'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter)' is continuing to do well on
Amazon's Singles chart. Hazel performed
the single live in Coventry at the
weekend. View it at 'You Tube' here.
Re-Joyce: In
Amazon UK Top 10 Singles
12 December, 2010
Great News! As
of this evening at 6pm 'Re-Joyce' was at
number eight on the Amazon UK
Music/Singles chart. It was also just
about to enter the Top 700 of their
entire music catalogue.
As well as being
available on CD from Amazon, the single
can be bought from HMV Coventry, Midnight
Records, Coventry Market and Myton
Hospices.
Digitally it is currently available at UK iTunes, Ireland
iTunes
and US iTunes.
Central
Tonight: Screen Captures
7 December, 2010
Screen caps from Central
Tonight's 'Re-Joyce' report. Please
click below for larger versions.
Central
Tonight: O'Connor Bidding For No
1
7 December, 2010
Yesterday's
Central Tonight report on the
release of 'Re-Joyce' is available to
watch online here.
The race is on for the Christmas Number
One single with whoever wins the X Factor
squaring up to the likes of Sir Cliff
Richard. Also bidding for the top spot is
The Hazel O'Connor Collective - a
get-together of 80s stars, aiming to
raise thousands for hospices across the
UK. It's a cause that's close to the
Coventry singer's heart - as Andy Bevan
explains.
Re-Joyce:
Full Promo Video @ You Tube
7 December, 2010
The full promo video for
'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak Midwinter)' is
now online at 'You Tube'. Watch below or
click here to
view at 'You Tube' [ Thanks to Paul Cable
]
Myton
Hospice: Help Us Get Into The
Charts
7 December, 2010
Help
us get into the charts this Christmas -
download charity single Re-Joyce today
Hazel O'Connor and stars including Toyah
Willcox and Carol Decker have recorded a
charity single to raise money for us.
Re-Joyce was written by Hazel for her
mother Joyce who spent last Christmas at
our Warwick hospice. It is now available
to download from iTunes at http://bit.ly/gkwnQZ
It is track one. By buying it this way
you can help us get it into the charts.
A CD with several different versions of
the song is also avalaible to buy from
our hospices and shops for £3.99 and 90
per cent of the proceeds will be donated
to us with ten per cent going to Help The
Hospices. To buy this CD online click here.
Screen captures from Hazel's
appearance on this morning's Daybreak.
As well as a great interview with Hazel,
there was also a short clip of the
'Re-Joyce' video, including footage from
last month's launch gig. Watch the Daybreak
interview at 'You Tube' here.
Click on the caps for larger versions.
• A fantastic
report has just aired on ITV Central
Tonight, with clips of the
'Re-Joyce' video, plus interviews with
Hazel, Joyce, Toyah, and Carol Decker.
Re-Joyce:
Available Now!
6 December, 2010
'Re-Joyce
(In The Bleak Midwinter)', by The Hazel
O'Connor Collective, is out today and
available to download via iTunes, as well
as being on sale as a physical CD single
at selected music retailers.
As well as the "Single Mix"
featuring the full Hazel O'Connor
Collective, a variety of other mixes,
with various members of the Collective on
lead vocals, are available at iTunes as
an album of seven tracks. The "Toyah
Mix" of the single can also be
downloaded.
Go here
for the "Single Mix", as well
as the "Toyah Mix" and the
various others (at iTunes).
Coventry
Telegraph: Christmas Songs...
2 December, 2010
Christmas
Songs That Are Real Festive Treats
As
the chilly winter air descends and days
begin to get unpleasantly short, it can
only mean that Christmas is well on the
way. To many the seasonal shop can be a
nightmare, not just for the credit card
meltdown and the hustle and bustle of the
relentless crowds, but mainly on hearing
that far too familiar Christmas song for
the umpteenth time.
Well may I offer three songs that have
local connections, and both hark back to
the more traditional Christmas song, but
for all the right reasons.
