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‘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.

• Continue reading at Music Republic Magazine.

Toyah Willcox, 63, showcases her ageless physique in a VERY racy black ensemble before changing into a green dress at Cabaret All Stars

Toyah Willcox proved that age is simply a number as she posed in a racy black ensemble at Cabaret All Stars on Thursday.

The musician, 63, wowed in a semi sheer top with a sexy criss-cross pattern which she paired with a black mini skirt in the closing night of her sell-out show.

Toyah elevated her height with leather knee high boots, and finished the ensemble with a beige and orange headpiece.

Toyah later posed in a green dress which had a high neck and frilly sleeves, which she paired with black tights. She had styled her blonde bob in a straight style and lashings of bronzer and a red lipstick.

Toyah also posed with many of her pals from the club including one who wore a bondage style lingerie set and mesh sleeves.

The performance comes after Toyah starred in videos on YouTube wearing very racy ensembles during lockdown.

She covered her nipples with black tape and went braless under a sheer embellished blouse in one video and shared the hashtag #FreeBritney, Toyah belted out her famous hit, Toxic, as she performed alongside her guitar-playing husband Robert Fripp, 74.

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail.

• Birmingham Mail: Inside town that looks like Netflix’s Bridgerton set and ‘best place’ Toyah Willcox ever lived – Georgian Pershore is a stunning market town to live out your Bridgerton period drama fantasies – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Look Back on the Best Sunday Lunch Videos of 2021 – The first episode of the three-part special released on Boxing Day: Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox have prepared a special three-part episode of Sunday Lunch to wrap up 2021, taking a look back at the greatest moments of the internet cover series which has kept fans entertained year-round – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Look Back at Their Hottest Videos of 2021: 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 have captured the Internet’s attention throughout 2021 – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Merry Christmas!: Toyah & Robert wish you a Merry Christmas! – Continue watching…

• DGM Live: T&R’s Christmas Weekend: Part one of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year… Toyah & Robert wish you a Merry Christmas… Toyah & Robert – Burning Question (December 25th, 2021)… Toyah At Home – Drury Lane 40th Anniversary Special – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch – Most Wanted – Part one of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover The Stooges ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’: Willcox brought a toy bone to this week’s Sunday Lunch video – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have covered The Stooges’ classic ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ as part of their ongoing Sunday Lunch video series. The couple began the bitesize YouTube covers series at the start of the pandemic in 2020 and quickly went viral for their versions of famous songs by the likes of Nirvana, Metallica, Guns ’N Roses, Britney Spears and more – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Leave the Christmas Tunes Behind for a Cover of I Wanna Be Your Dog: The Stooges classic gets the Sunday Lunch treatment – Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox have returned to their Sunday Lunch kitchen stage for a cover of The Stooges’ classic I Wanna Be Your Dog. The cover is a departure from the festive tunes the pair have been covering recently, such as 12 Days Of Christmas and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. Instead, they’ve left the traditional festive cheer behind to bring us a cover of The Stooges’ debut single I Wanna Be Your Dog – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog”: After a few months of weird karaoke while King Crimson were on tour, and then very silly holiday sing-a-longs, Toyah and Robert Fripp are finally back to covering songs in their kitchen. This week’s Sunday Lunch has them taking on The Stooges’ classic “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” with Fripp giving a good punk scowl as he plays the iconic descending riff, and Toyah making good use of a prop bone. Question: Do you think they buy this stuff just for the videos or they have it laying around the house? – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog”: 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 have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months. For their newest video, the couple have switched back to the tried-and-true formula of Robert on guitar and Toyah singing following the karaoke-like format they’ve utilized of late for some Christmas standards. They’ve also switched back to rock and roll, tackling The Stooges’ 1969 song “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Wanna Be Your Dog – RF: Fripp spikes up, straps on, and Toyah belts out a classic – from their kitchen at the Centre Of The Universe… Toyah & Robert – Burning Questions (Dec 18th) Do you both only make a living from touring and not record sales? Have you ever worn your hair like that on stage, and if not, why? Have you ever collaborated with, or performed, with musicians that cannot read or write music? RF: In search of useless answers from the deeply unqualified? And / or in search of some Fairy Fingers traversing a D symmetrical figure? Then you have come to an ideal place to be – Toyah & Robert’s kitchen at the Centre Of The Universe… Toyah At Home – Dance In The Hurricane – RF: Toyah At Home – with featured guest the just-returned, dishevelled & highly jet-lagged working-player Fripp opening his first Christmas present of 2021… – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: I Wanna Be Your Dog: Fripp is home from Japan, and has strapped on his guitar for this week’s belter of a Sunday Lunch! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

