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Now here’s a super trouper: Toyah’s voice is glowing with energy as she charms audiences with her snappy and uplifting Posh Pop

The 1980s are having a moment. As several of today’s young stars revive the sound of synth-pop, a decade that was once derided is beginning to resemble a golden age.

Its music scene was a flourishing ecosystem, full of distinctive creatures from Sade to the late lamented Meat Loaf. Every week on Top Of The Pops they brought us all together to gawp or giggle at them. Younger readers may not believe this, but we even had a serious prime minister.

One of the most 1980s things about the 1980s was the annual vote for the Most Fanciable Human Beings, as chosen by readers of Smash Hits. In December 1981 the male winner was Adam Ant. The female one, seeing off Kim Wilde and Debbie Harry, was Toyah Willcox. ‘Oh God,’ she said. ‘I never expected that.’ Forty years on, she takes the stage in the unlikely setting of a Berkshire boarding school. The Whitty Theatre at Luckley House School is small but perfectly formed, and so, at 63, is Toyah.

Looking around at the audience, I find myself wondering if The Oldie magazine has a readers’ poll. As a singer, actress and TV presenter, Toyah is a super trouper: you could get exhausted just from reading her Wikipedia page.

Undaunted by lockdown, she formed a bubble at home in Worcestershire with her husband Robert Fripp, the legendary King Crimson guitarist, and her co-writer Simon Darlow. The resulting album, Posh Pop, put Toyah back in the Top 30 for the first time since 1984.

On the side, she entertained herself and her fans with Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch, a series of YouTube videos. Each one is a jokey cover version of a classic, from The Who’s My Generation to The Undertones’ Teenage Kicks.

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Sunday Lunch video star and Posh Pop queen Toyah to play Pocklington in March

Eighties’ pop star Toyah will play Pocklington Arts Centre on March 3 on her up-close-and-personal Posh Pop Tour.

Her “lively cinematic sound” will combine Toyah’s vocals with keyboards and stand-up bass in her arrangements of such hits as It’s A Mystery, Thunder In The Mountains and I Want To Be Free, modern-day works Sensational and Dance In The Hurricane and selections from last autumn’s Posh Pop album.

These will be complemented by stories from her colourful 40-year career that has gained YouTube momentum latterly with Toyah’s Sunday Lunch videos with husband Robert Fripp, drawing ten million views since being started in lockdown. A new season was launched last weekend with their quickfire take on The Undertones’ Teenage Kicks.

Toyah: Posh Pop Tour, Pocklington Arts Centre, Thursday, March 3, 8pm. Box office: 01759 301547 or at pocklkingtonartscentre.co.uk.

Ahead of her Pocklington show, Martin Hutchinson profiles Birmingham-born singer, actor, television presenter and writer Toyah Willcox

Once known as the “Punk Princess”, Toyah has proved that she is no one-trick-pony. She is an actor of note, featuring in films such as Jubilee, Quadrophenia and Ghosts Of Borley Rectory and the TV shows Shoestring, Minder, Kavanagh QC and Maigret.

She supplied her voice to the animated Mr Bean series and Teletubbies and has ‘done’ Shakespeare, playing Miranda in Derek Jarman’s 1979 film version of The Tempest.

To most of us, however, Toyah is a singer, who took the charts by storm when she first erupted on the scene in 1980. After five releases that failed to interest the mainstream Top 40, despite going top ten in the independent charts, Toyah broke through with the Four From Toyah EP, featuring the fantastic It’s A Mystery that propelled it to number four.

• Continue reading at Charles Hutch Press. Browse all of Toyah’s upcoming live gigs and festivals at toyahwillcox.com.