Re-Joyce from the Hazel O’Connor
Collective has a strong message too, not
just of Christmas, but of life, and the
joy of living for each moment.
The gathered cast included, Hazel
O’Connor, Toyah Willcox, Carol
Decker, Pauline Black, Ranking Roger,
Vince Hill, Neville Staple, Bob Brolly,
The Subterraneans and The Bluja Project
plus Moya Brennan, Kid Creole and Neil
O’ Connor who weren’t present
on the night but are on the recording
expertly produced by The Grammy award
winning Roger Lomas.
• Read the full article at the
'Coventry Telegraph' website, here.
Re-Joyce:
Toyah Mix (Preview)
1 December, 2010
The
Official Toyah website has an exclusive
preview of the, beautiful, "Toyah
Mix" of 'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter)'. Alongside the main single
mix, some special solo versions will also
be released, including Toyah's.
Details
on how to download/purchase the single
will be announced soon.
• Click here to
visit toyahwillcox.com's multimedia
section. View all of Dreamscape's Hazel
O'Connor Collective/'Re-Joyce' news here.
Re-Joyce:
Released Monday 6th December
1 December, 2010
'Re-Joyce
(In The Bleak Midwinter)' is released
next Monday.
Here is a message from 'The Hazel
O'Connor Collective' fundraising
Christmas single Facebook group:
The Hazel O'Connor Collective's
fundraising Christmas single is due to be
released in 6 days. It is imperative that
it is purchased between Monday 6th
December and Sunday 12th December to give
it the best chance of a chart entry by
avoiding a clash with the X-Factor single
which is due to be released the following
week.
The 'Re-Joyce' single will be available
to buy from most major record stores and
download sites. On the release date (6th
December) there will be an interview with
Hazel O'Connor plus the first national
television airing of 'Re-Joyce' on ITV1's
'Daybreak' at around 8am (subject to
change) and also the single will be
played on ITV's 'Central Tonight'
(Midlands) between 6pm and 6.30pm on the
same day.
Please show your generosity and support
by purchasing a few copies if you are
able. It is an excellent Christmas single
as I'm sure those of you fortunate enough
to have already heard it will agree, and
for a most worthy cause. Proceeds from
the single will be going to Myton Hospice
in Coventry where Hazel's mum (Joyce) has
received care and treatment for cancer.
•
View further info on the release of
'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak Midwinter)',
download info, and how to help the single
chart at Facebook groups, here
and here.
It is absolutely crucial that the single
is purchased (CD or digital download)
between Monday 6th December and Sunday
12th
Hazel
Collective/Re-Joyce: Launch Gig
Photos
1 December, 2010
View a great collection of
photos, from the Hazel O'Connor
Collective/'Re-Joyce' single launch gig
in Leamington Spa on 16th November, at
the Hazel fansite 'Will You', here or
by clicking below.
• More
excellent photos from the gig: View Loz
Moore's, here,
and John Coles', here.
View all of Dreamscape's Hazel O'Connor
Collective/'Re-Joyce' news here [
Thanks to Stephen Bennett ]
Hazel
Collective/Re-Joyce on TV
1 December, 2010
Daybreak : ITV1 -
Monday 6th December : 6.00 - 9.00am
ITV Daybreak covering the official
release of 'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter)'. (May not air in all
regions).
Central Tonight : ITV1 - Monday
6th December : 6.00pm
The story behind Re-Joyce with interviews
with the participants and also Joyce
herself. There will be clips of the
video, the Leamington Assembly gig, and a
look at the work of Myton Hospice.
(Airing in the ITV Central region)
www.itv.com/central
Re-Joyce @
The Assembly
23 November, 2010
Check
out the Official Hazel O'Connor website, here,
for a great report on The Hazel O'Connor
Collective Single Launch at the Assembly
Rooms, Leamington Spa last Tuesday.
This includes photos of Toyah, Hazel,
Joyce, Vince Hill and Tammy Wynette's
trailer(!!)
