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A great, and comprehensive, review of Toyah’s Posh Pop Tour gig on Thursday, at Haslemere Hall in Surrey, from Retro Man Blog.

Toyah at Haslemere Hall, Thursday February 10th 2022

Toyah treated us to a superb career-spanning show last night at Haslemere Hall in deepest rural Surrey, surely one of the poshest places that I’ve ever seen a gig and definitely a very apt venue to host a date on the “Posh Pop” album tour. Even Toyah remarked on how posh the area was, which, given the size and grandeur of Toyah & Robert Fripp’s home was really saying something.

Actually, joking aside, it was refreshing to see a show in a real community theatre, staffed by lovely friendly locals with no over-the-top security or regulations and everyone was extremely helpful. Certainly a bit different from when I saw Toyah for the very first time back in 1981 at the Hammersmith Odeon. So, it was great to see Toyah perform in such an intimate environment and it really suited the Electro-Acoustic line-up which featured Nat Martin on guitars, Chloe Dupree on keyboards, Mike Nichols on bass and Jamie Dupree on guitars and all were superb musicians, really doing justice to the songs.

I loved the new arrangements, they all worked really well and in my opinion “Brave New World” even beat the original. It was nice to hear something different for a change rather than note by note reproductions of songs that we pretty much know by heart anyway.

• Continue reading at Retro Man Blog. Browse all of Toyah’s upcoming Posh Pop Tour, live gigs and festival appearances at toyahwillcox.com.

The final of the third series of The Masked Singer airs this Saturday on ITV. Following press stories a few weeks ago about the possibility of Toyah being, one of the three finalists, Panda, The Sun and Birmingham Mail both published stories yesterday repeating this. (Photos © ITV)

• The Sun: Unmasked? Masked Singer fans convinced Panda is 80s pop legend after spotting ‘clues’ in her voice

Masked Singer fans are convinced the celebrity identity behind Panda is none other than 80s pop legend Toyah Willcox. The ITV show’s grand finale is set to air this Saturday with Panda, Robobunny and Mushroom all battling out to be crowned the winner of The Masked Singer 2022.

And while several names such as Natalia Imbruglia and Alesha Dixon have been bounced around, fans of the series now believe the person behind the costume is none other than Toyah, 63, after hearing her distinctive lisp.

Taking to Twitter to share their guess, one fan penned: “Sorry people, Panda is Toyah Willcox. Panda has a lisp. “Toyah also has done theatre, has been in bands as well as solo and is tiny.”

“Watching masked singer for first time. Panda is def Toyah Willcox,” another remarked. “No idea who most of the suggestions even are but Toyah featured heavily in youth tv watching and convinced!!!”

Continue reading at The Sun…

• Birmingham Mail: Panda’s identity rumbled after viewers spot ‘lisp’ on ITV The Masked Singer

The ITV show is set to return for its grand finale this Saturday with three celebrities left in the competition. The Masked Singer viewers think they’ve worked out who Panda is – after they are convinced they have spotted the star lisping.

The ITV show is set to return for its grand finale this Saturday with three celebrities left in the competition. Panda, Robobunny and Mushroom are still battling out to be crowned the winner of The Masked Singer 2022.

Several names have been put forward over the competition for who could be behind the Panda costume. Popular guesses include Natalie Imbruglia, Cheryl Cole and Alesha Dixon, but another name has emerged after viewers heard a distinctive lisp.

They now think it is 80s pop legend Toyah Willcox behind the mask. Taking to Twitter to share their guess, one fan said: “Sorry people, Panda is Toyah Willcox. Panda has a lisp. Toyah also has done theatre, has been in bands as well as solo and is tiny.”

Continue reading at the Birmingham Mail… See previous “Toyah is Panda” press by The Mirror.

Toyah’s 1980 live album gets deluxe reissue with CD/DVD and limited vinyl editions

Toyah’s 1980 live album is the latest in her back catalogue to be reissued.

The third instalment of Cherry Red Records’ campaign sees the star’s Safari Records LP ‘Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!’ revisited and expanded for a new release.

The recorded gig took place on June 17, 1980 at the legendary Club Lafayette, Wolverhampton and was recorded on the Rolling Stones’ Mobile Recording Unit.

It’s been remastered from the original master tapes by Nick Watson and a CD/DVD edition features the full concert setlist – including the previously unreleased songs She, a reprise of Danced and an unedited complete version of Neon Womb, which originally faded early as the B-Side of live single Danced – paired with a DVD of the 1980 television documentary ‘Toyah’.

• Continue reading at Retro Pop. Pre-Order Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! at Cherry Red.

