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A 140g black vinyl LP of the remastered version of Toyah’s 1980 album The Blue Meaning is released on 15th July 2022.

The second disc in a re-issue programme of Toyah’s entire Safari Records catalogue following the limited edition neon pink coloured vinyl LP version released by Cherry Red in May 2021 which immediately sold out.

Produced by Steve James and ‘Toyah’ the band – Joel Bogen, Pete Bush, Toyah Willcox, Steve Bray and Charlie Francis, the album reached #1 on the UK Independent Album Chart and charted in the main UK Top 40 album chart in June 1980.

Includes the ultimate fan favourite ‘Ieya’, considered a signature song by the band, which was also released as a single, plus ‘Blue Meanings’, ‘Mummies’ and the psychedelic ‘Spaced Walking’ for which Toyah’s vocals were recorded after inhaling helium.

A Punk/New Wave classic featuring a brand new inner bag with rare and unseen imagery of Toyah, plus official lyrics for the album.

• Click below to pre-order the vinyl at Cherry Red Records.

As well as the aforementioned nomination for Best Actor In A Female Role in a Feature Film by The Richard Harris International Film Festival, Toyah was awarded a Judges Special Mention Award for her role in Give Them Wings. The 2021 Awards were announced on Friday Evening, May 6th, 2022 at 8pm Irish time via a You Tube premiere.

• Click below to see the full list of award winners. Browse our Give Them Wings news archive.

• Toyah At Home – America For Beginners: This week is a special behind the scenes insight to America For Beginners, and a special archive performance of the song – 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 – Zombie: Another helping of Sunday Lunch from the Frippcox household, and this weekend is awesome – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

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

• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘No One Knows’: “Fripp’s my Stone Age King” – Toyah Willcox and her husband, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp have shared a cover of Queens Of The Stone Age‘s ‘No One Knows’ – check it out below – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Queens Of The Stone Age’s “No One Knows”: “My wife is having a kitchen jog for this week’s Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch,” King Crimson’s Robert Fripp says at the end of this week’s video with Toyah Wilcox. They had also just covered Queens of the Stone Age’s 2002 hit “No One Knows” which they’ve titled “I Don’t Know Why” on the YouTube page. Why? No one knows! – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah enjoys a “kitchen jog” as Robert Fripp powers a Queens Of The Stone Age classic: Another zestful afternoon in the Willcox-Fripp kitchen, as rock’s most energetic couple embrace the Queens Of The Stone Age classic No One Knows – Another Sunday has passed, bringing with it another performance from the Worcestershire home of two of Britain’s liveliest entertainers, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp. This week the sprightly pair embarked on a journey back to 2002, returning with a perky cover of Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan’s Queens Of The Stone Age classic No One Knows – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Queens Of The Stone Age’s “No One Knows”: 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 “No One Knows,” the massive hit tracks from Queens of the Stone Age. Toyah is wearing considerably more than normal, to be sure, but she still finds a way to let her inner beauty shine through – Continue reading…

• Guitar World: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Queens of the Stone Age’s No One Knows: Fripp channels his inner Josh Homme in the latest of his and his wife’s freewheeling Sunday Lunch covers – Continue reading…

• Metal Injection: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox are back, as they are every Sunday, this time with a cover of the Queens Of The Stone Age classic “No One Knows.”: Toyah and Robert were interviewed by Rolling Stone in 2020, and offered some interesting insight into their creation of this weekly video series. Asked why they started the series, Wilcox responded “This whole thing about being in lockdown was people were stopping moving, and our generation must move.” – Continue reading…

• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp perform a pounding version of ‘No One Knows’: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have become something of an internet sensation in recent months, as the pair have issued a series of covers popularised by Neil Young, The Smashing Pumpkins and The Who from the vicinity of their home. The latest cover is a searing rendition by Queens of The Stone Age’s ‘No One Knows’, a propulsive rocker that showcases Fripp’s power chords – Continue reading…

• Ultimate Guitar: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Wife Toyah Willcox Cover Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘No One Knows’ – The latest addition to their “Sunday Lunch” series – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Don’t Know Why?… Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire (April 30th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Jungles Of Jupiter – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch: I Don’t Know Why (No One Knows): All we can say is – Toyah has a new keep fit regime…… – Watch the video…

Toyah is nominated in the Best Actor In A Female Role in a Feature Film (2021) for Give Them Wings, at The Richard Harris International Film Festival. See all the nominees in the video below.

Martin Kiszko’s fifteen-part audio/radio drama King Frank & The Knights Of The Ecoquest has won Bronze Award as best Children/Young Adult Programme at the New York Radio Festival. Toyah plays Haroldia The Herald in the epic audio production.

The 1981 POWER Hour!: NOW 80s: Saturday 7th May: 6pm
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 – Jungles Of Jupiter: As the countdown to the Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! release continues this week Toyah takes a look at Jungles Of Jupiter and we get to see a great live performance from the archives! – 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 – I Don’t Know Why (No One Knows): All we can say is – Toyah has a new keep fit regime…… – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

A four star review of the Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! reissue, by Classic Pop magazine. The CD+DVD and colour vinyl is released on Friday 13th May, and can be pre-ordered here.

One of the most tantalising of promised releases in the ongoing Toyah reissue campaign. Cherry Red have thankfully done what fans hoped in overhauling the band’s 1980 live album. A word-of-mouth phenomenon that eventually went silver, the concert from famed Wolverhampton 600-capacity Club Lafayette has added its three missing songs including the electrifying, She.

While Toyah Willcox was soon to brilliantly distil her energy into a poppier world, her band’s original chaos is captured fantastically in an anarchic performance, brought further to life on five tracks filmed on the accompanying bonus DVD, notably a feral Insects.

The DVD also includes the long overdue official release of the ITV documentary Toyah from the same year, which shadowed the singer. For someone who was yet to have a chart hit, it was a commendably prescient programme, though the young Toyah was so magnetic that she was gold dust for anyone curious enough to tune in.

The doc works as cultural history, too, with footage of Toyah’s Battersea home showing it was possible for struggling musicians to turn a London warehouse into a thriving artistic community on the cheap 40 years ago. What could have been dingy chaos crackles with magnetism, both on audio and visual.

• Classic Pop, Issue 75 May/June 2022, is on sale now! (Thanks to Minna)

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.