, said: “We start at
year 1981 with quite grounded theatrical
songs and regress towards the punk era,
with the show building in intensity and
sheer exuberance, back to the music of
1978! It feels quite odd exiting stage
for a quick change, there’s six in
all!”
The show is part of TV celebrity
Toyah’s year-long From Sheep Farming
To Anthem Tour which has been receiving
plaudits across the internet and social
media.
The striking Toyah visuals which she
created in the 1980s were an innovative
forerunner of the styles and approaches
adopted by the hitmakers of today
including Lady GaGa and Gwen Stefani.
• Read the full article at the
'Wetherby News' website, here.
Tickets
available at Harrogate Theatre Box Office
on 01423 502 116 or at harrogatetheatre.co.uk.
Classic
Toyah: Toyah/The Changeling on TV
1982
21 July, 2011
Continuing the 1982/The
Changeling theme... Here's a selection of
screen caps from that year, most either
related to 'The Changeling' or aired
around the time of the album's release:
6.55 Special, Nationawide, Hold Tight,
Razzmatazz Toyah Special, Cheggers Plays
Pop, Get Set For Summer, CB-TV, Three Of
A Kind, Madabout, Rock Aus Dem Alabama,
Razzmatazz Toyah Special, and Pop Quiz.
Please click on these for larger
versions. (Thanks to Andi)
The
Changeling: Lyrics: 'Run Wild,
Run Free'
20 July, 2011
The lyrics to, just an
incredible song from 'The Changeling', Run
Wild, Run Free. Another fan
favourite, though everything on this
album is flawless. Click on either below
for larger versions. (I'd like to
dedicate this to Paul Lomas, just for
being a great, loyal, friend over the
last 13 years, and also to Paul Cable,
wherever he may be ;)) View The
Changeling | The Complete Lyrics
section.
Club
i: New Promo Flyers/Imagery
20 July, 2011
More new promo flyers for
Club i's "Girl Icons" night: To
celebrate our Girl Icons night, we have
some amazing Toyah goodies to give away
to mark the Toyah: Classics Revisited
Live 2011 tour, including a pair of
tickets for the Islington date, a copy of
'Crimson Queen' album CD, a Humans rare
radio promo CD single of These Boots and
a Sugar Rush snippets album sampler!
Start making your costume now! Click
on each below for larger versions, and go
here
for info on Club i.
Dreamscape
Facebook/Forum
20 July, 2011
Just
to confirm that I've closed the
Dreamscape Facebook. Apologies to anyone
who was enjoying it and thanks to
everyone who became friends with
Dreamscape there. I tried to be
enthusiastic with it, but I wasn't
enjoying it. I just have to finally
accept that I'm not a Facebook fan and
move on. I have also closed the Forum
(again). Apologies, too, to the very few
who were still using the Forum, but it
just wasn't being used enough to justify
keeping it online.
WFMU's
Beware Of The Blog: It's A
Mystery
20 July, 2011
Julie
Bennack of 'WFMU', who interviewed Toyah
in May and met up with her in London in
June has this week blogged about both.
This spring I excitedly told friends and
family that I'd be interviewing one of my
childhood idols, singer/actress Toyah
Willcox. This announcement was met with
blank stares and silence from those who
assumed they didn't know her due to their
age or a "Who's that?" from the
unembarrassed. At least one responded
with, "Oh, Robert Fripp's
wife." When I explained she was a
household name in the UK, with huge hits
like "I Wanna Be Free," and
"It's a Mystery," they may have
thought I exaggerated her fame because of
my excitement.
So why don't people in the U.S. know
Toyah Willcox? Her biggest claims to fame
here, aside from the Fripp connection,
may perhaps be her appearance in the film
"Quadrophenia," or her
narration of "Teletubbies."
Toyah blames her reluctance to tour
outside the U.K. for her relative
anonymity. But there are other English
performers who never played the U.S. --
Kim Wilde and Kate Bush for example --
who still managed to have American hits
in the '80s. So what is it about Toyah
that people here never picked up her
records? Why no airplay?
