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Age won’t change Toyah Willcox: ‘We’ve never stopped being rockers, we are just rockers in a different time and place’

Toyah Willcox says she’s far more than a punk princess

Born out of a lockdown-powered creative burst, Toyah Willcox and musician husband Robert Fripp’s weekly online Sunday Lunch videos have quickly become regular news events.

Cheeky, audacious, entertaining, and even eye-watering, each episode has been attracting hundreds of thousands of views.

But if you think they’re big now, wait till you hear what’s next.

‘We are developing a stage show and a movie is in development as well,’ reveals Toyah, adding that the duo are even considering an album.

‘But once you get into a studio situation you’ve got to rethink everything, and how people will experience that in an album form.

‘It’s not a no, but it takes an awful lot of consideration.’

• Continue reading at the Metro.

Tune into Toyah At Home tomorrow at 11am on You Tube and Facebook! A three-song and news special! + A sizzling Summer announcement.

Toyah looks back on a momentous week that included her live debut at the renowned Isle of Wight Festival. There’s a very special news announcement plus reactions from Toyah to some very rare TV performances.

Very rare photo below © Toyah Willcox/Cherry Red

Video Killed The Radio Star: Sky Arts: Thursday 7th July: 11.30am
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.

Tonight is the final gig of the Electric Ladies Tour, taking place in Toyah’s home city, at Birmingham Town Hall. (Photo © Toyah Willcox)

• Toyah At Home: Good Morning Universe – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Slave To The Rhythm – Watch…

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Grace Jones and premiering Toyah’s upcoming new single, Slave To The Rhythm. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Grace Jones’ ‘Slave To The Rhythm’: Are you a slave to the ‘Sunday Lunch’ rhythm? – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp controversially resort to miming in this week’s video: Toyah lip-syncs her new single, a cover of Graces Jones’ classic Slave To The Rhythm, but Robert’s guitar part is classic Fripp – Continue…

• Guitar.Com: Toyah Previews Her New Single On This Week’s Sunday Lunch With Robert Fripp: Toyah’s take Slave to The Rhythm will be released as a single on 1 August – Continue…

• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Grace Jones song ‘Slave To The Rhythm’ – Continue…

• Turn Up The Volume: Toyah and Robert are Slaves To The Rhythm – Continue…

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

In the Spotlight: Toyah Willcox & Robert Fripp

In the Spotlight showcases a cross-section of an artist’s cover work. View past instalments, then post suggestions for future picks in the comments!

Hmmm–“In the Spotlight” could well be the giveaway, being exactly where at least half of this odd couple seems, more than anything else, to want to be. Odd couple? Well, back in the day, I daresay that the idea of Robert Fripp, the complex guitar wrangler of King Crimson fame, besuited and besitted always, having a lengthy and lasting marriage with Toyah Willcox, the punk-pop princess of Birmingham with the look-at-me dramatics, was not one of life’s great certainties.

I confess to being quite delighted by the couple’s first forays into Sunday Lunchtime COVID-19 entertainment, as much for the bizarre hoops Mrs. Fripp could put her permanently-bemused husband through, in the sake of raising the spirits of those who stumbled onto these little vignettes of, apparently, their life.

According to Willcox, the purpose of these weekly vids was primarily to lift Fripp out of the black dog that permeated him as lockdown locked down, depriving him of both an outlet for and an income for his art. So, on 5th April 2020, those idly browsing the net became party to the extraordinary image of the couple, dressed to the nines, having a bop to Bill Haley’s vintage hit, “Rock Around the Clock.” And looking to be having a whale of a time.

• Continue reading at Cover Me.

Big Fat Quiz Of The 80s: 4Music: Sunday 26th June: 10pm
Jimmy Carr is joined by three teams of top celebrities for another fiendishly difficult pub quiz about news, music, telly and fashions of the 80s. Playing the quiz are David Mitchell, Phill Jupitus, Alan Carr, Sarah Greene, Jack Dee and Jason Donovan. And, as ever, Jimmy is helped by a host of famous question-setters, including Jim Bowen, Kim Wilde, Tony Robinson and Toyah Willcox.

“I could feel the love in the room” Toyah’s Isle of Wight Festival Big Top show

Singer Toyah told the County Press her Isle of Wight Festival Big Top experience was ‘breathtaking’.

Speaking after her show on Sunday, she said the audience had been amazing and she was given a fantastic welcome.

She said: “The Big Top was breathtaking, it was so good because I could see the whole audience.

“I could feel the love in the room, which was so nice. Everyone knew the music which was great, even my newer music. Also, the weather was amazing for me as it wasn’t too hot!”

• Continue reading at Yahoo News. See also the County Press.

Toyah guests on the new BBC Radio 4 programme Ziggy Stardust at 50.

