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Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool: Stiff Little Fingers announced as one of the headliners, joining acts The Stranglers, Toyah, Squeeze and Gary Numan

Stiff Little Fingers have been confirmed as a major headliner for this summer’s Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool.

Blackpool will once again be at the centre of the punk universe for four days in August with Rebellion bringing together hundreds of British and American acts from the punk scene’s various eras.

“It hasn’t been easy to pull all these amazing bands like SLF together, but this year is going to be the biggest and best ever Rebellion seen in Blackpool.,” said the festival’s co-founder Jennie Russell-Smith.

• Continue reading at Blackpool Gazette.

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Kaiser Chiefs. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Kaiser Chiefs’ ‘I Predict A Riot’: ‘Sunday Lunch’ gets lairy this week – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Kaiser Chiefs’ “I Predict A Riot”: This week Toyah and Robert Fripp are dipping into the mid-00’s UK indie scene for their Sunday Lunch covers series, taking on Kaiser Chiefs’ 2004 hit “I Predict a Riot.” They throw a little bit of a social undercurrent into it as well, with a poster of their kitchen cupboard of a lighthouse with “HOPE” written beside it and at one point Toyah shines a flashlight on its beacon – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Kaiser Chiefs’ “I Predict a Riot”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This weekend, the duo cover Kaiser Chiefs’ 2005 hit “I Predict A Riot.” The video showcases Toyah dancing in front of fake blue flames, and continues a recent trend of Toyah no longer performing half-naked in every cover. Our loss! – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Get Unruly In Cover If Kaiser Chiefs’ I Predict A Riot: Robert Fripp and Toyah have posted the latest episode of their Sunday Lunch cover series, sharing their take on I Predict A Riot, a cut from Kaiser Chiefs’ fourth LP, The Bands 05. In the episode, Fripp once again dons the colours of the Ukrainian flag in his vest-tie combination, while a cardboard drawing showcases a lighthouse with the word “Hope” written beside it – Continue reading…

• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox cover Kaiser Chiefs song ‘I Predict a Riot’: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and singer Toyah Willcox have uploaded their fiery performance of Kaiser Chiefs favourite ‘I Predict A Riot’. This performance is their latest cover and sits in a repertoire of online uploads that includes numbers by Greenday, Ramones and Nirvana – Continue reading…

• Sounder Ground: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Predict A Riot… Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (March 19th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Echo Beach (March 19th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: I Predict A Riot: This weeks Sunday Lunch is really a belter – and we predict a lot more than a riot!! – Watch the video…

Sensational Toyah Brings Her ‘Posh Pop Tour’ to East Sussex

TOYAH + HOLLY DEANNA (CURRLS) – ST MARY IN THE CASTLE, HASTINGS 12.3.22

The music scene in Hastings has steadily been getting back on its feet this year and is starting to thrive once again. Tonight’s show at St Mary In The Castle is a sure sign of a return to normality though you could hardly describe Toyah as ‘normal’.

My first encounter with Toyah may have been as a 16 year old hearing ‘Sheep Farming In Barnet’ and being most intrigued by her, or it could have been watching her playing ‘Monkey’ in ‘Quadrophenia’ around the same time, but whichever I was hooked.

I got around to seeing her in the flesh for my one and only time at Drury Lane Theatre Royal on Christmas Eve, 1981, which was actually broadcast on BBC2 as an ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ special. I say seeing her in the flesh but my main recollection of that night is being stuck in the balcony about as far away as you could get. I then lost my return tube ticket home, but luckily the train inspector was full of Christmas cheer and allowed me through the barrier.

Tonight was my opportunity to reconnect having lost touch with her career and was surprised to find out that she has released 16 albums, of which 11 are as a solo artist. Throw in a few compilation albums and a box set, and you have quite an accomplished music career. Of course that isn’t the end of her talents as she has appeared in over 20 films, presented on television, appeared in numerous shows, and done a fair bit of charity fundraising.