A selection of screen caps,
taken from the Snow White 2011
promo video. Click on these for larger.
Snow
White 2011: Promo Video @'You
Tube'
20 July, 2011
A new promo video for Snow
White & Seven Dwarfs, Toyah's
panto for 2011 at The Alban Arena, St
Albans, has recently been uploaded to
'You Tube'. It includes an interview with
Toyah. View here.
Classic
Toyah: Pop Quiz 1982: Rare Video
Clip
19 July, 2011
A short, and very rare,
video clip of Toyah guesting on Pop
Quiz in 1982. (Thanks again to Andi)
Classic
Toyah: Pop Quiz 1982: Screen
Captures
19 July, 2011
Toyah guested on BBC1's Pop
Quiz on a number of occasions in the
early to mid 80's. This appearance, from
1982, is probably the rarest. Please
click on the screen caps for larger
versions. (Thanks to Andi, who sent me
these about six years ago and I've just
rediscovered the disc)
The
Changeling: Lyrics: 'Dawn Chorus'
19 July, 2011
The lyrics to, many people's
favourite song from 'The Changeling', Dawn
Chrous. Shoulda, woulda,
coulda been a single. Click on either
below for larger versions. (Dedicated to,
the wonderful, Lärwi).
Post
Jubilee: Rare Toyah Photo
19 July, 2011
An amazing, and rare, photo
of Toyah, post-Jubilee, but
definitely taken in 1977 shortly after
the film was completed, has materialised
online. It looks like this was taken
after Jubilee but before this
other publicity shot, of Jenny Runacre
and Toyah, was taken for press promotion
of the film. Click on both for larger
versions. (Thanks to Nick Goodman for the
'new' photo, and to Andi)
Toyah
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
19 July, 2011
•
HMV
are currently listing 'Toyah! Toyah!
Toyah!' as being "available for pre
order" and "released on 1st
August 2011". Still on Cherry Red,
same tracklist and catalogue no. Possibly
just an error listing? (Thanks to Paul
Lomas)
• It looks like another Welsh date
for 'From Sheep Farming To Anthem' will
be taking place in October. Not
officially confirmed yet. View here.
(Thanks to Roger)
• A lively debate
has recently been taking place at the
'Birmingham History' forums, on whether
Toyah should have a star on the
Birmingham Walk of Fame. No need for a
debate really, of course she should!
The
Changeling: Lyrics: 'The Packt'
& 'Life In The Trees'
18 July, 2011
Another two from 'The
Changeling': The amazing The
Packt and, the brilliantly
bonkers, Life In The Trees.
These have been added to our new The
Changeling | The Complete Lyrics
section. That's seven down, three to go,
plus maybe a 'Warrior Rock' bonus!
The
Changeling: 25 Years Of...
18 July, 2011
The 30th Anniversary of the
release of 'The Changeling' is next year
but why wait till then... Our massive
25th year celebration has everything you
ever wanted to know about this incredible
album!
Toyah on TV
18 July, 2011
TV Scrabble
: Challenge - Saturday 23rd July : 5.10am
TV Scrabble : Challenge +1 - Saturday
23rd July : 6.10am
Toby Anstis presents a celebrity edition
of the world's most popular word game
turned TV game show. The familiar faces
include Toyah Willcox and Rick Wakeman.
The Most
Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky Movies Indie
- Tuesday 26th July : 9.35am
Satirical comedy with Kris Marshall,
Kathy Keira Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher,
James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham, Olivia
Nash, Pauline McLynn, Tara Lynne O'Neill,
Toyah Willcox, Harry Towb, Marc O'Shea
and Paddy McCarney. Also airing on Sky
Movies Indie HD.
Celebrity
Ghost Stories UK : Bio - Thursday 28th
July : 9.00pm
Celebrity Ghost Stories UK : Bio - Friday
29th July : 4.00am
Celebrity Ghost Stories UK : Bio - Friday
29th July : 8.00pm Part 6. Sue Cook reveals creepy
encounters with a malevolent nutcracker
and a UFO, Toyah Willcox speaks of a
spooky apparation, and Alex Fearns
discusses sinister sounds he once caught
on tape.
