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Isle of Wight Festival to welcome Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp

Toyah Willcox has announced she will be playing the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday, June 18.

She will join Robbie Williams, Blondie, Mika, Niall Horan, Echo and the Bunnymen and the Manic Street Preachers on the last day of this year’s Seaclose Park event.

Also due to play over the four-day weekend are Pulp, Courteeners, One Republic, Sabrina Carpenter and Lovejoy.

Toyah, who will return for the second year running, is known for her punk hits, including It’s A Mystery, I Want To Be Free and Echo Beach.

• Continue reading at Isle Of Wight County Press. See also Yahoo!

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Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering The J. Geils Band. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The J. Geils Band’s ‘Centerfold’: They also announce plans to perform at this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Normal service resumes as Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform frisky cover of Centerfold: Toyah brandishes a copy of Prog magazine as the Fripp-Willcox kitchen reverberates to the sound of a J. Geils Band classic – Continue…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Nearly Bare All with Cover of J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold”: The King Crimson guitarist even strikes a few sultry poses at the end of the video – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover J. Geils Band’s “Centrefold” – Continue…

• Far Out: Toyah and Robert Fripp share cover of J. Geils Band song ‘Centerfold’ – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform J. Geils Band Classic “Centrefold”, Share Bonus Footage that “You Cannot Unsee” – Continue…

• Yahoo!: Robert Fripp and Toyah Nearly Bare All with Cover of J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold” – Continue…

• DGM Live!: Centrefold – Continue…

Toyah To Bring Out The Audio Of Her Drury Lane Concert

Even though, in the eyes of the uninitiated, Toyah‘s latter-day endeavors may seem to suggest she’s content to be cavorting in the kitchen with her spouse, the singer’s histrionic performances have always been much more than such domestic scenes.

It’s rather surprising, then, that, for all the years she spent on-stage, there’s not a lot of records which captured the chanteuse live, but there are concert videos to allow Ms. Willcox to remedy this situation. Last year saw the reissue of her 1981’s “At The Rainbow” album on CD and DVD, and now it’s time for 1982’s “Good Morning Universe” to follow suit.

Slated to be out as “Live At Drury Lane” on May 12th in CD/DVD and 2LP formats, the remastered video version of this classic Christmas show, where the artist’s band included the great Simon Phillips on drums and the recently departed Phil Spalding on bass, reinstates two pieces that were cut from the original VHS release, while audio variant – issued for the first time ever – is augmented with three numbers Toyah delivered to Milan audience earlier on the same tour. Here’s a chance to experience her magic in all its glory.

• Continue reading at Let It Rock. Pre-order Live At Drury Lane, on CD/DVD and double vinyl, at Cherry Red.

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Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week sharing some previously unaired bloopers. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunch “Bollocks Part 2” bloopers – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Release “Bloopers & Bollock$”, Part 2 – Continue…

• DGM Live: All Boll#cks! – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: World In Action – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – The One With The Body Paint – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week re-airing their cover of Foo Fighters All My Life, originally broadcast in June 2022. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

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

• DGM Live: The One With The Body Paint – Continue…

Special edition of sci-fi cult classic to be screened in Nuneaton

It is the handiwork of a movie maker who has his eyes on his next blockbuster

A Nuneaton movie maker is to host the first screening of a special edition of his sci-fi cult classic to help fund his next blockbuster. Simon Cox has turned to innovative ways to help raise funds for his next film – ‘Of Infinite Worlds’ – including trying to sell 20,000 mugs.

Now he is hosting a number of local screenings of his previous hit, ‘Invasion Planet Earth’, and this Thursday (March 9) there will be a special screening in his hometown.

It is being held at Nuneaton Christian Fellowship and will give people the chance to see a special version of the feature film, which was sold across the world.

“This sci-fi movie was shot in Nuneaton, Coventry and Birmingham and was a true passion project that took nearly 10 years to make,” he said. “It was inspired by classic 1970’s science fiction and features 80’s pop icon, Toyah Willcox. It has sold all around the world and is becoming a bit of a cult classic.”

• Continue reading at Coventry Live.

• Toyah At Home: Live At Drury Lane – Watch… • Robert At Home: March 2023 – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Most Wanted Of The Year – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week revisiting one of the Most Wanted lunches of 2022. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Reveal Their Most Viewed “Sunday Lunch” Video Of 2022 – Continue…

• DGM Live: Sunday Lunch ’22 Faves – Continue…

Toyah to headline Sittingbourne’s Party In The Park

It’s no longer a mystery. Eighties punk queen Toyah Willcox has been confirmed as the headline act for Sittingbourne’s top music festival.

