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TOYAH CONFIRMS SPECIAL SIX-DATE TOUR, “THE CHANGELING RESURRECTION 2012”
THE CHANGELING, often sited as the beginning of goth, was produced by legendary record producer Steve Lillywhite. Its accompanying tour of 1982 produced the live album WARRIOR ROCK which has been critically acclaimed as one of the best of all live albums because of its powerful sound. Following up the acclaimed 2011 From Sheep Farming To Anthem Tour, which saw Toyah perform songs from her first three albums in the original iconic 80s costumes, comes a brand new live Toyah show. Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of The Changeling, Toyah & her full band, will perform a selection of songs from the album alongside classic material as heard on the Warrior Rock live album. THE CHANGELING RESURRECTION is a treat for Toyah diehards, 1980s fans & goth/rock music lovers. With only a handful of dates for 2012 of this show, it is not to be missed. THE CHANGELING RESURRECTION 2012 TOUR Sat 14 April 2012: Concorde 2, Brighton /Tickets
TOYAH'S BLOG, DECEMBER 2011 Panto season is a welcome change to the daily travel of touring and the panto company are lovely. The dwarfs are constantly fun, naughty and charmingly bonkers. They make the most of their size and hide in as many dark places as possible to scare the s--- out of you when you walk past. The run is pretty close to selling out and as we have quite a few 10.30am performances it is nice to know we will be playing to lots of appreciative noise.
TOYAH ON TV THIS WINTER
Toyah will also host a brand new special three-hour programme, Toyah’s Vintage Christmas for satellite music station, Vintage TV. The programme, which includes Toyah introducing pop videos and clips and telling stories, will get its broadcast premiere on Thursday 8 December at 21.00. For details visit www.vintage.tv. Toyah will then join R&B soul star Geno Washington and 80s teenage pop idol Paul Young as they take on Bucks Fizz's Jay Aston, Haircut 100's Nick Heyward and Slade's Dave Hill for Mike Read's Pop Quiz. The much loved 1980s quiz programme has been revived and revamped for a Christmas Special for Vintage TV. Broadcast details coming soon.
TOYAH ANNOUNCES “THE CHANGELING RESURRECTION” LIVE SHOWS FOR 2012
THE CHANGELING, often sited as the beginning of goth, was produced by legendary record producer Steve Lillywhite. Its accompanying tour of 1982 produced the live album WARRIOR ROCK which has been critically acclaimed as one of the best of all live albums because of its powerful sound. Following up the acclaimed 2011 From Sheep Farming To Anthem Tour, which saw Toyah perform songs from her first three albums in the original iconic 80s costumes, comes a brand new live Toyah show. Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of The Changeling, Toyah & her full band, will perform a selection of songs from the album alongside classic material as heard on the Warrior Rock live album. THE CHANGELING RESURRECTION is a treat for Toyah diehards, 1980s fans & goth/rock music lovers. With only a handful of dates for 2012 of this show, it is not to be missed. THE CHANGELING RESURRECTION 2012 TOUR Sat 14 April 2012: Concorde 2, Brighton / Tickets
“THE POWER OF THREE” UK FILM SCREENINGS & SINGLE RELEASE
Thu 10 Nov: London: Hampstead Everyman Theatre @ 6pm PREMIERE Tickets: http://bit.ly/thlwPa SOLD OUT
TOYAH'S BLOG, NOVEMBER 2011 Next year we are touring The Changeling and Warrior Rock, planning the set list around the original Warrior Rock album. I remember The Changeling tour as being one of the greatest tours of my career, with the evening being an outstandingly powerful journey through many songs that are deep and dangerous. I’m really looking forward to performing Castaways again!