Celebrity
Fantasy Home : Watch - Saturday 30th July
: 12.00pm
Celebrity Fantasy Home : Watch +1 -
Saturday 30th July : 1.00pm
Celebrities hunt for a new home. Gaby
Roslin helps punk pop princess Toyah
Willcox search
for a second home, in Richmond upon
Thames, with a budget of £650,000.
The
Changeling: Lyrics: New Section
17 July, 2011
'The Changeling' Lyrics now
have a new, permanent, home...
Dreamscape
Gallery: 1982 Update
17 July, 2011
'The Changeling' lyrics
pages have inspired a small update to the
1982
Gallery.
Nothing too exciting, just an additional
18 Toyah photos from that year. Please
click below to view the 1982 Gallery, or here
for the Gallery Index. (Thanks to Paul
Lomas & Andi)
The
Changeling: Lyrics: 'The Druids'
& 'Angel & Me'
17 July, 2011
Two more from 'The
Changeling': The Druids
and, the intense, Angel &
Me. That's the A-Side done
and dusted. I'm talking vinyl here kids -
Ask your Granny :) (I'm dedicating these
to Andi Westhorpe for his constant Toyah
inspiration, particulary 70s/80s, and
especially with 'The Changeling')
Toyah
at 'Rock & Bike Fest 2011'
Today!
16 July, 2011
Toyah is in
Loughborough, Leicestershire today. Back
for the second year running at the 'Rock
& Bike Fest'. The festival website
says: "Toyah Willcox - Back this
year due to popular demand!".
This year Toyah is compering, and will
also play one "surprise" song
at some point. Headlining on the Main
Stage tonight are New Model Army (I
wonder if they'll play the awesome
'Vengeance'? Toyah duetting would be even
better). Here's a few reminders of Toyah,
headlining with Vampires Rock,
at last year's festival.
Toyah
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
16 July, 2011
• Maneaters
'Nine to Five' was played on Thursday
Night with Robert Puricell on
'Radio Thetford' last, yep you guessed,
Thursday. (Thanks to Giddy Gavin)
•
Earlier this week Toyah tweeted this photo of
herself and Tony Blackburn ready to start
filming for Children In Need
2011.
• There's also been
some, wobbly, video
footage
uploaded to 'You Tube', of Toyah and Tony
in Yorkshire.
• 'Manchester Evening
News' report on
Manchester Pride's 21st Anniversary,
taking place over the August Bank Holiday
weekend. This will include Toyah. Others
also taking part: Pixie Lott, Sugababes,
Blue, Pam Ann, Bucks Fizz, Horse, Denise
Black, Hazel Dean and many more. (Thanks
to Michael O'Brien)
• Ten classic Eighties
acts will perform in Ascot on Saturday,
August 6. The full line-up is Paul Young,
Jason Donovan, Kid Creole and the
Coconuts, Jimmy Somerville, Toyah, China
Crisis, Odyssey, Altered Images, Brother
Beyond and Visage. Win tickets here.
The
Changeling: Lyrics: 'Street
Creature' & 'Castaways'
15 July, 2011
Two more from 'The
Changeling': Street Creature
and, the beautiful, Castaways.
I can't promise to be as prolific with
the rest of the album but who knows!
Please click on these for larger
versions.
Bromsgrove
Standard: Toyah Ready To
Celebrate
15 July, 2011
Celebrating
30 years since her breakthrough hit 'It's
a mystery' Toyah will be making her debut
on the Artrix stage in Bromsgrove later
this month.
Joined by her band the Worcestershire
resident will be belting out hits from
her first three albums - including the
platinum selling 'Anthem' - as well as a
sprinkling of material not heard since
some of her tours from the 1970s and
'80s.
