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“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.

Robert Fripp on the future of King Crimson: “I’m committed to another band right now – Toyah and Robert”

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are set to tour their Sunday Lunch rock party across the UK this Autumn.

Robert Fripp has opened up on the future of King Crimson following the success of his Sunday Lunch YouTube series with his wife and fellow musician, Toyah Willcox.

The duo began performing a range of covers on Willcox’s YouTube channel during the COVID-19 lockdowns, which rose to popularity.

Off the back of the success of their online covers, which are recorded using just an iPhone, the pair are even set to take their Sunday Lunch covers on the road with a UK “Rock Party” tour starting later this month (September).

In a new interview with Guitar World, Fripp was asked if King Crimson is definitely over, or if there is any hope for a tour in the future now that he’s so busy with this new project: “I’ve learned from having attempted to get away from King Crimson in 1974, 1984, 2003 and 2008 that it’s probably hard to say!

• Continue reading at Guitar.Com. Browse all of Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party tour dates at toyahwillcox.com.

• Toyah At Home: September 2023 – The Changeling Special – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch Reaction – The Homecoming – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah and Robert Fripp bring us fun, hilarity and music every Sunday for more than two years now from their kitchen with covers of pop & rock classics.

It’s not that they weren’t already famous before the Covid-19 lockdown started.

Toyah and Fripp have both remarkable careers on their résume and they’re definitely not done yet, as Toyah proved crystal clear with her 2021 Posh Pop album and Robert still touring with King Crimson, his band of a lifetime.

And regularly they leave their beloved kitchen to play live together, as happened last May at the Stone Valley South Festival in Great Amwell, England where they played, as part of their set, their vivid cover of David Bowie‘s 1977 mega-hit Heroes, on which Fripp played guitar back then.

Toyah and Robert recently celebrated their 37th anniversary together, cause they’re lovers, and that is a fact, yes they’re lovers, and that is that.

• Continue reading at Turn Up The Volume. Browse all of Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party tour dates at toyahwillcox.com.

Toyah and Robert Fripp played an epic version of Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir as Robert Plant watched on at a festival three weeks ago and somehow we missed it

What happens when Toyah and Robert Fripp leave their kitchen behind and head out on the road

After three years cooped up in their kitchen releasing shabby yet loveable cover versions, it’s easy to forget that Toyah and Robert Fripp are professional musicians, with an audience to entertain and a crust to earn. So we hope you’ll forgive us for only just noticing that the pair performed a rather epic version of Led Zeppelin’s classic Kashmir during their set at Fairport Convention’s annual Cropredy festival earlier this month.

It was a set that relied heavily on the songs that have turned the King Crimson man and his post-punk bride into viral celebrities, with just a trio of Toyah originals – Thunder In The Mountains, It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free – finding their way onto the setlist.

• Continue reading at Classic Rock/Louder. Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party Tour – inspired by Sunday Lunch – begins at the end of this month. All the dates and ticket links available at toyahwillcox.com.

Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2023: Live Review

Fairport’s Cropredy Convention adds another year to its long list of great bills and festivals. It really is a festival to cherish.

Toyah and Robert Fripp
It was back in 2015 that Toyah Wilcox last had the Cropredy stage to herself. She wowed us then, and -by heck – she certainly delivered the goods this year! Armed with a top-notch band, led, of course by husband Robert Fripp, figurehead of the mighty King Crimson, she left us breathless – and glamour-struck as she blasted through set of favourites from the couple’s hilarious – some might even say ‘notorious’ Sunday Lunch podcast series. The band was on top form, and Toyah had the whole field captivated as she rocked, twirled, enchanted and, of course, sang her way through a set that was thoroughly familiar and contained something for absolutely everyone.

• Continue reading at At The Barrier.

• 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…

Nice moves, Robert! Watch Fripp and Toyah’s backstage dance-off

Robert Fripp’s a 21st-century dancing man in new footage shared ahead of his autumn live dates with Toyah

We’re used to seeing Toyah Willcox throwing shapes onstage and in Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch series, but now her husband Robert Fripp has been captured getting his groove on backstage.

Filmed by Willcox just moments before the pair were due to perform at Wickham Festival in Hampshire on August 6, the footage shows the King Crimson guitarist getting lost in Rod Argent’s rather splendid extended Mellotron solo in The Zombies’ classic She’s Not There.

• Continue reading at Classic Rock/Prog.

• 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…

• Saturday Morning Song: I Want To Be Free (1981) from Anthem (Toyah & Robert – Live At Isle Of Wight Festival 2023) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Barefoot On Mars – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

• Saturday Morning Song: Brave New World (1982) from The Changeling (Live in Germany) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Summer Of Love (for Posh Pop‘s 2nd anniversary) – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Punk princess Toyah was left singing along with the crowd when the sound failed at Kent gig

The star was playing Sittingbourne’s Party In The Park in Kent with her guitarist husband Robert Fripp

Punk princess Toyah was left singing along with the crowd when the sound failed at her latest gig. The 65-year-old singer, fresh from appearing at the Isle of Wight and Glastonbury festivals, is now on a summer tour and was playing Sittingbourne’s Party In The Park in Kent with her guitarist husband Robert Fripp, 77, and their band on Saturday (July 1).

But halfway through their final song – a version of David Bowie’s Heroes which Fripp had originally played on – the PA cut out. Undeterred, Toyah and the band carried on although no one could hear them except for the beat of the drum. But it didn’t stop the 2,200-strong from singing along, too.

• Continue reading at Kent Live.

• Toyah At Home: July 2023 with The Changeling Announcement – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch Reaction – Tea For Two – Watch… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Following their Sensational appearances at the Isle of Wight Festival and Glastonbury Festival, Robert Fripp will be a special guest playing with the band for Toyah’s upcoming gigs in July!

01 July: Sittingbourne Party In The Park
20 July: Leeds Morley Town Hall
21 July: Holmfirth Picturedrome
22 July: Castleton Devil’s Arse Cave
28 July: Milton Keynes International Festival – officially a Toyah & Robert date
29 July: Holt Festival, Norfolk

• Tickets and full details are on the Gigs page at toyahwillcox.com.

Watch Toyah and Robert cover ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie at Glastonbury 2023

The King Crimson guitarist featured on the original recording

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp performed a cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ at their recent set at Glastonbury.

The married couple — who both have extensive music careers and came together to form a musical duo in 2020 — took to the stage on Sunday (June 25), and performed renditions of some of their favourite classic rock hits.

A highlight of the set came with their cover of a David Bowie classic, as they put their own spin on his 1977 fan favourite, ‘Heroes’. For the performance, Willcox took the microphone and handled the vocals, while Fripp remained seated and played the guitar through the track.

• Continue reading at the NME. See also :  Enter Sandman … Heroes … It’s A Mystery … Are You Gonna Go My Way … School’s Out.

Brand new t-shirt designs, celebrating Toyah & Robert’s 2023 tour, now available. This line-drawing self portrait of herself and Robert was created by Toyah to celebrate the 2023 series of concerts.

Click below for more tour merch, including great posters, prints, tour programmes…