More great press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – this week covering a Billy Idol classic from 1982 (reissued in 1985)! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp host a ‘White Wedding’ in latest Sunday Lunch cover: “It’s a Nice day to start again…. Flowers anyone?” – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Billy Idol’s ‘White Wedding’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which has become a viral hit during lockdown and returned for 2022 last week with a Ramones cover – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Get Romantic with Cover of Billy Idol’s White Wedding: Featuring a hand-scrawled “Till Death Do Us Part” sign as set-dressing – The Sunday Lunch covers are back, but have departed from the punk covers that Toyah Wilcox and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp spent January focused on. Just ahead of valentines day, the pair have gone romantic with a cover of Billy Idol’s White Wedding. Willcox wrote in the video’s description: “It’s a nice day to start again… Flowers anyone?” – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Billy Idol’s “White Wedding”: As Valentine’s Day approaches, Toyah and Robert Fripp are feeling romantic for this week’s edition of their Sunday Lunch covers series. They’ve taken on Billy Idol’s “White Wedding” but this bride wore black, with a hand-painted “Till Death Do Us Part” sign on their kitchen cupboard. If you’re wondering, Robert and Toyah’s actual wedding anniversary is May 16 which is also Fripp’s birthday. Toyah and Robert spent January doing punk covers – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover Billy Idol’s “White Wedding”: 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. Robert and Toyah’s latest effort sees the couple tackle Billy Idol’s iconic hit song “White Wedding” with a Valentine’s Day-themed aesthetic – Continue reading…

• Brave Words: Breaking: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Perform “White Wedding” by Billy Idol: 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 “White Wedding” by Billy Idol – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – White Wedding… Toyah & Robert’s Burning Questions: T&R ask each other questions: what matters most in life?, Have I done lately anything worth remembering?, When did you last pushed your boundaries of your comfort zone?, What you are really scared of?, What worries you most about the future?, What small act of kindness were you once shown that you will never forget?. And, a magic chord!… Toyah At Home – Ieya + Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! Announcement – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: It’s a nice day to start again…. Flowers anyone? – Watch the video…

The dedication and commitment of the super fan is something we never take for granted at Cherry Red. Their passion and energy for artists is the lifeblood of any musician’s career, and in our latest blog piece we celebrate that with a wonderful piece by writer and designer Chris Limb.

Chris has been a steadfast Toyah fan since the early 80s and wrote I Was A Teenage Toyah Fan; a fascinating example of loyalty and affection that serves as a window into the soul of any ardent music lover.

It is 1981. I am seeing Toyah play live. For the first time I am actually in the same room as her, albeit a very large room. There she is, over there. I can see her with my eyes.

It is 1991. I am putting together the latest issue of the Toyah Fan Club magazine Tellurian, a cut and paste concoction of photocopied articles as well as a handwritten letter to the fans from Toyah herself. I am typing up the lyrics for her new album Ophelia’s Shadow to include in it; once finished I’ll then take it to a print shop in Store Street WC1 to get a few hundred copies run off.

It is 2001. I am in a recording studio in Nuneaton where Toyah is recording guest vocals on a track by the band Chester with whom I currently play bass. The track will eventually be put out under the band name Family of Noise.

It is 2011. I am putting the finishing touches to the manuscript for my memoir I Was A Teenage Toyah Fan which grew out of a series of blog posts I’d written about my experiences some thirty years previously. I am about to self-publish this as both a paperback and an ebook.

It is 2021. I am writing this blog entry about Toyah and the impression she’s made on my life over the past 40 plus years.

• Continue reading at Cherry Red. Browse Dreamscape’s I Was A Teenage Toyah Fan news archive. There’s much more IWATTF content in our vast News Archive (scroll to around 2010 – 2012).

No mystery why Princess of Punk gone all Posh Pop

Once known as the Punk Princess, Toyah has proved she has proved she is no one-trick pony.

She is an actor of note, featuring in films such as Jubilee, Quadrophenia and recent The Ghosts Of Borley Rectory, as well as TV shows such as Shoestring, Minder, Kavanagh QC and Maigret.

She has supplied her voice to animated Mr Bean series and Teletubbies and has “done” Shakespeare’s The Tempest, writes Martin Hutchinson.

But to most of us, she 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 chart, despite going top ten in independent charts, Four From Toyah EP –that included the fantastic It’s A Mystery – reached number four in mainstream UK singles’ charts and was the first of four consecutive releases to top UK independent charts.

She followed her breakthrough with I Want To Be Free and another release Thunder In The Mountains, both of which were top ten hits, before follow-up EP Four More From Toyah.

Toyah has also had ten chart albums, including 1981’s Anthem, which got to number two in the charts.