The show, on Saturday July 23, starts at
8pm and tickets cost £17.50. To book
visit www.artrix.co.uk or call the box
office on 01527 577330. Please note this
is a standing and limited seating show so
early attendance is advisable.
The
York Press: Tony and Toyah Visit
York
15 July, 2011
Tony
Blackburn and Toyah Willcox visit York to
film antiques programme
Two familiar faces have been spotted
motoring around York while filming a BBC
television programme in the city.
Legendary DJ Tony Blackburn and singer
Toyah Willcox have been in town to film
the prime-time programme, Antiques Road
Trip Celebrity Special.
The show sees the pair competing against
one another, with the help of experts, to
buy antiques and then to make the most
money at auction in aid of Children In
Need.
They have spent two days driving around
York in vintage cars, visiting the
Minster and the Castle Museum as well as
Red House Antiques, The Antiques Centre
and Banana Warehouse.
• Read the full article at 'The York
Press' website, here.
Club
i: Celebrating 'Girl Icons'
14 July, 2011
PHIL
MARRIOTT PRESENTS
GIRL ICONS @ Club i
Friday 5th August 2011
For their third outing into the
nightlife, London’s most vibrant
alternative club night will pay tribute
to some of the best female vocalists of
our generation.
On Friday 5th August, Club i will be
celebrating the very best of Bjork, Kate
Bush, Goldfrapp, The Knife, Siouxsie
Sioux, Toyah, and many other unique
female artists who have made alternative
music what is today.
Club i will once again be positively
encouraging you to DRESS UP. Come dressed
as your favourite female icon, and there
may be a surprise for you on the night!
HOST: DOLLY DISCOTITS
OPENING TIME: 10PM-4AM at Factory
(Vauxhall, London).
The
Changeling: The Complete Lyrics
14 July, 2011
A lot of you liked the
'FSF-A' lyrics "build up" pages
from a few months ago so I've decided to
do similar with the 10 songs from the
original 'The Changeling' album. I'll add
each sporadically as I do them...
beginning with Creepy Room.
Please click below for larger versions.
Toyah
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
14 July, 2011
•
Another great Toyah rarity from "the
old days" has just appeared online:
The ticket for Toyah's concert at Theatre
La Palace, Paris on 12th December 1981,
part of the 'Good Morning Universe'
European Tour, featuring the iconic
'Thunder In The Mountains' image.
Click
on this for the larger original version.
(Thanks to Philippe J. Colibert for the
photo and to Andrew York for his
restoration work)
• Newly added to the
'Toyah Willcox Interview Archive', the
full transcript of Toyah's interview on
Tuesday's The Andrew Easton Show
from 'BBC Radio Hereford &
Worcester'. View, another of Minna's
mighty transcripts, here.
• The promotional
poster/flyer for Toyah's 2011 panto has
now been revealed. Toyah will be
starring, as the Wicked Queen, in Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs at St
Albans Alban Arena from 9th December
until 1st January, alongside Brody
Hutzler (Days Of Our Lives soap
legend, apparently), Phil Gallagher, Bob
Golding and Jemma Carlisle. Go here,
for more details on the panto.
Dreamscape
Gallery: 90 New Photos by Stephen
Bennett
13 July, 2011
Another sizeable update to
the Gallery
today, with another 90 new, old,
Toyah photos added. These include
numerous fantastic live and candid shots
of Toyah, featuring some really rare
photos, making these a very welcome
addition to the website. All of the
latest can be found in the 1986 - 1989, 1990 - 1999
& 2000
- 2009
pages. Thanks to Stephen Bennett,
who owns all of these photos, for helping
me to fill the Dreamscape Gallery with
even more amazing Toyah pictures.
