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| Buzz: I'm A
Celebrity/Lost |
28 November, 2010 |
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 Toyah
featured in a 'Buzz' magazine I'm A
Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
feature a couple of weeks ago, as the
latest series launched on ITV1 .
Various former jungle residents took part
in a Lost themed photo shoot and
the gave mini interviews on their time on
the show.
Series 2: Toyah Willcox, 52
Jungle Best Bit
We discovered the Australian SAS were
keeping people out of the camp, and
keeping us in. And they were so hot,
really lovely. Linda Barker, Catalina
Guirado, Sian Lloyd and I kept running
off into the bushes so they had to bring
us back.
Dream Contestant
George Clooney. Charming and very good to
look at.
Desert Island Essential
Soap. I was in the jungle without it and
you smell bad really quickly, as everyone
found out when I was left in a cesspool.
• Click above
for larger versions of the photos. View
Dreamscape's Toyah/I'm A Celebrity
mini-site, here [
Thanks to Zoe Clow for the scans ]
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| BBC Radio
Shropshire: Late Show |
28 November, 2010 |
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 Toyah is guesting
on Keith Middleton's Late Show
on 'BBC Radio Shropshire' on Saturday 4th
December. The show airs from 9.00pm till
Midnight and can be listened to online.
An 80s Extravaganza with Toyah
Willcox, John Wetton (Asia) and Mick
Jones (Foreigner).
• View the schedule at the 'BBC
Radio Shropshire' website, here.
This show is networked to numerous other
BBC stations, including 'BBC Radio
Stoke', 'BBC Radio Coventry' and many
others. |
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| Smash Hits
Archive: Toyah's First Cover! |
28 November, 2010 |
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 Toyah's
first 'Smash Hits' cover was published
exactly 30 years ago this week. The
complete full issue of the magazine is
now available at 'The Smash Hits
Archive'.
Smash Hits: November 27 -
December 10 1980
Mike Stand meets a girl of many parts
Toyah Willcox is 22. Before this winter
she had featured in four movies,
"Quadrophenia", Derek Jarman's
"Jubilee" and "The
Tempest" plus "The Corn Is
Green" (with Katharine Hepburn no
less). On TV she'd starred in a rock play
called "Glitter", an episode of
"Shoestring", serials of
"Quatermass" and "Dr.
Jekyll And Mr Hyde", compered a
weekly teens show, and acted at the
National Theatre and the ICA (Mecca of
the smartest set in London). With her
band she'd released several singles and
two albums which commanded the
alternative charts for months on end
and...
• View the magazine scans/Read the
full interview at 'The Smash Hits
Archive', here. •
A direct link to the scans, at 'flickr', here.
[ Thanks to Brian McCloskey
for the excellent 'Like Punk Never
Happened - Smash Hits Archive ]
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| The One
Point: Sponsor Christmas Lights
Switch On |
28 November, 2010 |
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 TOP
Sponsor Christmas Lights Switch On For
5th Year With Toyah Willcox
The One Point have agreed to sponsor the
Bidford lights switch on for the 5th year
in a row; this years lights are being
switched on by 80's pop singer Toyah
Willcox.
Over the last 6 years the Bidford On Avon
Christmas Lights Committee have managed
to raise enough money to decorate the
whole village with Christmas colour and
cheer via a local lottery, a duck race
and other fundraising events. |
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| Toyah Live
2010: Nightingales Photos |
28 November, 2010 |
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| The 'Nightingales' website
has a great selection of photos, by Stu,
of Toyah from her 20th November live PA
at the club in Birmingham. Please click
below to view them. 
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| Toyah on the
Radio |
28 November, 2010 |
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 Late
Show : BBC Radio Shropshire - Sat 4th
December : 9.00pm An 80s
Extravaganza with Toyah Willcox, John
Wetton (Asia) and Mick Jones (Foreigner).
This show is networked to numerous other
BBC radio stations. Listen live online or
post-broadcast at BBC iPlayer. |
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| Malvern
Theatres: Sleeping Beauty |
28 November, 2010 |
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| Lots of fun and games, of
the panto/Sleeping Beauty
variety, over at the 'Malvern Theatres'
website. 
