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Musician Toyah Willcox, who turns 64 this month, shares her excitement for a summer of festivals, including Let’s Rock where she is set to star…

Hello! Given the past two years, do you think 2022 could be the most joyous ever?
“2022 will be joyous – the artists have missed the audience and the audience have missed the artists. It’s going to be one big party. Let’s Rock is very special because not only are there back-to-back acts all day who are brilliant and iconic, but also the atmosphere is so friendly and family-orientated. You can look out over an audience and sometimes see three generations of the same family. They are a joyous community with one thing in common – they all love the 1980s! I love performing with the Let’s Rock band (sensationally good musicians). We also get to see the friends we’ve been performing with for decades… for 40 years.”

Q. Are there any other performers you’re looking forward to seeing?
“I always end up on the same plane and same hotel as Chesney Hawkes, all over the world… Somehow fate brings us together and we have a scream. Chesney lives in the States, I live in the UK, but we walk into the same room in the oddest places and say ‘What are you doing here?!”’

• Continue reading at Round & About.

Toyah was interviewed this week by the Birmingham Post, in a joint feature with other 80s musicians. Here are a few quotes from the article.

Toyah is part of an all-star Let’s Rock cast of 80s pop artists. Martin Fry and Mark White of ABC. Pauline Black of The Selector. Electro pop pioneers OMD and Level 42’s Mark King.

Flame haired singer Toyah Willcox was a Top Of The Pops regular through the 1980s

“Top Of The Pops was an event, every time,” she says. “It’s a show I used to watch with my family and to actually be on it was an honour.”

“I worked and I worked and I worked and I worked – there was no time for celebration.”

“A hit meant more work and more work; the management kept us going 24/7. The excitement knowing I was at number four in the charts with Four From Toyah/It’s A Mystery was immense. That alone was a celebration. I’d toured five years solidly for that success so, when it came I kept working.”

Happy 40th to Blue Marigold! The episode of Tales Of The Unexpected, starring Toyah in the lead role, aired on ITV 40 years ago this month (25th April to be precise). Here’s the original promotional magazine advert… (Thanks to Paul)

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

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’: It’s the latest in their long-running ‘Sunday Lunch’ series – Toyah Willcox and her husband, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp have shared a cover of The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ – The clip comes as the next chapter in their long-running ‘Sunday Lunch’ series which was launched in 2020 due to Fripp missing live performance as a result of lockdown – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”: For this week’s edition of their Sunday Lunch covers series, Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp are reaching into the Classic Rock annals — and CSI theme song depository — for The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” They’re also opened up their vault of “classic bloopers” for a few goofs, which you can watch at the end of the video – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp cover The Who and share bloopers in lively broadcast: Chaos reigns in the Willcox-Fripp kitchen as the internet’s favourite couple cover The Who’s classic Won’t Get Fooled Again – In their now-traditional weekly broadcast to the world, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have covered The Who’s 1971 classic Won’t Get Fooled Again. After last week’s brief excursion towards pop music, in which the duo rustled up a lively cover of Michael Jackson’s Give In To Me, we’re back on more familiar territory today, with a return to rock and Fripp’s apparent mastery of Pete Townshend’s iconic riff – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”: 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. This time around, Fripp and Toyah are covering “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by the Who. It’s everything you want to be – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover The Who Classic Won’t Get Fooled Again: The couple also included a blooper reel in the video – King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp and wife Toyah Willcox have covered The Who’s classic Won’t Get Fooled Again on the latest edition of their Sunday Lunch cover series. As is custom for the duo on their weekly series of covers, a handwritten message was hanging on their kitchen cabinet, asking “Fripp? Who”. The duo sported black aviator sunglasses for the performance, a nod to The Who frontman Roger Daltrey’s love for the signature sunglasses – Continue reading…

• Guitar World: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover The Who’s Won’t Get Fooled Again: The dynamic kitchen-based duo take on The Who classic – Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have shared their cover of The Who’s Won’t Get Fooled Again, the latest instalment in their ongoing Sunday Lunch series. The Who’s initial version was released as a single in June 1971 and had originally been intended for inclusion in an unfinished rock opera penned by guitarist Pete Townshend – Continue reading…

• Brave Words: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his singer wife Toyah Willcox are back with another episode in their “Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch” series. This time they take on The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, complete with some classic bloopers that were too good to leave out! – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Won’t Get Fooled Again… Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (April 23rd)… Toyah At Home – Insects – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: Won’t Get Fooled Again: This week is a belter , and we at team Toyah And Robert have slipped in some classic bloopers that were too good to leave out!!! – Watch the video…

The 1981 POWER Hour!: NOW 80s: Saturday 30th April: 1am
60 minutes of power pop & rock! Earplugs at the ready as we rewind to 1981 with Toyah, Genesis, Rick Springfield & Meat Loaf.