• Continue reading at Brighton News. Browse Dreamscape’s Posh Pop Tour News Archive.

Lots of press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Green Day. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Green Day’s ‘Basket Case’: “May ur basket overflow with love” – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Green Day’s pop-punk classic ‘Basket Case – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah beats aubergines and wears a basket on her head in latest broadcast with Robert Fripp: Green Day’s classic Basket Case gets a makeover from progman Robert Fripp and post-punk pioneer Toyah Willcox – Light entertainment icons Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have completed their latest broadcast to the nation, covering Green Day’s 1984 punk banger Basket Case with the aid of two aubergines – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Get Chaotic In Their Sunday Lunch Cover Of Green Day’s Basket Case: This week, Toyah dances around armed with a pair of aubergines – Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox returned yesterday (13 March) for a fresh instalment of their Sunday Lunch series with a cover of Green Day’s pop-punk hit, Basket Case. In this week’s video, the couple left a handwritten message on their cabinets, which read “May Ur Basket Overflow With Love – Continue reading…

• Kerrang: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Green Day’s Basket Case… while wearing a basket: Green Day’s iconic Dookie single Basket Case gets the (very entertaining) Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp treatment – Green Day have got a huge year coming up with the potential release of their cryptic 1972 project and the upcoming UK and European leg of the Hella Mega Tour, and if that’s not enough they’ve just been honoured by the mighty Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Green Day’s “Basket Case”: This week on Toyah and Robert Fripp’s “Sunday Lunch” covers series, they take on Green Day’s classic 1994 single “Basket Case.” Always a fan of props, Toyah wears a basket on her head for part of the video and then plays a drum with eggplants. As you do. – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Green Day’s “Basket Case”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This morning, Fripp and Toyah are covering Green Day’s “Basket Case.” The song seems like an interesting choice, given that the duo have been on a real classic rock kick of late, but hey, you didn’t come here for normal – Continue reading…

• Far Out: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Green Day: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and singer Toyah Willcox have just released another cover to their online repertoire with ‘Basket Case’. The Green Day cover is their newest cover, and it follows a canon of performances that includes songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica and Billy Idol – Continue reading…

• Ultimate Guitar: Watch: Robert Fripp and Wife Toyah Willcox Cover Green Day’s ‘Basket Case’: The duo takes on a Pop Punk classic on their “Sunday Lunch” series – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah And Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Basket Case… Toyah And Robert’s Burning Questions (March 12th, 2022) Is love capable of being expressed when we’re absent from those we would like to show love to? – If someone if behaving very, very badly, do we deny them love? – Is it possible to make love tangible in a disastrous and catastrophic event? … Toyah At Home – Don’t Fall In Love March 12th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: Basket Case: Once again we at Toyah And Robert HQ are lost for words! – Watch the video…

Punk princess Toyah Willcox will perform an up close and personal set in Carlisle next week.

The 1980s icon will be at the city’s Old Fire Station on Thursday, March 17 as part of her UK tour.

The show, will see the singer performing her loved hit singles and classic songs, alongside recalling stories from her colourful career. Toyah’s career has spanned over 40 years, where she has worked as a singer and TV presenter.

The 63-year-old has featured in films such as Jubilee, Quadrophenia and the recent The Ghosts of Borley Rectory, as well as TV shows such as Shoestring, Minder, Kavanagh QC and Maigret.

She returns in Cumbria after performing in Millom last month. The singer will perform hits including ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Thunder in The Mountains’, ‘I Want to Be Free’ and ‘Good Morning Universe’ alongside numbers from her latest release, ‘Posh Pop’.

• Continue reading at the News & Star.