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| Wyvern FM:
Malvern Lights |
28 November, 2010 |
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 Catch up with
Hursty & Helen and the Wyvern Street
Stars and watch the lights being switched
on in Malvern. There will be family
entertainment from 11am in Malvern with
dance groups, choirs, bands, workshops
and craft stalls.Toyah Willcox the star
of Sleeping Beauty at Malvern Theatre
will join Hursty & Helen to turn on
the lights at 5.30pm • Visit the
'Wyvern FM' website, here. |
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| Malvern
Hills: Big Switch On Christmas
Extravaganza! |
28 November, 2010 |
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 Malvern
is getting ready for the big switch on of
the Christmas lights with a feast of all
day entertainment on Saturday 4th
December. Festivities start at 9.00 and
highlights include Harpers Bazaar
Victorian Ride and Mobile Farm; an arts
and craft market, circus workshops, a
climbing wall, carol singing, street
dance, Wyvern FM stage and lots more!
The day ends with the Lantern Parade and
Christmas Lights Switch On with Toyah
Willcox at 5.30, accompanied by a samba
band and entertainers on stilts.
You can also visit Santa in his grotto at
Malvern Library or post him a letter from
the Tourist Information Centre. If you
would like more information please
contact Malvern Tourist Information
Centre on 01684 892289. |
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| Toyah Live
2011: Kremlin Promo Video |
23 November, 2010 |
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| Toyah plays a live PA at
Kremlin, Belfast, on 29th January 2011.
Here's a selection of screen caps from
their X Factor inspired promo
clip. Click below for larger caps. View
the clip at 'YouTube', here. 
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| Re-Joyce @
The Assembly |
23 November, 2010 |
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 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. |
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| Derby
Telegraph: Eighties Stars Flick
Switch |
22 November, 2010 |
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 Eighties
Stars Flick Switch To Start Christmas
CountdownDerby
is now looking much brighter and more
festive, thanks to an array of twinkling
lights stretched across the city.
It took an band of celebrities, old and
new, to make the city shine but they were
cheered all the way by adoring fans. But
it was Eighties stars Toyah Willcox and
Carol Decker who stole the show.
They both sang former hits – It's a
Mystery and China in Your Hands –
and then officially switched on the
Westfield Christmas lights, with a little
help from Santa.
Speaking earlier, Toyah, who has also
found fame with a number of television
series and has written books, said she
was "delighted" to be in Derby.
She said: "I love this time of year
but often only get Christmas Day off
because of appearing in pantomime. I make
the most of it with my family and usually
spend the day eating sweets."
• View the full report at the 'This
is Derbyshire' website, here.
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| Leamington
Observer: Myton Hospice Single |
22 November, 2010 |
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 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.
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| Toyah Live
2010: Nightingales Set List |
22 November, 2010 |
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 Toyah played The
Nightingale in Birmingham on Saturday
night.
The set-list was: School's Out, Rebel
Yell, Echo Beach, Thunder In The
Mountains, Sweet Child 'O Mine, It's A
Mystery, I Love Rock 'N Roll, I Want To
Be Free, (the live premiere of The
Humans') Sea Of Size, (and a festive end
to the night with the Slade classic)
Merry Christmas Everybody.
A little tidbit from the PA. It seems
that 'Sea of Size' was possibly
originally titled 'Sea of Sighs'!
[ Thanks to Michael O'Brien
for the info and ad - please click on the
photo for a full, larger version ] |
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| Tony
Edwards: 1932 - 2010 |
22 November, 2010 |
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Sad news; Tony Edwards,
known to all Toyah fans as one of the
heads of Safari Records, passed away on
11th November 2010.
In 1977 Edwards launched Safari Records
with John Craig, who had helped run
Oyster, another Purple-related label
boasting Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and
the Strawbs. They signed New York punk
exile and transsexual Wayne County,
backed by British band the Electric
Chairs, and caused a sensation with the
Blatantly Offensive EP which topped the
independent charts.
Safari also promoted punk band The Boys
and their festive alter-egos The Yobs.
Their guitarist Matt Dangerfield says
Edwards was "a fantastic old school
music biz character of a kind you don't
come across any more. I will always
remember him turning up at the Marquee
for a Boys gig at the height of punk. He
was wearing a tweed cape and deerstalker
hat à la Sherlock Holmes. To say he
stood out a bit would be an
understatement."
Edwards also guided Toyah's rise from
indy darling to Best Female Singer at the
British Rock & Pop Awards in 1982.
Eclectic and iconococlastic, Safari also
released a punk-country version of Kenny
Rogers' "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love
To Town" by Gary Holton and
"Scatterlings Of Africa" by
Juluka, the racially mixed South African
group led by Johnny Clegg.•
View Tony's full obituary at 'The
Independent', here.
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| Hazel
Collective/Re-Joyce Newsy Bits
& Pieces! |
22 November, 2010 |
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 •
'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.