TOYAH KICKS OFF AUTUMN LEG OF ACCLAIMED 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
In further celebration, the tour sees Toyah revisit the colourful and iconic imagery which became synonymous with her name, with original 1980s stage costumes making their first appearance live since the early 1980s. The striking Toyah visuals which she created, and which helped define the look of the 1980s, were an innovative forerunner of the styles and approaches adopted by the hitmakers of today including Lady GaGa and Gwen Stefani. Toyah has recently been cited as influencing or drawing comparisons with contemporary music acts Marina & The Diamonds and Florence & The Machine. The concert tour won plaudits across the internet and social media when it premiered in London in June and has delighted audiences and fans throughout it’s summer route of club gigs, theatre dates and large festivals. Watch exclusive video footage here at the official tour page and check out the full dates on Toyah’s GIGS page. FROM SHEEP FARMING TO ANTHEM TOUR 2011 - REMAINING DATES 18 Oct Surrey / Harlequin Theatre Tickets
THE HUMANS SPECIAL LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
THE HUMANS CONFIRM ALBUM SIGNINGS ON UK TOUR The Humans will sign copies of their new album Sugar Rush before their trio of UK gigs commencing Thursday 6 October 2011. The band will sign at 7.30pm at both Bush Hall, London on Thur 6 October and Derby Flowerpot on Sat 8 October. A signing session will take place at West Bromwich Public 6pm on Sunday 9 October. Tickets for all three gigs can be bought by telephone from the numbers below or visiting the live page on The Humans official site. Fans are encouraged to keep hold of their tickets stubs from any of three concerts for an exclusive engagement on the afternoon of Monday 10 October in Birmingham. Further confirmed details of this will be announced soon. This website will also bring you exclusive official video footage from the Bush Hall concert soon.
THE HUMANS KICK OFF UK TOUR AFTER TAKING NYC BY STORM
The Humans live show has won critical acclaim and a standing ovation in New York on 27 Sept. The Humans now bring this tour to the UK with a chance to see the performances in intimate venues in the UK. For full box office ticket links click here or go to www.thehumansofficial.com THU 6 OCT LONDON Bush Hall 08444 771 000 NEW YORK GIG REVIEW: SUGAR RUSH ALBUM REVIEWS: "A hybrid of haunting and sweet, this album intrigues from start to finish. The Humans’ new 13-track album, Sugar Rush, is experimental, edgy in the simplest of ways, and nothing you can ready yourself for. It’s the musical equivalent of a drive through a part of town you’ve never seen, and just when you think you’ve got the area figured out, you pass a sign welcoming you to the nearby town with restaurants of a different vibe, and even the sky looks a bit different. But don’t consider driving back now, because you’re on a one-way and the scenery stays intriguing."
THE HUMANS DELIVER WORLDWIDE RELEASE OF SUGAR RUSH ALBUM
Sugar Rush is available now in USA/Canada on physical CD and digital download and is available to rest of world on physical CD from www.burningshed.com(available to pre-order now) as well as at gigs on UK tour and digitally from Sunday 2 October 2011. Both releases coincide with The Humans' Sugar Rush Tour which includes the band's American live debut with East Coast dates culminating in a headline gig at Highline Ballroom in New York City on 27 September. They follow the US concerts with a seven-date UK tour which sees The Humans play Scotland and Wales for the first time alongside headline dates in London, Manchester and Sheffield. The Humans received a 4-star concert review for last year's debut London live date which Financial Times called "programmed beats, sinewy, rumbling rhythms…. a kind of twisted funk". Full tour dates and box office details for the Sugar Rush UK Tour can be found at www.thehumansofficial.com The band has dedicated three years to establishing their sound, songs and performance. Crystallizing what is at the core of The Humans' manifesto, the album Sugar Rush bears a cinematic density with stirring moments of exhilarating energy (Sugar Rush) tender contemplation (Love In A Different Way) and brooding soundscapes (Sea Of Size). The album also features guest 'Human' Robert Fripp on all tracks. Sugar Rush sees further maturity in the band's material and a solid set of songs which are experimental yet accessible, grungy yet vocal-led and as delicate as they are unnerving. The physical Sugar Rush CD album will be available to buy from all dates of the band's Sugar Rush UK Tour and to buy online from the Burning Shed webstore. Those buying the UK/Worldwide physical edition of the album (for the tour dates or from Burning Shed) will find a code inside the album which allows access to download three live tracks for free, all recorded at Scala London in February 2010. The digital edition of the album will also be released worldwide (excluding USA/Canada) via iTunes, Amazon MP3, Play.com and all major digital music vendors from Sunday 2 October 2011. The (non-US/CAN) digital edition features the full 13-track studio album with two live bonus tracks from the Scala London concert in addition to an exclusive Digital Artwork Booklet.
