Toyah tweeted on Friday: “Delighted to confirm I’ll be playing live at Rebellion Fest Blackpool on 5 August 2022 alongside The Skids, The Undertones, Jilted John, The Vapours. Tickets on sale now.” Click below for further info and ticket booking.
Janice Long’s Ladies With Attitude: NOW 80s: Tuesday 14th December: 1am
The 25 greatest women in rock and pop from across the decade, whose attitude and strength were never in doubt! Hosted by Radio 1 legend Janice Long.
Big Fat Quiz Of The 80s: 4Music: Christmas Day: 1am
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. (NB. This originally aired in September 2013).
The Lee Mack Show: BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Christmas Day: 10pm
Toyah Willcox. Series 1, episode 6. Comedy sketches and music, with regulars Angela McHale and Steve Brown and guest Toyah Willcox. First aired in 2005 (This show includes Toyah performing a stonkingly good version of Guns ‘N Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine).
80s Stars – Then & Now!: NOW 80s: Thursday 16th December: 4pm
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!
• Proud Cabaret: Toyah is on stage in Proud Cabaret throughout selected dates in December including Thursday 9th December (tonight)! Book at proudcabaret.com or call 020 7482 3866. Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm.
• Proud Cabaret: Proud’s Triple Lockdown Guarantee guarantees a full refund in the event of any forced cancellation or date moves due to Government measures relating to COVID-19.
• Toyah On TV 2022: Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted is set to premiere on Discovery Plus UK on January 21st 2022. Celebs include Toyah Willcox, Joey Essex, Martin Roberts and Alex Best.
• Love Sunday: Toyah was the cover star of The Sunday People‘s magazine last weekend, with the headline: “I’ve never been so grateful to be back on stage” (Thanks to Michael Murray)
• Retro Pop: Toyah praises BRITs for ‘ahead of the game’ gender-neutral move: The punk icon hopes the change will “empower a whole new generation” of artists. Toyah has given BRITs bosses the seal of approval for their latest gender-neutral move. The change, which has been called for by stars including Sam Smith, is a move that bosses hope will allow the awards to “[celebrate] artists solely for their music and work, rather than how they choose to identify or as others may see them” – Continue reading…
• The Northern Scot: Stars of 1980s’ pop music set for Black Isle extravaganza – ABC, Nik Kershaw, Toyah and T’Pau confirmed: Stars of the eighties are set to shine at the Black Isle Showground for a nostalgia-fuelled party that will also put a smile on faces at one of the Highlands’ most cherished charities – Continue reading…
• Nostalgia Central: Look! Hear!: 1977 – 1981 (UK) – 30 minute episodes: This teen-orientated show from the BBC covered the contemporary scene in the Midlands and was hosted by local girl (and future punk superstar) Toyah Willcox and a number of Midlands DJs, including Chris Phipps in Birmingham and John Holmes in Nottingham – Continue reading…
80s Stars – Then & Now!: NOW 80s: Sunday 12th December: 12pm
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!
Blackpool gets R-Fest – an Indy and New Wave festival with the likes of Gary Numan, Peter Hook, Squeeze, Toyah, Dreadzone and The Stranglers.
Some of the UK’s biggest New Wave bands are set to rock the Tower Headland next year as Blackpool’s famous punk music festival has added an outdoor alternative.
The people behind the Rebellion Festival due to take place next August, have announced R-Fest – a four day feast of music by the sea. Rebellion is already the biggest punk and alternative festival in the world, and after two years off due to the pandemic, it’s coming back with a bang in 2022.
• Continue reading at Blackpool Gazette.
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp Take On The 12 Days Of Christmas: Toyah and Robert Fripp are in holiday sing-a-long mode on their weekly Sunday Lunch series, and today they take on “The 12 Days of Christmas.” They’re armed with lots of props for this one, but instead of turtle doves and french hens, they’ve got household cleaning products and appliances to sub in for them, and at one point Toyah vacuums Robert’s mohawk. Will they make it all the way through all 12 days? Do you actually want them to? – Continue reading…
• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah’s Cover of 12 Days Of Christmas is Completely Unhinged: The Christmas cheer continues – Sunday Lunch’s Fripp And Toyah have, in the spirit of the season, gifted us all with a new cover of a Christmas classic. In the kitchen this time: an unforgettable rendition of 12 Days Of Christmas. The Frippcox household is still decorated as festively as ever, including Robert Fripp’s forehead, which again reads “Grinch.” The large sign that reads: “Fripp’s ma Christmas Bitch” is, of course, still present – Continue reading…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Sing “The 12 Days of Christmas”: 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 “The 12 Days of Christmas,” following their covers of the Christmas classics “Silent Night” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Toyah and Robert once again sing together to a backing track as they have been on the other holiday tunes – Continue reading…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend!: oyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – 12 Days Of Christmas… Toyah & Robert – Burning Question (December 4th, 2021)… Toyah At Home and Back On The Road!! (December 4th, 2021) – Continue reading…
• Sunday Lunch: 12 Days Of Christmas: The Frippcox household take on another festive classic… and well you get the idea, look out for the classic Fripp facial expression at the end! – Watch the video… (Images © Toyah Willcox)
Stars of 1980s’ pop music set for Black Isle Showground extravaganza with ABC, Nik Kershaw, Toyah and T’Pau confirmed and Highland Hospice set to get share of ticket sales
Stars of the eighties are set to shine at the Black Isle Showground for a nostalgia-fuelled party that will also put a smile on faces at one of the Highlands’ most cherished charities.