More press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Neil Young. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp combine forces to cover Rockin’ In The Free World: Chaos continues to rein in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen as Neil Young’s Rockin’ In The Free World is given a boisterous makeover – Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have added another cover to their catalogue of kitchen chaos. This weekend the pair used their weekly Sunday Lunch broadcast to perform a spirited version of Neil Young’s Rockin’ In The Free World, presumably taking their cue from current world events – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Show Support for Ukraine with Cover of Neil Young’s Rockin’ In The Free World: The video is the second the Kitchen Duo have posted in support of Ukraine – Yesterday (6 March), King Crimson mastermind Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox returned with a banging cover of Rockin’ in the Free World, Neil Young’s 1989 rock hit. In this week’s video, the couple expressed support for the war-torn country with a handwritten message on their cabinets, which read “A Free World For All is the Dog’s Bollocks.” – Continue reading…

• Guitar World: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox play Rockin’ in the Free World in solidarity with Ukraine: The duo take on Neil Young’s anthem to freedom and rock-based rebellion – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have posted a cover of Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World in a show of support for the people of Ukraine. The video sees Fripp, wearing the blue and yellow colors of Ukraine, accompanied by Willcox on vocals and wielding what we can only describe as a percussive skirt – Continue reading…

• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox support Ukraine: Over the course of the Covid-19 epidemic, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp issued a series of videos featuring his wife Toyah Wilcox on lead vocals. In what was almost a history of rock, the duo compiled a selection of standards that were diverse in their nature, and punchy in their performance. The performances have nominally avoided politics, but this week’s version of ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ and Living Colour’s ‘Cult of Personality.’ – Continue reading…

Further press for Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted (Photos © Discovery).

• Classic Rock/Louder: Ghost hunter ‘strangled’ in Toyah Willcox’s haunted home: On a recent episode of Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, ghost hunters investigated Toyah Willcox’s home with unexpected consequences – Usually featuring self-proclaimed psychics and supernatural investigators shrieking hysterically into night vision lenses every time their camera crew bump into furniture, ghost hunting shows on TV have largely been disappointing. This was not the case last month, however, when paranormal experts visited Toyah Willcox’s home in Pershore, Worcestershire, for Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, to find out whether the pop star’s abode was supernaturally troubled, as she suggests – Continue reading…

• Birmingham Mail: My House is Haunted cleaner ‘had a bad feeling in the en suite’ of eerie home: Toyah’s Pershore haunted house has further ghostly revelations from its former cleaner – Further spooky revelations have surfaced about the Worcestershire haunted house where TV ghost hunter Barri Ghai was filmed being ‘strangled’ by an evil spirit in the loft. Now the former cleaner of the historic Pershore property has come forward revealing there were public hangings in the attic. The Georgian house is owned by 1980s pop icon Toyah Willcox, who got the TV Help! My House is Haunted team in to help her after experiencing “persistent paranormal activity” since she moved in 20 years ago. Former cleaner Chrissi Rock, from Evesham, said: “I used to clean Toyah’s house in 1997 before she bought it – Continue reading…

• Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted: Browse Dreamscape’s news/press archive – Continue reading…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Neil Young. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel. “A free world for all is the dogs bollocks” – Continue reading…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Support Ukraine with Neil Young and Living Colour Covers: The couple perform “Rockin’ in the Free World” and “Cult of Personality” to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – During the course of the pandemic, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his singer wife, Toyah Willcox, have been distracting music fans with lighthearted and eye-catching covers of iconic rock tunes. This week, the couple took a more serious tone as they turned their attention toward the war in Ukraine, performing Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” and Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality.” For their latest “Sunday Lunch” performance, Robert and Toyah take on Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” While the original may have been an indictment of American policies under the George H. W. Bush administration at the time Young released the song in 1989, it’s clear that the Robert and Toyah are focusing on Russia’s current attack on the freedom of the Ukrainian people right now – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World”: Following their mid-week tribute to Ukraine, Toyah and Robert Fripp are staying with the theme for this week’s “Sunday Lunch” covers series, taking on Neil Young’s 1989 anthem “Rockin’ in the Free World.” This week’s cupboard poster: “A Free World For All is the Dog’s Bollocks.” – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This morning, Fripp and Toyah are covering Neil Young’s rebel anthem “Rockin’ In The Free World.” Whether or not this is in solidarity with Young and his war against Spotify is unclear, though it’s worth noting that the “Sunday Lunch” cover series doesn’t appear to be on Spotify – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Rockin’ In The Free World… Toyah & Robert’s – Objects Of Desire (March 5th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Sensational (March 5th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: Rockin’ In The Free World: Enough said….. Enjoy this weekends episode everyone! – Watch the video…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s “Ukraine We Hear You” (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp film bonus cover version in reaction to Russian invasion: A rare serious moment in the Willcox-Fripp kitchen as the couple stand with Ukraine and perform Living Colour’s Cult Of Personality – Last than 48 hours after posting their lively cover of The Black Keys’ Lonely Boy, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have filmed another cover version, and this time they’ve got their serious faces on. Giving the video the title Ukraine We Hear You, Fripp and Willcox perform Living Colour’s Cult Of Personality, presumably in “tribute” to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who ordered the invasion of Ukraine by Russian Armed Forces on February 24 – Continue reading…

• Tone Deaf: Robert Fripp and Toyah release bonus cover for the Ukrainian people: Just after dropping a cover of ‘Lonely Boy’ by The Black Keys, Robert Fripp and Toyah returned with an ode to the Ukrainian people – Robert Fripp and Toyah, it’s fair to say, have been having a really fun time making their Sunday Lunch services since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pair have covered everyone from The Undertones to Patti Smith to The Velvet Underground – throughout each cover, Fripp happily strums his guitar while smiling pleasantly, as his partner Toyah dances loosely and wildly around him in their kitchen. It’s an endearing ritual and it clearly works for them – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Toyah and Robert Fripp Say “Ukraine We Hear You”, Cover Living Colour’s “Cult Of Personality”: Toyah Wilcox and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp have been covering songs in their kitchen since lockdown on their saucy and very popular “Sunday Lunch” YouTube series, but they just dropped a new one in support of Ukraine. They’ve covered Living Colour’s politically minded 1988 hit “Cult of Personality,” and have done so in a more serious manner than usual, without the razzle dazzle, though Toyah does work a little clever mirror magic when she sings “Neon lights, a Nobel Prize / Then a mirror speaks, the reflection lies.” They also made a version of the flag of the President of the Ukraine that’s affixed to their kitchen cupboards, and at the end the title “Ukraine We Hear You” comes across the screen – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Perform Solemn, Boobless Cover of Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality” In Solidarity With Ukraine: At this point, we are used to the “Sunday Lunch” videos made by King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, being funny viral snippets that mostly involve Toyah shaking her gals on camera. But now, Fripp and Toyah have recorded a chaste and grim-faced version of Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality” as a display of solidarity with Ukraine – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert: Ukraine We Hear You – Continue reading…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering The Black Keys. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover The Black Keys on Sunday Lunch: The pair took on ‘Lonely Boy’ from their kitchen – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of The Black Keys‘ hit ‘Lonely Boy’ – check it out below. The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Watch Toyah brandish a giant clock as we revisit the UK’s most chaotic kitchen: On their latest Sunday Lunch broadcast, Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox breathe new life into The Black Keys’ Lonely Boy – Another weekend has come and gone, and another broadcast from the Fripp-Willcox kitchen in deepest rural Worcestershire has beamed its way into the nation’s hearts. This week, coltish duo Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox visited the back catalogue of Akron’s finest, The Black Keys, and delivered a rousing version of their 2011 smash Lonely Boy – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Are Lonely Boys With New Black Keys Cover: Fripp offers some rare backing vocals – Sunday Lunch, the covers series featuring Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox, is back – in the kitchen for a cover this week is the Black Keys’ track Lonely Boy. The cover features some rare backing vocals from the King Crimson guitarist, while Toyah Wilcox wields the rather existential prop of a gigantic metal clock that eclipses the entire screen – Continue reading…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Are Right on Time with The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy”: The couple clock in with a playful take on the chart-topping rock hit – It’s more Sunday fun from King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his singer wife Toyah Willcox, who deliver a very timely rendition of The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy.” Toyah busts out a revealing white bodysuit for the couple’s take on The Black Keys’ chart-topping rock hit, as they play up the whole time aspect of the song’s lyrics. Unlike Black Keys’ singer Dan Auerbach’s complaint that he has a love who keeps him waiting, Robert and Toyah are always right on time with their “Sunday Lunch” performances — hence a giant clock prop, a hand-drawn clock poster, and a large yellow watch – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy”: This week on their “Sunday Lunch” covers series, Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp knock out The Black Keys’ 2011 hit “Lonely Boy.” Robert offers up rare backing vocals on this one and Toyah, ever literal with her props, wields a giant clock face while the handmade poster on their cupboard reads “Fripp O’Clock.” For fans of flubs, bloopers and outtakes, this week’s video also pulls back the curtain a little – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This Sunday, Fripp and Toyah take on the Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy.” This cover features Toyah wearing more clothing than we’re used to, though she definitely makes sure the gals are on blast – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Lonely Boy… Toyah & Robert’s – Objects Of Desire (February 26th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Danced (February 26th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: This weekend we are back in the FrippCox kitchen and we have a true treat for you ….. WATCH TILL THE END!! – Watch the video…