You Tubing
With Toyah: Jim'll Fix It 1982
13 July, 2011
Toyah's 1982 guest
appearance on Jim'll Fix It has
made it to 'You Tube'. Toyah fan Wanda
Bennet was given a Toyah makeover on the
BBC1 show. This is an interesting clip;
It's the only time Toyah ever used this
image for a tv show. As well as the wig
and cape, Toyah also gifted Wanda her
famous dress she wore to perform 'Thunder
In The Mountains' on Top Of The Pops,
and her gold & black bangle, used in
numerous photo shoots. Melissa Caplan is
also thanked in the credits as she made
the cape, possibly especially for this
show as Toyah had never previously been
seen wearing it. View the clip at 'You
Tube', here,
and click on the caps for larger
versions. (Thanks to Andi)
BBC Hereford
& Worcester: Toyah Interview
@ iPlayer
13 July, 2011
Toyah
guested on yesterday afternoon's Andrew
Easton Show on 'BBC Radio Hereford
& Worcester'.
We
talk to Toyah Willcox about her tour and
we're with a creative bunch of Worcester
students preparing for an evening's arts
festival.
Toyah talked Pershore, 'From Sheep
Farming To Anthem', supermarket shopping
:) and much, much more.
Toyah appears at approximately 16m 30s
into the show, and she guests till around
39m, including a break for a song and a
weather report.
There's also a play of 'It's A Mystery'
(@ just after 40m)
• This will be available at BBC iPlayer
until next Tuesday at around 4pm.
The Wyre:
Toyah Interview
13 July, 2011
Toyah
was interviewed on 'The Wyre' yesterday
mid morning on The Tom Campbell Show.
Tom said at 'Facebook': I'm speaking
to an awesome 80s singer after 10 o'clock
today who's on her way to Bromsgrove this
month.
I didn't manage to hear this when it went
out, and they don't seem to have a
"listen again" option at their
website, so I'm not sure what was said.
Toyah Newsy
Bits & Pieces!
11 July, 2011
•
A couple more, 'FSF-A' @ London's
Leicester Sq Theatre, photos (including
this one) have been added to the 'FSF-A'
Gallery, which is now part of our new
'FSF-A' section. (Thanks to Mark Ulrich
for the great photos)
• 'FSF-A' plays The Classic Grand in
Glasgow on 26th October. Win tickets for
the gig. Enter here.
• Newsy bits from Toyah's recent tweets:
Toyah starts filming for Children In
Need this week; She has received gig
offers for Norway, Germany & the USA;
Toyah had a meeting last week with the Calendar
Girls director to discuss a
"poss fun part in his next
film"; She was filming at Croome
Park for the 'National Trust' last week,
tweeting this photo;
& played a gig to 2000 this morning
at 9am!
Toyah on TV
11 July, 2011
The Most Fertile Man
In Ireland : Sky Movies Indie - Tuesday
12th July : 1.45am
Satirical comedy with Kris Marshall,
Kathy Keira Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher,
James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham, Olivia
Nash, Pauline McLynn, Tara Lynne O'Neill,
Toyah Willcox, Harry Towb, Marc O'Shea
and Paddy McCarney. Also airing on Sky
Movies Indie HD.
From
Sheep Farming To Anthem:
Dedicated New Section
11 July, 2011
Just added today:
Dreamscape's new 'From Sheep Farming To
Anthem' dedicated section, with
comprehensive 'News' pages, a 'Gallery'
of fantastic related photos and Lärwi's
excellent 'Review' of the London concert.
Please click below to spend some time
browsing all things 'FSF-A'!
Toyah
Interviews: Four Recent-ish Best
10 July, 2011
Taking another look at four
great Toyah interviews from the last few
years. All of these are still available
and make interesting reading. Reminiscin'
(2006), Remember The Eighties
(2011), One Nation
(2009), and GScene
(2007). Please click on the previews
below to read the full articles.
All
Over The World It's Sunday...
10 July, 2011
Toyah 1 - NOTW 0.
The original 'News Of The World'' 1981
street poster, advertising their
"Toyah's Story" article. Click here or
below to view a larger version. (Thanks
to Andi)
• View the
'NOTW' article/interview, that
accompanied this headline, here.
(Thanks again to Andi)
Dreamscape
| Toyah.Net Facebook: A Brave New
World!
