Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Thursday 3rd March: 9pm
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 – Danced: This week Toyah dives into the story behind Danced, this iconic song is still performed in the sets today, we look at some archive footage and an exclusive performance from last year’s tour – Watch here…
• Toyah & Robert – Objects Of Desire: 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 – Lonely Boy: This weekend we are back in the FrippCox kitchen and we have a true treat for you ….. WATCH TILL THE END!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)
Toyah onstage at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton last night (Friday 25th February), a date from the Posh Pop Tour.
The set list included Thunder In The Mountains, Dance In The Hurricane, Neon Womb, Levitate, Obsolete, Summer Of Love, Good Morning Universe, Brave New World, Rhythm In My Heart, Danced and Take Me Home. Please click on the photos below to view larger versions.
• Browse Dreamscape’s Posh Pop Tour archive and Posh Pop archive. The tour plays The Flying Fish in Ilminster tonight! (Thanks to Ian | Photos © Ian Davis)
After a few weeks of sporadic press on Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted, reaction to Toyah’s episode airing has gone viral today, with numerous press reports. The episode was also partially aired on Channel 4’s Gogglebox, the first time on non pay-to-view TV! (Photos © Discovery)
• Independent: Ghosthunter claims he was ‘gasping for air’ in Toyah Wilcox’s home: A ghost hunter said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home. The spirit seeker was reportedly ‘strangled’ by an evil spirit in Toyah’s property. In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly constrained whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic. The team were trying to speak with a ghost named George, which they believed to be a soldier who fought during the English civil war in the 1600s – Continue reading…
• Birmingham Mail/Live: It’s a mystery – spirit at Toyah’s Pershore home caught on camera ‘strangling’ ghost hunter: Birmingham 1980s star Toyah Willcox opens up home to Barri Ghai for Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted. TV ghost hunter Barri Ghai was filmed being ‘strangled’ by an evil spirit in the Worcestershire attic of pop icon Toyah Willcox, it has emerged. Paranormal expert Ghai said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul after venturing into the historic Pershore home of the 1980’s singer during the new series of Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted – Continue reading…
• Evesham Journal: Ghost hunter strangled by spirit in Toyah Willcox’s Pershore home: A ghost hunter was left gasping for air by an evil spirit in the Worcestershire home of 80s icon Toyah Willcox. In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly strangled whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic of Willcox’s Pershore home. Ghai was joined by colleagues Ian Shaw and Jayne Harris, who had set up a special ‘REM’ recording device in the attic – Continue reading…
• Mirror: Ghost hunter left ‘gasping for air’ after being ‘strangled’ by spirit in home of 80s icon: In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly constrained while carrying out an investigation in the attic of 80s icon Toyah Willcox. The moment a ghost hunter was ‘strangled’ by evil spirit inside the haunted home of Toyah Willcox – The moment a ghost hunter was ‘strangled’ by evil spirit inside the haunted home of Toyah Willcox – A ghost hunter has claimed he was left “gasping for air” after a run-in with a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home. The spirit seeker was reportedly “strangled” by an evil spirit in Toyah’s property – Continue reading…
• Indy 100: A ghost hunter claims he was strangled by a ghost in Toyah Willcox’s home: A ghost hunter said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home. The spirit seeker was reportedly ‘strangled’ by an evil spirit in Toyah’s property. In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly constrained whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic – Continue reading…
• MSN: Ghosthunter claims he was ‘gasping for air’ in Toyah Wilcox’s home: A ghost hunter said he was left ‘gasping for air’ by a ghoul in 80s icon Toyah Willcox’s home – Continue reading…
• Yahoo! News: Ghosthunter claims he was ‘gasping for air’ in Toyah Willcox’s home – Continue reading/watching…
• Higgy Pop: ‘Gogglebox’ Cast React To Ghost Hunting Show ‘Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted’: In the week Britain was battered by storms Eunice and Franklin, the cast of ‘Gogglebox’ watched lots of great telly, including a creepy ghost hunting show from Discovery+ which saw a team of paranormal experts search for spooks in pop star, Toyah Willcox’s Georgian house – Continue reading…
• More: See also – Lincolnshire Live, Bristol Live and Wales Online.
