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Toyah is currently receiving a lot of praise for her performance in the, just released,  Doctor Who related audio drama, Children Of The Circus, in the role(s) of The Band of Infinite Harmony.

Sci Fi Bulletin: Toyah Willcox is spectacular as the Band of Infinite Harmony, a gestalt musician maimed into something approaching harmonious perfection by the Gods of Ragnarok

Warped Factor: Joining them is 1980s icon Toyah Willcox, who plays The Band of Infinite Harmony, a multi-voiced role that she relishes, culminating in a solo song featured as a bonus track.

• So, here’s that question again – When is RTD (Russell T. Davies, Doctor Who showrunner) going to get his arse in gear and cast Toyah in the main, BBC, series? (Image/Logo © BBC/Disney)

Toyah & Robert are referenced a couple of times in the latest issue of Classic Pop magazine, in articles on Trevor Horn and his recently released album, Echoes: Ancient & Modern. Toyah & Robert cover, the Frankie Goes To Hollywood 1983 super hit, Relax, on the album. It’s a radically different version of the song too.

Review: The overriding mood on Echoes is stately and graceful. If that means Horn appears to be trolling adherents of the filth and mayhem of the original Relax by getting Toyah to happily croon over a new just-so glide, think of it instead as a fresh remix. That’ll be Mr Toyah, Robert Fripp, doing its precise guitar. Him and Horn know what they’re doing.

Feature: Then Trevor happened to catch Toyah and Robert Fripp covering Slave To The Rhythm on one of their online lockdown shows, and the deck was duly shuffled.

“I’ve always liked Toyah – I’ve bumped into her loads of times, she’s like a ball of energy. I like her vibe. So they did it. And I think it came out pretty well, even though I was afraid of messing around with it too much. I restrained myself. Robert’s solo is definitely one of my favourite guitar solos I’ve recorded.”

• The latest issue of Classic Pop is available to buy instore and online. (Thanks to Minna of The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive for the scans)

A sneaky peek of Toyah recording her solo song for Children Of The Circus, being directed by songwriter Chris Guard.

• See the preview clip, here. More info on the audio adventure, released on 2CD on 14th December, by clicking below.

Children Of The Circus cast: from left to right, Toyah Willcox, Ian Kubiak, Christopher Guard, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Dee Sadler, Kenton Hall, Ian Reddington, and Sophie Aldred. (Photo © AUK Direct)

YouTube hits Toyah and Fripp at Isle of Wight Festival in Photos

The husband and wife musical partnership of Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp — both from strangely different but equally experimental musical backgrounds — performed their popular Sunday Lunch Live show in the Big Top.

It was enjoyed by the musically nostalgic and those of younger generations perhaps searching for their own musical roots to follow.

Sunday’s afternoon show was, as you would expect with Fripp, musically precise, while Toyah showed infectious, punk-rooted enthusiasm with her performance.

She performed a set which included some of her solo classics, It’s a Mystery and I Want to Be Free, together with some great pop standards, such as Bowie’s Heroes and Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell.

• Continue reading at Isle Of Wight County Press. Toyah & Robert were also included on Sky Arts’ Isle Of Wight Festival Highlights 2023, with further airings this week. See videos of Toyah & Robert at the Isle Of Wight at Toyah’s official Instagram.

Punk princess Toyah Willcox’s quiet life in Dorset

With a career spanning more than 40 years, Willcox is perhaps best known for fronting the band Toyah between 1977 to 1983 before going solo in the mid-1980s

There are plenty of celebrities connected to Dorset from award-winning Hollywood actors to popstars and renowned radio DJs. Whether they were past alumni of schools in the county or have settled here in their later life, it seems Dorset shows no bounds when it comes to its celebrity connections.

This is true of punk Princess Toyah Willcox who has opted for a quiet life in Dorset secluded away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Her connections to the county run deeper than you might think from being married in Dorset to owning a home here.

• Continue reading at Dorset Live.

Toyah Willcox’s hottest pics – braless, see-through tops and underwear flashes

Punk babe Toyah Willcox has had a varied career – from writing books to performing with her band, it seems there’s nothing she won’t try. Take a look at some of the rebellious rockstar’s raunchiest looks

Toyah Willcox has been on the scene for more than four decades as a jack of all trades, having tried her hand at everything from singing and acting to presenting.

The triple threat began her career back in 1977 and in those 45 years the multi-talented star has had eight singles in the Top 40 chart, won Brit Awards for Breakthrough Act and Female Solo Artist, and fronted her self-titled band Toyah.

Birmingham-born Toyah was known as a rebel and, due to her bold hair colours and flamboyant style, she was once known as “The Bird of Paradise” during her youth.

She began her career in theatre before she turned her passion to music. While playing a role at the National Theatre, she started Toyah and the band became very successful.