10 July, 2011
We've taken the
leap... and Dreamscape now has a
Facebook page. There's lots to see:
Photos, links to great Toyah videos,
articles and much more. Come to the
Dreamscape FB and be our friend!
BBC Radio
Leicester: Toyah Interview @
iPlayer
10 July, 2011
Toyah
guested on yesterday morning's Tony
Wadsworth Show on BBC Radio
Leicester. She chatted about 'From Sheep
Farming To Anthem' and the great year she
is currently having, enjoying her
eclectic career, what inspired her,
compering at next week's 'Rock & Bike
Festival' (Toyah will be MDing on the
Saturday and will also be playing one
"surprise" song), motorbikes
and more.
Toyah's interview starts at approximately
2hrs 6ms in, after a play of 'Thunder In
The Mountains'. The interview lasts for
around 13 minutes.
• This will be available at BBC iPlayer
until next Saturday at around Midday.
Classic
Toyah @ 'You Tube': Razzmatazz
1981
9 July, 2011
More classic Toyah Eighties
television footage has been added to 'You
Tube', including the fantastic clip of,
an amazing looking, Toyah limbo dancing
on Razzmatazz in May 1981. The
band also perform 'I Want To Be Free'.
View this here.
Click on the screen captures for larger
versions.
The Ebony
Tower: UK DVD Release
8 July, 2011
Good News:The Ebony Tower, the 1984 ITV
"tv movie", starring Laurence
Olivier, Greta Scacchi, Toyah & Roger
Rees, is finally being released on
standalone DVD in the UK later this year.
On the Network DVD label, it
will be available to buy from 19th
September 2011. There is no mention of
any special features.
Featuring a formidable central
performance by Laurence Olivier, one of
Britain s most revered actors, this
BAFTA-nominated television play was
adapted by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the
Bailey) from the novel by John Fowles; a
distinguished supporting cast includes
Greta Scacchi and Roger Rees. Henry
Breasley (Olivier) is an elderly painter
whose secluded retirement is invaded by
David Williams (Rees), a brash young
artist commissioned to produce a
biographical study of the great man.
Breasley shares his home in the South of
France with two young English girls, both
former art students, Diana and Anne. In
this strange ménage, David is left in no
doubt about his host s views on modern
abstract art. However, he is puzzled by
the old man s relationship with the
girls, especially when he also finds
himself strongly attracted to Diana...
Catalogue Number:
7953581 | Running Time:
80 mins approx | Region:
2 / PAL | Subtitles:
None | Sound: Mono /
English | Picture:
1.33:1 / Colour | Number of
Discs: 1 | Classification:
15 | Barcode:
5027626358143
• Visit the 'Network DVD'
forthcoming releases page, here,
and The Ebony Tower page, here.
BBC Radio
Leicester: Toyah on 'Tony
Wadsworth Show'
8 July, 2011
Toyah
guests on The Tony Wadsworth Show
on 'BBC Radio Leicester' tomorrow
morning. Tony's show airs from 9am to
Midday.
TOMORROW, 09/07/2011: 09:00 on
BBC Leicester Tony brings you music, entertainment
and special guest punk princess, Toyah.
Listen online at the website.
The show will also be available at 'BBC
iPlayer' post broadcast.
•
Thanks to Andrew York and Timo.
FSF-A:
Official 'Blue Meanings' @
Leicester Sq Theatre
8 July, 2011
More, stunning quality,
official 'FSF-A' footage has just been
added to 'You Tube'. View 'Blue Meanings'
live from Leicester Square Theatre, here.
'War Boys' is also at the Official Toyah
You Tube channel, here.
Click on the caps, taken from the video
footage, below for larger versions.
FSF-A:
Official 'War Boys' @ Leicester
Sq Theatre
8 July, 2011
Toyah's Official website now
has fantastic footage, filmed by Simon
Booth, of Toyah performing 'War Boys' at
last month's 'FSF-A' concert at London's
Leicester Square Theatre. View the video
at ToyahWillcox.com here.
Click on the caps, taken from the video
footage, below for larger versions.