MetalSucks’ Top 25 Most Popular Stories of 2021

Every December, we have the MetalSucks Mansion Monkeys tally up our top 25 stories of the past year, so as to better learn what you dummies like and what bands will generate the most ¢lick$. And now that the 2021 report is in, we have some interesting takeaways. For example:

• Toyah Willcox may currently be the biggest rock star in the world.
• Corey Taylor is also still quite popular.
• Everyone hates Ted Nugent.
• Everyone loves Vince Neil(‘s failures).
• People spent less time reading about the legal troubles of Marilyn • Manson and Jon Schaffer than you might assume.
• Fans still have really, really strong opinions regarding band merch.
• 2021 wasn’t much better than 2020.
• Peruse the stories you made our most popular below.

• Continue reading at Metal Sucks.

Derek Jarman: Protest!, Manchester Art Gallery, review: A fascinating sprint through a fearless career

The exhibition surveys the polymath’s wildly diverse work, from paintings to film, design to drag – and gardening

Film director Derek Jarman had a meteoric impact on British culture in the 70s, 80s and early 90s before his death in 1994. His work spanned low culture and high – Pet Shop Boys videos to Don Giovanni, punk to Shakespeare. Perhaps because in all he sensed the same human urges: sex, power, creativity, cruelty, magic and manipulation, delight in beauty and the urge to self-destructive behaviour.

Painting bookended Jarman’s creative life, and forms the core of Protest! at Manchester Art Gallery. Along the way there are jagged little sorties into his work in set design, performance, film, activism and gardening in adversity. (HOME in Manchester will also run a Jarman film season in the new year.)

• Continue reading at inews.co.uk.

• Brooklyn Vegan: Toyah & Robert Fripp are all smiles singing “Ding Dong Merrily On High!: Toyah and hubbie Robert Fripp (of King Crimson) continue to be in the Christmas spirit on their weekly Sunday Lunch video series which, currently, are as festive as they are very silly. This week they lead a sing-a-long of traditional carol, “Ding Dong Merrily on High” with Toyah dressed as an elf and Robert looking almost like a Who from the Grinch, with “Humbug” scrawled across his forehead. Both are also sporting gap-toothed grins, but only one of them is real – Continue reading…

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox continue Christmas covers with ‘Ding Dong Merrily On High’: They’ve already taken on ‘Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer’ and ‘Silent Night’ this festive season – King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have shared their latest cover of a classic Christmas carol. The husband and wife duo, who have gone viral during lockdown with their eccentric ‘Sunday Lunch’ covers series, have taken to covering Christmas songs in recent weeks – Continue reading…

