The opening takes place on Saturday 3rd November 2007 at 10am, followed by a Question & Answer session, with Toyah, about all things holistic and natural at 10.15am.

Entrance to the event is £3.50 (£2.50 concessions) on the door. 

The show runs for two days; Sat 3rd / Sun 4th November, 10am to 5pm both days.

Clarendon Suites, Stirling Road,
Edgbaston, Birmingham. B16 9SB 
www.naturalhealthshows.co.uk

Contact Natural Living:
Email: tim@naturalhealthshows.co.uk
Tel: 01933 652445/07796 307170 

This will, if we include 'Sheep Farming In Barnet' and 'Velvet Lined Shell', be Toyah's 13th studio album (the first five of these were by Toyah - the band). Her first album since 'Velvet Lined Shell' in 2003, and her first full-length studio album since 'Dreamchild' 14 years previously.

'In the Court of the Crimson Queen' is scheduled for release in Spring 2008 and will include 'Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You)' and 'Heal Ourselves' - both recently previewed on The Official Toyah MySpace. 

The title of the album is a reference to the debut album by King Crimson, 'In The Court Of The Crimson King' (cover picturd to the right), released in 1969. of course, Toyah's husband, Robert Fripp, was/is a member of King Crimson.

[ News Source: Official Toyah MySpace - 26th September 2007 ]

The first episode of the raunchy series recorded one of the biggest audiences for the channel since it began in 1998. It also scored higher ratings than the programmes showing at the same time on BBC Two, Channel 4 and Five. 

The drama is based on an online diary, written under the pseudonym Belle de Jour, which became a best-selling book. These were entitled The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl. 

Piper took the lead role of Hannah, a legal secretary who has a secret double life as a high-class prostitute. The series was heavily marketed, with advertisements in magazines and on billboards, as part of ITV2's XXL Thursdays strand. 

A spokeswoman hailed the viewing figures as "a fantastic result". 

The channel followed the episode with the premiere of the third series of award-winning US show Entourage. The comedy series, produced by Mark Wahlberg, was watched by 255,000 viewers. 

The highest-rated show on a digital channel to date was a live Premiership football match between Manchester United and Arsenal on Sky Sports 1 in 2004, with an audience of 2.77 million. Footballers' Wives Extra Time holds the record for most viewers on ITV2 - with just over 1.9 million viewers in May 2005.

[ News Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news - Friday 28th September 2007 ]

[ Thanks to Craig @ www.toyahwillcox.com ]

If you have already voted please do again if you can be bothered, they allow you to vote once a day. Voting closes on 30th September. Thanks!!

Friends of The Official Toyah MySpace will be familiar with Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You) as teaser clips and exclusive guerailla video footage for the song has appeared online since late Summer. Latex Messiah is Toyah's 22nd single release and her first commercial single release since 1994. The track will also appear on Toyah's forthcoming album which is scheduled for release in Spring 2008.

Single releases from the album will be available as digital downloads until the physical release of Toyah's new album in 2008. The album - as yet untitled - will be Toyah's first full length album release in fourteen years. Stay tuned to The Official Toyah MySpace for more previews of album tracks in the months leading up to the album release. More video exclusives will also appear on The Official Toyah MySpace and The Official Toyah Youtube Channel.

www.toyahwillcox.com 
www.myspace.com/toyahofficial
www.youtube.com/toyahofficial

[ News Source: Official Toyah e-news - Tuesday 25th September 2007 ]

The first fruits of Toyah's new material will be available this Autumn, when Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You) is released for digital download on Monday 29 October. The rousing, Scissor Sisters-esque track was written by Toyah Willcox and Simon Darlow, and produced by Darlow. 

Friends of The Official Toyah MySpace will be familiar with Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You) as teaser clips and exclusive guerailla video footage for the song has appeared online since late Summer. Latex Messiah is Toyah's 22nd single release and her first commercial single release since 1994. The track will also appear on Toyah's forthcoming album which is scheduled for release in Spring 2008.

Single releases from the album will be available as digital downloads until the physical release of Toyah's new album in 2008. The album - as yet untitled - will be Toyah's first full length album release in fourteen years. Stay tuned to The Official Toyah MySpace for more previews of album tracks in the months leading up to the album release. More video exclusives will also appear on The Official Toyah MySpace and The Official Toyah Youtube Channel. 

Latex Messiah will be available for purchase and download through the usual music online vendors including iTunes from Monday 29 October. Full links will be available on The Official Toyah Willcox Website and Official Toyah MySpace.

Official Toyah Website www.toyahwillcox.com 
Official Toyah MySpace www.myspace.com/toyahofficial
Official Toyah Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/toyahofficial

[ Source: Official Press Release - Wednesday 26th September 2007 ]

Of course this is because Secret Diary of a Call Girl begins airing this coming Thursday on ITV2.

'TV Quick' and 'TV & Satellite Week' both use the same picture of Toyah, with Billie Piper, in their issues (see below for a larger scan).

Billie is interviewed in both and in the latter magazine says: "Toyah was amazing. She's tiny and had the thickest hair I've ever seen"

Eighties pop star Toyah Willcox, who lives in Pershore, and retired race horse trainer Mercy Rimell, from Upton-upon-Severn, have been asked to join the prestigious Women of the Year Lunch. The highly established event, set up in 1955 by Lady Tony Lothian, brings together women from all ages, backgrounds and walks of life, and aims to recognise their individual achievements.

Ms Willcox is a singer, writer and actress famed for her outlandish style in the early 1980s. She had big chart hits with It's a Mystery, I Want to be Free, and Thunder in the Mountains.

