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‘We love you’: Toyah Willcox prays for eighties punk star Hazel O’Connor, 66, after she was hospitalised due to bleed on the brain

• The Coventry songstress, 66, was discovered at her home in south-west France on January 9 – following a ‘serious medical event’

• Hazel was then admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma for 24 hours after the brain bleed was diagnosed

• The singer has shown a lot of progress and is ‘responding to stimuli and to treatment’, but her recovery will ‘take a while’

• The Eighth Day and Will You singer had been scheduled to play an anniversary tour in March, as well as tour with Toyah in June

Toyah Willcox said Hazel O’Connor is in her prayers after the singer was taken to hospital following a bleed on her brain.

The singer, 63, took to Twitter on Monday, after Hazel’s family announced the Coventry songstress, 66, had been placed in an induced coma for 24 hours. Hazel was found at her home in south-west France on January 9th, having experienced a ‘serious medical event’.

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail.

Toyah Willcox says Hazel O’Connor is ‘in her prayers’ ahead of their June tour

Toyah Willcox, 63, says her friend Hazel O’Connor is ‘in good hands’ after she suffered a bleed on the brain earlier this month. Hazel, 66, was found at her home in France after suffering a ‘serious medical event’ and was placed in a coma for 24 hours.

Toyah Willcox says 80’s star Hazel O’Connor is “in her prayers” after she suffered a bleed on the brain.

Taking to Twitter, the singer shared a trio of photos from their glory days and recent snaps where the pair were rehearsing for a joint tour.

The 63-year-old wrote: “Dearest Hazel you are in our prayers, you are in good hands and we love you, Toyah xxx”

Toyah is still planning to take the stage with Hazel for their Electric Ladies of the 80s gig in June this year. Hazel, who invited Duran Duran to join her tour as a support act before they hit the big time, suffered a bleed on the brain on January 9.

• Continue reading at The Mirror.

Toyah – Acoustic | Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, 15th January 2022

The night’s format was easy and accessible, as you would expect from our generous hostess: Toyah. A lady who is most definitely growing old disgracefully – as she openly admits herself. Illuminating narratives of the song’s origins were rolled out before Toyah and her young band offered up an urbane & naked rendition…the whole performance certainly chimed with her audience.

The confessional story of a ten-year old Toyah buying a cow-bell in Evesham to wear in 1968 “because that is what we did back then” introduced the newish track “Summer of Love”. A song Ms Willcox and her “adorable husband” Robert Fripp have a very personal connection with. The sentiment of the song – peace and love – was particularly pertinent tonight as the love in the room for Toyah was palpable. Toyah was obviously pleased to perform a near home-town gig in Huntingdon Hall and the audience was even more pleased to witness this seemingly timeless atom of energy.

• Continue reading at SLAP Magazine. NB. SLAP is an acronym for Supporting Local Arts & Performers.

Best wishes to Hazel for a speedy and full recovery. See Toyah’s message by clicking below.

Now That’s What I Call…. Toyah!

Four classic Toyah singles appear on four CD album release from the legendary Now compilation brand. Brave New World features on the 84-track 4CD Now Yearbook ‘82 out on 4 February.

Ieya features on Now That’s What I Call Punk & New Wave, a 89-track 4CD, released on 21 January. ⁣

Already available, Rebel Run features on Now Yearbook ‘83 and The Vow features on Now Yearbook ‘83 Extra alongside hits from The Police, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, The Human League, The Cure, Eurythmics, Genesis and more. ⁣

• All CDs can be ordered from Amazon and HMV. (News Source: Official Toyah)

An abundance of great press for the first Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch of 2022! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of The Undertones’ ‘Teenage Kicks’: The pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ series returns after a brief break for the holidays – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover “Teenage Kicks”: After spending the past three weeks recapping their greatest hits of 2021 (part one, part two, part three) and devoting December to Christmas covers, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have finally returned with a brand new “Sunday Lunch” cover video – Continue reading…

• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover The Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks”: After a holiday break, Toyah and Robert Fripp are back with their saucy “Sunday Lunch” covers series and to launch 2022 they’ve taken on The Undertones’ classic, “Teenage Kicks.” Never ones for subtlety, this week’s prop is a box of Kleenex – Continue reading…

• Metal Injection: Watch: King Crinson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Wilcox Cover The Undertones: It’s been a few months since we’ve checked in with Toyah & Robert Sunday Lunch cover videos. With the world opening up, King Crimson going out on tour late last year, we looked away for a while, but it looks like the duo is back to their classic hijinx and we can’t look away – Continue reading…

• Classic Rock/Louder: ‘This is a version of Teenage Kicks you wont forget!’ Toyah and Robert Fripp are back back back: Music’s most loved-up couple, Toyah and Robert Fripp, have relaunched their Sunday Lunch sessions with a cover of The Undertones’ Teenage Kicks – Continue reading…

• Tone Deaf: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp get their ‘Teenage Kicks’ with punk cover: Toyah and Robert Fripp were inescapable last year with their Sunday Lunch and it looks like they’re going to be just as relentless in 2022. – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Kickstart 2022 with a Spicy Cover Of Teenage Kicks by The Undertones: King Crimson mastermind Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah are back with their first Sunday Lunch episode of 2022, covering Teenage Kicks from The Undertones. Taking place once again in the familiar kitchen setting of Sunday Lunch videos past, the performance stars Fripp – armed with a Gibson Les Paul, mohawk hairdo and dressed in war paint – and Toyah with a box of Kleenex as a prop. – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: The Frippcox are back, with new 2022 episodes, from the centre of the universe!… Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Teenage Kicks… Toyah & Robert – Burning Question (January 15th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Neon Womb/Obsolete (January 15th, 2022) – Continue reading…

80s Greatest Pop Videos: Channel 5: Friday 28th January: 10pm
1980. A look back at the greatest pop videos from the eighties, beginning in 1980, with contributions from Toyah Willcox, Paul Gambaccini, David Grant and others. Musicians from the Jam, Dexys Midnight Runners and UB40 check out their early videos, while the director of David Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes, and the writer of Sheena Easton’s first big hit revel in the nostalgia.

• Toyah At Home – Neon Womb/Obsolete: This week Toyah looks at 2 anthemic songs Neon Womb and Obsolete, and tells us the stories behind them before introducing exclusive live footage of both songs from a recent London gig. – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert -Burning Question: 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 – Teenage Kicks: What a year 2021 was, lets kick start 2022 as we mean to carry on… Direct from the most famous kitchen of lockdown – this is a version of Teenage Kicks you wont forget!!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW 80s: Saturday 22nd January: 8pm
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)

• Wokingham Today: Toyah heads up first RaW Sounds. Today playlist of 2022: Happy New Year and welcome to another 12 months of great music from bands in and around the Reading and Wokingham areas. Each week, the RaW Sounds Today playlist features 10 great tracks that you can listen, for free, thanks to our Spotify playlist. Every song featured has a connection with the area, be it a touring artiste like Toyah, or an up-and-coming talent like Sam Handy. The RaW Sounds playlist is a terrific way to explore a wide range of brilliant artists, discover some new music and keep dancing – why not make tuning in every week your new year’s resolution? – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Look Back at Their Hottest Videos of 2021 (Part 3!): 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 captured the Internet’s attention throughout 2021. Robert and Toyah’s latest video continues the look back at their greatest hits of 2021, dubbed “Most Wanted.” And indeed, some of the pair’s videos racked up millions of views in a short amount of time. Have a watch below at their third 2021 recap video featuring some brief clips of their most popular performances from last year. (part one; part two) – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Most Wanted – Part 3… Toyah & Robert – Flashback to Summer 2021… Toyah At Home – Space Dance – Continue reading…

Advance Notice from Official Toyah: Toyah & Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunch returns this weekend! 11:59am (GMT), Sunday 16 January 2022. Visit Toyah’s Official You Tube channel – with over 150K followers – by clicking below. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Read Toyah’s latest blog, the first of 2022, at toyahwillcox.com.

