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Music icon Toyah Willcox to join rockstar Billy Idol on six-date UK tour this Autumn

It’s A Mystery and Thunder In The Mountains singer Toyah Willcox will join special guests Television for White Wedding and Rebel Yell star Billy Idol’s Roadside UK Tour

Thunder In the Mountains singer Toyah Willcox will join punk icon Billy Idol on his Roadside UK Tour this Autumn.

Actress and singer Toyah will open for Billy Idol on his six-date tour, which takes in cities including Manchester, Cardiff, London, Glasgow, Birmingham and Leeds from October 13-25, 2022.

That’s not all, as Toyah Willcox and Billy Idol will also be joined by special guests Television, who will be performing their album debut Marquee Moon in full.

• Continue reading at the Daily Star. NB. Billy Idol shared posts on Instagram and Twitter yesterday on Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch cover of Rebel Yell.

Toyah to join Billy Idol on the road for October 2022 UK tour

Toyah will join Billy Idol later this year as he brings ‘The Roadside’ tour to the UK throughout October 2022.

The punk icon will join the rocker for a string of dates, which were rescheduled from earlier this year. “We’re looking forward to having Toyah join us in the UK,” says Billy. “This is the final piece in what is going to be an epic show!“

• Continue reading at Retropop.

Cherry Red steps up Toyah reissues with massive Anthem box set

1981 album gets the super deluxe treatment

Toyah’s 1981 album Anthem will be reissued in September across three physical formats, one of which is a large seven-disc super deluxe edition box set which comes with a signed print.

The album was the first to feature the new line-up of Toyah Willcox, Joel Bogen, Nigel Glockler, Phil Spalding and Adrian Lee. It reached number two in the UK album charts and contained a pair of top ten hits in ‘It’s A Mystery’ (which was issued in February ’81 as part of the ‘Four From Toyah’ EP) and ‘I Want To Be Free’ which was issued just before the album in May of that same year. Audio for the reissues has been remastered by Nick Watson (from the original master tapes) and approved by Joel Bogen.

• Continue reading at Super Deluxe Edition.

“July 9, 1982”: Adam Ant and Toyah are the subject of a little more exploitation by Polydor Records. A song that the pair did together four years ago for the “Jubilee” soundtrack has been dusted off and released as a single. After Adam’s lawyers caught wind of this impending single, they insisted that it not be packaged as “Adam Ant & Toyah” as they had intended, but instead as “The Maneaters,” the name that the song appeared originally under.

• Continue reading at Songs Smiths.

Press on this week’s announcement Toyah is supporting Billy Idol on his Roadside UK Arena Tour later this year.

• The Official Toyah Willcox Website: Toyah Joins Billy Idol Arena Tour As Special Guest: Billy Idol is delighted to announce that Toyah will be joining his UK live dates this October on The Roadside Tour 2022, alongside very special guests, Television – Continue…

• Vive Le Rock: Toyah Joins Idol Tour!: TOYAH has been added to the bill for Billy Idol’s Roadside Tour this Autumn. The post-punk hitmaker joins a line-up that also includes Television, who stepped up to replace The Go-Go’s who were unable to play the rescheduled dates. “We’re looking forward to having Toyah join us in the UK,” says the former Generation X frontman. “This is the final piece in what is going to be an epic show!” – Continue…

• More – See also XSNoise, York Calling, Planet Radio, Total Entertainment, Ramzine, Brave Words…

Toyah is interviewed in the new issue of Retropop magazine (August 2022) in a special eight-page feature. Retropop is on sale now. View the full feature here. NB: This interview was originally published on Retropop‘s website in 2021 around the time of the release of Posh Pop. (Thanks to Minna of The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive)

• Toyah At Home: Reaction to vintage Thunder In The Mountains – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Keine Lust – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Rammstein. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Don A Lederhosen and Drindlj for Rammstein’s Keine Lust – Continue…

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Rammstein’s ‘Keine Lust’ for ‘Sunday Lunch’: Complete with a lederhosen-clad Fripp and Willcox pouring water down her dirndl – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Gott im Himmel! Toyah and Robert Fripp give Rammstein the bierkeller treatment: Toyah and Robert go “slightly German” as Rammstein’s Keine Lust lights up Worcestershire’s most iconic kitchen – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Rammstein’s “Keine Lust” – Continue…

• Consequence: Toyah Pours Water on Herself as She and Robert Fripp Cover Rammstein’s “Keine Lust”: The performance of the German band’s song comes ahead of the couple’s 2023 tour – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Rammstein’s “Keine Lust” – Continue…

• Metal Injection: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Covered Rammstein’s “Keine Lust” – Continue…

• Brave Words: Watch Toyah & Robert’s Octoberfest Sunday Lunch Covering Rammstein – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…

Press coverage for the reporting of Tuesday’s announcement that Toyah & Robert are taking Sunday Lunch on tour in 2023!