Toyah
Willcox Interview Archive: WFMU
Toyah Special
8 July, 2011
There's now a full
transcript of the recent 'WFMU' Toyah
Special over at 'The Toyah Willcox
Interview Archive'. The three hour radio
show, totally dedicated to Toyah, and
including a lengthy interview by show
host Julie Bennack, aired in May. View
the transcript here.
Official
Toyah: July 2011 Blog:
"Eclectic Hectic"
6 July, 2011
Toyah’s July 2011 Blog
has been added to The Official Toyah
website. It's a great read, with Toyah
talking about 'FSF-A' (more Melissa
Caplan outfits have been unearthed),
recording her new dance track with Paul
Masterson, filming a new documentary for
the BBC, The Humans and more.
Classic
Toyah @ 'You Tube'
6 July, 2011
A great collection of
classic Toyah 80's performances,
interviews and drama clips have recently
been added to 'You Tube', including the
six below. Click on the screen caps to
view at 'You Tube'.
Toyah
Tribute @ 'You Tube': Live
1981-2011
6 July, 2011
Lärwi, of 'The Toyah
Willcox Interview Archive', has created
an excellent "audio &
slide" tribute to Toyah, just
recently added to her 'Toyah Fan Videos'
You Tube channel. Check it out here.
Lärwi
says: This is a tribute to
Toyah's amazing 30 + year career: The
song is from the legendary "Good
Morning Universe", Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane gig, London, 24.12.1981 and
the photos are from "From Sheep
Farming To Anthem", The Leicester
Square Theatre gig, London, 17.6.2011.
Toyah
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
6 July, 2011
•
'Dangerous Minds' have just published an
article on Jubilee/Derek Jarman,
complete with a rare photo of Toyah and
Jordan from a 1978 issue of 'Films and
Filming' magazine. View here.
• Another recent article on Derek
Jarman, from www.johncoulthart.com, can
be viewed here.
• Toyah is possibly guesting on BBC
Radio Leicester at some point this
Saturday. No other info available at the
moment. (Thanks to Andrew)
• 'Change of Scenery', from
'Mayhem', was included in last night's Dark
Night Of The Soul With Julieplaylist on
'WFMU'. Julie's three hour Toyah Birthday
Special, from 17th May 2011, is still
available to listen to here.
From
Sheep Farming... Oxford: Photos
By Manuel Seuwin
5 July, 2011
A selection of photos from
the fifth 'From Sheep Farming To Anthem'
gig, which took place last Saturday night
at The Regal, Oxford. View larger
versions by clicking on each. These
photos and more have also been added to
the FSF-A
Gallery.
(Huge thanks to Manuel for his great
photos)
YouTubing
with FSF-A @ Oxford: Ieya
5 July, 2011
Toyah sounding and looking
ruddy amazing: An awesome 'Ieya' from
Saturday night's 'From Sheep Farming To
Anthem' gig at The Regal, Oxford. (Thanks
to www.fv432.co.uk)
Toyah on TV
5 July, 2011
The Most Fertile Man
In Ireland : Sky Movies Indie - Wednesday
6th July: 9.40am
The Most Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky
Movies Indie - Monday 11th July : 8.00am
Satirical comedy with Kris Marshall,
Kathy Keira Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher,
James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham, Olivia
Nash, Pauline McLynn, Tara Lynne O'Neill,
Toyah Willcox, Harry Towb, Marc O'Shea
and Paddy McCarney. Also airing on Sky
Movies Indie HD.
Top Of The Pops: The
Story Of 1976, featuring Toyah, has
its first BBC2 airing this Saturday.
Top Of The Pops: The Story Of
1976 : BBC2 - Saturday 9th July : 10.45pm
Documentary examining how the BBC's
flagship pop show reflected changes in
British music and culture during 1976.
Featuring contributions by Tony
Blackburn, Paul Morley, Toyah Willcox,
David Hamilton and Dave Haslam.
Dreamscape
Gallery: New 'Art +' Page
3 July, 2011
Another new section added to
the Gallery:
"Toyah Art +"... Many thanks to
Andrew & Andi.