THE HUMANS KICK OFF FIRST US TOUR & RELEASE NEW ALBUM
The Humans’ sophomore album Sugar Rush is released on Tuesday 27 September in USA/Canada on The End Records label. The album is garnering acclaim including Kelsey Valadez’s 4-star review which concludes Sugar Rush is “A hybrid of haunting and sweet, this album intrigues from start to finish.”. ALBUM REVIEW The Humans’ new 13-track album, Sugar Rush, is experimental, edgy in the simplest of ways, and nothing you can ready yourself for. It’s the musical equivalent of a drive through a part of town you’ve never seen, and just when you think you’ve got the area figured out, you pass a sign welcoming you to the nearby town with restaurants of a different vibe, and even the sky looks a bit different. But don’t consider driving back now, because you’re on a one-way and the scenery stays intriguing. The opening track “Titanium Girl”, is gritty, with even grittier lyrics. Things slow down a bit on the second track, and steadily picks back up through “Sea of Size”. A lot of the album has a deep, almost dark feel with primal drums that are never too complicated, and grungy guitars, with unforgiving vocals. But then the listener meets a track like “Put a Woman On the Moon”, which features fast synth sounds, sounding like the soundtrack to a sci-fi movie about robots and space. Continues... Read the full review at Everything But Urban UK release details will be announced soon.
YOMANDA FEAT. TOYAH - FALLEN NOW AVAILABLE
The single can be be bought on digital download now and the official promo video can also be viewed online at YouTube. The video will receive a television broadcast premiere on Vintage TV on Wednesday 21 September on the programme Read All About It, which includes an interview with Toyah preceding the video. Additionally, Toyah will be interviewed by John Ryan on Manchester's Gaydio Radio next week. Visit the Fallen page of this website for links to buy the single, watch the video and download three exclusive Fallen desktop wallpapers. Toyah will perform Fallen at Cumbria Pride in Carlisle on Saturday 1 October.
FALLEN SINGLE ARTWORK REVEALED & PERFORMANCES CONFIRMED
Toyah will be performing Fallen at upcoming club gigs at Wig Out, London on 10 September, New Forresters on 17 September and Cumbria Pride in Carlisle on 1 October. PREVIEW FALLEN HERE:
THE HUMANS READY FIRST INTERNATIONAL TOUR
The concerts are tipped to include performances of the Sugar Rush album in its entirety alongside some material from The Humans’ repertoire. For the live dates, Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong will be joined by a drummer to add further texture and colour to the band’s exciting, sonic palette. The Humans then embark on seven UK dates to coincide with the UK digital release of Sugar Rush on 2 October, and physical copies available to order online from Burning Shed. The live dates include headline gigs in intimate venues in London and Manchester in addition to Scottish and Welsh dates. Physical copies of the album will be available to buy on all US and UK tour dates. Saturday 24 September - Empire Dine & Dance, Portland, USA
TOYAH'S BLOG, SEPTEMBER 2011 Thank you so much for the messages of support and sympathy. Mum passed away at 3.55 pm on Friday 2nd September. The last 9 months have been stressful but in particular the last 10 weeks have been close to hell. Good God my mother was a fighter and the staff at ST.RICHARDS HOSPICE fell in love with her.
YOMANDA FEAT. TOYAH "FALLEN" SINGLE RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED
Fallen will be available for download on 18 September from iTunes, Amazon MP3, Play.com and all usual digital music vendors. The single package will include the Radio Edit, Extended Mix and Dub. A video for the single is being filmed in Oslo, Norway and will be broadcast on VIntage TV and available to watch on YouTube and toyahwillcox.com. Toyah performed the song live for the very first time at Manchester Pride 2011 on August Bank Holiday Monday and will also perform Fallen at upcoming club gigs at Wig Out, London on 10 September and New Forresters on 17 September. The single recently debuted on Gaydar Radio receiving favourable response and demand for repeat plays. Listen out for the track on radio including Gaydar and Gaydio.
THE HUMANS ANNOUNCE UK SUGAR RUSH CONCERT DATES
Tuesday 4 October - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, UK The Humans' new album Sugar Rush will be available to buy initially in the UK at the live concert dates and contain a code to download exclusive live tracks from the band's headline London 2010 date at The Scala which received a glowing 4-star review from the Financial Times. After the tour the album will be available to buy digitally and for mail order online.