• Toyah At Home – Insects: As the countdown to the Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! release continues Toyah reveals the story behind the song Insects in this week’s Toyah At Home. There’s talk of the punk era too and a look at some of Toyah’s exclusively designed stage costumes and day wear from the late 70s/early 1980s – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (Sat 23 April): Toyah and Robert take a look at some of the objects that surround them in middle England, direct from social media’s most famous kitchen! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Won’t Get Fooled Again: Airing at Midday Today!!! This week is a belter , and we at team Toyah And Robert have slipped in some classic bloopers that were too good to leave out!!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Sunday 24th April: 7pm
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!

80s Greatest Pop Videos: 5Select: Thursday 5th May: 11.55pm
1985. A look at the greatest pop videos of 1985, an era when Kate Bush, David Bowie, Madonna and Prince dominated the charts. Peter Cox and Richard Drummie from Go West recall making the promos for their hits. Paul Young remembers his time at the top of the charts, and directors including Kevin Godley talk about on-set antics and the tricks of the trade behind some of the most famous videos ever made. With Toyah Willcox, Nick Heyward, Paul Gambaccini, David Grant, Katie Puckrik and Nina Myskow.

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Michael Jackson and Slash – with RF doppelganging Slash perfectly! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp becomes Slash for Michael Jackson cover with Toyah Willcox: “Fripp’s my Slash” – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp has dressed up as Guns N’ Roses‘ Slash with his wife Toyah Willcox to cover Michael Jackson’s ‘Give In To Me’. The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020 due to Fripp missing live performance as a result of the COVID lockdown – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Michael Jackson’s “Give In To Me”: This week’s edition of their “Sunday Lunch” cover series, Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp’s take on Michael Jackson’s 1991 hit “Give in to Me” which featured Slash on guitar. Robert really commits to the bit, playing in full Slash getup with a wig, the hat, sunglasses and cigarette dangling from his lip. There’s also this week’s cupboard sign: “Fripp’s My Slash.” – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp channel Michael Jackson and Slash for raunchy Easter treat: The UK’s happiest married couple resurrect Michael Jackson’s Give In To Me as a special Easter treat – Right now, all over the UK, loved-up couples are enjoying one another’s company in bed, or perhaps tucking into a selection of tasty oval chocolate treats post-breakfast, or possibly celebrating the resurrection of the Lord Jesus at Easter church services. But not Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp. Instead, we find the UK’s most imaginative and playful married couple channelling the spirit of Michael Jackson and Slash with a spirited and typically committed performance of the King Of Pop’s 1993 single Give In To Me for their weekly – and extremely popular – Sunday Lunch series – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Michael Jackson’s “Give In to Me”: 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. This time around, Fripp and Toyah are covering “Give In to Me,” the song that Michael Jackson performed with Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. As you see, the duo put their own very Fripp-and-Toyah spin on things – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Get Spicy With Cover Of Michael Jackson and Slash’s Give In To Me: Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox returned yesterday (17 April) for their Sunday Lunch series to cover Give in to Me, the 1991 hit collab between Michael Jackson and guitar legend Slash. In the video, the two shared their passionate take on the power ballad, and, as part of their weekly display, covered their kitchen cabinets with a sweet handwritten message, which said “Fripps My Slash” this time round – Continue reading…

• Ultimate Guitar: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp Dresses Up as Slash to Cover Michael Jackson’s ‘Give in to Me’ With Wife Toyah Willcox. The performance was part of the couple’s staple “Sunday Lunch” series – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Give In To Me… Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (April 16th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Easter Saturday 2022 – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: Give In To Me: For the 5th time this year, here at Team “Toyah and Robert” – we are lost for words! – Watch the video…

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.

• Toyah At Home – Easter Sunday 2022: This week on Toyah At Home we get two helpings of music, a sneak preview of the Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! Reissue and an update on the Electric Ladies Tour. First up is a look at the 2021 classic Barefoot On Mars which is currently in the Heritage Chart. We then hear the story behind Monkeys from the album Posh Pop – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire: Toyah and Robert take a look at some of the objects that surround them in middle England, direct from social medias most famous kitchen! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Give In To Me: Airing at Midday today!! For the 5th time this year, here at Team “Toyah and Robert” – we are lost for words! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

40 years ago this very week Toyah was filming the video that would accompany the release of the 1982 single, Brave New World.

