The countdown to the first date of Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch Rock Party Tour has begun. As of today there are now 9 days to go to slink, groove and rock. A number of the dates have already sold out, or have limited ticket availability. Join the countdown at Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and You Tube Shorts.
• Saturday Songs: Ieya (Vintage 1982) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Have Love Will Travel – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week revisiting their cover of Have Love Will Travel, previously released by The Sonics, and Richard Berry. (Image © Toyah Willcox) NB: This was a revisit but a few online magazines reported it as being a new cover!
• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah cover ‘Have Love Will Travel’ for Sunday Lunch sessions: Another lively cover for their viral video series – Continue…
• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah pack their bags in new Have Love, Will Travel Sunday Lunch cover: The world’s wackiest music duo take on The Sonics’ version of Richard Berry’s 1959 classic – Continue…
• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp share raunchy video for cover of ‘Have Love, Will Travel’ – Continue…
• Official Toyah TikTok: Have Love Will Travel – Continue…
• Official Toyah Threads: Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
Toyah Willcox says a Sunday Lunch movie is in the works
She says there’s a documentary crew following her and her husband Robert Fripp and “quite a big” production company working on an idea.
According to a new interview with Toyah Willcox, a Sunday Lunch movie is in the works.
Willcox and her husband, King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp might be accomplished musicians in their own right, but they shot to prominence with a new audience at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when they began uploading videos to YouTube.
Entitled Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch, their videos feature covers of well-known songs, with their cover of Metallica‘s Enter Sandman receiving over 8.4 million views to date.
They’ve been on tour with it, and now it looks as though there’s even going to be a movie too. Speaking to eonmusic, Willcox explains, “Well, the Sunday Lunch phenomenon, which is a worldwide phenomenon which a movie’s being made about, it’s basically, we picked up on classic rock, and our treatment of rock is; if you can teach Mozart and Beethoven in schools, then why can’t you teach classic rock? Because that’s what it is now; rock from Led Zeppelin, rock from Black Sabbath; it’s classic, it’s never going to go away. And it’s something that I think, kids would really love learning about.”
Continue reading at Guitar.Com. See also: NME, Far Out Magazine, Metal Injection.
“WE ARE PRESENTING THE SHOW WITH WHAT WE REGARD AS CLASSIC MUSIC NOW” TOYAH TALKS SUNDAY LUNCH
Toyah is an 80s culteral icon. From punk princess to film and stage actor, presenter, author, and torch carrier for those who relish being an outsider. Aside from her 80s hits including ‘It’s A Mystery’ and ‘Thunder in The Mountains, Toyah and her husband Robert Fripp have transcended generation gaps and brought us great music and performances with their legendary Sunday Lunch shows on social media.
We caught up with Toyah at Rewind South
PHOTOGROUPIE
How does it feel to be back at Rewind?
TOYAH
I love it. I do 20 minutes. Every other night I’m doing two and a half hours, so this is really lovely. It’s fun. I can give it 150% and not worry about act two.
PHOTOGROUPIE
Now I know you’re on the road with Robert tell us about that.
TOYAH
I’m on the road now. I’ve been on the road since March. The Sunday lunch official tour starts at the end of September through October.
• Continue reading at Photogroupie.
“It’s a worldwide phenomenon!” Toyah reveals that talks have begun to make Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch: The Movie a reality
Who’s ready for Toyah and Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunch on the ‘silver screen’?
Toyah has revealed that discussions have begun on making a movie of the hugely popular YouTube series Sunday Lunch she hosts with her partner, Robert Fripp.
The series, which sees the former punk heroine and King Crimson’s leader cover songs from their kitchen in Pershore, Worcestershire, started life during lockdown, and has grown into a “phenomenon”, according to the singer. There are currently 147 videos filed under the Sunday Lunch banner.
Toyah made the revelation while speaking to eonmusic’s Eamon O’Neill ahead of her performance at Rewind South in Henley-on-Thames in August.
On how the YouTube series has taken off, Toyah says, “Sunday Lunch came about because we posted one clip, 28 seconds, something like 19th of April 2020, and we had 100,000 replies within five minutes from people who were just desperate, absolutely desperate. They were on their own. They were in lockdown. They didn’t know when they’d be able to leave their apartments, and we, Robert and I realised that this was at that particular time, a very lonely and frightened world. So we decided to keep posting, and it grew from there.
• Continue reading at Classic Rock/Louder. See also: Ultimate Classic Rock, Loudwire, Brave Words, Metal Sucks.
Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Rock Party Tour dates & tickets: www.toyahwillcox.com/gigs.