50 Wild Women Of The 80s!: NOW 80s: Friday 4th March: 4pm
Brilliant songs, big voices, blazing hair & bags of attitude – the ladies of the 80s had the lot! From Toyah to Tina & Joan Jett to Janet Jackson.
Earlier in the month, the Clarence Hall hosted the iconic music legend, Toyah Willcox, as part of her Posh Pop Tour. As promoter Jamie Richards of Woodfired Summit said: “It wasn’t a mystery why the crowd loved her. Such talent, such presence, such enthusiasm and so much energy”.
Hall Trustee David Jeremiah was in the audience, and has contributed the following perspective:
“Music defines us. I identify with R&B and Rock and Roll so, Toyah’s arrival on the “Hip Hop” “Punk” music scene in 81/82 had passed me by. Nevertheless, during lockdown, I had become hooked on “Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch” – see it on YouTube. Knowing she was appearing at the Clarence Hall, I bought four tickets and persuaded Ann and two old rocker friends to come along.
The gig was a sell-out. The Hall was buzzing, and the music was loud. Without a doubt the evening was a roaring success and Toyah, admitting to never being in this part of the world before, was effusive about Crickhowell in general and the Hall in Particular.
• Continue reading at Clarence Hall.
1980 live album • CD+DVD includes ‘Toyah’ doc
Toyah’s 1980 live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! will be reissued by Cherry Red in May.
The album featured a June 1980 performance at Club Lafayette, in Wolverhampton, and was recorded using the Rolling Stones legendary Mobile Recording Unit. The audio for this reissue has been remastered by Nick Watson from the original master tapes.
The CD+DVD deluxe edition includes the ATV documentary, Toyah, in which director Graham Moore follows Toyah around for more than six months capturing rehearsals, studio recording sessions, rehearsals for plays and then in the notorious Battersea warehouse ‘Mayhem’. This documentary has never been issued commercially before (the DVD is NTSC, region-free).
• Continue reading at Super Deluxe Edition.
Ghost hunter strangled by spirit in Toyah Willcox’s Pershore home
A ghost hunter was left gasping for air by an evil spirit in the Worcestershire home of 80s icon Toyah Willcox.
In scenes filmed for a new series, Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted, paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seemingly strangled whilst carrying out an investigation in the attic of Willcox’s Pershore home. Ghai was joined by colleagues Ian Shaw and Jayne Harris, who had set up a special ‘REM’ recording device in the attic.
The team were trying to speak with a ghost named George, which they believed to be a soldier who fought during the English civil war in the 1600s.
• Continue reading at Worcester News. Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted is streaming now on Discovery +
Available to stream and download now… Track by Track Commentary Editions of the classic Toyah albums Sheep Farming In Barnet and The Blue Meaning. Listen to Toyah go behind the music and listen to the remastered album too.
Local concert promoters Black Rabbit Productions have announced that they will be bringing 80’s pop star Toyah to the Concorde 2 on Friday 7th October 2022 in celebration of her ‘Anthem 40+1 Anniversary Tour’. Purchase your tickets HERE.
Following her 2021 Top 25 charting album ‘Posh Pop’ and over 80 million worldwide YouTube views for her weekly Sunday Lunch videos with Robert Fripp, national music legend and true icon Toyah is back on tour.
This special tour celebrates 40 years of the iconic, acclaimed and Gold-certified selling album ‘Anthem’. Originally released May 1981, the album contains the smash hit singles ‘I Want To Be Free’ and ‘It’s A Mystery’, alongside bonafide classics such as ‘We Are’ and ‘Obsolete’ that have stood the test of time to this very day. Spending 46 weeks in the charts, ‘Anthem’ became one of the most-loved LPs of the 1980s.
• Continue reading at Brighton & Hove News. Browse the full Anthem 40+ 1 Anniversary Tour dates at toyahwillcox.com.
