This Is Money have re-published their Toyah interview from September 2024:
New Strictly star Toyah Willcox: Letting other people manage my money was a big mistake
Toyah Willcox has made waves as a singer in a career lasting almost 50 years.
She has made several number-one albums and stormed the charts in the Eighties with singles including It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free.
She has also made her mark as an actress, starring on stage in the award-winning Three Men On A Horse, and film credits include The Tempest and Quadrophenia.
Toyah, 66, has been married to musician Robert Fripp since 1986 and they live in Worcester. She is now on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Neil Jones.
• Continue reading at This Is Money.
There’s a new Sunday Lunch today… (Image © Toyah)
I just want to say a huge thank you to Mark Satchwill for his wonderful gift, his original Toyah art. An amazing collection of six fabulous Toyah themed artworks… Stunning work!
Toyah will play Scarborough Punk Festival on 3rd April 2027. Tickets on sale now.
Sharon and I had a great day out in Paisley and Glasgow this week. It was swelteringly hot but a lot of fun. We spent some time at my place and then headed into the City Centre!
• See Dreamscape’s other 2026 “tour dates” :) here! (Photos © David Fleming)
A few photos from the final show of Toyah’s Songs And Stories Tour 2026, at Perth Theatre on Sunday 14th June. Please click on them to view larger versions.
• Songs And Stories 2026 is complete but there’s a whole new tour for 2027… Get your tickets here. (Perth tour photos © Sharon Dickson)
There’s a repeat showing of The Weakest Link, featuring Toyah as a guest, next weekend. This originally aired in March 2024.
The Weakest Link: BBC One: Saturday 4th July: 8.30pm
Series 3, Episode 13. Romesh Ranganathan is joined by contestants JB Gill, Kaye Adams, Helen Flanagan, Davood Ghadami, Adam Pearson, Ivo Graham, Toyah Willcox and Jen Brister. They must initially work together to bank as much money as possible for charity, before voting off round by round. (Photo © BBC)
Available digitally…. the 2023 Brave New World EP, only previously available as a very limited (now deleted) 10” red-colour vinyl.
This 4-track EP includes the rare Razzmatazz mixes of Brave New World and Street Creature, mixed before the album versions had even been finalised. These two tracks are available on CD exclusively on the forthcoming 5CD Revelations anthology, released 21st August.
• Order Revelations on Box Set or Vinyl at Cherry Red. Stream Brave New World at Spotify.
Guy Garvey – From The Vaults: Sky Arts: Friday 10th July: 3pm
1981. Series 3, episode 4. The Elbow frontman introduces clips from the TV archives from 1981, featuring performances by New Order, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Adam and the Ants, Kirsty MacColl, Kim Wilde and Toyah. Also featured are Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Madness, the Belle Stars, Dave Edmunds with the Stray Cats, and Secret Affair, and there are interviews with the Human League’s Philip Oakey, and Simon Le Bon and John Taylor from Duran Duran.
• Saturday Song: Ieya (6.55 Special) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – The Cult Of Personality – Watch… (Image © Toyah)
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Thursday 9th July: 2am
T’Pau’s Carol Decker brings a bit of Heart and Soul to a countdown of ’80s ladies who like to rock! With Joan Jett, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. (as well as Toyah via the Thunder In The Mountains video).
Toyah / Revelations
5CD anthology of B-sides, rarities, etc
Toyah has announced Revelations, a rarities collection featuring material from the band’s time on Safari Records (1979-1983).
Revelations provides an alternate history of the Toyah Willcox-fronted new wavers by way of B-sides, outtakes, instrumentals, alternate versions, home demos and live tracks. Record label Cherry Red say that “it has been designed to perfectly complement the album catalogue reissue programme”. Remarkably, given how comprehensive the individual album reissues were, 50 of the 102 tracks on Revelations are previously unreleased. The box has been compiled by by Toyah archivist Craig Astley alongside Joel Bogen, co-founder, composer and guitarist with the band.
This is a 5CD set, in a clamshell box, with each disc in an individual wallet. These are accompanied by a 40-page booklet.
• Continue reading at Super Deluxe Edition. Pre-order Revelations at Cherry Red.
Toyah will be the Guest Of Honour at Brighton Rocks International Film Festival this evening. The short film, Weightless will also be screened.
• Get tickets for this event by clicking below.
