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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.

Browse all the Sunday Lunch Live! Diaries at Toyah’s official TikTok and a selection at You Tube Shorts, with many new videos posted this past week from rehearsals, soundchecks, a couple of Toyah gigs & more. Some of the Sunday Lunch Live! Diaries can also be watched at Toyah’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Greatest Pop Videos – 1990: Channel 5: Saturday 25th March: 10.05pm
Series 1, Episode 1. A selection of the 1990s most memorable videos, telling the stories behind them and hearing from artists, directors, choreographers and critics, beginning with 1990. Kate Pierson of the B-52’s reminisces about filming Love Shack and Betty Boo talks about Doin’ the Do, while members of En Vogue, EMF and Beats International look back at their own visual treats. Timmy Mallett recalls the experience of filming for Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and Go West reflect on their video exploits, while Cliff Richard, Toyah Willcox, Paul Gambaccini, David Grant, Katie Puckrik and Nina Myskow look back on the year. (NB. This is a new series and hasn’t been previously aired)

• Toyah At Home: Dawn Chorus – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moment Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – The one with all the Bollo%ks Part 2 – Watch…

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…

Stay updated with all the Sunday Lunch Live! Diaries (now in week two and updating almost every day) at Toyah’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

• 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 & Robert’s Sunday Lunch Live production rehearsals begin today! – this day also marks the beginning of the Sunday Lunch Live Diaries, bringing us into their daily experience through candid short videos. Click below to watch the videos at You Tube.Shorts

To the delight of fans old and new, comes the long-awaited ‘Toyah Live At Drury Lane’ – Toyah’s legendary Christmas Eve 1981 concert released on 12 May 2023 by Cherry Red Records.

Toyah the band were invited by the BBC to play a special live concert on 24 December 1981 for broadcast live on BBC2 for The Old Grey Whistle Test Christmas Special. Simultaneously the concert was broadcast in stereo on BBC Radio 1. Previously, the concert footage was only ever available on a BBC VHS video cassette in 1982.

Following a year of top ten hit singles in 1981 plus the Gold-selling album Anthem, the band closed out the year with this fantastically energetic and celebratory concert. The band line-up for this concert saw Toyah Willcox (vocals), Joel Bogen (guitar), the late Phil Spalding (bass) and Adrian Lee (keyboards) joined by acclaimed drummer Simon Phillips. The much-loved Christmas Eve 1981 concert was watched by an astonishing 12 million viewers on BBC 2 television.

The 2LP and CD contains all 13 songs as performed at the momentous concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, as broadcast live on BBC 1 for Toyah In Concert.

The DVD contains all 13 songs as performed at the momentous concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, with two songs from the broadcast reinstated following their cut from a 1982 VHS video release Good Morning Universe.

Exclusive to the CD in this package are 3 bonus audio tracks recorded live in Milan on the band’s Winter Tour, which culminated in the Drury Lane concerts on 23/24 December 1981. These three rarely performed tracks are Stand Proud, Urban Tribesmen and Pop Star and come from a previously unreleased sound desk concert recording, courtesy of Joel Bogen.

The 24-page colour booklet includes an introduction by Toyah to the concert and new sleevenotes by Craig Astley, Toyah’s archivist who compiled this release.

Brand new artwork includes photography of Toyah’s iconic stage entrance for the gig, 20ft above the band and audience. Rare and previously unseen photographs of the band’s Drury Lane concert the day before (23 Dec 1981) from the Safari Records archive also illustrate the CD booklet.

• Pre-Order Toyah Live At Drury Lane on CD+DVD, and semi-transparent pink vinyl at Cherry Red (The editions with postcards sold out almost immediately!). Read the news/press release and album page/full tracklist/Release Gallery at toyahwillcox.com. Watch Toyah announce the release on today’s Toyah At Home.

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.

Tomorrow’s Toyah At Home – airing at 11am (UK time) on Toyah’s official You Tube channel and Facebook – is a Live At Drury Lane episode and will will include a special announcement related to Toyah’s legendary 1981 concert at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Toyah’s March 2023 blog is available to read at toyahwillcox.com.

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Wednesday 8th March: 5pm
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Thursday 9th March: 3pm
T’Pau’s Carol Decker brings a bit of Heart and Soul to a countdown of ’80s ladies who like to rock! With Joan Jett, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. (as well as Toyah via the Thunder In The Mountains video)

• 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.

Video Killed The Radio Star: Sky Arts: Saturday 11th March: 5.30am
Toyah Willcox. (Series 7, Episode 6) An insight into the making of videos by Toyah Willcox, whose hits included It’s A Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want To Be Free.

Favourite Singers With Nick Heyward: NOW 80s: Monday 27th February: 10am
Mr Favourite Shirts is back on NOW 80s – this time he selects his Favourite Singers! Including some who influenced him the most such as David Byrne & XTC’s Andy Partridge.

Way Back When! 1981: NOW 80s: Thursday 2nd March: 8am
60 minutes of lesser heard hits from 1981. Including The Pretenders, Spandau Ballet, George Harrison, Toyah & The Pointer Sisters.

• Toyah At Home: Brave New World – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: Upbeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Drop Dead Gorgeous – Watch…

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…

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Tuesday 21st February: 8pm
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Thursday 23rd February: 11am
T’Pau’s Carol Decker brings a bit of Heart and Soul to a countdown of ’80s ladies who like to rock! With Joan Jett, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and Pat Benatar. (as well as Toyah via the Thunder In The Mountains video)

Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Tuesday 21st February: 10am
Pop legend Toyah brings 30 memorable videos featuring a cavalcade of clothing calamities from superstars including Bowie, Madonna, Adam Ant and many more in this crazy countdown!