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| Toyah on TV:
TOTP2 |
22 November, 2010 |
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Toyah's memorable
second appearance on Top Of The Pops,
from March 1981, performing their first
Top 10 hit, 'It's A Mystery', re-aired on
Top Of The Pops 2 on Yesterday
last Thursday.
Steve Wrights
presents a selection of performances from
Tina Charles, KD Lang, Al Jarreau, Toyah
and Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddy.
Plus, footage from David Bowie's 1973
`farewell' concert and new music by soul
legend Solomon Burke [ Thanks to Ben ]
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| Toyah in
Liverpool 1979/2011 |
22 November, 2010 |
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Toyah plays The
Cavern, Liverpool on 20th March 2011.
Toyah first played the city on 14th April
1979 on 'The Resurrection Tour',
supporting The Damned at the legendary
Eric's. View a rare Eric's promo flyer by
clicking below [ Thanks to Roy ]
Tickets for the
Cavern gig can be bought online at
www.rspromo.co.uk and
www.ticketweb.co.uk. They are also
available in person at the Cavern pub.
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| Bare Wall:
Geisha: I'll Serve You Well |
22 November, 2010 |
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 Something you don't
see every day - A painting inspired by,
probably the best song from Toyah's 1985
album 'Minx', give or take a 'Sympathy'
or an 'America For Beginners', 'I'll
Serve You Well'. The song that was,
itself, inspired by 'The Story of O'.
• View more info on this painting
here. |
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| Official
Toyah: November 2010 Blog |
11 November, 2010 |
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| Toyah’s November 2010
Blog has been added to The Official Toyah
website. Read up on all of Toyah's latest
news, including 'Re-Joyce (In The Bleak
Midwinter)', mention of possible
celebration of the 30th anniversary of
'It's A Mystery' and 'Anthem' in 2011!
and much more. View it here. 
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| JM Barrie's
Peter Pan @ BBC iPlayer |
11 November, 2010 |
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 All
four episodes of JM Barrie's Peter
Pan are currently available to
listen to at BBC iPlayer.
Episode One: Away To Neverland, here;
Episode Two: In The Mermaid's Lagoon,
here;
Episode Three: An Awfully Big
Adventure, here;
and Episode Four: Spring Cleaning
Time Again, here.Toyah
plays the leading role in this 1995 radio
adaptation of the classic story.
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| Westfield
Derby: Christmas Lights Switch-On |
09 November, 2010 |
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 Join
Santa and 80s pop legends Toyah Willcox
and Carol Decker as they help to turn on
our Christmas lights. The fun starts at
2pm on Saturday 20 November on Level 2
near Eat Central as we turn back the
clock to give you a big 80s party hosted
by Ram FM's Steffen Le Touche.
Dance along with Toyah and Carol as they
sing hits from the decade and see
performances from 2009's Christmas Choir
Competition winners Alvaston Community
Junior School choir, and a show-stopping
performance from Duffield's Vision School
of Dance.
• View the full report at the
'Westfield Derby' website, here.
View further reports here,
and here. |
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| Toyah on
TV/Radio: Peter Pan/Celebrity
Brides |
07 November, 2010 |
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JM Barrie’s
Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Monday 8th
November: 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.
Celebrity Brides
Unveiled : Wedding TV - Monday 8th
November : 11.00pm
Celebrity Brides Unveiled : Wedding TV -
Tuesday 16th November : 12.30pm
In this episode punk rock
Princess Toyah Willcox talks about the
heartbreak of her first love, while we
quiz T'Pau's Carol Decker on whether she
had china on her wedding list!
JM Barrie’s
Peter Pan : BBC Radio 7 – Tuesday
9th November: 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
10th November: 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
11th November: 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.
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| Toyah @
Edsel: Feature/Competition Coming
Soon |
04 November, 2010 |
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  Between
March 2005 and September 2006 Edsel
Records re-issued four Toyah albums on
expanded CD; 'Warrior Rock: Toyah On
Tour'; 'Love Is The Law'; 'Minx'; and
'(Take The) Leap!'.
A must for any fan's collection, all came
with extra tracks, excellent booklets,
lots of album info and photos, and the
latter three also with exclusive Toyah
sleevenotes.
Coming soon to Dreamscape: We are going
to take a look back at these releases,
via a "Toyah @ Edsel" feature.
Plus, those very generous people at
Edsel/Demon have given us a promo copy of
each CD as a competition prize! |
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| Re-Joyce (In
The Bleak Midwinter): The Toyah
Mix |
02 November, 2010 |
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| 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.