• Toyah At Home – Space Dance: Join Toyah at Home as she goes in to the song making story behind Space Dance – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert – Flashback to Summer 2021: This week we look at our lovebirds playing for each other when they were 6000 miles apart in the summer of 2021.. – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Most Wanted – Part 3: The final part of our series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! Grab exclusive Toyah and Robert merch at toyahandrobert.com – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Posh Pop Tour 2022: The first few months of the year bring many dates of the Posh Pop Tour. There are four this month, with the first at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester next Saturday, There then follows a further 12 dates through February, and nine in March – See further details and ticket links for all of the upcoming Posh Pop Tour dates at toyahwillcox.com…

• Kent Online: Toyah Up Close and Personal coming to Glassbox Theatre in Gillingham: Punk legend Toyah is bringing her Up Close and Personal show to Medway this spring. The singer and actress, who has just finished a residency at Proud Embankment’s Cabaret All Stars before Christmas, will play at the Glassbox Theatre in Gillingham – Continue reading…

• The Mail: Toyah set to perform at The Beggars Theatre, Millom: A singing sensation is set to perform up close and personal with a show that has a lively cinematic sound. Toyah will be stopping off at The Beggars Theatre, Millom on her Posh Pop tour on February 3 at 8pm – Continue reading…

• Loudwire: 10 Things That Didn’t Suck About 2021: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp + Toyah Willcox’s Many Cover Songs: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox turned heads in January when they uploaded a strange cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” Fripp played the guitar as Willcox sang from her exercise bike, and the video just about went viral. They’ve covered a bunch of other songs ever since, and often make them pretty epic, so those videos are just one example of something light-hearted and fun that made us smile in 2021 – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Look Back at Their Hottest Videos of 2021 (Part 2!): King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have unveiled the latest entry in their “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos that captured the Internet’s attention throughout 2021 – Continue reading…

• A Personal Message From Toyah!: Surprise a loved one with a personalised video message from Toyah for a New Year. Order here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Happy New Year Message 2022: We hope you have a great 2022. From our home to yours, Happy New Year, love Toyah and Robert. – Watch here…

• Toyah At Home – Take Me Home/New Year’s Day Special: Toyah is wishing you a Happy New Year from her home in this special episode of Toyah At Home. As we enter 2022 Toyah delves into the song Take Me Home, the closing track on the Top 25 charting studio album “Posh Pop”, released by Toyah in August 2021. There’s an exclusive live performance of the song from Toyah’s recent autumn tour. Happy New Year from Toyah xxx – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Most Wanted – Part 2: Part Two of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah Willcox needs little introduction; musician, actress, author and presenter….and latterly in lockdowns – internet sensation.

In a pop career spanning more than 40 years, Toyah has released circa 20 albums and scored 13 Top 40 hits, including the 1980s anthems “It’s a Mystery” and “I Want To Be Free”.

Toyah secured her place in the UK’s acting pantheon in the 1970s, starring in at least 40 plays and 10 feature films – perhaps most notably in Derek Jarman’s cult punk movie “Jubilee” (1978) and the iconic mods‘n’rockers film “Quadrophenia” (1979), while at the same time demonstrating her diverse talent by playing Miranda in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”.

Legends… Since then, Toyah’s acting credits have seen her billed alongside the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Sir Laurence Olivier, Greta Scaachi and Harvey Keitel…and even seen her enter the world of children’s TV presenting.

• Continue reading at Music Republic Magazine.

Two more videos from Posh Pop have just premiered online: Monkeys and Kill The Rage. Watch these and a selection of others, from Toyah’s hit album, at The Official Toyah You Tube channel by clicking below. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah resumes the Posh Pop Tour on 2nd December at St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham, Kent. Book tickets by clicking below. See Toyah’s full tour schedule, including the few rescheduled dates, at toyahwillcox.com.

A great shot of Toyah and band onstage at The Astor Community Theatre in Deal, Kent on the Posh Pop Tour last Friday, 12th November. (Thanks to Brian | Photo © Brian Marsh)

Toyah plays two dates of the Posh Pop Tour at Elland Meeting Room tonight and tomorrow night.