THE HUMANS LINE-UP AMERICAN ALBUM RELEASE & CONCERT DATES
The Humans are an innovative, three-piece, contemporary rock band comprising Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong. The group brings together three lifetimes of musical experience, experimentation and craftsmanship. The band are the brainchild of Toyah Willcox. The band have dedicated three years to establishing their sound, songs and performance. Crystallizing what is at the core of The Humans’ manifesto, the album Sugar Rush bears a cinematic density with stirring moments of exhilarating energy (Sugar Rush) tender contemplation (Love In A Different Way) and brooding soundscapes (Sea Of Size). The album also features guest guitar on all tracks from Robert Fripp. Visit www.thehumansofifical.com for more information on the band, the album and to see the video for lead track Sea Of Size. The album will be released digitally and on CD with an exclusive pre-order web-bundle including an exclusive Sugar Rush t-shirt featuring an illustration by Toyah Willcox from the album artwork. Produced by Bill Rieflin, the album's confirmed track list is as follows: The Humans: Sugar Rush (TE213-2) 1. Titanium Girl
TOYAH'S BLOG, AUGUST 2011 Over in the parallel universe of music and film the shows have been going great guns. Oxford, Harrogate, Bromsgrove, Rewind, The Rock n’ Bike show and the Soho House screening of PO3 had a great reactions. We now have TOYAH shows being offered in Germany, Norway and USA. I have never enjoyed the “old music” so much. And memories are flooding back such as how quickly I had to write the lyrics. In most cases I had two hours to pen lyrics in the morning and record them the same afternoon, the pressure was unbelievable but I was too driven to have let something like “time pressure” get in my way. And as for the B-sides, they were written on the spot. A phone call would come in from the record company and they’d say we need three B-sides so off we’d go, into the studio and write the first thing that came into our heads. The B-sides where always fun because we could get away with anything without the record company saying …”but will it get airplay?”
TOYAH'S ACCLAIMED TOUR CONTINUES TO HARROGATE & BROMSGROVE Toyah bring the colourful and highly-praised show From Sheep Farming To Anthem Tour North this evening with a special gig at Harrogate Theatre headlining the Harrogate Fringe Festival. The following evening there is a chance to see the acclaimed tour at Bromsgrove's Atrrix, Both shows will feature classic songs, hit singles and rarely performed material from Toyah's first three albums, including the Platinum-selling album "Anthem". In addition, the concert sees Toyah in no less than six costumes changes in which she wears the original 1970s and 1980s costumes which set her apart at the time of the punk/new wave movement. For details see the gigs page.
TOYAH'S BLOG, JULY 2011
But I certainly know what I am doing is hugely enjoyable and teaching me an awful lot about myself. What can this questionable action be? Wearing the original stage costumes from 1979 to 1984. It kind of takes the term "VINTAGE" to a whole new level. Will catwalk models be doing the same next year with Dior, Channel, Katherine Hamnett and Westwood? These costumes have sat in storage for 30 years. They deserve a new spark of life, another bite of the cherry and if I'm out there playing the music why not have the costumes too? It is rather nice to be groping around in the dark again doing quick changes. The last two shows have had a form, a charisma and a vibe that has to be down to the fact that the costumes and music have truly embraced the era. AND I love that the show is truly retrograde. 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, six in all, but the entry back always gets a huge WOW from the audience and even on my own I've got the changes down to 30 seconds.
TOYAH BEGINS TOUR WITH COLOURFUL LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE SHOW
Toyah wowed spectators on Friday night at London's Leicester Square Theatre with a very special concert which kickstarted the year-long From Sheep Farming To Anthem Tour. The hotly-anticipated gig saw Toyah hit the London stage with a selection of material from her first three albums and a concentration of songs from her 1981 Platinum-selling album Anthem, which celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this summer. Not only did Toyah and her full live band perform songs either not heard live for over 25 years but some songs never played live previously. The concert was also a true celebration of thirty years of images as for the first time since the early 1980s, Toyah performed with full hair, make-up and wore the original, innovative stage costumes. The Toyah look was given a 21st century re-working by coupling the vintage costumes with brand new headresses and hair-pieces created specially for the show by Sean Chapman. The concert has won plaudits across the internet and social media all weekend with reviews, photos and videos circulating praising the colourful performance. For a selection of official photographs by Chris Jepson, visit the From Sheep Farming to Anthem Tour page. Toyah's longstanding official photographer Dean Stockings also shot the costumes and make-up creations backstage (also available on the From Sheep Farming to Anthem Tour page). Exclusive video footage is also coming to this website and Toyah's Official YouTube channel soon. The tour continues on 2 July at Oxford's Regal with tickets on sale now. Visit the official tour page for more details, ticket links, photographs and videos.