• Continue reading at the Daily Star.

Toyah Willcox | On Record | In Conversation
Season 1, Episode 7

Broadcaster Satnam Rana and Journalist Adrian Goldberg present twenty-two conversations with Birmingham musicians, promoters, managers, venue owners and entrepreneurs who have all contributed to local, national, and international music culture. Join us and our special guests for conversations about their lives in music, their connections to the city, and how Birmingham has inspired or influenced them, personally and musically.

Selected dates also feature free live performances from the artists appearing On Record. The first of its kind, On Record is a multi-artist, multi-genre concept album forming a sonic love letter to the city of Birmingham. Produced as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, the eleven-track album will be available on a limited vinyl release and across all streaming platforms.

From her early days as a Birmingham punk to the recent internet phenomenon of Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch, Toyah Willcox has become an award-winning rock legend as well as a much-loved actress, and music composer. In this episode Satnam Rana digs deep into Toyah’s enduring career, what influences and drives her. And what a career!

Toyah has amassed thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty-five albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, acted in over twenty feature films, including Derek Jarman’s seminal punk epic, Jubilee, and presented hundreds of TV programmes in her own charismatic, outspoken, and impossible to categorise way. She released Posh Pop, her first solo studio album since 2008, in August 2021.

Listen to Toyah Willcox: On Record | In Conversation.

Watch Toyah unbox the upcoming new colour vinyl and CD+DVD release of Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! by clicking below (to go to Toyah’s Official Facebook). Pre-order the album, which is released on 13th May, here. (Screen caps from a video that is © Toyah Willcox)

• Browse Dreamscape’s “Toyah Unboxes” archive. This includes Toyah unboxing Toyah Solo, The Blue Meaning, Posh Pop and more.

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week revisiting Living Colour. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Living Colour’s ‘Cult Of Personality’: “We take another look at this belter of a song” – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Living Colour’s ‘Cult Of Personality’ – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020 – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Toyah and Robert Fripp Revisit Living Colour for peace in Ukraine: Back in March, Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp covered Living Colour’s 1988 classic “Cult of Personality” in solidarity with Ukraine. They’ve now revisited the song for their Sunday Lunch covers series, with a little more of the flash and flair their known for. After the cover, they attached the music video for Toyah’s “Barefoot on Mars,” which is off her 2021 album Posh Pop and features a nice solo from Robert – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah brandishes plastic gun as Britain’s liveliest couple revisit a classic: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp play Living Colour’s Cult Of Personality a mere 41 days after performing it for the first time – Light entertainment titans Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have once again brought joy to the world, and this time the Fripp-Willcox kitchen has played host to a song they’ve covered before. Back in early March, just days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Willcox and King Crimson founder Fripp covered Living Colour’s 1988 classic Cult Of Personality, presumably a swipe at Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The pair broke with tradition with an unusually serious cover of the song, performing in front of a peace and love sign painted in the colours of the Ukrainian flag – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality” Again, But This Time With Boobs: 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. Earlier this year, Fripp and Toyah performed a solemn, boobless version of Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality” in solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine. Now, the duo have chosen to redo that cover, this time with Toyah showing off a pastie-covered boob – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Revisit Living Colour’s 1988 Classic, Cult Of Personality: “We take another look at this belter of a song,” captioned the duo – King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back to spice up your Sundays with another cover of Living Colour’s Cult Of Personality in this week’s Sunday Lunch series. Back in March, just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Fripp and Willcox performed an unusually solemn version of the 1988 classic in a show of solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine – Continue reading…

• Sounder Ground: Toyah & Robert Fripp revisit Living Colour for peace in Ukraine: Back in March, Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp covered Living Colour’s 1988 classic “Cult of Personality” in solidarity with Ukraine. They’ve now revisited the song for their Sunday Lunch covers series, with a little more of the flash and flair their known for – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Living Colour – revisited!… Toyah & Robert – Objects Of Desire (April 9th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Soul Passing Through Soul (April 9th, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: Living Colour – revisited!: Airing at Midday today!! We take another look at this belter of a song, and a special look at Barefoot On Mars straight after :-) – Watch the video…

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On Record: In Conversation with Toyah Willcox
Thursday 05 May 2022 | 7.30pm

About On Record: In Conversation with Toyah Willcox
Steel Pulse bassist Amlak Tafari and broadcaster Satnam Rana present twenty-two conversations with Birmingham musicians, promoters, managers, venue owners and entrepreneurs who have all contributed to local, national, and international music culture. Join us and our special guests for conversations about their lives in music, their connections to the city, and how Birmingham has inspired or influenced them, personally and musically.