• Saturday Morning Song: Rebel Yell (Toyah & Robert – Live At Isle Of Wight Festival 2023) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Hate To Say I Told You So – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering The Hives. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah return with cover of The Hives’ Hate to Say I Told You So for Sunday Lunch: A buzz-worthy performance for sure – Continue…
• NME: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The Hives for Sunday Lunch: The version of ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’ is the first new entrant into the series in months – Continue…
• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover The Hives’ “Hate to Say I Told You So”: The couple deliver a buzz-worthy performance of the Swedish garage act’s signature song – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Hives “Hate To Say I Told You So” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform The Hives Classic “Hate To Say I Told You So! For Sunday Lunch – Continue…
• Official Toyah TikTok: A brand new Sunday Lunch, Hate To Say I Told You So – The Hives! – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
• Threads: Follow Toyah’s official account – Continue…
• Saturday Morning Song: Dawn Chorus (1982) from The Changeling (Unplugged) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch Revisited – All My Life – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week revisiting their cover of Foo Fighters’ All My Life. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp revisit Foo Fighters’ “All My Life” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Toyah And Robert Fripp Revisit Sunday Lunch Performance Of Foo Fighters’ “All My Life” – Continue…
• Official Toyah TikTok: Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
• Saturday Morning Song: Good Morning Universe (1981) from the Four More From Toyah EP (Live In Germany) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Shout At The Devil – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week revisiting their Mötley Crüe cover. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp revisit Mötley Crüe‘s “Shout At The Devil” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Sunday Lunch Revisited – Mötley Crüe Classic “Shout At The Devil” – Continue…
• Official Toyah TikTok: Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Upbeat Groovy Moments! – Continue…
• Toyah At Home: August 2023 – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Smoke On The Water – The Reaction! – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week revisiting, and reacting to, their cover of Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp revisit their cover of “Smoke On The Water” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Toyah And Robert’s Sunday Lunch Covers Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water” – “We Gave An Impromptu Concert At 6 In The Morning By The River Avon” – Continue…
• Official Toyah TikTok: Check out lots of clips from Toyah & Robert’s recent gigs and festival appearances – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s (Online) Weekend – Watch…
• Saturday Morning Song: Angel & Me (1982) from The Changeling (Live At Islington Academy 2018) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – All Right Now – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Free. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Free’s “All Right Now” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Watch Toyah And Robert Fripp Perform Free Classic “All Right Now”; New Sunday Lunch Video Posted – Continue…
• Official Toyah TikTok: A brand new Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch episode – All Right Now – Continue…
• DGM Live: All Right Now – Continue…
Toyah and Robert Fripp talk the future of Sunday Lunch at Glastonbury 2023
The duo also talk about what David Bowie would have made of music in 2023, and how their upcoming tour is all about “keeping our clothes on and doing fantastic rock music”
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox — known as Toyah & Robert — caught up with NME backstage at Glastonbury 2023 to tell about the future of their successful Sunday Lunch series, plans to hit the road, and how they handle hateful comments.
Since starting off the series as a bit of light-hearted relief during the pandemic, no one was more surprised by the sudden momentum than the couple themselves. Now, over three-years since they began Sunday Lunch, the duo have ventured out of the kitchen taken the show to the stage.
The latest of which included a debut slot at Glastonbury 2023 this weekend, where they delivered their brand of classic rock covers on the Acoustic Stage. Shortly before they took to the stage, they had a quick catch-up with NME…
NME: Welcome to Glastonbury! Let’s start by taking a look back to when you first started Sunday Lunch. Did the response catch you off guard? It seemed to get a lot of momentum very quickly…
Toyah Willcox: “It did surprise us. We were going for about eight months and it was growing and growing and growing. It started with one very simple post: 28 seconds of us jiving. Within five minutes it got about 100,000 replies from across the world. At that point, we realised that we’d posted something that basically cheered people up who were alone in lockdown.”
“NME almost championed us in a way, and what we loved about NME was they were linking the songs we were covering with the actual artists, and it had a phenomenal effect. Judas Priest wrote to us and said, ‘Thank you so much’ and we’d given them the best tour publicity they could have had when we covered ‘Breaking The Law’. They loved it!
• Continue reading at NME. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Saturday Morning Song: Echo Beach (1987) from Desire (Toyah & Robert – Live At Isle Of Wight Festival 2023) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Cream and lots of it – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering, and covered in, Cream. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox douse themselves in cream while performing ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’: “It’s Cream all round” – Continue…
• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah cover themselves in cream while covering Cream: The latest installment of Sunday Lunch is as ridiculous as we’ve come to expect – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp perform Cream cover, cover themselves in cream: Things get extremely literal in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen, with a cream-enhanced cover of Cream’s Sunshine Of Your Love – Continue…
• Consequence: Robert and Toyah Cover themselves in Cream with “Sunshine of Your Love”: The frisky couple take on the Cream classic for their latest “Sunday Lunch” performance – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover “Sunshine Of Your Love” with extra Cream – Continue…
• Yahoo!: Robert and Toyah Cover Themselves in Cream with “Sunshine of Your Love” – Continue…
• Guitar World: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream – as they get covered in cream: The couple take on Sunshine of Your Love with the help of dairy products – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform Cream Classic “Sunshine Of Your Love” – Continue…
• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream’s ‘Sunshine of Your Love’ – Continue…
• Official Toyah TikTok: Cream – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