• Continue reading at the The News. See all of Toyah’s upcoming Posh Pop Tour dates at toyahwillcox.com.

Toyah Willcox brings new show to Millom’s Beggar’s Theatre

Millom’s Beggar’s Theatre are set to welcome new wave icon Toyah Willcox this week for a live performance of old classics and new releases.

Toyah’s career has spanned over 40 years, where she has worked as a singer, actress and TV presenter.

She arrives in Cumbria on Thursday (February 3) to 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’.

The singer and her husband, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, have recently been cheering up fans during lockdown with their ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series, where they upload live covers of rock classics online each week.

Some videos have reached over 10 million views.

• Continue reading at the News & Star. See also Yahoo News.

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp continue to take everyone’s mind off everything else: The latest cover in Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s catalogue of chaos is the Ramones’ classic Blitzkrieg Bop – As sure as Tuesday follows Monday, Toyah Willcox and King Crimson leader Robert Fripp used Sunday as an opportunity to remind everyone that the world isn’t always the miserable place the headlines make it appear. So while North Korea launches its biggest missile test in five years, while tensions mount in Ukraine, while vaccine mandate protests block the streets of Ottawa, and while Jamie Oliver reveals he’s not a fan of Bake Off, the Fripp-Willcoxes are once again lightening humanity’s load. This week it’s a cover of the Ramones’ 1976 classic Blitzkrieg Bop that receives the Willcox-Fripp treatment. Robert fixes the lens with his steely glare and chops out the riff, Toyah leaps around the kitchen with the enthusiasm of an adrenalised puppy, and all is right with the world. Just like last week. And the week before. – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp Continue Punk Streak with Cover of Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop: Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox have brought their Sunday Lunch covers sessions back to the world of punk, following their Clash cover with a cover of the Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop – Willcox wrote in the video’s description: “Hey Ho – Let’s go to the most famous kitchen on YouTube!!! The Frippcox household have really outdone themselves this week!!”. The performance features the typical exuberance we’ve come to expect from Wilcox, offset by the iron gaze of the King Crimson guitarist hammering away at his Les Paul – Continue reading…

• Ultimate Guitar: Watch: Here’s King Crimson Mastermind Robert Fripp Covering Ramones With Wife Toyah: The duo continues their traditional “Sunday Lunch” series – When this whole awful thing started in 2020, one of our favorite guitar masters, the almighty Robert Fripp, decided to try out something new. The artist who we all remember for his unique approach to music and guitar teamed up with his wife Toyah Willcox and began covering some of the greatest rock songs of all time. One thing led to another and we saw them covering some of the most unexpected songs, including “Enter Sandman,” “Chop Suey!,” and many others. And all this came with some of the most extravagant intricately choreographed videos, even causing some controversies along the way – Continue reading…

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.

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail.

More great press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – now in its third calendar year! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Ramones’ ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ by the Ramones – watch it below. The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which returned earlier this month after a brief break for the holidays. Launched in 2020, the series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by 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 Ramone’s “Blitzkrieg Bop”: Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp have been on a punk kick this month with their Sunday Lunch covers series. Having recently paid tribute to The Stooges, The Undertones and The Clash, now they’ve taken on the Ramones’ classic “Blitzkrieg Bop.” Shot in their kitchen with a handmade “BOP ME BOBBY FRIPP” signed taped to their cupboard, it’s typically spirited take on the song. Watch that, which was shot as always in their kitchen, below – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover “Blitzkrieg Bop”: 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. Robert and Toyah’s latest effort sees the couple tackle the Ramones’ 1976 punk rock anthem “Blitzkrieg Bop.” – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Blitzkrieg Bop… Toyah & Robert’s – Burning Question (January 29th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Summer Of Love (January 29th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: Hey Ho – Let’s go to the most famous kitchen on You Tube!!! The Frippcox household have really outdone themselves this week!! – Watch the video…

Masked Singer fans ‘rumble’ celebrity on show – but for more than one character

The Masked Singer UK fans say they’ve got clues and proof that one star is under the mask, but she’s been named as playing multiple characters

The Masked Singer UK viewers have shared their thoughts on Twitter over the latest batch of characters. One name in particular has been shared constantly with fans believing they have proof she is on the show. However, the particular celebrity has in fact been suggested for multiple characters, while one in particular.

Musician, actress, and TV presenter Toyah Willcox is tipped to be unmasked as Panda on the hit ITV series, with fans convinced it is her. That said, she’s also been thrown into the mix for Rockhopper and Mushroom, as well as Firework.