She also won an award as Best Female Singer at the Brit awards.

This month she will star in ITV2's Secret Diary of a Call Girl alongside Billie Piper.

Mrs Rimell is the only women ever to train in Cheltenham Champion Hurdle. She was an assistant to her late husband Fred Rimell and after taking over the trainers license she won the Champion Hurdle in her own right. Now aged 88, she remains a well-known face in horse racing.

Every woman asked to attend the Women of the Year Lunch is invited in recognition of their contribution to society and achievements in their chosen field. Those invited are chosen by a council of over 40 women, including president Joan Armatrading and chairman Eleanor Angel.

The women at the event, which is held at the InterContinental Hotel in London on Monday, October 15, come from a number of professions, ranging from the arts to the financial business world, encompassing media, medicine, politics, charity work and agriculture.

This year's key note speaker is war correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

[ News Source: www.worcesternews.co.uk - 21st September 2007 ]

Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 - Thu 27th Sep : 10pm
Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 Plus 1 - Thu 27th Sep : 11pm
Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 - Fri 28th Sep : 0.00am
Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 Plus 1 - Fri 29th Sep : 1.00am
Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 - Sun 30th Sep : 10pm
Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 Plus 1 - Sun 30th Sep : 11pm
Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 - Tue 2nd Oct : 11pm
Secret Diary of a Call Girl : ITV2 Plus 1 - Wed 3rd Oct : 0.00am
Drama series starring Billie Piper, based on the real-life diaries of an upmarket escort. Belle is an intelligent, witty girl who enjoys her secret job as a high class prostitute... But for how long can she keep her double life a secret? Belle meets two first-time clients, but one starts to get too close for comfort, even though she finds him incredibly attractive. Starring: Billie Piper, Cherie Lunghi, Iddo Goldberg, and Tom Mison.

This series aired, in the UK, in 1982 with 18 episodes. 'Blue Marigold' starring Toyah in the title role was the first of the series, broadcast on 25th April 1982.

Marigold is the supermodel face of the Blue Marigold company, but she is driven wild by jealousy when Sophie Trent's dulcet tones are used to replace Marigold's in a commercial. Then Marigold is let go by Blue Marigold, abandoned by Paul, has a breakdown and spends years in a mental institution.

The Complete Series 5 DVD set is available to buy from 5th November.

The new venue is not going to be ready in time for their original opening and can only take gig bookings from 1 December. As Toyah and the band cannot play any gigs in December.. the gig will be re-scheduled for Spring 2008. 

We'll being you more details when they are confirmed.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

[ News Source: www.toyahwillcox.com - 15th September 2007 ]

[ Source: www.itv.com/drama ]

Helen David (pictured in both photos with Toyah), founder of English Eccentrics, said: My great friend Toyah Willcox came all the way from a gig in Sheffield and played us her new, yet-to-be–released, single ‘Heal Ourselves’ which you can listen to on Toyah’s Myspace page. It’s really fabulous and deserves to be a huge hit.

Next day, many slightly hung-over people pitched up at our house for a resuscitating coffee. Toyah kept us amused by getting my sister-in-law, Georgina, and I to try on her stage bodies a series of shop dummy torsos sprayed in a variety of colours. 

[ Source: www.englisheccentrics.com ]

[ Source: Robert Fripp's Online Diary - 6th September 2007 ]

MySpace Playlist (September 2007) 

1) Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You) [Preview clip]. 2007. A Brand New Willcox/Darlow produced track.

2) Heal Ourselves 2007. A Brand New Willcox/Darlow produced track.

3) Little Tears of Love 2002. By Willcox/Elsenburg. From the Little Tears of Love EP & Velvet Lined Shell 2003 mini-album.

4) Bird In Flight. Classic Toyah 1980 single. Included on last year's 'Safari Records Singles Collection: Vol 1'.

5) Blue Meanings 1996. Awesome song from 1980, reworked for 'The Acoustic Album' released in 1996.

[ Source: Official Toyah MySpace - 9th September 2007 ]

[ Source: www.itv.com/drama - September 2007 ]

[ Source: Official Toyah MySpace - 10th September 2007 ]

Latex Messiah (Viva La Rebel In You)
Heal Ourselves
Lesser God
Sensational
Angel In You

Toyah also mentions she has just filmed a new The Humans video, in her mirrored rehearsal room, along with Bill Rieflin (the other Human) and Chris Wong, who is now part of The Humans project. The video, like the ones filmed for 'Latex Messiah' and 'Heal Ourselves' are specifically for MySpace/YouTube.

[ Source: Official Toyah Webletter/Blog - September 2007 ]

[ Source: www.toyahwillcox.com - 10th September 2007 ]

All shows begin at 8.00pm.

[ Source: Official The Humans MySpace ]

Saturday 6th October - Skegness **NEW**
Thursday 8th November - State Club - Lincoln, Gainsborough - Headline gig 
Saturday 10th November - The Firecracker Ball - Harrogate - Here & Now

TOTP2 : UKTV G2 - Sunday 23rd September : 9.30am
TOTP2 : UKTV G2 - Sunday 23rd September : 8.30pm
TOTP2 : UKTV G2 Plus 1- Sunday 23rd September : 9.30pm
More pop nostalgia and current music, introduced by Radio 2 stalwart Steve Wright. This edition includes a specially-recorded performance by Steve Balsamo. Plus Elvis Costello with 'Oliver's Army', Toyah performing 'It's a Mystery', Blur's 'Girls and Boys', and the camp classic 'It's Raining Men' by The Weather Girls.