The musician, actress and TV presenter has agreed to perform at the annual Party in the Park organised by the Appleyard.

Mike Farrow, managing director of the Appleyard, said: “I’ve just signed the contract. She will be great.”

The singer, now 64, had a top five hit with It’s A Mystery in 1981 and has since had eight top 40 singles, released more than 20 albums, written two books, appeared in more than 40 stage plays and featured in 10 films.

• Continue reading at Kent Online. Browse all of Toyah’s, confirmed, upcoming 2023 gigs at toyahwillcox.com.

• Toyah At Home: Echo Beach video reaction – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Bloopers & Bolløck$ – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week featuring Bloopers & Bolløck$. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Guitar.Com: Toyah and Robert Fripp share Sunday Lunch “Bloopers & Bolløck$” reel: Even professionals require second takes – Continue…

• NME: Watch Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp’s latest Sunday Lunch blooper reel: The reel includes bloopers from their cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp’s “Bloopers & Bolløck$” – Continue…

• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share ‘Sunday Lunch’ bloopers video – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Share “Bloopers & Bolløck$” Video Featuring Attempt At Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” – Continue…

• DGM Live: BOLL#CKS! – Continue…

A new super comprehensive Sunday Lunch feature is available to read at Far Out magazine.

Sunday Lunch: the 10 best covers by Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox

The internet is famed for being a kaleidoscopic environment, full of some of the kookiest sights known to man. With regards to the video-sharing giant YouTube, for nearly 20 years, it has been home to some of the most memorable and unorthodox characters ever seen. Two of the most beloved to regularly contribute to the site in recent years with a host of musical covers is the dynamic duo of Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox. English eccentricity incarnate, they soothe their fans with weekly Sunday Lunch instalments.

A power couple in every sense of the phrase, Fripp and Willcox remain illustrious names of the industry. The former is the creative mastermind of prog-rock pioneers King Crimson and undoubted guitar hero. Aside from his main gig, Fripp has also helped to bring the works of eminent artists such as David Bowie, Brian Eno and David Sylvian to life and enjoy a successful solo career. As for the latter, Wilcox fronted the successful new wave band Toyah between 1977 and 1983 and has since enjoyed a respected solo career of her own. Outside of the musical sphere, she’s also an esteemed actor, having starred in Derek Jarman’s cult 1978 punk film Jubilee and the ultimate mod drama, Quadrophenia.

The pair married in 1986 and have been going strong ever since. Then, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, the couple knew that they had to do something for their own sake and those of others. Sunday Lunch was Willcox’s idea, as she wanted to keep her husband busy whilst he and King Crimson were forced off the stage by the lockdown. Since then, the pair have uploaded a host of musical covers to YouTube under the Sunday Lunch tag.

From Black Sabbath to Right Said Fred, their lighthearted yet eccentric takes on classic songs have been a remedy for many a woe on a Sunday afternoon. One part unhinged and one part kinky, they’ve kept fans interested for nearly three years, evidencing their potent formula. With Fripp mostly sat in his chair and Willcox on vocal duties, backed by a host of props and occasionally friends, Sunday Lunch has been a breath of fresh air since its debut.

• Continue reading at Far Out Magazine.

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

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Republica’s ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’: “The kitchen is playing host to this Republica classic, and it’s delivered in a way only Toyah and Robert know how” – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Republica’s “Drop Dead Gorgeous” – Continue…

• Far Out: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Republica’s ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform Republica’s “Drop Dead Gorgeous” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…

• DGM Live: Drop Dead Gorgeous – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: Crimson Queen/Jungles Of Jupiter – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Dance In The Hurricane – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week performing Dance In The Hurricane. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform her ‘Dance In The Hurricane’: This week’s Sunday Lunch celebrates Willcox’s recently released ‘The Court Of The Crimson Queen: Rhythm Deluxe Edition – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp “Dance In The Hurricane” – Continue…

• Far Out: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform ‘Dance in the Hurricane’ – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Share “Dance In The Hurricane” Performance In New Kitchen Video – Continue…

• DGM Live: Dance In The Hurricane – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: Slave To The Rhythm – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – White Punks On Dope – Watch…