Basically, fans are convinced the vocals and clues match her for all of the characters, but she can’t possibly be playing all of them can she? While we wouldn’t put it past the double-bluffing bosses on the show, the characters have all appeared on stage at the same time at one point, or at least most of them have. It is also very unlikely they have one celebrity performing as more than one character, meaning someone else has to be the other characters.

It’s Panda that has had the most guesses as being Toyah by viewers, with many convinced the vocals gave the game away.

• Continue reading at The Mirror. NB. The Sun, Express, Independent and others have a similar story but they have Cyndi Lauper as Panda. The Masked Singer continues this Saturday evening on ITV at 7pm. Have a listen…. Definitely not Toyah but it does sound sort of like Cyndi!

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 Willcox – Live Music Review

It’s a mystery. It really is. How can a 63-year-old dressed to kill in a glittery gold dress bounce around a stage like a manic teenager and still look divine in the process?

It’s exactly what Toyah Willcox did on Friday night (January 21) as she shook a rather polite and conservative Wokingham audience out of their torpor and (eventually) onto their feet. Thrillingly so. Toyah was born to perform and age ain’t going to get in the way. Whatever she takes, I want.

It’s A Mystery was a massive hit for Toyah in 1981 and in introducing it at the impressive Whitty Theatre (Lucklow House School) she admitted it changed her life. A song she was reluctant to take on board when she was first approached to sing it because of her connection with the punk scene, but one which received immediate widespread approval from her supporters.

Toyah, a pocket dynamo on stage, is as much a raconteur as a singer – she’s done some mean acting in her time, starring with Katharine Hepburn in the 1979 film The Corn Is Green. And her show is all the better for the fun insight she gives on an artistic career spanning more than 40 years – and a long-standing marriage to King Crimson founder Robert Fripp that goes back to 1986. If you read her latest blog on her website (Toyahwillcox.com) you can tell straightaway that they remain very much in love.

• Continue reading at Close Up Culture.

More great press for the second Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch of 2022! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’: It’s all “tease, tease, tease” for this week’s Sunday Lunch cover. King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of The Clash‘s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’ – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Go Punk with Cover of The Clash’s Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox’s Sunday Lunch cover series has returned, and this time the pair take on a punk classic – The Clash’s Should I Stay Or Should I Go. Willcox wrote in the video’s description: “They are back for another edition of Sunday Lunch. It’s always tease, tease, tease, you’re happy when I’m on my knees…. I don’t think we need to say anything else :-)” – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover The Clash’s “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”: This week on their saucy “Sunday Lunch” series, Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp take on The Clash’s 1982 hit. They take the lyric “It’s always tease, tease, tease / You’re happy when I’m on my knees” as inspiration and run with it – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Breaking: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp show no sign of letting up: Toyah and Robert Fripp’s kitchen comes alive as the frisky duo cover The Clash’s Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Alternative national treasures Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have once more stepped into the breach to lift the spirits of an embattled population. At the end of a week in which the flood of Downing Street chaos became a deluge, the pair have released a performance video in which they cover of The Clash’s Should I Stay Or Should I Go, presumably in “tribute” to under-pressure UK Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”: After a few weeks devoted to holiday-themed songs and recapping their greatest hits of 2021 (part one, part two, part three), King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have returned to their usual “Sunday Lunch” cover video hi jinx – Continue reading…

• Ultimate Guitar: Toyah and Robert Fripp Are Back With the Breast Cover of The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay’ Out There: “Sunday Lunch” is back on the menu!: The series of lockdowns that first bestraddled the world in 2020 saw a couple of unlikely heroes rushing in to help combat the lockdown blues with music and laughs. So far, the King Crimson guitar mastermind and his post-punk trailblazing spouse have released scores of covers on Toyah’s YouTube channel, ranging from Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” to Eurhythmics “Sweet Dreams” – Continue reading…

• Metal Injection: Watch: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover The Clash: Vocalist Toyah Willcox and her husband King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp are back once more, this time with a cover of the 1981 classic “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by The Clash – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah And Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Should I Stay… Toyah & Robert’s Burning Question (January 22nd, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Zoom Zoom (January 22nd, 2022) RF: Toyah interviews an aproned Robert regarding his soloing on Posh Pop’s Zoom Zoom… – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: They are back for another edition of Sunday Lunch. It’s always tease, tease, tease, you’re happy when I’m on my knees…. I dont think we need to say anything else :-) – Watch the video…

TOYAH – ROBIN 2 BILSTON – 16 JANUARY

In these days of uncertainty causing even major acts, sometimes struggle to sell out venues. Tonight, there was a more than decent turnout to see the rescheduled date at the Robin 2 by Toyah.