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Are Going On The Road With The Sunday Lunch Tour 2023: Venues and ticketing details will be revealed soon – Continue…

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox to take ‘Sunday Lunch’ series on the road for 2023 tour: The couple have been performing covers from their kitchen throughout lockdown – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Toyah & Robert Fripp announce “Sunday Lunch” tour – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: Finally: Fripp and Toyah Are Going on Tour – Continue…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Are Taking “Sunday Lunch” on the Road for a 2023 Tour: The married couple will be bringing their series of quirky cover songs to live stages next year – Continue…

• Yahoo! Entertainment: Robert Fripp and Toyah Are Taking “Sunday Lunch” on the Road for a 2023 Tour – Continue…

• Metal Injection: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Will Tour Together In 2023 – Continue…

• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Announce ‘Sunday Lunch’ 2023 Tour: The couple won over the Internet with their weekly covers – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert, On Tour: Toyah & Robert Sunday Lunch – Live! is now in Go! mode following our Tuesday lunch-time business meeting with promoter and tour manager. We are looking at UK performances in the Autumn of 2023 – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: Anthem Announcement Special – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – All My Life – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Foo Fighters. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Spin: Watch Toyah And Robert Fripp Enthusiastically Cover Foo Fighters’ ‘All My Life’: All while Toyah squirts paint on her chest – Continue…

• Guitar.Com: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah’s Sunday Lunch Cover Of Foo Fighter’s All My Life Is A Wild And Colourful Affair – Continue…

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Foo Fighters’ ‘All My Life’: The Foos are gearing up to perform their first shows since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Foo Fighters classic aided by gold leaf and squirting paint: It’s a particularly lively Sunday Lunch in the Fripp-Willcox household – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover Foo Fighters’ “All My Life” – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Foo Fighters’ “All My Life” – Continue…

• Consequence: Toyah Wears Only Gold Leaf and Paint as She and Robert Fripp Perform Foo Fighters’ “All My Life”: The couple’s latest “Sunday Lunch” performance is very colorful, to say the least – Continue…

• Yahoo! Entertainment: Toyah Wears Only Gold Leaf and Paint as She and Robert Fripp Perform Foo Fighters’ “All My Life” – Continue…

• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Foo Fighters song ‘All My Life’ – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…

Age won’t change Toyah Willcox: ‘We’ve never stopped being rockers, we are just rockers in a different time and place’

Toyah Willcox says she’s far more than a punk princess

Born out of a lockdown-powered creative burst, Toyah Willcox and musician husband Robert Fripp’s weekly online Sunday Lunch videos have quickly become regular news events.

Cheeky, audacious, entertaining, and even eye-watering, each episode has been attracting hundreds of thousands of views.

But if you think they’re big now, wait till you hear what’s next.

‘We are developing a stage show and a movie is in development as well,’ reveals Toyah, adding that the duo are even considering an album.

‘But once you get into a studio situation you’ve got to rethink everything, and how people will experience that in an album form.

‘It’s not a no, but it takes an awful lot of consideration.’

• Continue reading at the Metro.

• Toyah At Home: Good Morning Universe – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Slave To The Rhythm – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Grace Jones and premiering Toyah’s upcoming new single, Slave To The Rhythm. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Grace Jones’ ‘Slave To The Rhythm’: Are you a slave to the ‘Sunday Lunch’ rhythm? – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp controversially resort to miming in this week’s video: Toyah lip-syncs her new single, a cover of Graces Jones’ classic Slave To The Rhythm, but Robert’s guitar part is classic Fripp – Continue…

• Guitar.Com: Toyah Previews Her New Single On This Week’s Sunday Lunch With Robert Fripp: Toyah’s take Slave to The Rhythm will be released as a single on 1 August – Continue…

• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Grace Jones song ‘Slave To The Rhythm’ – Continue…

• Turn Up The Volume: Toyah and Robert are Slaves To The Rhythm – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…

In the Spotlight: Toyah Willcox & Robert Fripp

In the Spotlight showcases a cross-section of an artist’s cover work. View past instalments, then post suggestions for future picks in the comments!