• Listen to the programme at BBC Sounds.

Quadrophenia Reunited – 40 Years On: Sky Arts: Saturday 2nd July: 00.30am
Lauren Laverne hosts a one-off special bringing the stars of Quadrophenia together. Featuring reminiscing, interviews, a table-read of the script and plenty of surprises.

Quadrophenia – Our Generation: Sky Arts: Saturday 2nd July: 2am
Celebrity fans and cast members come together to shed light on the making of Quadrophenia and explore the legacy that the cult film has left behind, 40 years after its release.

Celebrity Catchphrase: ITV2: Thursday 30th June: 6pm
Stephen Mulhern hosts a celebrity special of the classic game show, with Nicola Coughlan, Stephen Mangan and Toyah Willcox all trying to say what they see as they guess well-known phrases for the chance to win a £50,000 jackpot for their chosen charity.

• Toyah At Home: Reaction to vintage Rebel Run performance (Hold Tight at Alton Towers 1983) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Killing In The Name – Watch…

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

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox give paint-covered Rage Against The Machine performance – The latest Sunday Lunch cover sees the couple tackling the 1992 track – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: OMG Toyah and Robert Fripp have covered Killing In The Name: Toyah daubs herself in red paint as she pays tribute to Gil Scott-Heron with a cover of a Rage Against The Machine classic – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” – Continue…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Take on Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name”: The married couple’s latest cover comes weeks before RATM kick off their highly anticipated reunion tour – Continue…

• Yahoo! Entertainment: Robert Fripp and Toyah Take on Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Perform Rage Against The Machine Classic “Killing In The Name” – Continue…

• Metal Addicts: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah cover RATM’s ‘Killing In The Name’ – Continue…

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

Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Monday 13th June: 9am
Pop legend Toyah brings 30 memorable videos featuring a cavalcade of clothing calamities from superstars including Visage, Five Star, Divine, Cher, The Jam, Bananarama, Dead Or Alive, Bucks Fizz, ABC, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Madonna, Adam & The Ants, A Flock Of Seagulls, Roxy Music, Kajagoogoo, Duran Duran, Grace Jones, Su Pollard, Toyah herself and more in this crazy countdown! See the full Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30 playlist here.

Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Tuesday 21st June: 4.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Wednesday 22nd June: 1.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Thursday 23rd June: 9.30am
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Saturday 25th June: 10am
Blue Marigold. Series 5, Episode 1. Dropped by her agency for her diva-like behaviour, supermodel Marigold’s mental health deteriorates. Years later, she plots a comeback. Director: Giles Foster. Starring: Toyah Willcox, Ralph Bates, Sharon Duce, Helen Fraser, Billy Hamon, Edward Jewesbury.

• Toyah At Home: Echo Beach (London Palladium 1987) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (Jubilee Special) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Devil Inside – Watch…

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

• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover INXS’ ‘Devil Inside’ – The latest serving of their Sunday Lunch also includes some bloopers – Continue…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Hell is unleashed in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen with barmy INXS cover – Continue…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover INXS “Devil Inside” – Continue…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover INXS’s “Devil Inside” – Continue…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Perform INXS Classic “Devil Inside” – Continue…

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

Toyah and Saffron perform a gorgeous version of Hazel O’Connor’s Will You on the Electric Ladies Tour. See a different angle of the performance at Toyah’s Instagram.

The Great Garden Revolution: Channel 4: Sunday 5th June: 5.50pm
The Great Garden Revolution: 4Seven: Monday 6th June: 8pm
The Great Garden Revolution: Channel 4: Wednesday 8th June: 00.05am
Series 2, Episode 3. The team are in Manchester to create a wildlife garden that gives a home to the birds, bugs and animals. Errol Reuben Fernandes demonstrates how to plant in a shady patch or garden, Bruce Kenneth makes a simple birdbox, and Joel Bird builds a pond and stumpery that will bring in the bugs. Plus, musician Toyah Willcox gives us a peek into her own outdoor sanctuary.

Official Toyah completed their social media countdown to tonight’s opening gig of the Electric Ladies Tour with this previously unseen Posh Pop shot of Toyah. See all of the upcoming tour dates by clicking below. (Photo © Toyah Willcox)

Read Toyah’s latest blog at toyahwillcox.com.

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Sunday 5th June: 5pm
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)

Favourite Singers With Nick Heyward: NOW 80s: Tuesday 7th June: 1am
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.

80s Stars – Then & Now!: NOW 80s: Tuesday 7th June: 9am
Where are they now? Classic hits, followed by some recent songs – Including Pet Shop Boys, Kylie, Toyah, The Stones, Gary Numan, The Pretenders, New Order, Rick Astley & T’Pau!