ABC, known for hits including The Look of Love, Poison Arrow and All of My Heart, will headline a two-day bash at the Black Isle Showground at Muir of Ord.
Also lined up for Isle Be Back, are Toyah, who rose to fame on the back of It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free and Wouldn’t It Be Good star, Nik Kershaw. T’Pau, famous for China in Your Hand and Heart and Soul, also feature in the event scheduled for May 13 and 14, 2022.
• Continue reading at the Ross-Shire Journal.
• Toyah At Home and Back On The Road!!: Toyah is out of isolation and is back on the road! This week Toyah takes a deeper dive into the classic 1981 song Good Morning Universe which celebrates its 40th Anniversary of being in the top 20 charts this month. Look out for an exclusive live version performed a few months ago :-) – Watch here…
• Toyah & Robert – Burning Question – 4th December: More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Questions – Watch here…
• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – 12 Days Of Christmas: The Frippcox household take on another festive classic …. and well you get the idea, look out for the classic Fripp facial expression at the end! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)
• Toyah Live 2022: Toyah will play the Isle Of Wight Festival in June next year – See her tweet about it…
• Isle Of Wight County Press: Isle of Wight Festival 2022: New acts announced including The Kooks: The Isle of Wight Festival has announced a new raft of acts, including The Kooks closing the Big Top on the Sunday night. Isle of Wight band Wet Leg, GRIFF, Freya Ridings, The Snuts, Mae Muller, Mimi Webb, Joel Corry, The Amazons, The Charlatans, The Compozers, Del Amitri, Everyone You Know, The Fratellis, Heather Small, Mark Owen and Toyah also join the line-up… Over the course of her 40 year career, award winning musician Toyah has recorded over 20 albums, had eight Top 40 singles and written two books, and in 2022 she’ll add playing the Festival to her list of achievements – Continue reading…
• Isle Of Wight Radio: Take That Star Among New Isle Of Wight Festival 2022 Acts: Take That’s Mark Owen, Freya Ridings and The Kooks are among the new acts announced for Isle of Wight Festival 2022. The Amazons, Heather Small, Toyah, Joel Corry and the Isle of Wight’s very-own Wet Leg also feature on the line-up. Organisers have confirmed a host of new names today (Friday). The Kooks, celebrating the 15th anniversary of their debut album Inside/Out next year, will close the Big Top on the Sunday (19). Fan favourites and indie music icons The Fratellis and The Charlatans will also perform in Seaclose Park… While, award-winning musician Toyah will add playing the Festival to her list of achievements – Continue reading…
• Isle Of Wight Festival 2022: Will take place at Seaclose Park, Newport on 16th – 19th June 2022 – Visit the official festival website…
Pop icon Toyah Willcox has welcomed the Brit Awards going gender neutral.
Toyah, who was nominated for four Brits in the Eighties, thinks the move is a positive step towards inclusivity.
She said: “I think the Brits are ahead of the game and I think it’s an amazing thing to do. We have to protect every individual.
“People must not be pushed into labels, and I think it’s going to empower a whole new generation.”
The It’s A Mystery singer is starring in London’s Proud Embankment Cabaret All Stars show. Despite her 63 years she shows no sign of slowing down.
Toyah said: “My advice to people of all ages is to grab life by the horns and have confidence in yourself.”
We can’t argue with that . . .
• Continue reading at The Sun/Bizarre. See further info on Toyah with Proud Cabaret, here.