• Toyah At Home – Space Dance: Join Toyah at Home as she goes in to the song making story behind Space Dance – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert – Flashback to Summer 2021: This week we look at our lovebirds playing for each other when they were 6000 miles apart in the summer of 2021.. – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Most Wanted – Part 3: The final part of our series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! Grab exclusive Toyah and Robert merch at toyahandrobert.com – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

• Posh Pop Tour 2022: The first few months of the year bring many dates of the Posh Pop Tour. There are four this month, with the first at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester next Saturday, There then follows a further 12 dates through February, and nine in March – See further details and ticket links for all of the upcoming Posh Pop Tour dates at toyahwillcox.com…

• Kent Online: Toyah Up Close and Personal coming to Glassbox Theatre in Gillingham: Punk legend Toyah is bringing her Up Close and Personal show to Medway this spring. The singer and actress, who has just finished a residency at Proud Embankment’s Cabaret All Stars before Christmas, will play at the Glassbox Theatre in Gillingham – Continue reading…

• The Mail: Toyah set to perform at The Beggars Theatre, Millom: A singing sensation is set to perform up close and personal with a show that has a lively cinematic sound. Toyah will be stopping off at The Beggars Theatre, Millom on her Posh Pop tour on February 3 at 8pm – Continue reading…

• Loudwire: 10 Things That Didn’t Suck About 2021: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp + Toyah Willcox’s Many Cover Songs: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox turned heads in January when they uploaded a strange cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” Fripp played the guitar as Willcox sang from her exercise bike, and the video just about went viral. They’ve covered a bunch of other songs ever since, and often make them pretty epic, so those videos are just one example of something light-hearted and fun that made us smile in 2021 – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Look Back at Their Hottest Videos of 2021 (Part 2!): 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 captured the Internet’s attention throughout 2021 – Continue reading…

• A Personal Message From Toyah!: Surprise a loved one with a personalised video message from Toyah for a New Year. Order here…

Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Thursday 20th January: 5.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Friday 21st January: 1.30pm
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Sunday 23rd January: 9.30am
Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Monday 24th January: 9.30am
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.

• Toyah & Robert’s Happy New Year Message 2022: We hope you have a great 2022. From our home to yours, Happy New Year, love Toyah and Robert. – Watch here…

• Toyah At Home – Take Me Home/New Year’s Day Special: Toyah is wishing you a Happy New Year from her home in this special episode of Toyah At Home. As we enter 2022 Toyah delves into the song Take Me Home, the closing track on the Top 25 charting studio album “Posh Pop”, released by Toyah in August 2021. There’s an exclusive live performance of the song from Toyah’s recent autumn tour. Happy New Year from Toyah xxx – Watch here…

• Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Most Wanted – Part 2: Part Two of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Welcome to a New Year. Have a good one!

Toyah Willcox needs little introduction; musician, actress, author and presenter….and latterly in lockdowns – internet sensation.

In a pop career spanning more than 40 years, Toyah has released circa 20 albums and scored 13 Top 40 hits, including the 1980s anthems “It’s a Mystery” and “I Want To Be Free”.

Toyah secured her place in the UK’s acting pantheon in the 1970s, starring in at least 40 plays and 10 feature films – perhaps most notably in Derek Jarman’s cult punk movie “Jubilee” (1978) and the iconic mods‘n’rockers film “Quadrophenia” (1979), while at the same time demonstrating her diverse talent by playing Miranda in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”.

Legends… Since then, Toyah’s acting credits have seen her billed alongside the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Sir Laurence Olivier, Greta Scaachi and Harvey Keitel…and even seen her enter the world of children’s TV presenting.

• Continue reading at Music Republic Magazine.

Toyah Willcox, 63, showcases her ageless physique in a VERY racy black ensemble before changing into a green dress at Cabaret All Stars

Toyah Willcox proved that age is simply a number as she posed in a racy black ensemble at Cabaret All Stars on Thursday.

The musician, 63, wowed in a semi sheer top with a sexy criss-cross pattern which she paired with a black mini skirt in the closing night of her sell-out show.

Toyah elevated her height with leather knee high boots, and finished the ensemble with a beige and orange headpiece.

Toyah later posed in a green dress which had a high neck and frilly sleeves, which she paired with black tights. She had styled her blonde bob in a straight style and lashings of bronzer and a red lipstick.

Toyah also posed with many of her pals from the club including one who wore a bondage style lingerie set and mesh sleeves.

The performance comes after Toyah starred in videos on YouTube wearing very racy ensembles during lockdown.

She covered her nipples with black tape and went braless under a sheer embellished blouse in one video and shared the hashtag #FreeBritney, Toyah belted out her famous hit, Toxic, as she performed alongside her guitar-playing husband Robert Fripp, 74.

• Continue reading at the Daily Mail.

I was sad to hear of the death of Janice Long at Christmas. I grew up through the 80s listening to her BBC Radio 1 show and loving many of the bands she championed, most notably The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen and Manic Street Preachers.

Janice was the first woman to have her own daily show on Radio 1. A true pioneer!

I also often listened to Janice’s BBC Radio 2 show much later on. She was a true music fan and a great broadcaster who was so good at her job it felt like you were listening to a friend. She will be greatly missed.

Janice interviewed Toyah many times, most memorably in 1983 (Love Is The Law era), 1985 (Minx era), and 2021 (Posh Pop era). Toyah also guested twice on The Janice Long Review Show on Vintage TV in 2012, and was one of the artists Janice chose on her NOW 80’s show Janice Long’s Ladies With Attitude.

Toyah paid tribute to Janice on Boxing Day, saying: “Dear wonderful Janice Long championed women in music. Janice has been in my life my whole career, my deepest sympathy to all her family, friends, listeners and fans. Too young to lose you. Toyah xxx”

There have been many tributes to Janice over the past few days, from her friends, work colleagues and many of the bands she supported via her radio shows over the years.

The Guardian said: “The DJ Janice Long, who has died aged 66 following a short illness, became a pioneer in broadcasting as the first woman to have her own weekday show on BBC Radio 1 and the first to become a regular presenter of Top of the Pops. Unlike some of the prominent DJs with whom she shared the airwaves during the first part of her career in the 1980s, Long was a genuine music fan, credited with giving a helping hand to a number of artists whom she had championed, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Primal Scream, Manic Street Preachers, the Teardrop Explodes, Amy Winehouse and the Coral.”

• Read The Guardian‘s full Janice Long obituary here.

• See Toyah’s tribute to Janice here.

• Browse Dreamscape’s Janice Long news archive here.

• Click on the screenshots – from Toyah’s appearance on Vintage TV’s The Janice Long Review Show in 2012 – to view larger versions. (Thanks to Paul for the 1985 Radio Times clipping)

• Birmingham Mail: Inside town that looks like Netflix’s Bridgerton set and ‘best place’ Toyah Willcox ever lived – Georgian Pershore is a stunning market town to live out your Bridgerton period drama fantasies – Continue reading…

• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Look Back on the Best Sunday Lunch Videos of 2021 – The first episode of the three-part special released on Boxing Day: Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox have prepared a special three-part episode of Sunday Lunch to wrap up 2021, taking a look back at the greatest moments of the internet cover series which has kept fans entertained year-round – Continue reading…

• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Look Back at Their Hottest Videos of 2021: 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 throughout 2021 – Continue reading…

• DGM Live: Merry Christmas!: Toyah & Robert wish you a Merry Christmas! – Continue watching…

• DGM Live: T&R’s Christmas Weekend: Part one of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year… Toyah & Robert wish you a Merry Christmas… Toyah & Robert – Burning Question (December 25th, 2021)… Toyah At Home – Drury Lane 40th Anniversary Special – Continue reading…

• Sunday Lunch – Most Wanted – Part one of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)