A preview audio clip of 'Re-Joyce (In The
Bleak Midwinter)' will be available to
listen to at the Official Toyah website
soon.
Leamington
Observer: Myton Hospice Single
22 November, 2010
Myton
Hospice Single Backed By Music Stars
A Christmas single produced in aid of
Myton Hospice was launched at the
Assembly in Leamington on Tuesday night
(November 16).
A
host of music stars, led by Coventry-born
singer songwriter Hazel O'Connor, have
come together to record Re-Joyce (In The
Bleak Midwinter).
O’Connor - who decided to record the
fund-raising single after her mother
Joyce spent a spell in Myton Hospice as a
respite patient - recruited the likes of
Toyah Willcox, T’Pau’s Carol
Decker, 60s star Vince Hill, Selector
frontwoman Pauline Black, Beat singer
Ranking Roger and Specials singer Neville
Staple to contribute.
The launch party included a performance
of the single by O’Connor and the
other contributors to the record.
The single will be released on December 6
with 90 per cent of proceeds going to
Myton Hospice and ten per cent to Help
The Hospices.
• Read the full report at the
'Leamington Observer' website, here.
Hazel
Collective/Re-Joyce Newsy Bits
& Pieces!
22 November, 2010
•
'Will You', the excellent Hazel O'Connor
fansite continues to be updated with
great info on 'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter)'. Visit the Re-Joyce section
at 'Will You' here.
• 'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter)' is released on 6th December.
Look out for footage from the recent
Leamington Assembly launch on Daybreak
on the morning of release.
• 'Coventry Telegraph' - Eighties
icon Hazel O'Connor visits Coventry
Market before charity single launch.
View full report here.
• 'Times 24' - Hazel O'Connor
Breaking Glass at The Horn in St Albans.
Read the full report here.
•
View all of Dreamscape's 'Re-Joyce (In
The Bleak Midwinter)' news and updates at
our 'Re-Joyce' section, here.
Re-Joyce (In
The Bleak Midwinter): The Toyah
Mix
02 November, 2010
In addition to the main
single version, solo mixes of ' Re-Joyce
(In The Bleak Midwinter)' by certain
contributing artists will also be
available to purchase, including 'The
Toyah Mix' solo version with backing
vocals in places from the 'Collective'.
View further details at Toyah's official
website, here.
• Check out
all of Dreamscape's Re-Joyce/The Hazel
O'Connor Collective news, here.
Coventry
Observer: O'Connor Christmas
Single
02 November, 2010
O'Connor
to release Myton Hospice Christmas single
Hazel O'Connor has joined forces with a
host of other music stars to record a
Christmas single in aid of Myton Hospice.
The Coventry-born singer songwriter was
inspired to record Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter) after her mother spent a spell
in Myton Hospice as a respite patient.
O'Connor has recruited the likes of Toyah
Wilcox, Carol Decker, Vince Hill, Pauline
Black, Ranking Roger, and Neville Staple
to contribute to the track, which was
written by O'Connor in tribute to her
mother, Joyce.
• Read the full article at the
'Coventry Observer' website, here.
Will You:
Hazel Collective/Re-Joyce Page
02 November, 2010
The
fantastic Hazel O'Connor fansite, 'Will
You', has a page dedicated to all things
"The Hazel O'Connor
Collective/Re-Joyce". Full of great
info.
Coventry-born
singer-songwriter Hazel O’Connor has
recorded a charity single for us.
She will perform Re-Joyce (In the Bleak
Midwinter) at a special Launch Party in
Leamington on November 16th.
She will be joined by fellow contributors
Toyah Willcox, Carol Decker, Vince Hill,
Pauline Black, Ranking Roger, Neville
Staple, The Bluja Project, The
Subterraneans and Bob Brolly MBE, who
will also compere the evening.
These renowned singing stars have all
collaborated with Hazel on this haunting
and uplifting Christmas single to raise
money for us.
• Read the full article at the
'Myton Hospice' website, here.