• Mirror: Eternals star Richard Madden says he was ‘fat and shy’ as childhood photos unearthed: The outlet reports that the Golden Globe Award winner has shared a photo from his teenage years, with one image from the time showing him with musician Toyah Willcox. The pair are understood to have appeared together in children’s comedy series Barmy Aunt Boomerang, with the show having ran on the BBC between 1999 and 2000 – Continue reading…
• The Sun: Mad Transformation – The Bodyguard star Richard Madden unrecognisable in ‘fat and shy’ pics from his bullied schooldays: Richard, who is famed for being in Game of Thrones, shared a picture from his school days with fans, showing him looking cherubic. He is pictured with musician Toyah Willcox, who he appeared with in Barmy Aunt Boomerang in 1999-2000 – Continue reading…
(Photos © BBC)
Quatermass: Talking Pictures TV: Fri 17th Dec: 8pm
Chapter Four: An Endangered Species. Quatermass showing signs of his recent narrow escape emerges from the car park to find the stadium empty. An estimated 70,000 people died there. So many have now been harvested that the particles of dust in the air have turned the sky green. Kapp attempts to repair his equipment in order to contact the alien presence, but the Planet People destroy his efforts. They try to persuade him to join them but he refuses, convinced now that his family are dead. Quatermass, aided by Gurov, who has travelled to London from Moscow, assembles a team of scientists to find a solution. He deliberately selects old people for the task as they are immune to the call of the alien force. Quatermass decides to set a trap. He plans to fake the presence of a gathering of a million young people at Kapp’s observatory and, when the force comes, to detonate a 35 kiloton nuclear weapon. It is a focused charge where most of the force will go upwards, causing little damage in the area. Quatermass does not believe this will be sufficient to destroy the alien machine but he hopes that it will shock it enough to make it go away. Kapp volunteers to stay behind with Quatermass to help detonate the bomb. The pair set up the trap and wait in darkness. Suddenly, Kickalong appears with a group of Planet People, including Quatermass’ granddaughter, Hettie. Kapp tries to warn them away but is shot and killed by Kickalong.
The light appears, indicating that the alien force beam has arrived, but the shock of seeing his granddaughter among the Planet People causes Quatermass to suffer a heart attack. She has recognised him too and struggling to reach the detonator button, Quatermass is aided by Hettie and together they detonate the bomb. Later in a world that is recovering from the recent fall of civilization, Gurov tells us: “The message was taken. It has not come again. We pray it will never come again”.
This episode originally aired on 14th November 1979 on the ITV network and was watched by 11.2m viewers in the UK. The 1979, four-part, mini series Quatermass (also known as The Quatermass Conclusion or Quatermass IV) is airing weekly from Tuesday 19th May. Stars John Mills, Simon McCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman, Ralph Arliss, Rebecca Saire, Toyah Willcox, David Yip, Alison Dowling.
• Talking Pictures TV is An Archive Film & TV Channel. Available on the following platforms/channels: Freeview 81, YouView 81, Freesat 306, Sky 328 and Virgin 445.
Favourite Singers With Nick Heyward: NOW 80s: Friday 10th December: 0.00am
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.
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Monday 6th December: 1am
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)
80s Stars – Then & Now!: NOW 80s: Monday 6th December: 1pm
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!
• Rolling Stone: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Share High-Spirited ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’ Cover: The couple gets into character for the 90-second performance: As December nears, the husband and wife duo of King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and singer/actress Toyah Willcox are getting in the holiday spirit with a cover of “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer,” the latest installation from their series Sunday Lunch – Continue reading… See also Rolling Stone Australia…
• Guitar.Com: Fripp and Toyah Keep the Festive Spirits High with Cover Of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer: Can you hear the sleigh bells?: Continuing the trend of singalong Christmas classics they started last week, Sunday Lunch purveyors Robert Fripp and Toyah have gifted fans a cover of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Continue reading…
• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox spread some Christmas cheer with ‘Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer’ cover: Following on from last week’s festive rendition of ‘Silent Night’: King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have continued their eccentric covers, getting into the festive spirit with a rendition of a classic Christmas carol – Continue reading…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: 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 – Continue reading…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp Sing “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”: Toyah and Robert Fripp are in Holiday Sing-A-Long mode on their Sunday Lunch series. “Christmas is almost upon us, and the Frippcox household are ready to teach the nation another festive fave,” they write, “perhaps somebody should teach it to them first!!” The problem doesn’t seem to be no knowing this one, but in-ear monitors might help as they fall behind the music just a touch as it goes on.” As sweetly innocent as these holiday clips are, the Sunday Lunch series continues to be wild to see prog rock icon Robert Fripp delight in pure silliness. – Continue reading…
• Sunday Lunch Singalong: Singalong Week 2: Christmas is almost upon us, and the Frippcox household are ready to teach the nation another festive fave, perhaps somebody should teach it to them first!! – Watch the video… (Images © Toyah Willcox)
Favourite Singers With Nick Heyward: NOW 80s: Friday 3rd December: 0.00am
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.
• Toyah At Home – in Isolation – November 27th: Join Toyah at Home as she is in Covid isolaton, and catch an exclusive live performance of Rhythm In My House – Watch here…
• Toyah & Robert’s Burning Question – 27th November: More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Questions – Watch here…
• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Singalong “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeeeeeeer”: Christmas is almost upon us, and the Frippcox household are ready to teach the nation another festive fave, perhaps somebody should teach it to them first!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)