• Tone Deaf: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp get festive with ‘Ding Dong Merrily On High’: Remember Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp? Of course you do. The pair and their Sunday Lunch service have been inescapable over the last year – Remember Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp? Of course you do. The pair and their Sunday Lunch service have been inescapable over the last year. Whenever you checked in on them, Toyah was dancing, um, creatively, while the King Crimson icon looked on adoringly – they found a rhythm and ran with it. The pair passionately dancing to The Stranglers’ ‘Peaches’ was a particular one that will live long in the memory – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Wllcox Share Unseen Dance Lesson, Jams and Outtakes From The Sudnay Lunch Series: The latest video from the FrippCox household shares candid moments from previous videos: Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah have shared a new video compiling some “unseen” moments from their ongoing Sunday Lunch video series – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: We checked in on Robert Fripp and Toyah for the first time in ages and it’s still bedlam: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp continue to delight the internet with their chaotic performances – and this time it’s Christmas – Last time we checked in on Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp was nearly two months ago. King Crimson had finished their US tour, Fripp had returned to the matrimonial home, and the pair were cavorting seductively to the ribald sound of Peaches by The Stranglers. We haven’t visited the lively duo since, because, well, you kinda know what to expect. They’ll do their thing, we’ll report them doing their thing, and they’ll watch the YouTube view count ratchet ever higher. This year, our most popular stories haven’t been new Iron Maiden albums, cancelled tours or the deaths of beloved rockers. Nope, our most popular stories this year have all featured Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox. Doing their thing – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Sing “Ding Dong” Christmas Song: 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 have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months. The duo’s new video finds them continuing their holiday series with “Ding Dong Merrily on High,” following their recent covers of the Christmas classics “Silent Night,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “12 Days of Christmas.” Toyah and Robert once again sing together to a backing track as they have been for the other holiday tunes. – Continue reading…

• Guitar World: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp share unseen Sunday Lunch clips – and a new guitar jam: The pair take some time to play together and take on Ding Dong! Merrily On High in their latest posts – Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox have shared a new video of unseen clips from their ongoing series of Sunday Lunch, including an impromptu solo from the King Crimson guitar legend – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – DING DONG TIME!!… Agony Aunts Unseen Episode 1 – RF: Toyah dances in 6 and Robert dances in 5 (kind of)… and some burning guitar!… Toyah At Home – I Want To Be Free 40th Anniversary Special – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: Ding Dong Time!!: The Frippcox household take on another festive anthem… And we have nothing further to say! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Leslie Ash, 61, wows in an LBD as she larks around with breastplate-clad performer Toyah Willcox, 63, after glitzy Cabaret All Stars show

Leslie Ash looked incredible in a little black dress as she lived it up at Cabaret All Stars at Proud Embankment in London on Friday.

The Men Behaving Badly star, 61, posed alongside star of the show Toyah Willcox, 63, who donned a head-turning cabaret ensemble comprising a breastplate moulded into the shape of naked breasts and taut abs.

Leslie showcased her style credentials as she paired her chic dress with knee high leather boots while frolicking with the Eighties star.

Actress and singer Toyah appeared to be in a jovial mood as she through her arms in the air following her amazing turn of stage.

Toyah’s ensemble consisted of knee-high black boots over sheer black tights.

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail. Toyah also posted about Leslie Ash attending Proud Cabaret.

Blackpool gets R-Fest – an Indy and New Wave festival with the likes of Gary Numan, Peter Hook, Squeeze, Toyah, Dreadzone and The Stranglers.

Some of the UK’s biggest New Wave bands are set to rock the Tower Headland next year as Blackpool’s famous punk music festival has added an outdoor alternative.

The people behind the Rebellion Festival due to take place next August, have announced R-Fest – a four day feast of music by the sea. Rebellion is already the biggest punk and alternative festival in the world, and after two years off due to the pandemic, it’s coming back with a bang in 2022.

• Continue reading at Blackpool Gazette.

