AN Eighties pop icon will lift the lid on her chart-busting career, smash hits and the films she has starred when she comes to Essex.
Toyah is bringing her 49-date Songs and Stories tour to the West Cliff Theatre, in Tower Road, Clacton for a night full of hits from her 50 year career.
The singer, actor and author has a back catalogue of songs from It's A Mystery to Thunder in the Mountains to I Want To Be Free.
The flamboyant star's unique music saw her voted Best Female Singer at the 1983 British Rock and Pop awards.
Fast forward four decades and she took part in last year's Strictly Come Dancing with dance partner Neil Jones.
With a new book on the way, Toyah is hitting the road for an extensive UK tour in which she’ll perform her favourite hits and recall stories from her remarkable career.
Toyah said: “It will be really exciting for me to look back on my career and share stories with audiences across the country – it will be a very special tour.”
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The Brit Award winner is not short of stories to tell.
A spokesman for the event said: "She burst on to the scene in 1976 as she forged dual careers as a musician and actress who featured at the National Theatre and London’s Royal Court.
"Her role in Quadrophenia made her a household name and soon after she gate-crashed the charts with It’s a Mystery, I Want to be Free, and Thunder in the Mountains, as the album Anthem earned a gold disc, and Brit Award for best female, as well as a Brit nomination for British breakthrough act.
"She married King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp in 1986, and she starred opposite Sir Laurence Olivier and the Who’s Rodger Daltrey, among others.
"Acting, presenting, performing, headlining tours and releasing 23 studio albums continued her unique story and now it’s time to reflect."
Tickets go on sale locally tomorrow (May 30) at 10am and can be bought from the box office on 01255 433344 or at westcliffclacton.co.uk.
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