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Monday 22nd June: 1am
T’Pau’s Carol Decker brings a bit of Heart and Soul to a countdown of ’80s ladies who like to rock! With Joan Jett, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. (as well as Toyah via the Thunder In The Mountains video).
• Saturday Song: Don’t Fall In Love (I Said) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Nookie – Watch… (Image © Toyah)
Minder: That’s TV: Friday 3rd July: 2.40pm
All Mod Cons. Series 2, Episode 8. Terry tries to help his friend Kate evict some unwanted tenants, but comes to doubt her motives. Meanwhile, Arthur is desperate to get into the property market and tries to sell Terry’s flat without telling him. Guest starring Toyah Willcox and Simon Cadell. Director: Ian Sharp. Also starring: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Peter Childs, George Layton, Patrick Malahide, Michael Troughton.
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Wednesday 24th June: 6.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Thursday 25th June: 1.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Friday 26th June: 9.25am
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Saturday 28th June: 8.10am
Blue Marigold. Series 5, Episode 1. Dropped by her agency for her diva-like behaviour, supermodel Marigold’s mental health deteriorates. Years later, she plots a comeback. Director: Giles Foster. Starring: Toyah Willcox, Ralph Bates, Sharon Duce, Helen Fraser, Billy Hamon, Edward Jewesbury. (Photo © ITV)
The Drought Of 1975: 5Select: Saturday 27th June: 7pm
Beginning in May 1975, Britain was gripped by a record-breaking spell of erratic weather that stretched for 16 long months. This extraordinary period culminated in the Standpipe Drought of 1976, where across the country thousands of households had to rely on communal outdoor taps for their water. Featuring archive footage and first-hand accounts from famous faces including John Kettley, Toyah Willcox, Don Letts, Tony Blackburn, Ann Widdecombe and Neil Kinnock, this documentary tells the compelling story of the drought and its enduring legacy.
Review: Toyah Willcox at The Tivoli in Aberdeen
Mark Lenthall reviews Toyah Willcox at The Tivoli Theatre in Aberdeen, Wednesday June 10, 2026.
Not many artists can say they’ve enjoyed two successful careers separated by a kitchen table. Toyah Willcox can.
The viral Sunday Lunch videos she and her husband, prog rock guitarist Robert Fripp, began making during lockdown introduced her to an entirely new generation, proving that sometimes the shortest route back into the spotlight involves a phone camera, a few daft ideas and a complete disregard for dignity.
At Aberdeen’s Tivoli Theatre on Wednesday night, a stop on her Songs & Stories tour, the audience got to meet the woman who had been all this and more before the algorithm found her.
How was Toyah Willcox at the Tivoli?
Like recent appearances there from Stewart Copeland and Justin Hawkins, the show demonstrated the growing appeal of the “Evening With” format. Audiences increasingly seem willing to hear what happened behind the music.
The woman once dubbed the “High Priestess of Punk” has enough stories over five decades to fill several evenings, never mind one.
• Continue reading at Aberdeen Press & Journal.
We – Me, Sharon, Brian, Alec & Michael – had a brilliant day in our glorious capital on Friday (12th June). It’s impossible not to have a great time in Edinburgh as it’s such a wonderful, interesting, vibrant city. We packed in breakfast, a museum visit, a walk around the city centre, lunch and some chill out time at our respective hotels before doing the Songs And Stories Meet & Greet with Toyah at The Queen’s Hall, followed by another great show.
• See Dreamscape’s other 2026 “tour dates” :) here! (Photos © David Fleming except #1 & 3 © Sharon Dickson and #4 © Brian Green)
Since our last update, Toyah’s Songs And Stories Tour has played Stamford, Ilkley, Leeds, Blyth and Hexham.
This past week saw the tour hit Scotland with dates in Aberdeen (Wednesday 10th June at Tivoli Theatre), Greenock (Thursday 11th at Beacon Arts Centre), Edinburgh (Friday 12th at The Queen’s Hall), Airdrie last night at the Town Hall, with the final date of the tour taking place tonight at Perth Theatre.
I was lucky enough to attend two of these dates: Aberdeen Tivoli Theatre and Edinburgh Queen’s Hall. See other posts on these just above and below!
• Songs And Stories 2026 is complete but there’s a whole new tour for 2027… Get your tickets here. (Aberdeen tour photo © Sharon Dickson)