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp Take On The 12 Days Of Christmas: Toyah and Robert Fripp are in holiday sing-a-long mode on their weekly Sunday Lunch series, and today they take on “The 12 Days of Christmas.” They’re armed with lots of props for this one, but instead of turtle doves and french hens, they’ve got household cleaning products and appliances to sub in for them, and at one point Toyah vacuums Robert’s mohawk. Will they make it all the way through all 12 days? Do you actually want them to? – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah’s Cover of 12 Days Of Christmas is Completely Unhinged: The Christmas cheer continues – Sunday Lunch’s Fripp And Toyah have, in the spirit of the season, gifted us all with a new cover of a Christmas classic. In the kitchen this time: an unforgettable rendition of 12 Days Of Christmas. The Frippcox household is still decorated as festively as ever, including Robert Fripp’s forehead, which again reads “Grinch.” The large sign that reads: “Fripp’s ma Christmas Bitch” is, of course, still present – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Sing “The 12 Days of Christmas”: 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 have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months. The duo’s new video finds them continuing their holiday series with “The 12 Days of Christmas,” following their covers of the Christmas classics “Silent Night” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Toyah and Robert once again sing together to a backing track as they have been on the other holiday tunes – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend!: oyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – 12 Days Of Christmas… Toyah & Robert – Burning Question (December 4th, 2021)… Toyah At Home and Back On The Road!! (December 4th, 2021) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: 12 Days Of Christmas: The Frippcox household take on another festive classic… and well you get the idea, look out for the classic Fripp facial expression at the end! – Watch the video…    (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Stars of 1980s’ pop music set for Black Isle Showground extravaganza with ABC, Nik Kershaw, Toyah and T’Pau confirmed and Highland Hospice set to get share of ticket sales

Stars of the eighties are set to shine at the Black Isle Showground for a nostalgia-fuelled party that will also put a smile on faces at one of the Highlands’ most cherished charities.

ABC, known for hits including The Look of Love, Poison Arrow and All of My Heart, will headline a two-day bash at the Black Isle Showground at Muir of Ord.

Also lined up for Isle Be Back, are Toyah, who rose to fame on the back of It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free and Wouldn’t It Be Good star, Nik Kershaw. T’Pau, famous for China in Your Hand and Heart and Soul, also feature in the event scheduled for May 13 and 14, 2022.

• Continue reading at the Ross-Shire Journal.

• Toyah Live 2022: Toyah will play the Isle Of Wight Festival in June next year – See her tweet about it…

• Isle Of Wight County Press: Isle of Wight Festival 2022: New acts announced including The Kooks: The Isle of Wight Festival has announced a new raft of acts, including The Kooks closing the Big Top on the Sunday night. Isle of Wight band Wet Leg, GRIFF, Freya Ridings, The Snuts, Mae Muller, Mimi Webb, Joel Corry, The Amazons, The Charlatans, The Compozers, Del Amitri, Everyone You Know, The Fratellis, Heather Small, Mark Owen and Toyah also join the line-up… Over the course of her 40 year career, award winning musician Toyah has recorded over 20 albums, had eight Top 40 singles and written two books, and in 2022 she’ll add playing the Festival to her list of achievements – Continue reading…

• Isle Of Wight Radio: Take That Star Among New Isle Of Wight Festival 2022 Acts: Take That’s Mark Owen, Freya Ridings and The Kooks are among the new acts announced for Isle of Wight Festival 2022. The Amazons, Heather Small, Toyah, Joel Corry and the Isle of Wight’s very-own Wet Leg also feature on the line-up. Organisers have confirmed a host of new names today (Friday). The Kooks, celebrating the 15th anniversary of their debut album Inside/Out next year, will close the Big Top on the Sunday (19). Fan favourites and indie music icons The Fratellis and The Charlatans will also perform in Seaclose Park… While, award-winning musician Toyah will add playing the Festival to her list of achievements – Continue reading…

• Isle Of Wight Festival 2022: Will take place at Seaclose Park, Newport on 16th – 19th June 2022 – Visit the official festival website…

Pop icon Toyah Willcox has welcomed the Brit Awards going gender neutral.

Toyah, who was nominated for four Brits in the Eighties, thinks the move is a positive step towards inclusivity.

She said: “I think the Brits are ahead of the game and I think it’s an amazing thing to do. We have to protect every individual.