After a few weeks of sporadic press on Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted, reaction to Toyah’s episode airing has gone viral today, with numerous press reports. The episode was also partially aired on Channel 4’s Gogglebox, the first time on non pay-to-view TV! (Photos © Discovery)

• Independent: Ghosthunter claims he was ‘gasping for air’ in Toyah Wilcox’s home: A ghost hunter said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home. The spirit seeker was reportedly ‘strangled’ by an evil spirit in Toyah’s property. In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly constrained whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic. The team were trying to speak with a ghost named George, which they believed to be a soldier who fought during the English civil war in the 1600s – Continue reading…

• Birmingham Mail/Live: It’s a mystery – spirit at Toyah’s Pershore home caught on camera ‘strangling’ ghost hunter: Birmingham 1980s star Toyah Willcox opens up home to Barri Ghai for Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted. TV ghost hunter Barri Ghai was filmed being ‘strangled’ by an evil spirit in the Worcestershire attic of pop icon Toyah Willcox, it has emerged. Paranormal expert Ghai said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul after venturing into the historic Pershore home of the 1980’s singer during the new series of Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted – Continue reading…

• Evesham Journal: Ghost hunter strangled by spirit in Toyah Willcox’s Pershore home: A ghost hunter was left gasping for air by an evil spirit in the Worcestershire home of 80s icon Toyah Willcox. In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly strangled whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic of Willcox’s Pershore home. Ghai was joined by colleagues Ian Shaw and Jayne Harris, who had set up a special ‘REM’ recording device in the attic – Continue reading…

• Mirror: Ghost hunter left ‘gasping for air’ after being ‘strangled’ by spirit in home of 80s icon: In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly constrained while carrying out an investigation in the attic of 80s icon Toyah Willcox. The moment a ghost hunter was ‘strangled’ by evil spirit inside the haunted home of Toyah Willcox – The moment a ghost hunter was ‘strangled’ by evil spirit inside the haunted home of Toyah Willcox – A ghost hunter has claimed he was left “gasping for air” after a run-in with a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home. The spirit seeker was reportedly “strangled” by an evil spirit in Toyah’s property – Continue reading…

• Indy 100: A ghost hunter claims he was strangled by a ghost in Toyah Willcox’s home: A ghost hunter said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home. The spirit seeker was reportedly ‘strangled’ by an evil spirit in Toyah’s property. In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly constrained whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic – Continue reading…