Obviously, she has a great connection with her fans and talks to them a bit like old mates, which was nice, but of course it’s music we had come to hear and let’s face it Toyah has a large back catalogue to choose from. But kicking off the night with a cover of ‘Echo Beach’, it was easily apparent she still has a very good voice.

And if you haven’t seen any of her now famous Sunday lunch performances with husband guitar legend Robert Fripp, have a look, very entertaining.

Of course, the hits were performed, ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Thunder In The Mountains’, ‘Good Morning Universe’ ‘I Want To Be Free’, but apart from those other less well known songs like ‘Hurricane’ and ‘Rebel Run’ given a slight reworking, which went down very well.

• Continue reading at Get To The Front.

‘We love you’: Toyah Willcox prays for eighties punk star Hazel O’Connor, 66, after she was hospitalised due to bleed on the brain

• The Coventry songstress, 66, was discovered at her home in south-west France on January 9 – following a ‘serious medical event’

• Hazel was then admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma for 24 hours after the brain bleed was diagnosed

• The singer has shown a lot of progress and is ‘responding to stimuli and to treatment’, but her recovery will ‘take a while’

• The Eighth Day and Will You singer had been scheduled to play an anniversary tour in March, as well as tour with Toyah in June

Toyah Willcox said Hazel O’Connor is in her prayers after the singer was taken to hospital following a bleed on her brain.

The singer, 63, took to Twitter on Monday, after Hazel’s family announced the Coventry songstress, 66, had been placed in an induced coma for 24 hours. Hazel was found at her home in south-west France on January 9th, having experienced a ‘serious medical event’.

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail.

Toyah Willcox says Hazel O’Connor is ‘in her prayers’ ahead of their June tour

Toyah Willcox, 63, says her friend Hazel O’Connor is ‘in good hands’ after she suffered a bleed on the brain earlier this month. Hazel, 66, was found at her home in France after suffering a ‘serious medical event’ and was placed in a coma for 24 hours.

Toyah Willcox says 80’s star Hazel O’Connor is “in her prayers” after she suffered a bleed on the brain.

Taking to Twitter, the singer shared a trio of photos from their glory days and recent snaps where the pair were rehearsing for a joint tour.

The 63-year-old wrote: “Dearest Hazel you are in our prayers, you are in good hands and we love you, Toyah xxx”

Toyah is still planning to take the stage with Hazel for their Electric Ladies of the 80s gig in June this year. Hazel, who invited Duran Duran to join her tour as a support act before they hit the big time, suffered a bleed on the brain on January 9.

• Continue reading at The Mirror.

Toyah – Acoustic | Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, 15th January 2022

The night’s format was easy and accessible, as you would expect from our generous hostess: Toyah. A lady who is most definitely growing old disgracefully – as she openly admits herself. Illuminating narratives of the song’s origins were rolled out before Toyah and her young band offered up an urbane & naked rendition…the whole performance certainly chimed with her audience.

The confessional story of a ten-year old Toyah buying a cow-bell in Evesham to wear in 1968 “because that is what we did back then” introduced the newish track “Summer of Love”. A song Ms Willcox and her “adorable husband” Robert Fripp have a very personal connection with. The sentiment of the song – peace and love – was particularly pertinent tonight as the love in the room for Toyah was palpable. Toyah was obviously pleased to perform a near home-town gig in Huntingdon Hall and the audience was even more pleased to witness this seemingly timeless atom of energy.

• Continue reading at SLAP Magazine. NB. SLAP is an acronym for Supporting Local Arts & Performers.

• Wokingham Today: Toyah heads up first RaW Sounds. Today playlist of 2022: Happy New Year and welcome to another 12 months of great music from bands in and around the Reading and Wokingham areas. Each week, the RaW Sounds Today playlist features 10 great tracks that you can listen, for free, thanks to our Spotify playlist. Every song featured has a connection with the area, be it a touring artiste like Toyah, or an up-and-coming talent like Sam Handy. The RaW Sounds playlist is a terrific way to explore a wide range of brilliant artists, discover some new music and keep dancing – why not make tuning in every week your new year’s resolution? – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Look Back at Their Hottest Videos of 2021 (Part 3!): 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. Robert and Toyah’s latest video continues the look back at their greatest hits of 2021, dubbed “Most Wanted.” And indeed, some of the pair’s videos racked up millions of views in a short amount of time. Have a watch below at their third 2021 recap video featuring some brief clips of their most popular performances from last year. (part one; part two) – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Most Wanted – Part 3… Toyah & Robert – Flashback to Summer 2021… Toyah At Home – Space Dance – Continue reading…

• 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 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.

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