“People must not be pushed into labels, and I think it’s going to empower a whole new generation.”

The It’s A Mystery singer is starring in London’s Proud Embankment Cabaret All Stars show. Despite her 63 years she shows no sign of slowing down.

Toyah said: “My advice to people of all ages is to grab life by the horns and have confidence in yourself.”

We can’t argue with that . . .

• Continue reading at The Sun/Bizarre. See further info on Toyah with Proud Cabaret, here.

• Mirror: Eternals star Richard Madden says he was ‘fat and shy’ as childhood photos unearthed: The outlet reports that the Golden Globe Award winner has shared a photo from his teenage years, with one image from the time showing him with musician Toyah Willcox. The pair are understood to have appeared together in children’s comedy series Barmy Aunt Boomerang, with the show having ran on the BBC between 1999 and 2000 – Continue reading…

• The Sun: Mad Transformation – The Bodyguard star Richard Madden unrecognisable in ‘fat and shy’ pics from his bullied schooldays: Richard, who is famed for being in Game of Thrones, shared a picture from his school days with fans, showing him looking cherubic. He is pictured with musician Toyah Willcox, who he appeared with in Barmy Aunt Boomerang in 1999-2000 – Continue reading…

(Photos © BBC)

• Rolling Stone: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Share High-Spirited ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’ Cover: The couple gets into character for the 90-second performance: As December nears, the husband and wife duo of King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and singer/actress Toyah Willcox are getting in the holiday spirit with a cover of “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer,” the latest installation from their series Sunday Lunch – Continue reading… See also Rolling Stone Australia…

• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Keep the Festive Spirits High with Cover Of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer: Can you hear the sleigh bells?: Continuing the trend of singalong Christmas classics they started last week, Sunday Lunch purveyors Robert Fripp and Toyah have gifted fans a cover of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Continue reading…

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox spread some Christmas cheer with ‘Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer’ cover: Following on from last week’s festive rendition of ‘Silent Night’: King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have continued their eccentric covers, getting into the festive spirit with a rendition of a classic Christmas carol – Continue reading… 

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: 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 have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp Sing “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”: Toyah and Robert Fripp are in Holiday Sing-A-Long mode on their Sunday Lunch series. “Christmas is almost upon us, and the Frippcox household are ready to teach the nation another festive fave,” they write, “perhaps somebody should teach it to them first!!” The problem doesn’t seem to be no knowing this one, but in-ear monitors might help as they fall behind the music just a touch as it goes on.” As sweetly innocent as these holiday clips are, the Sunday Lunch series continues to be wild to see prog rock icon Robert Fripp delight in pure silliness. – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch Singalong: Singalong Week 2: Christmas is almost upon us, and the Frippcox household are ready to teach the nation another festive fave, perhaps somebody should teach it to them first!! – Watch the video… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Rebel Run – Toyah Willcox proves she is still a musical powerhouse at 63 in Cabaret All Stars

Toyah Willcox might be 63 years old but she is still a musical powerhouse who doesn’t drop the ball for a second.

The original punk rocker has started her stint at Proud Cabaret as one of their resident celebs for the All Star shows.

She comperes in between the burlesque, circus and magic acts and takes the time to share some of her favourite moments in her career spanning more than 40 decades.

Toyah doesn’t hold anything back, cracking jokes including “These are the feet that ran away from Jimmy Saville” and did her best imitation of Princess Margaret and the Queen mother. The singer also shared that she wrote an early draft of her song I Want To Be Free when she was nine and had jailers telling her lags were singing it behind bars.

When she sang it live, it was hard to tell that it had been decades since she first sang it on record. She was accompanied by the dazzling Katrina Louise who was doing aerial work suspended by chains – her first time back with this prop since giving birth.

Each time Toyah came on stage she had a new getup from a different coloured breast plate to her hair in a new style – the singer certainly got into the spirit of cabaret.

• Continue reading at The Sun.