• MSN: Ghosthunter claims he was ‘gasping for air’ in Toyah Wilcox’s home: A ghost hunter said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home – Continue reading…

• Yahoo! News: Ghosthunter claims he was ‘gasping for air’ in Toyah Willcox’s home – Continue reading/watching…

• Higgy Pop: ‘Gogglebox’ Cast React To Ghost Hunting Show ‘Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted’: In the week Britain was battered by storms Eunice and Franklin, the cast of ‘Gogglebox’ watched lots of great telly, including a creepy ghost hunting show from Discovery+ which saw a team of paranormal experts search for spooks in pop star, Toyah Willcox’s Georgian house – Continue reading…

• More: See also – Lincolnshire Live, Bristol Live and Wales Online.

Earlier in the month, the Clarence Hall hosted the iconic music legend, Toyah Willcox, as part of her Posh Pop Tour. As promoter Jamie Richards of Woodfired Summit said: “It wasn’t a mystery why the crowd loved her. Such talent, such presence, such enthusiasm and so much energy”.

Hall Trustee David Jeremiah was in the audience, and has contributed the following perspective:

“Music defines us. I identify with R&B and Rock and Roll so, Toyah’s arrival on the “Hip Hop” “Punk” music scene in 81/82 had passed me by. Nevertheless, during lockdown, I had become hooked on “Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch” – see it on YouTube. Knowing she was appearing at the Clarence Hall, I bought four tickets and persuaded Ann and two old rocker friends to come along.

The gig was a sell-out. The Hall was buzzing, and the music was loud. Without a doubt the evening was a roaring success and Toyah, admitting to never being in this part of the world before, was effusive about Crickhowell in general and the Hall in Particular.

• Continue reading at Clarence Hall.

1980 live album • CD+DVD includes ‘Toyah’ doc

Toyah’s 1980 live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! will be reissued by Cherry Red in May.

The album featured a June 1980 performance at Club Lafayette, in Wolverhampton, and was recorded using the Rolling Stones legendary Mobile Recording Unit. The audio for this reissue has been remastered by Nick Watson from the original master tapes.

The CD+DVD deluxe edition includes the ATV documentary, Toyah, in which director Graham Moore follows Toyah around for more than six months capturing rehearsals, studio recording sessions, rehearsals for plays and then in the notorious Battersea warehouse ‘Mayhem’. This documentary has never been issued commercially before (the DVD is NTSC, region-free).

• Continue reading at Super Deluxe Edition.

Ghost hunter strangled by spirit in Toyah Willcox’s Pershore home

A ghost hunter was left gasping for air by an evil spirit in the Worcestershire home of 80s icon Toyah Willcox.

In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly strangled whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic of Willcox’s Pershore home. Ghai was joined by colleagues Ian Shaw and Jayne Harris, who had set up a special ‘REM’ recording device in the attic.

The team were trying to speak with a ghost named George, which they believed to be a soldier who fought during the English civil war in the 1600s.

• Continue reading at Worcester News. Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted is streaming now on Discovery +

Local concert promoters Black Rabbit Productions have announced that they will be bringing 80’s pop star Toyah to the Concorde 2 on Friday 7th October 2022 in celebration of her ‘Anthem 40+1 Anniversary Tour’. Purchase your tickets HERE.

Following her 2021 Top 25 charting album ‘Posh Pop’ and over 80 million worldwide YouTube views for her weekly Sunday Lunch videos with Robert Fripp, national music legend and true icon Toyah is back on tour.

This special tour celebrates 40 years of the iconic, acclaimed and Gold-certified selling album ‘Anthem’. Originally released May 1981, the album contains the smash hit singles ‘I Want To Be Free’ and ‘It’s A Mystery’, alongside bonafide classics such as ‘We Are’ and ‘Obsolete’ that have stood the test of time to this very day. Spending 46 weeks in the charts, ‘Anthem’ became one of the most-loved LPs of the 1980s.

