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A great new interview with Toyah & Robert, from The Inverness Courier, talking about their visit to Scotland, more specifically the Highlands, happening later today to play Belladrum’s Tartan Heart Festival…

Belladrum: Toyah & Robert on keeping the love alive and why they adore the Highlands

We caught up with music legends Toyah & Robert before they take the stage at Belladrum this weekend.

What is your favourite love song?
Toyah: For me it’s The Twelfth of Never by Johnny Mathis! But I’ve got a whole list…The Moody Blues, Nights In White Satin, Tasmin Archer’s Sleeping Satellite and Shakespeares Sister, Stay! They all make me really experience love!

Robert: I have no singing voice but there have been occasions I’ve sung Twelfth of Never to my wife! For me, it’s I Will Always Love You by Whitney Housten, the Dolly Parton song! Also, any early Elvis is when your heart aches!

Have you been to the Highlands before? What do you think of it?
Toyah: I’ve been there many times and I played there just before lockdown. I absolutely adore it. Inverness is just so different to Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. I’ve done plays there, toured there in theatre and done music shows there. People are very connected to the land, and it’s a very different feel. I’m looking forward to that grounded-ness and connection.

The sky feels so much lower than anywhere else in the UK. It does feel like a ceiling there and I’m just looking forward to being outside in that experience.

• Continue reading at The Inverness Courier. See all of Toyah & Robert’s upcoming live dates at toyahwillcox.com.

Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party will take over the Coro on Saturday

Ulverston will welcome an ‘iconic duo’ for an evening of rock classics this weekend.

The Coronation Hall is hosting Toyah and Robert, who are both renowned for their ‘legendary artistic twists’.

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Toyah Willcox has had eight Top 40 singles, released 20 albums, written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays and ten feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows.

Composer, record producer and author Robert Fripp is best known as the guitarist, founder and continuing member of rock band King Crimson. He has worked as a studio player and collaborator with Brian Eno, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall, David Sylvian, Blondie and The Damned among others.

• Continue reading at The Mail. See also The Westmorland Gazette.

Stars give music fans ‘blast from the past’ at festival

Hundreds of music fans have enjoyed a “blast from the past” at a one-day festival celebrating some of the stars of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Pop acts such as Toyah, Haircut 100, Damage and Liberty X took to the stage at Hits On The Pitch at Stockport Rugby Club in Greater Manchester on Saturday.

The event saw many memorable moments, including singer Chesney Hawkes leading the crowd in a rendition of The Beatles’ Hey Jude, in tribute to England footballer Jude Bellingham before the nation’s appearance in the Euros 2024 final.

Organiser Paul Taylor said it had been a chance to go “back to the good old glory days” and enjoy “guilty pleasures and forgotten treasures spanning across three unforgettable decades”.

• Continue reading at BBC News.

Sign of the Times music festival is a wet wet wet weekend saved by great music

The Waterboys were an apt first-night headline act for the Sign of the Times festival at Church End, Little Hadham.

If you add in a set by Toyah, complete with a guest appearance by husband and King Crimson guitar hero Robert Fripp, what more could you want?

• Continue reading at Bishop’s Stortford Independent.

Heroes – Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp – Avalon Stage – Glastonbury Festival 2024.

Toyah & Robert have just completed their set at Glastonbury‘s Field Of Avalon stage, following the premiere of today’s Sunday Lunch and a great live performance of Roses In Chains… Click blow to watch/listen to Sunday Lunch and here for Glastonbury photos.

Isle of Wight Festival return for Toyah and Robert Fripp

Making a return to the Isle of Wight Festival following their successful show at last year’s event, husband and wife musical partnership of Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp entertained again in the Big Top.

The musical partnership of singer Toyah and King Crimson’s legendary guitarist Fripp — both from strangely different, but equally experimental musical backgrounds — reinvented themselves in the industry with their popular Sunday Lunch performances on YouTube.

Sunday’s afternoon show was a blend of Fripp’s musical precision and Toyah’s charismatic, spellbinding pop/punk-influenced enthusiasm.

She performed a set which included some of her solo classics, It’s a Mystery and I Want to Be Free, together with some great pop throwbacks, such as Echo Beach, a 70s hit for Martha and the Muffins.

• Continue reading at the Isle Of Wight County Press. (Photo © Isle Of Wight County Press)

Toyah performing It’s A Mystery at Let’s Rock Leeds last weekend.

Toyah & Robert played the first two dates of their Summer Rock Party Tour over the weekend – in Frome and Evesham. Next Sunday brings their first 2024 festival date at the Isle Of Wight Festival…

• The Westmorland Gazette: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp will perform at The Coro – Continue…

• The Mail: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp to perform in Ulverston – Continue…

• Warrington Worldwide: Toyah and Robert set to rock Parr Hall – Continue…

• Evesham Journal: Pershore’s Toyah Willcox returns to Evesham for rock concert – Continue…

Another festival date has just been added to Toyah’s already busy Summer 2024 of festival dates, gigs and tour, mostly with Robert but also some solo appearances. She will play the Torchlight Festival on Sunday 18th August.