There are further dates in November at Astor Community Theatre (12th), The REC Rooms in Horsham (13th), The Robin in Bilston (18th), The Festival Drayton Centre in Market Drayton (19th), Huntingdon Hall in Worcester (20th), Haslemere Hall in Haslemere (26th),

There is also a date in December at St Mary Magdalene Church in Gravesend (2nd), before the tour takes a festive/New Year break.

Toyah’s Posh Pop Tour then resumes in February 2022 at The Beggar’s Theatre in Millom, Cumbria (3rd).

• See all the forthcoming Posh Pop Tour dates at toyahwillcox.com.

It’s episode 11 of Toyah at Home & On The Road. Toyah delves into the inspiration behind one of the songs from her top 30 charting album Posh Pop. This week it’s Summer Of Love. Toyah takes you on the journey from conception to producing the video. Click below to watch/rewatch this episode at You Tube.

It’s episode 10 of Toyah at Home & On The Road. On National Album Day 2021, Toyah delves into the inspiration behind one of the songs from her top 30 charting album Posh Pop. This week it’s Monkeys, a real favourite from Side 2 of the album. Toyah takes you on the journey from conception to producing the video. Click below to watch/rewatch this episode at You Tube.

Three brand new products were made available this morning at Toyah & Robert’s MyMerch Studio.

Two t-shirts featuring imagery from the hit new album Posh Pop will be available for the first time on Toyah & Robert’s MyMerch Studio website, alongside the Brave New World Toyah Christmas bauble.

Each bauble comes with a mini card signed by Toyah and individually numbered from 1 to 200. Each number will be available individually on the website so get in quick to get a low number or your lucky number.

• Continue here to browse, though it looks like most of the BNW baubles have already gone! Watch a video of Toyah and Robert modelling the new Posh Pop t-shirts at Instagram.

It’s episode 9 of Toyah at Home & On The Road. Toyah delves into the inspiration behind the songs from the top 30 charting album Posh Pop. This week it’s Zoom Zoom, a firm favourite of the fans, Toyah takes you on the journey from conception to producing the video and the inspirations behind it :-) Click below to watch/rewatch this episode at You Tube.

Our Posh Pop Tour 2021/22 Gallery has just been updated with a great selection of photos from the third date of Toyah’s tour, at The Half Moon Putney, London on 25th September. A huge thanks to Mark Evans and Angus Turner for their fantastic gig photos. The next date on the Posh Pop Tour is at Cambridge Junction on 29th October. Click below to visit the Posh Pop Tour Gallery. (All photos below © Mark Evans)

The official video for the Toyah song The Bride Will Return written by Toyah Willcox & Simon Darlow. From the album Posh Pop out now. Order the album here.

Two further videos from Posh Pop have recently premiered online: Barefoot On Mars and Take Me Home. Watch these and a selection of others, from Toyah’s hit album, at The Official Toyah You Tube channel by clicking below. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Goldfinger… Take Me Home (from 2021 studio album Posh Pop)… Barefoot On Mars (from 2021 studio album Posh Pop)… Toyah At Home & On The Road – Episode 7…

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It’s episode 7 of Toyah at Home & On The Road. Toyah delves into the inspiration behind the songs from the top 30 charting album Posh Pop. This week it’s Take Me Home, a lyrical sequel to 1979’s Danced from the debut Toyah album Sheep Farming In Barnet. Click below to watch/rewatch this episode at You Tube.

A great shot of Toyah onstage, at last night’s third gig of the Posh Pop Tour, at The Half Moon Putney, London. Playing to a 200+ capacity audience. I’ll be updating this website’s Posh Pop Tour Gallery soon. Click below to browse more tour dates and tickets links. (Photo © Angus Turner)

A preview of the amazing six-page Toyah interview feature from the new issue of Record Collector magazine. This is a must have as it’s such a substantial feature. In this great interview, Toyah talks Posh Pop, her discography, punk, childhood, early career years, meeting Robert, lockdown, Sunday Lunch and much more. RC523/October 2021 is on sale now! (Thanks to Minna of The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive)