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Watchet Music Festival will take place as planned this August Bank Holiday – and virtually the entire 2020 line-up has been rolled over to this year.

Major acts including Gabrielle, Shed Seven, Toyah and Sister Sledge all plan to be there as do The Bar-Stewards Sons of Val Doonican, Leylines, The Hawkmen, Future Dub Orchestra and Hands Off Gretel.

On top of that, The Feeling, Hue & Cry, and Desmond Decker’s band The Aces have been added to the bill.

They will also be joining Exeter-based acoustic singing-songwriting duo Sound of the Sirens, Tex Mex band Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young, surf garage band Palooka 5 and the party-starting Oh My God! It’s the Church.

And, of course, the festival’s house band The Wurzels will be on stage, too.

• Continue reading at the West Somerset Free Press.

See what it’s like getting King Crimson ready to roll in this exclusive snapshot from Robert Fripp. Toyah and Robert’s Postcards Home… #3

TOYAH + PHUN CITY – THE FACTORY LIVE, WORTHING 29.7.21

Toyah had only recently announced that she was to put on a concert back on the South Coast with her full live electric band. The venue was announced as The Factory Live, located at Unit 9A, Ivy Arch Road in Worthing. The date was set for Thursday 29th July 2021. Toyah last made a visit to Brighton in November 2019 when she played CHALK to promote her 2019 charting album ‘In The Court Of The Crimson Queen‘.

Toyah Is a four times Brit Award nominated English musician, singer, songwriter, actress, producer and author. In a career spanning more than 40 years, she has had 8 Top 40 singles, released over 20 albums, written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays and 10 feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows.

• Continue reading at Brighton & Hove News.

Music, chat + your Q’s in Toyah At Home which included new exclusive renditions of Neon Womb and Bad Man. Watch/Rewatch at You Tube by clicking below.

Kavanagh Q.C.: Drama: Friday 6th August: 2.35am
A Family Affair. Kavanagh finds himself caught up in a bitter family feud when he represents a frustrated father who has kidnapped his son in a desperate attempt to win custody. On the home front, Kavanagh’s daughter wants to let her boyfriend stay overnight. Directed by Renny Rye. With John Thaw, Holly Aird, Robert Ashby, Toyah Willcox and Lisa Harrow.

• Drama is available to watch on Sky (Channel 143), Freeview (Channel 20), Virgin Media (Channel 130), Freesat (Channel 158), Sky Ireland (Channel 158), Virgin Media Ireland (Channel 164).

Celebrity Catchphrase: ITV2: Wednesday 11th August: 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 and Sidney lay down some awesome riff’s in Burning Guitars. Check out Sidney Jake’s You Tube.

Toyah has created three new limited edition versions of the Song Snippet Personalised Artworks to celebrate the upcoming release of Posh Pop.

Select your artwork style, choose from any of the songs released from Posh Pop (two so far) and make your dedication – to a friend, loved one or just from Toyah to you!

• Order now by clicking on the previews below.

Another airing of another Pointless Celebrities episode with Toyah. This time alongside Mark King of Level 42 in a show which was originally broadcast on BBC1 in August 2014. (Photos © BBC)

Pointless Celebrities: Challenge: Tuesday 10th August: 6pm
Series 6, Episode 14. Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a special celebrity music edition of the quiz that rewards the answers that no-one else could think of. Featuring Mark King and Toyah Willcox, Carol Decker and Limahl, Dave Hill and Dave Bartram and Antony Costa and Scott Robinson.

Press coverage for this week’s Sunday Lunch with Toyah and Robert (and Sidney Jake)!! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Who’s “My Generation”. King Crimson on tour now – Toyah goes back to school for her and husband Robert Fripp’s “Sunday Lunch” series this week, to cover The Who’s youth culture classic “My Generation.” She also threatens to smash a guitar a la Pete Townshend (albeit an inflatable one). Watch that, along with an alternate view via guitarist Sidney Jake – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Are Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation In New Cover Of The Who – The series will seemingly continue despite King Crimson being on tour in the US – Continue reading…

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of The Who’s ‘My Generation’ – This week the kitchen trio are doing it for their generation – Continue reading…

• Guitar World: Who’s next: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover My Generation – New Sunday Lunch video serves up freshly Fripp’d Who classic – Continue reading…

• Hot Press: Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox cover The Who’s classic ‘My Generation’ – It’s a part of Fripp and Wilcox’s cover series, Sunday Lunch – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover The Who’s “My Generation” – Continue reading…

• Tone Deaf: Robert Fripp and Toyah cover The Who’s ‘My Generation’ – Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox are back with another installment of their ‘Sunday Lunch’ sessions, this time covering The Who’s ‘My Generation.’ – Continue reading…

• Louder: King Crimson are on tour, but the Willcox-Fripp kitchen cover chaos continues – My Generation by The Who is the latest cover to be released by by Toyah Willcox and Robert F-F-F-F-Fripp – Continue reading…

• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Take on The Who’s “My Generation” as King Crimson’s US Tour Kicks Off: It appears that Fripp filmed some “Sunday Lunch” performances in advance of hitting the road – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend Across The Ocean!: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch (with Sidney Jake) – My Generation – Toyah Willcox & Robert Fripp’s Burning Guitars #5 – Across The Pond. RF: Such is Robert’s love for Sweetlips Willcox that he has accessed a tear in the fabric of our Universe and sent a guitarwise love letter to his beloved who then in turn strapped on her own burning guitar and gets incendiarylike herself, reciprocationwise… – Continue reading…

• Sidney Jake: Another behind the scenes view for you. Another great view of a storming sunday lunch – My Generation – Continue watching…

Toyah and Robert are back with a transatlantic Burning Guitars remotely burning across the water, and pixels.

Follow Toyah on Spotify to be the first to hear new music. Check out the new playlist ‘Toyah Top Tracks’ featuring new singles Levitate, Zoom Zoom, classics and greatest hits. More to come!

Toyah on being a woman in punk in the 1980s, her new album, and the Sunday Lunch sensation

This is Unscripted – a podcast brought to you by ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar. In each episode, Nina speaks to a leading name from the world of arts and entertainment.

Her guests talk about their life and work, plus Nina asks them where they see themselves in five years.

On Unscripted this week, Nina is joined by eighties icon Toyah.

Toyah talks life in the music industry as a woman in punk in the 1980s – and challenging the business now 40 years later.

She chats to Nina about her new album Posh Pop.

And, of course, the pair chat about Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lockdown Lunch – the internet sensation that sprung up in lockdown imagined by the singer and her husband, guitarist Robert Fripp.

• Continue reading/Listen to the interview at ITV News.

Tipping Point – Lucky Stars: ITV: 31st July: 4pm
Series 7, Episode 7. Ben Shephard presents a celebrity edition of the quiz, with the Rev Richard Coles, Toyah Willcox and Sharron Davies answering questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine. Dropping tokens down a choice of four chutes, they hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf – and the more they collect, the better their chances of collecting the £20,000 prize for their selected charity. (Photo © ITV)

Read Toyah’s latest blog at toyahwillcox.com.

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Saturday 24th July: 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)

Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Wednesday 28th July: 5pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Thursday 29th July: 4.10am/1pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Friday 30th July: 9am
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Saturday 31st July: 10.30am
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.

Press coverage for this week’s Sunday Lunch with Toyah and Robert (and Sidney Jake)!! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” – This week on their Sunday Lunch covers series, Toyah and Robert Fripp take on The Kinks’ classic “You Really Got Me” which veers a little more towards Van Halen’s version. Toyah belts it out while balancing a couple champagne flutes that never seem to topple over, while Robert and masked guitarist Sidney Jake rock out one of the most famous riffs of all time – Continue reading…

• Guitar World: It’s The Kinks in the kitchen as Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover You Really Got Me – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Share Cover of You Really Got Me by The Kinks – This week’s bonus content was a music video for Toyah’s new single, Zoom Zoom. – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover “You Really Got Me” – 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…

• Louder: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp rip into The Kinks’ You Really Got Me – Another Sunday, another Sunday Lockdown Lunch performance from Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox boosts a beleaguered nation – Continue reading…

• Metal Injection: Watch King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover “You Really Got Me” & Release An Original Song – Continue reading…

• Turn Up The Volume: Toyah to Robert: “You Really Got Me” – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend!: Sunday Lunch (with Sidney Jake) – You Really Got Me
(Plus a bonus! Toyah’s Zoom Zoom with Simon Darlow and Bobby Willcox) – Continue reading…

Toyah and Robert’s Postcards Home… #2

Toyah is back with a second slice of ‘Posh Pop’.

The ’80s icon has released Zoom Zoom as the second single from her forthcoming album, due August 27.

It’s the star’s first original collection since 2008’s ‘In The Court Of The Crimson Queen’, and was produced in collaboration with Simon Darlow and her husband, King Crimson’s Robert Fripp.

Zoom Zoom follows lead single Levitate, which was released across digital platforms in June.

• Continue reading at Retro Pop.

Toyah Releases Zoom Zoom, Inspires Bedroom Revolution Ahead Of New Album ‘Posh Pop’

Toyah gives us the next taste of her upcoming studio album Posh Pop (scheduled for August 28th) with new track Zoom Zoom – an anthem that sings of starting a revolution from the comfort of your bedroom. The ode to technology was inspired by Toyah spending hours over Zoom working on the album.

The singer shared: “We’ve explored a lot of pop media on this album. Zoom Zoom was a lightbulb moment in wanting to juxtapose today’s world with 1973. The title was a phrase of my co-writer and producer Simon Darlow’s who was spending eight hours a week on Zoom calls! It also refers to how we can start a revolution in our bedrooms now with smartphone technology.⁣”

The album, Toyah’s 25th album since 1979 and her first studio album since 2008’s In the Court of the Crimson Queen, sees her collaborate with Simon Darlow (guitars, keyboards, cello), Bobby Willcox (guitar) and Jeremy Stacey (drums) on ten tracks.

• Continue reading at Culture Fix.