“I can’t wait to perform live at the Torchlight Festival of Camping on Sunday 18 August. Hope you’ll be coming to see us there. Tickets incl 3 nights camping, entertainment + children go free. Roll on the summer of live music! Toyah xx”

• Further details and ticket links available here.

11 dates – one already sold out – from Toyah & Robert. The six-date Rock Party Tour, and five festivals, including Glastonbury and Isle Of Wight. Have you got your tickets yet? Click below.

There is now less than three weeks until the first date of Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party Summer Tour. See the dates for their Summer and Christmas tours at toyahwillcox.com. Click below for direct links to buy tickets for each of the forthcoming Summer dates.

Pershore’s own Toyah Willcox to perform at Evesham’s Regal Cinema

Pershore’s own Toyah Willcox is set for a return to the area at the Regal Cinema.

The punk rock singer will perform at the Evesham venue on Saturday, June 15 alongside her husband and King Crimson member, Robert Fripp. Willcox and Fripp’s Rock Party will be performing a range of rock classics on the Regal Stage following the viral success of their popular web series ‘Sunday Lunch’. Willcox said: “We can’t wait to rock you out.”

• Continue reading at the Evesham Journal.

Just announced: Toyah is playing Let’s Rock Scotland. Click below for further info and ticket links.

“The sun is finally out! I can’t wait to play Let’s Rock Scotland | Party In The Palace in Linlithgow on 10 August. Toyah xx”

Just announced: Toyah & Robert are playing the Avalon Stage at Glastonbury 2024

See our news archive for more Live 2024 news and concert dates, including Isle Of Wight Festival, Deva Fest, Beautiful Days, Tartan Heart Festival, 80s Calling for Toyah & Robert.

Toyah (without Robert) plays Rebellion Festival, Music In The Park, Sign Of The Times, 80s Legends Live, as well as a number of other dates, including: Hits On The Pitch and The Torchlight Festival.

There is also two UK tours for Toyah & Robert – The Rock Summer Party and The Christmas Party Tour.

• Browse all upcoming live dates at toyahwillcox.com. See also Toyah & Robert confirmed for Glastonbury 2024, announced on the Home Page of Toyah’s official website.

Yet another festival date for Toyah & Robert has been announced for this Summer. They will play 80s Calling on Saturday 31st August at The Darlington Arena. The line-up includes Holly Johnson, Level 42, The Christians, T’Pau and Bananarama.

• Tickets are on sale from this morning. See all of the upcoming lives dates at toyahwillcox.com.

Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party is out on the road this summer. Get your tickets for the headline concerts, plus the previously announced Christmas dates, now by clicking below.

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp coming to Warrington’s Parr Hall

Two music legends are coming to Warrington’s Parr Hall this summer.

They are both renowned in the music business in their own right, but iconic performers and husband and wife team Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp found a whole new audience together when the short videos they recorded during lockdown started to go viral.

Toyah and Robert’s quirky virtual ‘Sunday Lunch’ performances became a runaway success during the pandemic where they covered songs and put their own twist on classics by the likes of David Bowie, Nirvana and Metallica.

• Continue reading at the Warrington Guardian.

Another 2024 festival date recently confirmed for Toyah & Robert. They are heading to Scotland this July to play the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.

• Further info and book tickets here or by clicking below. See “Toyah & Robert festival dates keep coming!” at toyahwillcox.com.

Toyah & Robert are hitting the road – on their Christmas Party Tour 2024 – for five special evenings of classic rock & festive fun with their full live band. Tickets are on sale now.

• Further details at toyahwillcox.com. See also: NME, Classic Rock/Prog and DGM Live.

A new interview with Toyah, from the Yorkshire Times, ahead of the Sounds Of The 80s gigs later this month.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Gary Davies has announced a nationwide 2024 tour for the live version of his show Sounds of the 80s, which will include an appearance from Toyah.

Ahead of the tour, Toyah spoke to the Yorkshire Times.

What can people expect when they come to the Sounds of the 80s show?

Anyone who attends one of the evenings will find an atmosphere where the audience can be themselves dancing and singing to their favourite tracks from a classic period in pop music. There was such a broad spectrum of music at the time from artists like Bananarama, Prince, and T’Pau, among others, including myself.

I think what will work beautifully is that the stage will be constantly active. Gary will be on there plus the dancers, and a stage set that is Gary’s Radio 2 studio and there will also be live performances from myself and other artists such as Carol Decker from T’Pau and Denise Pearson from 5 Star.

Why do you think the 1980s were such a golden period for popular music?

It was all very hedonistic, none of us thought beyond the 80s. It was difficult in the 90s to sell music from the previous decade, but that all changed with the Millennium. People wanted to hear all those iconic songs again. Part of the success of those tracks is the narrative of the songs; we really were traditional song writers then, writing about people’s attitudes and what they needed in their lives.

So, Toyah, tell us about your best 80s memories.

There were many good memories appearing on Top of the Pops. One of the happiest memories is the magnitude of what we did. For instance, on Christmas Eve in 1981, I played the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which went out live on television, bringing in twelve million viewers, which at the time was phenomenal.

• Continue reading at the Yorkshire Times. Further information and ticket links available at toyahwillcox.com.