Toyah’s live schedule for 2022 is phenomenal! Three tours, numerous festivals and a lot of gigs!! Click below to browse the full list of upcoming live dates, with info, venues and ticket links.
The 1981 POWER Hour!: NOW 80s: Wednesday 23rd February: 10am
60 minutes of power pop & rock! Earplugs at the ready as we rewind to 1981 with Toyah, Genesis, Rick Springfield & Meat Loaf.
A third batch of press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch.
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Cover The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: 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 Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” – Continue reading…
• Rolling Stone Australia: Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’: The video is part of the pair’s weekly Sunday Lunch series – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have been serving up their Sunday Lunch cover series on YouTube for over a year, and for their latest effort the pair has unleashed a raucous version of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” – In the video, the King Crimson guitarist takes on guitar duties while Willcox, clad in a revealing goth top with literal butterfly wings, gives the vocals a punk rock flair. The pair, filming in their kitchen, get some visual help from a dramatic wind machine – Continue reading…
50 Wild Women Of The 80s!: NOW 80s: Friday 25th February: 4pm
Brilliant songs, big voices, blazing hair & bags of attitude – the ladies of the 80s had the lot! From Toyah to Tina & Joan Jett to Janet Jackson.
Further press for yesterday’s Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch, including Rolling Stone and Classic Rock!
• Rolling Stone: Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’: The video is part of the pair’s weekly Sunday Lunch series – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have been serving up their Sunday Lunch cover series on YouTube for over a year, and for their latest effort the pair has unleashed a raucous version of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” In the video, the King Crimson guitarist takes on guitar duties while Willcox, clad in a revealing goth top with literal butterfly wings, gives the vocals a punk rock flair. The pair, filming in their kitchen, get some visual help from a dramatic wind machine – Continue reading…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Wind machines, nipple tape…must be time for Toyah & Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunch: This week everybody’s favourite wacky couple cover The Smashing Pumpkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings – As we’re sure you’re all well aware by now, Sunday Lunch at the Willcox-Fripp household is about much more than mere Yorkshire puddings and roast taters. Week after week, Toyah and Robert deliver highly entertaining, kooky covers of some of rock’s biggest hits, performed for the most part, it seems, as a way of adding some spice to their relationship. If you find yourself questioning whether you should really be watching Toyah flirtatiously dance while rocking nipple tape much to her husband’s delight, don’t worry, you’ve just stumbled upon their Sunday Lunch series, which by the way, probably shouldn’t be played on your work computer – Continue reading…
• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Get Their Grunge On With Cover Of Smashing Pumkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings: “Bullet With Butterfly Wings as you’ve never seen or heard it before.” – Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox’s Sunday Lunch covers series is back: on the table this week, a take on Smashing Pumpkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings. Last week, the pair headed back to the old school punk they covered all across January for a special Valentine’s Day rendition of Too Drunk To Fuck by The Dead Kennedys. Other punk classics they covered included Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones and Should I Stay Or Should I Go by The Clash – Continue reading…
• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah release cover of Smashing Pumpkins: King Crimson bandleader Robert Fripp has issued a cover of ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’, featuring wife Toyah Wilcox on lead vocals. The song is a cover of a Smashing Pumpkins tune that was released in the 1990s. The song sits among a series of covers the duo have recorded in their spare time. This recording is notable for Fripp’s casual tone, as the guitarist says “bollocks” as he hits the wrong notes at one juncture in time. The pair have been releasing video renditions of rock numbers since 2021, performing numbers written by The Clash, The Prodigy and Alice Cooper – Continue reading…
Toyah’s bio/artist page at Imagine Cruising…
More great press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Bullet With Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins. (Images © Toyah Willcox)
• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Tackle Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: The married couple put a frisky spin on the alt-rock classic – King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his singer wife Toyah Willcox are still giving fans plenty of ear (and eye) candy on Sundays, this time gracing us with a rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins classic “Bullet With Butterfly Wings. It’s been a while since we’ve reported on the frisky couple’s “Sunday Lunch” series, but they’ve been going strong in 2022, mostly delivering covers of punk classics from The Clash, Ramones, and others over the past several weeks. For this weekend’s edition, the pair tackle the Pumpkins’ smash alt-rock hit with their usual musical and visual flair – Continue reading…
• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’: The pair’s Sunday Lunch series has been taken “to a whole new level” this week – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins – The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020. The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: After a run of punk classics, Toyah and Robert Fripp are switching gears on their weekly Sunday Lunch covers series. Today they take on Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 hit “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” Toyah plays the butterfly while Robert is, like the world, a vampire — at least on the drawing taped to their kitchen cupboard. Have they entered a ’90s alt-rock phase? We shall see. Robert’s band King Crimson are the subject of a new documentary that will premiere at SXSW – Continue reading…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”: 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 Sunday, Fripp and Toyah have covered Smashing Pumpkins‘ ’90s alt-rock hit “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.” It’s exactly what you’d expect, mainly a bizarre take on a classic song with Toyah threatening to let ’em out of their cage at a moment’s notice – Continue reading…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Bullet With Butterfly Wings… Toyah & Robert’s – Objects Of Desire (February 19th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Levitate (February 19th, 2022) – Continue reading…
• Sunday Lunch: This weekend, really has taken the lunch series to a whole new level! Bullet With Butterfly Wings as you’ve never seen or heard it before – Watch here…
• Toyah At Home – Levitate: This week Toyah dives into the story of Levitate, we take a look at the video for the song and an exclusive performance from last year’s tour – Watch here…
• Toyah & Robert – 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 – Bullet With Butterfly Wings: This weekend, really has taken the lunch series to a whole new level! Bullet With Butterfly Wings as you’ve never seen or heard it before – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)
80s pop legend Toyah Willcox terrorised by violent ghost who strangles people
Toyah Willcox says she was left was petrified after witnessing plenty of paranormal activity from a number of spirits at her Worcestershire home as part of a new TV show
Toyah Willcox has been terrorised by a violent ghost.
The pop legend, 63 was petrified after witnessing plenty of paranormal activity from a number of spirits in her Worcestershire home.
And when she staged an exorcism in a bid to scare them off, things turned nasty when one of them strangled someone.
evealing her torment, Toyah said: “I’ve always experienced haunted properties because I’ve constantly lived in very old places. This house is absolutely extraordinary. It is a very active house.”
“There are two obvious ghosts that are sisters and they’ve always been around. The evidence is mainly a whiff of cigarette smoke and perfume.”
• Continue reading at the Daily Star. Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted is streaming now on Discovery +
More press – from the major UK newspapers – on the spooky events that took place in Toyah’s home in Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted. (Photos © Discovery)
• Daily Mail: Moment terrified ghost hunter is ‘strangled by an evil spirit’ inside the ‘haunted’ home of ’80s pop icon Toyah Willcox in paranormal reality show: Toyah Willcox appeared on discovery’s Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted – The 63-year-old was convinced her Worcestershire home is haunted by ghosts. Paranormal expert Barri Ghai was seen choking and gasping for air in her attic Barri and his fellow ghost hunters confirmed that Toyah’s home is in fact haunted – Continue reading…
• The Sun: Fright Night – I was choked by a violent ghost in Toyah Wilcox’s attic – I was sure I’d collapse and die on camera: A ghost hunter was left gasping for air after being violently attacked “by a ghost” in pop icon’s Toyah Wilcox’s home – Paranormal expert Barri Ghai claimed he was choked as he confronted an aggressive ghost called George in an upcoming scene on Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted – Continue reading…
• Daily Star: Moment ghost hunter is ‘strangled by spirit’ inside haunted home of Toyah Willcox: A ghost hunter says he was throttled by an “evil spirit” in the home of 1980s pop star Toyah Willcox in a terrifying episode of Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted. A spine-tingling video shows a paranormal expert being “throttled by an evil spirit” as ghost hunters investigate paranormal activity inside the home of 1980’s pop icon Toyah Willcox – Continue reading…
80s Greatest Pop Videos: Channel 5: Friday 4th March: 10pm
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.