• Continue reading at Brighton & Hove News. Browse the full Anthem 40+ 1 Anniversary Tour dates at toyahwillcox.com.

A third batch of press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch.

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Cover The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his singer wife Toyah Willcox are back with another episode in their “Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch” series. This time they take on The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” – Continue reading…

• Rolling Stone Australia: Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’: The video is part of the pair’s weekly Sunday Lunch series – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have been serving up their Sunday Lunch cover series on YouTube for over a year, and for their latest effort the pair has unleashed a raucous version of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” – In the video, the King Crimson guitarist takes on guitar duties while Willcox, clad in a revealing goth top with literal butterfly wings, gives the vocals a punk rock flair. The pair, filming in their kitchen, get some visual help from a dramatic wind machine – Continue reading…

Further press for yesterday’s Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch, including Rolling Stone and Classic Rock!

• Rolling Stone: Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’: The video is part of the pair’s weekly Sunday Lunch series – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have been serving up their Sunday Lunch cover series on YouTube for over a year, and for their latest effort the pair has unleashed a raucous version of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” In the video, the King Crimson guitarist takes on guitar duties while Willcox, clad in a revealing goth top with literal butterfly wings, gives the vocals a punk rock flair. The pair, filming in their kitchen, get some visual help from a dramatic wind machine – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Wind machines, nipple tape…must be time for Toyah & Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunch: This week everybody’s favourite wacky couple cover The Smashing Pumpkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings – As we’re sure you’re all well aware by now, Sunday Lunch at the Willcox-Fripp household is about much more than mere Yorkshire puddings and roast taters. Week after week, Toyah and Robert deliver highly entertaining, kooky covers of some of rock’s biggest hits, performed for the most part, it seems, as a way of adding some spice to their relationship. If you find yourself questioning whether you should really be watching Toyah flirtatiously dance while rocking nipple tape much to her husband’s delight, don’t worry, you’ve just stumbled upon their Sunday Lunch series, which by the way, probably shouldn’t be played on your work computer – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Get Their Grunge On With Cover Of Smashing Pumkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings: “Bullet With Butterfly Wings as you’ve never seen or heard it before.” – Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox’s Sunday Lunch covers series is back: on the table this week, a take on Smashing Pumpkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings. Last week, the pair headed back to the old school punk they covered all across January for a special Valentine’s Day rendition of Too Drunk To Fuck by The Dead Kennedys. Other punk classics they covered included Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones and Should I Stay Or Should I Go by The Clash – Continue reading…

• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah release cover of Smashing Pumpkins: King Crimson bandleader Robert Fripp has issued a cover of ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’, featuring wife Toyah Wilcox on lead vocals. The song is a cover of a Smashing Pumpkins tune that was released in the 1990s. The song sits among a series of covers the duo have recorded in their spare time. This recording is notable for Fripp’s casual tone, as the guitarist says “bollocks” as he hits the wrong notes at one juncture in time. The pair have been releasing video renditions of rock numbers since 2021, performing numbers written by The Clash, The Prodigy and Alice Cooper – Continue reading…

More great press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Bullet With Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Tackle Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: The married couple put a frisky spin on the alt-rock classic – King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his singer wife Toyah Willcox are still giving fans plenty of ear (and eye) candy on Sundays, this time gracing us with a rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins classic “Bullet With Butterfly Wings. It’s been a while since we’ve reported on the frisky couple’s “Sunday Lunch” series, but they’ve been going strong in 2022, mostly delivering covers of punk classics from The Clash, Ramones, and others over the past several weeks. For this weekend’s edition, the pair tackle the Pumpkins’ smash alt-rock hit with their usual musical and visual flair – Continue reading…