Coventry
Telegraph: Leamington Debuts
Charity Single
02 November, 2010
Leamington
debuts Myton Hospice's Christmas charity
single
A team of generous singers has produced a
charity Christmas single for the Myton
Hospices.
The track is called Re-Joyce, after
Coventry-born singer-songwriter Hazel
O’Connor’s mother - who
received respite care in the hospice.
Hazel will perform her track at a special
launch party at The Assembly, in Spencer
Street, Leamington, on November 16.
Re-Joyce will be released on December 6,
with any money raised going to the
hospice, and a small proportion going to
Help For Heroes.
• Read the full article at the
'Coventry Telegraph' website, here.
Toyah Live
2010/11: New Gigs/Appearances
Confirmed
28 October, 2010
A
number of new Toyah gigs and appearances
for the remainder of 2010 and into 2011
have been officially confirmed.
Tuesday 16th November 2010
The Hazel O'Connor Collective Single
Launch Gig
Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa
Tel: 01926 523001 [ www.leamingtonassembly.com [
Saturday 20th November 2010
Live PA: Nightingales, Birmingham
Tel: 0121 622 1718 [ www.nightingaleclub.co.uk ]
Saturday 29th January 2011
Live PA: The Kremlin, Belfast
Tel: 028 9031 6061 [ www.kremlin-belfast.com ]
Sunday 20th March 2011 |
Full Band: The Cavern Club, Liverpool
Tel: 0151 236 1965 [ www.cavernclub.org ]
Sunday 23rd October 2011
| Full Band: Jack Rabbit Slims, Hoylake,
Wirral
Tel: 0151 632 7545 [ www.jacksbar.co.uk ]
Coventry
Telegraph: Time To 'Re-Joyce' In
A Good Cause
21 October, 2010
A
new article by the 'Coventry Telegraph'
on the forthcoming Christmas single by
The Hazel O'Connor Collective.
On Tuesday, November 16, The Hazel
O’Connor Collective will launch
‘Re-Joyce’ a song that is a
sure fire box ticker in every way.
It’s superbly poignant (and you
can’t say that about many Christmas
singles), celebrating as it does the gift
of life. Proceeds from the sales will
raise money for Coventry Myton Hospice,
and to top it off, it’s packed to
the rafters with top names.
Featured artists include: Hazel
O’Connor, Toyah Willcox, Carol
Decker, Pauline Black, Ranking Roger,
Vince Hill, Moya Brennan, Neville Staple,
Kid Creole, Bob Brolly, The Subterraneans
and others. It’s produced by Grammy
Award winning producer Roger Lomas.
I had the pleasure to be in the studio as
it was being recorded, it’s one of
those songs that doesn’t come around
too often, superbly produced by Roger
Lomas,
“All of the participating artists
were an absolute joy to work with.”
reveals Roger,”
• View the full article at the
'Coventry Telegraph' website, here.
The Hazel
O'Connor Collective: Re-Joyce
20 October, 2010
The Hazel O'Connor
Collective... Christmas Single Launch
Party RE-JOYCE (IN THE BLEAK
MID-WINTER) | Released 6th
December 2010
Performances by; Hazel O'Connor, Toyah,
Carol Decker, Pauline Black, Ranking
Roger, Vince Hill, Neville Staple, The
Subterraneans, The Bluja Project and Bob
Brolly MBE.
The Assembly, Spencer Street, Leamington
Spa CV31 3NF
www.leamingtonassembly.com | Box Office
No. 01926 523001
Tickets also available online from
www.thesubs.co.uk and in person from
Myton Hospice (Warwick) and Coventry
Market.
• More info at
Hazel O'Connor's Facebook, here. [
Thanks to Stephen Bennett ]
•
'Will You', the excellent Hazel O'Connor
fansite continues to be updated with
great info on 'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter)'. Visit the Re-Joyce section
at 'Will You' 
A
number of new Toyah gigs and appearances
for the remainder of 2010 and into 2011
have been officially confirmed.
