In a new interview with Leona Graham on The Leona Graham Podcast, Toyah reflects on challenges she’s faced in her last 50 years in the industry, including her current experience of ageism:
‘I’d say in this millennium I’ve had to deal with quite different things. Life has been fantastic. I’ve made wonderful movies, done fantastic tours, but there’s that edge of, ‘oh, you are old now.’ And I’m thinking, ‘Yeah? And I have pedigree, deal with it.’
Toyah also reveals that her first introduction to rock music came when she broke into a Black Sabbath gig at the age of 12:
‘…a roadie opened the exit. I think it was the Top Rank in Birmingham. And I slipped in. I think I was on my own and I didn’t know what to expect, but I’d heard a lot about Black Sabbath and it was so incredibly loud. And I think I was one of about two women in the audience. It wasn’t a huge audience but I will never, ever forget hearing “Paranoid”.’
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What a first week of Toyah’s Songs and Stories Tour! The opening night was at Chelmsford Civic Centre on Sunday, and then packed dates at Wimborne Tivoli Theatre (Wednesday), Bridgwater McMillan Theatre (Thursday), Paignton Palace Theatre (Friday) and ending the week at Plymouth The Quad Theatre last night. Toyah shared photos from all these dates, and here they are!
• Toyah’s Songs and Stories Tour continues at Buxton Opera House on Friday 10th April. Get your tickets here… (Tour photos © Toyah)
There’s a brand new Sunday Lunch today… (Image © Toyah)
Toyah guests on The Leona Graham Podcast, talking her early career, punk, going solo, ageism and much more. Listen by clicking below.
There’s a daytime repeat of Celebrity Lingo, which first aired on 11th March, early next month.
Celebrity Lingo: ITV: Thursday 9th April: 12.55pm
Series 2, Episode 3. Adil Ray hosts the game of words as Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway and This Morning’s Ashley James battle singers Toyah Willcox and Carol Decker to win big money for charity. (Photo © ITV)
• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Predict A Riot – Watch… (Image © Toyah)
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Thursday 9th April: 6.30pm
Blue Marigold. Series 5, Episode 1. Dropped by her agency for her diva-like behaviour, supermodel Marigold’s mental health deteriorates. Years later, she plots a comeback. Director: Giles Foster. Starring: Toyah Willcox, Ralph Bates, Sharon Duce, Helen Fraser, Billy Hamon, Edward Jewesbury. (Photo © ITV)
Toyah, Pete and Mike onstage last night At Chelmsford Civic Centre on the first date of the Songs And Stories UK Tour. Click on the photo for a larger version. Browse all the tour dates at toyahwillcox.com. (Thanks to Sharon for this great photo | Photo © Sharon Dickson) See also: Standing ovation for Toyah…
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best Sunday Lunch performance videos
Lockdowns were a drag but Toyah and Robert Fripp helped keep us going.
In the long ago, when lockdown stopped us going out to gigs musicians, did their very best to entertain us in other ways.
Nick Cave streamed the stunning Idiot Prayer, Laura Marling did online guitar lessons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor gave us her Kitchen Disco.
But maybe best of all were the Sunday Lunch videos from new wave/prog rock married couple Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp, often with mysterious collaborator Sidney Jake. There’s no reason to stop a good thing, and even now, long after the last lockdown, they’ve just kept on going.
They’ve done hundreds of videos so far, and below we round up our favourite ten, along with Toyah and Robert’s snappy captions.
• Continue reading at Gold Radio. Browse Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch “back catalogue” at YouTube.
A trio of photos of Toyah onstage at last night’s first Songs And Stories date in Chelmsford. The tour continues through March, April, May and June with another 48-dates all over the UK. Click on the photos for larger versions. Browse all the tour dates at toyahwillcox.com. (Thanks to Sharon for these great photos| Photos © Sharon Dickson)
A great photo of Toyah with Sharon and Sheena in Chelmsford, at the Meet & Greet prior to the first gig of Toyah’s Songs and Stories UK Tour. (Thanks to Sharon for this great photo | Photo © Sharon Dickson)
Toyah guested on Greatest Hits Radio’s Great Conversation with Jackie Brambles last night. Listen to the great interview – including Toyah tracks and her music choices – by clicking below.
Toyah’s blog for March 2026 is available to read at toyahwillcox.com.
Toyah is guesting at RetroConUk this May, being interviewed by Pat Sharp. Info by clicking below.
Guy Garvey – From The Vaults: Sky Arts: Friday 27th March: 8pm
1981. Series 3, episode 4. The Elbow frontman introduces clips from the TV archives from 1981, featuring performances by New Order, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Adam and the Ants, Kirsty MacColl, Kim Wilde and Toyah. Also featured are Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Madness, the Belle Stars, Dave Edmunds with the Stray Cats, and Secret Affair, and there are interviews with the Human League’s Philip Oakey, and Simon Le Bon and John Taylor from Duran Duran.
• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Are You Gonna Go My Way – Watch… (Image © Toyah)
Celebrity Catchphrase: Challenge: Saturday 21st March: 12pm
Series 3, episode 7. Stephen Mulhern hosts a celebrity special of the classic game show, with Nicola Coughlan, Stephen Mangan and Toyah Willcox all trying to say what they see as they guess well-known phrases for the chance to win a £50,000 jackpot for their chosen charity.
• Toyah At Home (March 2026) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – (Smells Like) Teen Spirit – Watch… (Image © Toyah)
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Tuesday 24th March: 2am
T’Pau’s Carol Decker brings a bit of Heart and Soul to a countdown of ’80s ladies who like to rock! With Joan Jett, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. (as well as Toyah via the Thunder In The Mountains video).
Catch up on a selection of Toyah BBC interviews at The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive.
As well as full transcripts, and related photos, there’s also a link to listen to each interview too.
BBC Radio Scotland: Sunday With Cathy MacDonald: 11th January 2026
Cathy interviews Toyah • Read/Listen here…
BBC Radio Scotland: Afternoons: 26th February 2026
Michelle McManus interviews Toyah • Read/Listen here…
Popnerd Podcast: Holly Carnegie: February 2026
Toyah Special • Read/Listen here…
Very Very Sherrie Podcast: Sherrie Hewson: January 2026
Toyah Special • Read/Listen here…
Celebrity Fantasy Homes: Really: Friday 27th March: 6am
Toyah (Series 2, Episode 2). Celebrities hunt for a new home. Gaby Roslin helps the original punk-pop princess Toyah Willcox search for a second home, in Richmond upon Thames, with a budget of £650,000.