In Monday’s repeat of Video Killed The Radio Star on Sky Arts, Toyah recalled filming the sea and beach scenes on 9th April 1982, as well as riding the horse for scenes filmed in London.

Brave New World was directed by David Mallet and the beach scenes were filmed in Hastings and took place incredibly early in the morning, Another location was Battersea Power Station in London later on the same day. There was also studio filming.

The song was written by Toyah and Joel Bogen and produced by Steve Lillywhite. The single was released in May 1982, the only one to be taken from the album The Changeling, and certainly had an effect on me at the time. I still remember the day I bought the single, being mesmerised by the sleeve, and Toyah’s, still stunning, imagery. I loved Brave New World then and still do now. As with Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard), it’s message and lyrics are just as relevant today. It transcends time.

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…

This past weekend Toyah revisited her 1985 album, Minx, by exploring the second single released from it, Soul Passing Through Soul, in Toyah At Home. Here’s a bit of SPTS fan art I put together a few years ago… (While on the subject of Minx – Space Between The Sounds is still one of my favourite Toyah songs. Yup, it’s over-the-top but bloody brilliant!!)

This website flew (almost like a Bird in Flight!) into it’s 23rd year online last month. I started creating Dreamscape in the late 1990s, while I was also, slowly, teaching myself how to build a website with basic html. So I like to think of this website as existing in two millennia… even though it didn’t actually go live until March 2000, after a failed launch in late 1999!

I’ve thought about changing the website – It’s not one of those flashy “with bells on” sites but it does the job it’s supposed to do well I think, and I worry changing it to one of those websites would spoil it. Who knows…

I always said – as certain people like to remind me – I’d stop running a fansite (or a fanzine!) at 50, but I’m now the ripe young age of 54 with no plans, anytime soon, of stopping!!! (NB: I’m hoping to bring the News Archive up to date, at some point this year, by adding links to each of the past 18 months of news that hasn’t been “”archived” yet!)

• Toyah At Home – Soul Passing Through Soul: This week Toyah goes behind the scenes of the iconic Soul Passing Through Soul, we hear the story of the video and how the song came together – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire: Toyah and Robert take a look at some of the objects that surround them in middle England, direct from social medias most famous kitchen! – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s 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 here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah’s April blog is available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.

Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering one of my favourite bands, Red Hot Chili Peppers. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Can’t Stop’: This week’s Sunday Lunch is “RED HOT” – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ ‘Can’t Stop’ – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ “Can’t Stop”: This week Toyah and Robert Fripp find eastside love living on the west end in their Sunday Lunch covers series, taking on Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2003 hit “Can’t Stop.” Fripp really nails the Gang of Four-y riff, and this week’s cupboard sign is “Red Hot Fripp A-Licious.” – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp celebrate new Chili Peppers album by daubing themselves in paint: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have breathed strange new life into the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ classic Can’t Stop – Earth may have formed more than four billion years ago, but in all that time there’s only been 12 albums released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Latest album Unlimited Love arrived on Friday, and the internet’s friskiest pairing have marked the occasion by revisiting an old RHCP classic – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Can’t Stop”: 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 – This week, the duo cover Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ “Can’t Stop.” The video shows a return to form for Toyah, who in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine focused on more solemn, boobless performances. With this one, she’s one more letting the gals run wild – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Share A Laid-Back Cover Of Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Can’t Stop: “This week Toyah and Robert are RED HOT!!!” – King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox returned yesterday (3 April) with a new cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Can’t Stop for their Sunday Lunch series. In the video, the pair put their usual cheery spin on the 2003 rock classic and furnished their cabinets with a customary handwritten message, which read “Red Hot Fripp-A-Licious.” – Continue reading…

• Ultimate Guitar: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Wife Toyah Willcox Cover Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Can’t Stop’: The couple shared another edition of their “Sunday Lunch” series – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Can’t Stop… Toyah & Robert – Objects Of Desire (April 1st, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Be Proud, Be Loud (Be Heard) (April 1st, 2022) – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: They Are RED HOT!!!: This week Toyah and Robert are RED HOT!!! – Watch the video…

The gorgeous Barefoot On Mars from Toyah’s 2021 studio album, Posh Pop, is the highest new entry (at no. 24) on this week’s Heritage Chart. (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Painted Out Of History, the 1996 film in which Toyah plays Rolinda Sharples, received a rare screening this Friday (8th April) at Clifton Library in Bristol. Click below for more info or to book tickets. (Photo © Hazel Gower, who wrote the book the film is based on)

In memory of a woman who did it her way, a woman who really cared about animals (especially cats), a woman who was a punk icon… Rest in Peace Jordan.