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

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The Tubes’ ‘White Punks On Dope’: “The duo are back and it’s nothing but a belter this week. Enjoy your lunch folks!” – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Watch in awe as Toyah and Robert mangle White Punks On Dope as it’s never been mangled before: It’s glam rock a-go-go in the Willcox-Fripp kitchen as The Tubes’ classic White Punks On Dope gets the traditional Sunday Lunch treatment – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Tubes’ “White Punks On Dope” – Continue…

• Far Out: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover ‘White Punks On Dope’ by The Tubes – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform The Tubes Classic “White Punks On Dope” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…

• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover The Tubes’ ‘White Punks on Dope’: Fripp confessed to being “a white dope on punk” – Continue…

• DGM Live: White Punks On Dope – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: Dance In The Hurricane – Watch… • Robert At Home: February 2023 – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Shout At The Devil – Watch…

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

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover a Mötley Crüe classic: ‘Shout At The Devil’ is the latest rock anthem to get a ‘Sunday Lunch’ reworking – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp enjoy a Satanic Sabbath with fiery, latex-enhanced cover of Motley Crue’s Shout At The Devil: If it’s Sunday, it’s Fun-Day at the Willcox / Fripp residence – Continue…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah “Shout at the Devil” with Mötley Crüe Cover: The married couple let their hair flow for the ’80s glam-metal anthem – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Mötley Crüe’s “Shout at the Devil” – Continue…

• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Mötley Crüe’s ‘Shout At The Devil’ – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform Mötley Crüe Classic “Shout At The Devil” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…

• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Sunday Lunch Series Continues With the Duo Blasting Through Mötley Crüe’s ‘Shout at the Devil’: Just ahead of Crüe’s first performances with the new guitarist, John 5 – Continue…

• Guitar World: Robert Fripp and Toyah put a wild spin on Mötley Crüe’s Shout at the Devil: Just days before Mötley Crüe hit the road with John 5, the captivating couple stole their thunder with a crazy Crüe cover of their own – Continue…

• Yahoo!: Robert Fripp and Toyah “Shout at the Devil” with Mötley Crüe Cover – Continue…

• Metal Injection: Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Covered Mötley Crüe’s “Shout At The Devil” – Continue…

• DGM Live: Shout At The Devil – Continue…

• Toyah At Home: Lesser God – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: Upbeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Watch…

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

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox cover a KISS classic while dressed up like a unicorn: Husband Robert Fripp joined in on guitar, for the latest in their ‘Sunday Lunch’ series – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: If you had ‘Toyah singing Kiss dressed as a pink unicorn’ on your 2023 bingo card, congratulations: Robert Fripp looks terrified as Toyah Willcox bounces about in an inflatable unicorn costume during the couple’s performance of I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Continue…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Unicorn Toyah Fly Through KISS’ “I Was Made for Lovin’ You”: Toyah wears an inflatable flying unicorn costume for the KISS classic – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover KISS “You Were Made For Loving Me” – Continue…

• Far Out: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah cover KISS song ‘I Was Made For Lovin’ You’ – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform KISS Classic “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…

• Guitar World: Robert Fripp and Toyah are on their usual ridiculous form in this bizarre cover of Kiss’s I Was Made For Lovin’ You: Watch the ever-intriguing husband-and-wife duo tackle one of the rock institution’s biggest hits – Continue…

• Yahoo! Entertainment: Robert Fripp and Unicorn Toyah Fly Through KISS’ “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” – Continue…

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

Toyah Willcox says she was ‘negotiating’ monogamy during marriage to Robert Fripp

‘When we first got together there was a tsunami of women trying to claim him,’ Willcox said

Toyah Willcox has opened up about the early years of her marriage with Robert Fripp in a new interview.

Willcox, 64, and Fripp, 76, got married in 1986, and recently reflected on their nearly 40-year relationship.

Speaking to The Times, Willcox said Fripp proposed to her within a week of their second meeting in 1985, with the couple tying the knot on the King Crimson guitarist’s 40th birthday.

Willcox added she had to explain her “version of monogamy” to him, referring to the “tsunami of women trying to claim” Fripp.

“When we first got together there was a tsunami of women trying to claim him. It was breathtaking. I got very bored of the number of people who felt they had to tell me they’d slept with him,” she explained. “I was, like, ‘Go f*** yourself.’”

• Continue reading at The Independent. NB. This article is an extract from Toyah & Robert’s interview published this week by The Times/The Sunday Times.