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| Coventry
Observer: O'Connor Christmas
Single |
02 November, 2010 |
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 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. |
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| Will You:
Hazel Collective/Re-Joyce Page |
02 November, 2010 |
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 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.
• Visit 'Will You', here. |
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| Myton
Hospice: Stars Launch Charity
Single |
02 November, 2010 |
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 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. |
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| Coventry
Telegraph: Leamington Debuts
Charity Single |
02 November, 2010 |
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|
 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. |
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| Toyah On The
Radio: JM Barrie’s Peter Pan |
01 November, 2010 |
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 The complete
four-part radio version of Peter Pan,
with Toyah in the title role, is being
re-aired again by BBC Radio 7, over four
consecutive mornings, next week. This was
originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in
December 1995.A
BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of J.
M. Barrie’s tale of childhood
adventure starring Toyah Willcox as Peter
Pan and Ron Moody as Captain Hook.
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. Especially dramatised for
BBC Radio, these acclaimed full-cast
dramatisations include evocative music
and effects.
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| Sonic Boom
Girl: Spark Talks Toyah! |
01 November, 2010 |
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|
 Spark,
aka Jess Morgan, talked Toyah in a recent
interview, "Sonic Boom Girl",
with 'The Von Pip Musical Express':
VP: People have compared
you to everybody from Toyah to Kate Bush;
do you find comparisons annoying, lazy,
or flattering?
SPARK: People will
always make comparisons. It’s a way
of people being able to make sense of
something new. That’s why we’re
a society that relies on genres, even
though most artists don’t like
putting themselves or their music in
categories or boxes. But it helps people
make sense of it all, and that’s
okay. Comparisons can work in both good
and bad ways. Some I think are lazy,
definitely. I understand the need for
people to compare, so I don’t like
to call it annoying, although sometimes I
don’t agree with what’s been
said. Most of the time I find it
flattering though. Being compared to Kate
Bush, Toyah and all the others is an
honour! They’re incredible, no
complaints from me! Even when I
don’t see it myself, I’ve been
compared to amazing, strong, successful
women and that can’t be anything but
flattering. Could definitely be worse!
• Read the full interview at 'The
Von Pip Musical Express' website, here. |
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| Toyah Newsy
Bits & Pieces! |
01 November, 2010 |
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|
 • Minna, of The Toyah
Willcox Interview Archive,
has created a cool video for 'Victims Of
The Riddle (Vivisection)', comprising of
many of the excellent live Toyah photos
from recent gigs. View it at 'YouTube', here.
Happy Birthday for today Minna X
• Toyah @ Jack Rabbit Slims last
weekend... This Is The Boy... The band
that supported... here!
• Toyah receives a brief entry in
the 'Wiltshire Council' Community History
page: A more recent well known
resident was the actress and singer Toyah
Willcox, who lived at Reddish House from
1988-99. View here.
• Our Friends Electric include their
version of 'I Want To Be Free' in their
Eighties-inspired set. Visit their
website here. |
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| Toyah Live
2010/11: More Dates |
01 November, 2010 |
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|
 Upcoming
live dates for Toyah are currently being
added to her Gig Diary all the time. View
full details of all the confirmed
appearances at the official Gigs page, here.Tue
16th Nov 2010: Hazel O'Connor Collective
Single Launch: Assembly Rooms, Leamington
Spa
Saturday 20th November 2010: Live PA:
Nightingales, Birmingham
Wednesday 1st December 2010: SAS Band:
Xmas Concert: The Brook, Southampton
Thursday 2nd December 2010: SAS Band:
Xmas Concert: The Brook, Southampton (Sold
Out)
Saturday 4th December 2010: Live PA:
Christmas Light Switch On, Malvern
Saturday 4th December 2010: SAS Band:
Xmas Concert: Bisley Pavilion, Surrey (Sold
Out)
Saturday 29th January 2011: Live PA: The
Kremlin, Belfast
Saturday 26th February 2011: Weekend
Guitar Trio with Toyah & Jan Bang:
Kings Place, London
Sunday 20th March 2011: Full Band Gig:
The Cavern Club, Liverpool
Thursday 7th April 2011: Full Bang Gig:
The Horn, St Albans
Sunday 31st July 2011: Rewind Festival,
Scotland
Saturday 20th August 2011: Live Festival:
Clumber Park, North Nottinghamshire
Sunday 21st August 2011: Rewind Festival,
Henley-On-Thames
Sunday 23rd October 2011:Full Band Gig:
Jack Rabbit Slims. Hoylake, Wirral
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