Hmmm–“In the Spotlight” could well be the giveaway, being exactly where at least half of this odd couple seems, more than anything else, to want to be. Odd couple? Well, back in the day, I daresay that the idea of Robert Fripp, the complex guitar wrangler of King Crimson fame, besuited and besitted always, having a lengthy and lasting marriage with Toyah Willcox, the punk-pop princess of Birmingham with the look-at-me dramatics, was not one of life’s great certainties.

I confess to being quite delighted by the couple’s first forays into Sunday Lunchtime COVID-19 entertainment, as much for the bizarre hoops Mrs. Fripp could put her permanently-bemused husband through, in the sake of raising the spirits of those who stumbled onto these little vignettes of, apparently, their life.

According to Willcox, the purpose of these weekly vids was primarily to lift Fripp out of the black dog that permeated him as lockdown locked down, depriving him of both an outlet for and an income for his art. So, on 5th April 2020, those idly browsing the net became party to the extraordinary image of the couple, dressed to the nines, having a bop to Bill Haley’s vintage hit, “Rock Around the Clock.” And looking to be having a whale of a time.

• Continue reading at Cover Me.

“I could feel the love in the room” Toyah’s Isle of Wight Festival Big Top show

Singer Toyah told the County Press her Isle of Wight Festival Big Top experience was ‘breathtaking’.

Speaking after her show on Sunday, she said the audience had been amazing and she was given a fantastic welcome.

She said: “The Big Top was breathtaking, it was so good because I could see the whole audience.

“I could feel the love in the room, which was so nice. Everyone knew the music which was great, even my newer music. Also, the weather was amazing for me as it wasn’t too hot!”

• Continue reading at Yahoo News. See also the County Press.

• Toyah At Home: Reaction to vintage Rebel Run performance (Hold Tight at Alton Towers 1983) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Killing In The Name – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Rage Against The Machine. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox give paint-covered Rage Against The Machine performance – The latest Sunday Lunch cover sees the couple tackling the 1992 track – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: OMG Toyah and Robert Fripp have covered Killing In The Name: Toyah daubs herself in red paint as she pays tribute to Gil Scott-Heron with a cover of a Rage Against The Machine classic – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” – Continue…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Take on Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name”: The married couple’s latest cover comes weeks before RATM kick off their highly anticipated reunion tour – Continue…

• Yahoo! Entertainment: Robert Fripp and Toyah Take on Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Perform Rage Against The Machine Classic “Killing In The Name” – Continue…

• Metal Addicts: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah cover RATM’s ‘Killing In The Name’ – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: Echo Beach (London Palladium 1987) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (Jubilee Special) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Devil Inside – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering INXS. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover INXS’ ‘Devil Inside’ – The latest serving of their Sunday Lunch also includes some bloopers – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Hell is unleashed in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen with barmy INXS cover – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover INXS “Devil Inside” – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover INXS’s “Devil Inside” – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Perform INXS Classic “Devil Inside” – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: Brave New World – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Celebrity Skin… Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Hole. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah + Robert Fripp + Celebrity Skin = Kitchen Carnage – Continue…

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Hole’s ‘Celebrity Skin’ – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover Hole’s “Celebrity Skin” – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Hole’s “Celebrity Skin” – Continue…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp And Toyah Slip Into Hole’s Celebrity Skin For This Week’s Sunday Lunch Cover – Continue…

• Far Out: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp releases storming cover of ‘Celebrity Skin’ with Toyah Willcox – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform “Celebrity Skin” – Continue…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…

Peterborough’s annual Blingo charity fundraisers nets £28,000 for charities

An 80s themed charity event in Peterborough has raised £28,000 for charity

Pop star Toyah Willcox headlined The Blingo the fundraising evening and was supported by comedian Bobby Davro and X Factor finalist Nicole Lawrence.

There was also a well-received surprise appearance from boxing legend Frank Bruno and the event was hosted by PCRFM Breakfast show presenter Kev Lawrence and Matthew Pudney of Princebuild.

• Continue reading at Peterborough Telegraph. See also 80’s-themed black tie bingo raises over £28k for charity at Peterborough Matters.

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp look back: ‘He came from the 60s, having multiple girlfriends at once’

The musicians recreate a photo from their wedding – a day of panic, pasta and paparazzi

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are a rock star couple turned lockdown YouTubers. Actor and musician Willcox, 64, rocketed to fame during the punk rock era, appearing in cult movies such as Quadrophenia, before releasing 80s hits such as It’s a Mystery.

Meanwhile, Fripp, 76, is a founding member of King Crimson, and has collaborated with artists including David Bowie and Brian Eno.