• Toyah At Home: Latex Messiah Posh Redux (2023) – Watch… • Toyah – Latex Messiah (Posh Redux) feat. Robert Fripp – 2023 Single – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: Upbeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Latex Sunday Lunch – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week premiering the 2023 release of Latex Messiah (Posh Redux). (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox perform updated version of ‘Latex Messiah’ with Robert Fripp: The latest instalment of their ongoing Sunday Lunch sessions sees the husband and wife duo perform one of their own tracks – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Things have taken a turn towards the dark side in Toyah and Robert’s kitchen: “Your eyes may never be the same again”, says Toyah, as she brandishes a whip and Robert Fripp dons a leather plague doctor mask – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp get into “Latex” on this week’s Sunday Lunch – Continue…

• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Perform Updated Version of ‘Latex Messiah’: The duo took on Toyah’s track dressed as usual in unorthodox attire – Continue…

• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp perform ‘Latex Messiah’ on Sunday Lunch – Continue…

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

A new interview, and photos, with Toyah & Robert published by The Times.

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp on fidelity and rock’n’roll Sunday lunches

The singer and her guitarist husband on why they’re going on tour at a combined age of 140

The first time I met Robert was in a taxi in 1983 with our managers. I remember being intrigued by this man who was reluctant to talk, which provoked me to ask, “What colour are your underpants?” He brought out the prankster in me.

We didn’t meet again until 1985, when he asked me to make a charity album with him. He proposed within a week and we married on his 40th birthday in May 1986. Robert is an intelligent, deep thinker who’s disciplined in his music, his health routine and how he lives. All of that was perfection for me.

• Continue reading at The Times. (subscription required)

• Toyah At Home: Heal Ourselves – Watch… • Robert At Home: January 2023 – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: Upbeat Moments Of The Week (7 January 2023) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – The Kid’s Aren’t Alright – Watch…

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

• Guitar.Com: Toyah and Robert Fripp take on The Kids Aren’t Alright by The Offspring for Sunday Lunch: “It’s a proper loud one this week as [we] take on this true anthem!!” – Continue…

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The Offspring’s ‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’: “It’s a proper loud one this week as [we] take on this true anthem” – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp show no sign of letting up as Sunday Lunch series enters another year: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox carry on as they mean to carry on with a cover of The Offspring’s The Kids Aren’t Alright – Continue…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Take on The Offspring’s “The Kids Aren’t Alright”: The couple’s “Sunday Lunch” series continues with a rendition of the punk-rock anthem – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Offspring’s “The Kid’s Aren’t Alright” – Continue…

• Far Out: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The Offspring’s ‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’ – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform The Offspring Hit “The Kids Aren’t Alright” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…

• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover The Offspring’s ‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’: The couple’s comedic series continues in 2023 with a special rendition of a classic – Continue…

• Yahoo! Entertainment: Robert Fripp and Toyah Take on The Offspring’s “The Kids Aren’t Alright” – Continue…

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

During last year’s series of The Masked Singer, there were some, including the national press, who thought the character/masked singer Panda was Toyah. It was eventually revealed that Panda was in fact Natalie Imbruglia.

The new series of The Masked Singer for 2023 started on New Year’s Day and almost immediately fans of the show were speculating the character Otter could be Toyah – though some are also saying it may possibly be Kate Bush, Dawn French or Emma Thompson. Great company to be in!

Time will tell! In the meantime, here’s a photo of Otter. Read press reports mentioning Toyah as Otter: Mirror, Daily Star, and Cornwall Live. (Photo © ITV)

Live at the Rainbow
(Cherry Red CD/DVD)

Originally released as a VHS video in 1981, capturing Toyah at the very peak of her early ’80s triumphs, fans have been calling out for a digital equivalent for years now… and finally it’s here.

Spread across two discs, with the full VHS performance on DVD, and the entire concert (four songs longer, plus three further bonus tracks) on CD, Live at the Rainbow is both a captivating performance and a curious time capsule – a reminder of a time, to begin with, when Toyah was considered a weird looking lady, and a weird sounding one as well. These days, you see more dramatic costumes working in banks, and hear stranger voices reading the news.

Shove such thoughts aside, however, and the DVD, in particular, illustrates just what a dynamic performer Toyah was, with a repertoire that danced closer to the edge than many far more feted left fielders, and a stage presence that pushed her leagues ahead, again, of the competition. Indeed, enjoyable though the audio disc is, it’s the DVD to which you will continually return, simply to bask in the sheer delight of the show.

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