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’: The pair’s Sunday Lunch series has been taken “to a whole new level” this week – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: After a run of punk classics, Toyah and Robert Fripp are switching gears on their weekly Sunday Lunch covers series. Today they take on Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 hit “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” Toyah plays the butterfly while Robert is, like the world, a vampire — at least on the drawing taped to their kitchen cupboard. Have they entered a ’90s alt-rock phase? We shall see. Robert’s band King Crimson are the subject of a new documentary that will premiere at SXSW – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This Sunday, Fripp and Toyah have covered Smashing Pumpkins‘ ’90s alt-rock hit “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.” It’s exactly what you’d expect, mainly a bizarre take on a classic song with Toyah threatening to let ’em out of their cage at a moment’s notice – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Bullet With Butterfly Wings… Toyah & Robert’s – Objects Of Desire (February 19th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Levitate (February 19th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: This weekend, really has taken the lunch series to a whole new level! Bullet With Butterfly Wings as you’ve never seen or heard it before – Watch here…

80s pop legend Toyah Willcox terrorised by violent ghost who strangles people

Toyah Willcox says she was left was petrified after witnessing plenty of paranormal activity from a number of spirits at her Worcestershire home as part of a new TV show

Toyah Willcox has been terrorised by a violent ghost.

The pop legend, 63 was petrified after witnessing plenty of paranormal activity from a number of spirits in her Worcestershire home.

And when she staged an exorcism in a bid to scare them off, things turned nasty when one of them strangled someone.

evealing her torment, Toyah said: “I’ve always experienced haunted properties because I’ve constantly lived in very old places. This house is absolutely extraordinary. It is a very active house.”

“There are two obvious ghosts that are sisters and they’ve always been around. The evidence is mainly a whiff of cigarette smoke and perfume.”

• Continue reading at the Daily Star. Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted is streaming now on Discovery +

More press – from the major UK newspapers – on the spooky events that took place in Toyah’s home in Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted. (Photos © Discovery)

• Daily Mail: Moment terrified ghost hunter is ‘strangled by an evil spirit’ inside the ‘haunted’ home of ’80s pop icon Toyah Willcox in paranormal reality show: Toyah Willcox appeared on discovery’s Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted – The 63-year-old was convinced her Worcestershire home is haunted by ghosts. Paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seen choking and gasping for air in her attic Barri and his fellow ghost hunters confirmed that Toyah’s home is in fact haunted – Continue reading…

• The Sun: Fright Night – I was choked by a violent ghost in Toyah Wilcox’s attic – I was sure I’d collapse and die on camera: A ghost hunter was left gasping for air after being violently attacked “by a ghost” in pop icon’s Toyah Wilcox’s home – Paranormal expert Barri Ghai claimed he was choked as he confronted an aggressive ghost called George in an upcoming scene on Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted – Continue reading…

• Daily Star: Moment ghost hunter is ‘strangled by spirit’ inside haunted home of Toyah Willcox: A ghost hunter says he was throttled by an “evil spirit” in the home of 1980s pop star Toyah Willcox in a terrifying episode of Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted. A spine-tingling video shows a paranormal expert being “throttled by an evil spirit” as ghost hunters investigate paranormal activity inside the home of 1980’s pop icon Toyah Willcox – Continue reading…

Terrifying Moment Ghost Hunter Is Throttled By Aggressive Spirit Living Attic

Sinister footage shows the moment a paranormal investigator was throttled by a suspected ghost while exploring the home of singer Toyah Willcox – spooking him so much that he thought he would ‘die’.

Expert Barri Ghai was looking into paranormal activity in Willcox’s house for the series Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted when the spooky incident allegedly took place.

Ghai was joined by colleagues Ian Shaw and Jayne Harris, having set up a special ‘REM’ recording device.

In the clip, Ghai says: “The REM is going off, I don’t know why.”

• Continue reading at Lad Bible. Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted is streaming from today on Discovery +