TOYAH KICKS OFF SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY TOUR FEATURING CULT CLASSICS, DARK ANTHEMS & HIT SINGLES
The hotly-anticipated tour will see Toyah, and her full live band, perform the dark, quirky anthems and cult classics which put her at number one in the indie charts for the chart’s first twelve months. Toyah was then a constant in the top 10 for the following three years before her breakthrough single "It's A Mystery" went to number four in the mainstream chart. Her first three albums have been cited as the beginnings of Goth. Anthem also won the finest accolade of being broadcast live from Drury Lane Theatre Royal as an "Old Grey Whistle Test" special on Christmas Eve 1981 for the BBC, attracting 12 million viewers. The nationwide UK tour includes a chance to hear the well-known hits (Thunder In The Mountains and Good Morning Universe) alongside cherrypicked songs (debut single Victims of The Riddle and Neon Womb) not heard live since Toyah's early tours from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Leicester Square concert date will also see Toyah revisit the colourful and iconic imagery which became synonymous with her name, with original 1980s costumes. There will also be a 21st century re-working of the renowned hair and make-up which Toyah became recognized for and which helped define the look of the 1980s. The striking Toyah visuals which she created were an innovative forerunner of the styles and approaches adopted by the hitmakers of today including Lady GaGa and Gwen Stefani. Toyah has recently been cited as influencing or drawing comparisons with contemporary music acts Marina & The Diamonds, Andi Fraggs and Florence & The Machine.
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Toyah will perform six very special special live dates in Spring 2012 which celebrate the 30th anniversary of "The Changeling" & "Warrior Rock". The tour is confirmed to open on 14 April at Brighton's Concorde 2 and also play at Bristol, Glasgow, London, Wolverhampton and Manchester. Earlybird online tickets are now available for both dates from the links below. 
Toyah will be a guest on ITV1’s Daybreak on Thursday 1 December commenting on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Then, as she steps into the role of the Wicked Queen in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs at St Alban’s, catch her discussing the pantomime on ITV1’s This Morning on Friday 9 December. 
Toyah will perform a handful of special live dates in Spring 2012 which celebrate the 30th anniversary of "The Changeling" & "Warrior Rock". The tour is confirmed to open on 14 April at Brighton's Concorde 2 and also play at The Robin, Wolverhampton on 28 April. A further four live dates for The Changeling Resurrection Tour will be announced at this website very soon. Earlybird online tickets are now available for both dates from the links below. 
To coincide with THE POWER OF THREE coming to cinemas, Toyah releases 21ST CENTURY SUPERSTAR, a song recorded especially for inclusion in the film in which she also stars. The digital-only single, 21st Century Supersister will be released on iTunes on Sunday 6 November 2011 ahead of the London premiere of the film at Hampstead Everyman Theatre. The digital release will also be available from Play.com, Amazon MP3, 7digital and other digital vendors either on 6 November or shortly thereafter. 
Toyah kicked off the final leg of her autumn tour, From Sheep Farming To Anthem 2011 last week in Southampton to rave reviews. The hotly-anticipated concert tour sees Toyah perform a selection of material from her first three albums and a concentration of songs from her 1981 Platinum-selling album Anthem, which celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this year. This is a unique chance hear Toyah’s well-known hits alongside cherrypicked songs and dark quirky anthems – many of which not heard live since her early tours from the late 1970s and early 1980s. 
Thank you for your wonderful support of the new album SUGAR RUSH and HUMANS tour. I am pleased to let you know that on Monday 10 October you can gain entry to Birmingham HMV Library at 3pm with your HUMANS ticket stub (from Bush Hall, Derby or West Brom) for HUMANS gig filming for podcast. Toyah x
After 4-star album reviews, and standing ovations in New York, USA for their east Coast tour, Bill Rieflin, Toyah Willcox and Chris Wong hit the road in the UK for the SUGAR RUSH TOUR. The new material which will be heard live on this tour combines haunting soundscapes, edgy experiments and sweet melodies. Toyah has described Sugar Rush as the energy of original Toyah meets space punk crossed with American grunge. Pearl Jam and Soundgarden have recently let Bill Rieflin know that the band's debut album We Are The Humans as one of their favourite albums. A recent review also described the album as "that record we might have gotten if Tori Amos and Trent Reznor had ever come together for a full album."
The new single Fallen by Yomanda featuring Toyah is now available to purchase from .jpg)
The artwork for the forthcoming Yomanda feat. Toyah single, “Fallen” is now exclusively revealed here. The artwork gives a preview of the track’s stunning video which is shortly due for a broadcast premiere on Vintage TV and will be available to view here at www.toyahwillcox.com online. 
Sunday 18 September 2011 will see the digital single release of "Fallen", a brand new song by Yomanda featuring Toyah. The brand new track was written by Toyah and Paul Masterson earlier this year. Fallen was also produced by Masterson, the mastermind behind hit single Synth & Strings in addition to renowned remixes and collaborations with Kele Le Roc, Boy George, Judge Jules and Kylie Minogue. 
I don't know if I am doing something really silly or really inspired?