Selected dates also feature free live performances from the artists appearing On Record. The first of its kind, On Record is a multi-artist, multi-genre concept album forming a sonic love letter to the city of Birmingham. Produced as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, the eleven-track album will be available on a limited vinyl release and across all streaming platforms.

From her early days as a Birmingham punk to the recent internet phenomenon of Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch, Toyah Wilcox has become an award-winning rock legend as well as a much-loved actress, and music composer. In this conversation we’ll dig deep into Toyah’s enduring career, what influences and drives her.

And what a career! Toyah has amassed thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty-five albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, acted in over twenty feature films, including Derek Jarman’s seminal punk epic, Jubilee, and presented hundreds of TV programmes in her own charismatic, outspoken, and impossible to categorise way. She released Posh Pop, her first solo studio album since 2008, in August 2021.

Produced in partnership with B:Music

• Continue reading, and details on booking free tickets for In Conversation with Toyah Willcox, at B:Music. See further info and more events taking place here.

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…

• 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)

• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox’s goofy Right Said Fred cover: “I’m too sexy for King Crimson”: “We literally have no words for this week’s episode,” Willcox wrote in the video’s description – Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have shared the latest instalment of their Sunday Lunch cover series, this time tackling Right Said Fred‘s 1992 hit ‘I’m Too Sexy’. “We literally have no words for this [week’s] episode,” Willcox wrote in the video’s description, “other than this is Robert Fripp as you have NEVER seen him before!!” – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Watch Robert Fripp “As You’ve Never Seen Him Before”, Dancing On Kitchen Table In I’m Too Sexy Cover: The guitarist known for performing while sitting down takes centre-stage in the Right Said Fred cover – In their latest Sunday Lunch cover video, Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox have shared a bombastic performance of Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy”: With King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp now home from tour, he and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have been experimenting with the format of their weekly Sunday Lunch cover videos. While the couple edited together Toyah’s solo covers and Fripp’s hotel room reactions during his absence, his return has seen this format extended only within the two in the same room, as one performs while the other watches in their world famous kitchen – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Too Sexy… Toyah & Robert’s Burning Questions (October 16th, 2021) As an introvert, how does one push forward doing extrovert activities without being exhausted? And more questions… Toyah At Home & On The Road – Episode 9 – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: We literally have no words for this weeks episode, other than this is Robert Fripp as you have NEVER seen him before!! – Watch the video… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah lands ‘Cabaret All Stars’ residency through November/December

Earlier this year, Toyah returned with ‘Posh Pop’, her first album in 13 years.

Toyah will perform a new ‘Cabaret All Stars’ show in London through November/December 2021. The singer, who scored her highest-charting solo album earlier this year with ‘Posh Pop’, will hit the stage at Proud Embankment on Wednesdays and Thursdays, beginning November 4.

“Britain’s punk princess joins Proud’s Cabaret All Stars for a limited run this November & December,” reads a teaser for the show.

• Continue reading at Retro Pop. See ticket booking info here.

Toyah Willcox Covers “These Boots are Made for Walkin’” for King Crimson’s Robert Fripp

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp is still on tour in the U.S., but his wife, actress and singer Toyah Willcox, has continued with the duo’s popular “Sunday Lunch” videos in his absence as “love letters” to her husband, with Fripp’s hotel room reactions edited in alongside Toyah’s performances.

For this week’s video, Willcox delivers a solo cover of Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 hit “These Boots are Made for Walkin’.” “The kitchen’s waiting! Sunday Lunch wants ya back!” Toyah taunts, before adding, “These puppies want you home!” while aiming the camera at her chest as Fripp lets out a spirited laugh.

• Continue reading at Metal Sucks.

Robert Fripp Reacts To Toyah’s Cover Of Light My Fire By The Doors

While Robert Fripp is away on tour with King Crimson, his wife Toyah has been powering on solo with song covers in an off-shoot to the couple’s Sunday Lunch series. In this week’s upload, Fripp reacted to his wife’s cover of The Doors’ Light My Fire.

The fifth episode of the Love Letters series was uploaded to YouTube yesterday (5 September) with the caption: “Robert Fripp is touring the USA with King Crimson and Toyah is home alone. Toyah is keen on setting the ‘night on fire’ across the Atlantic in a new Love Letter.”

• Continue reading at Guitar.Com. Watch the Latest Sunday Lunch/Love Letters at You Tube. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah Willcox Covers “Light My Fire” for King Crimson’s Robert Fripp

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp is still on tour in the U.S., but his wife, actress and singer Toyah Willcox, has continued with the duo’s popular “Sunday Lunch” videos in his absence as “love letters” to her husband, with Fripp’s hotel room reactions edited in alongside Toyah’s performances.