Both prolific musicians, they launched the successful Sunday Lunch video series in 2020, in which they cover classic songs in their home in Pershore, Worcestershire.

Toyah: This photograph was taken on our wedding day in 1986, which started off really dull and rainy, but as soon as we got to the church the sun came out. Robert was terrified. I was enjoying it, but very nervous: I had to keep the ceremony secret so photos weren’t leaked to the press. Sadly, the papers got wind and we were chased by paparazzi for two days afterwards. They were banging on the car door, shouting and saying that if we didn’t let them get a picture they were going to print a bad story about us. It wasn’t fun.

• Continue reading at The Guardian.

• Toyah At Home: TISWAS Lookback Special – Watch… • Toyah – I’m A Misery (TISWAS, 26th Sep 1981) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Creep – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Radiohead. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Billboard: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform ‘Weirdo’ Cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ – Continue…
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp may have finally peaked with bold cover of Radiohead’s Creep – Continue…
• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Plastic-Wrapped Toyah Perform Radiohead’s “Creep” – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover Radiohead’s “Creep” – Continue…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Radiohead’s “Creep” – Continue…
• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp And Toyah Are Angels And Weirdos In Sunday Lunch Cover Of Radiohead’s Creep – Continue…
• Guitar World: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Radiohead’s Creep on Sunday Lunch – Continue…
• Yahoo News: Robert Fripp and Plastic-Wrapped Toyah Perform Radiohead’s “Creep” – Continue…
• Far Out: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ – Continue…
• American Songwriter: See Robert Fripp and Wife Toyah Willcox Perform a Revealing Rendition of Radiohead’s “Creep” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Perform Radiohead Classic “Creep” – Continue…

Alive, She Cried: ‘Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!’

❉ Cherry Red continue with their impressive re-releases of Toyah’s albums, writes James Collingwood.

After only two albums it may have seemed slightly early in Toyah’s career to record a live album. However there appeared to be three reasons for the release of Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! in 1980.

One: Toyah had been filmed for a one-hour ATV documentary that included clips from this gig and brought her nationwide coverage. Two: It was a last add on gig of a UK tour and would be the last time she played with this particular band. Thirdly: She was on the cusp of stardom and becoming a regular Smash Hits and Look-In cover star.

Cherry Red continue with their impressive chronological repackaging of Toyah’s Safari Records albums with their re-release of the live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! Presented as an expanded deluxe CD+DVD and a limited edition coloured vinyl LP this album includes the full ATV documentary Toyah!, originally broadcast December 1980, a 24-page booklet with artwork and photos, an introduction by Toyah herself and sleeve notes by Toyah’s archivist and compiler Craig Astley.

Toyah must have been the hardest working woman in showbiz at the time and really was on a mission to succeed. She seems to have been everywhere. As well as fronting and touring with the band Toyah was constantly working as a TV, film and stage actress. On stage she had recently appeared in Nigel Williams’ Sugar and Spice at the Royal Court. She had appeared as Monkey in Quadrophenia, in Derek Jarman’s Jubilee and The Tempest, and who can forget her appearance in Shoestring!

• Continue reading at We Are Cult. See links to four other Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! (Deluxe Release) album reviews… + recent news!

Toyah, Lene Lovich and Saffron of Republica help Hazel O’Connor

The Electric Ladies tour by Toyah, Lene Lovich and Saffron of Republica in support of Hazel O’Connor is coming to The Anvil in Basingstoke on June 16 at 7.45pm.

Hazel is still recovering from suffering a bleed on the brain and is unable to join the tour, but she will be very much with the others in spirit. Her singing and acting career took off in 1980 when she played Kate in the film Breaking Glass while also writing and performing its soundtrack album. This produced hits including Will You, the tale of a woman who nervously edges towards spending the night with her new man for the first time.

Toyah Willcox is one of the most recognisable faces in UK pop culture, clocking up an impressive ten hit singles and eight hit albums, including a gold-selling anthem, and her recent hit album, Posh Pop. Her biggest hits include It’s A Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want To Be Free.

She will be joined on this tour by new wave pioneer Lene Lovich, whose hits in the late 1970s included Lucky Number and I Think We’re Alone Now, and 1990s indie rock chick Saffron from Republica, whose hits included Ready To Go.

Performing alongside their full band, each artist will perform their own set alongside some collaborations. Some of Hazel’s songs will also be performed, and a portion of the income from each show will go directly towards helping her with her ongoing recovery. For tickets, priced £32, call 01256 844244 or visit anvilarts.org.uk

• Continue reading at the Bordon Herald.