Dreamscape
Gallery: More Photos
3 July, 2011
Another batch of Toyah
photos just added to the Gallery. Mostly
live shots from various 2010/11 gigs and
PAs, plus a few from the 1990s/80s.
Please click below to visit the expanding
Gallery.
• Thanks to
Brian Marsh, Alec Kelly, Glyn Whelan,
Michael O'Brien, Paul Lomas, Stephen
Bennett and Myke Crombleholme.
Express:
My Six Best Books: Toyah Willcox
2 July, 2011
Toyah
chose her "Six Best Books" in
yesterday's 'Express'.
TOYAH WILLCOX, 53, is a punk
singer, actress and TV presenter.
She is married to the musician Robert
Fripp and is best known for her singles
It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be
Free. She will be part of the Rewind The
80s Festival from August 19 to 21 at
Henley-on-Thames. For more information go
to www.rewindfestival.com
The End Of Overeating by
David Kessler; Penguin, £9.99
I love books about food and couldn’t
put this one down. It’s about taking
control of our insatiable appetites and
the way the food industry has used sugar,
salt and fat to cause compulsive eating.
I couldn’t put it down.
• View Toyah's five other best
books, and the rest of the article, at
the 'Express' website, here.
RecordProduction.com:
Nick Tauber Talks Toyah
2 July, 2011
The,
previously mentioned, Nick Tauber video
interview
has been viewable to some of you after
all, including Andrew York, who created
this mini feature from it. Nick does
mention working with Toyah.
Nick: "I got a job with Safari
Records, doing a band called "The
Boys". they were a punk band, and
from that I got the Toyah gig. I did 4 or
5 records with her.
I did "It's A Mystery" and the
whole thing just took off, she just went
ballistic! She became like the Queen of
Punk and Adam Ant became the Prince of
Punk, and they were both doing really
well."
• View all of what Nick says about
Toyah, here.
(Thanks again to Andrew York)
In
The Eighties: Two From Toyah!
2 July, 2011
Two rare photos of Toyah:
The first is from October 1983, at the
'Just Seventeen' magazine launch party,
and the other was taken in March 1984
when Toyah was filming Movie Queen
in Bristol. Please click on both for
larger versions. (Thanks to Andi for
these great pictures)
Birmingham
Post: Fighting Fifties For Toyah
2 July, 2011
Sexism
and ageism are the themes of a new budget
production starring former 80s singer
Toyah Willcox. Roz Laws spoke to her.
Calendar Girls was an award-winning,
inspiring film which showcased the
abilities of older women.
Right?
Not exactly, says criminal lawyer Ann
Cameron. She is so disappointed with
movies on offer at the cinema that she
set about making her own, written by,
produced, directed and starring women
over 50.
“Chick flicks are almost always
produced by men, and it shows,” says
59-year-old Ann.
• Read the full interview at the
'Birmingham Post' website, here.
(Thanks to Paul Lomas)
At around 1pm today
Toyah 
Following the
recent news that The Ebony Tower
is to be released on DVD in the UK in
September it looks like another classic
Toyah television appearance will also be
made available on DVD the following
month.
Toyah,
via Twitter, reacted to the death of the,
incredibly talented, Amy Winehouse on
Saturday at just 27.
Just
to confirm that I've closed the
Dreamscape Facebook. Apologies to anyone
who was enjoying it and thanks to
everyone who became friends with
Dreamscape there. I tried to be
enthusiastic with it, but I wasn't
enjoying it. I just have to finally
accept that I'm not a Facebook fan and
move on. I have also closed the Forum
(again). Apologies, too, to the very few
who were still using the Forum, but it
just wasn't being used enough to justify
keeping it online.
• Maneaters
'Nine to Five' was played on 
Good News:
The Ebony Tower, the 1984 ITV
"tv movie", starring Laurence
Olivier, Greta Scacchi, Toyah & Roger
Rees, is finally being released on
standalone DVD in the UK later this year.