For this week’s video, Willcox delivers a solo cover of The Doors’ “Light My Fire,” changing the taunt of song’s refrain from “Come on baby, light my fire” to “Come on Bobby.” “I’m keeping the bed warm for you,” she teases as the song wraps up, adding “the sofa and the carpet too” as Fripp expresses his admiration and amusement, quipping, “I think it’s time to go home.”

• Continue reading at Metal Sucks. Watch the Latest Sunday Lunch/Love Letters at You Tube.

This is incredible news, and a huge congratulations to Toyah. As well as Simon Darlow, Bobby Willcox and the entire team who brought us Posh Pop.

The 2021 studio album charts today at #22 on the Official UK Album Chart. Posh Pop becomes Toyah’s highest charting studio album since 1982, when The Changeling peaked at #6. Warrior Rock: Toyah On Tour, a live double album – which will be reissued in the next year or so, as will the rest of Toyah’s post-The Blue Meaning Safari Records’ back catalogue – peaked at #20 that same year.

The only other Toyah albums to peak higher than this are Anthem (1981) #2, The Changeling (1982) #6 and the aforementioned Warrior Rock: Toyah On Tour (1982) #20. Posh Pop equals with, another live album, Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! (1980) which hit #22 in early 1981.

Further great news is that Posh Pop achieves Toyah her highest ever chart position as a solo artist, and the album is also #1 on the official Independent chart, #6 on the official Physical chart, #6 on the official Sales chart, #9 on the official Vinyl chart, #20 on the official Download chart and #8 on the official Scottish chart. Phew! Amazing stats! If the Album Chart was, as it used to be, simply a sales chart Toyah would certainly have a Top 10 album!!

• A Message From Toyah: Watch Toyah announce the news – Continue watching…

• Official Charts: See this week’s full Top 100 Album Chart – Continue reading…

• Official Charts: Further down, Beach Boys boxset Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971 enters at 19, Toyah earns her eighth Top 40 album with Posh Pop at 22, and a remastered edition of Supergrass’ In It For The Money lands at 28 – Continue reading…

• Official Charts: See Toyah’s full charts stats on the Official Chart – Continue reading…

• Official Charts @ Twitter: 10 new releases land in this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 40, including a massive boxset by The Beach Boys, Toyah’s Posh Pop, and a reissue of Supergrass’ In It For The Money – Continue reading…

• Chart Stats: Also great to consider that Toyah has had four charting albums on the Official Charts in the past two years: In The Court Of The Crimson Queen (2019) #74, Sheep Farming In Barnet (2020) #99, The Blue Meaning (2021) #59, Posh Pop (2021) #22.

• Posh Pop: Click below to buy the album on CD+DVD, CD, Colour Vinyl and Digital Download. Or stream the album at Spotify and watch a selection of album videos at Toyah’s Official You Tube channel. (All Photos/Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah serenades Robert Fripp with a cover of Patti Smith’s ‘Because The Night’

Toyah Willcox has delivered a solo cover of Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Because The Night’ as part of their Love Letters series.

Toyah Willcox has delivered a solo cover of Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Because The Night.’

Over the past few weeks, Robert Fripp has been out on tour with his band King Crimson. Leaving Toyah solely responsible for carrying the torch for the pair’s Sunday Lunch’ series.

• Continue reading at Tone Deaf.

Video: Toyah Willcox Covers “Because the Night” (Patti Smith, 10,000 Maniacs) for King Crimson’s Robert Fripp

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp is still on tour in the U.S., but his wife, actress and singer Toyah Willcox, has continued with the duo’s popular “Sunday Lunch” videos in his absence, with Fripp’s hotel room reactions edited in alongside Toyah’s performances.

For this week’s video, Willcox delivers a solo cover of “Because the Night,” originally written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith but best known by many for the rendition 10,000 Maniacs performed on MTV Unplugged. “Hubba hubba,” Fripp says as he watches, before adding, “I love you.”

• Continue reading at Metal Sucks. (Images below © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah Willcox is an English musician, actress and TV presenter. From fronting a band to releasing solo music, there is little that she hasn’t done across a four-decade career

My childhood was definitely privileged. We had hot water, heating, food, we had our own home, and I went to a private school.

Having a limp, dyslexia and a lisp. I wasn’t even aware of it. I was having a perfectly happy childhood until people pointed out that I had a physical difference to everyone else in the room. Then, when I was sitting my 11-plus people realised that I was not on the same page as everyone else because of dyslexia. Alan Sugar, Richard Branson—you could name a thousand people who have exactly the same experience as me and we’re doing perfectly well. I have such a wonderful life. I have overcome so much.

I wouldn’t say that that specifically made me tougher. What made me tougher was being the only woman in the music industry. My way of learning, my way of working, means that I have to just be a little bit ahead of everyone else. And I think any woman in acting or music would say, “I feel the same too.” You never arrive.

• Continue reading at the Reader’s Digest.