Following the Isle Of Wight Festival announcement, Toyah & Robert will also play Milton Keynes International Festival 2023 on Friday 28th July. Click below for further info and ticket link.
Isle of Wight Festival to welcome Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp
Toyah Willcox has announced she will be playing the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday, June 18.
She will join Robbie Williams, Blondie, Mika, Niall Horan, Echo and the Bunnymen and the Manic Street Preachers on the last day of this year’s Seaclose Park event.
Also due to play over the four-day weekend are Pulp, Courteeners, One Republic, Sabrina Carpenter and Lovejoy.
Toyah, who will return for the second year running, is known for her punk hits, including It’s A Mystery, I Want To Be Free and Echo Beach.
• Continue reading at Isle Of Wight County Press. See also Yahoo!
Toyah & Robert have just been added to the line-up of the Isle Of Wight Festival 2023. They will appear in the Big Top on the Sunday afternoon (18th June). The news was announced during this weekend’s Sunday Lunch!
• More info at toyahwillcox.com. Book tickets at isleofwightfestival.com.
• Toyah At Home: Sea Of Size (in memory of Bill Rieflin) – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Centrefold – Watch… • Sunday Lunch: In The Making – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering The J. Geils Band. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The J. Geils Band’s ‘Centerfold’: They also announce plans to perform at this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Normal service resumes as Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform frisky cover of Centerfold: Toyah brandishes a copy of Prog magazine as the Fripp-Willcox kitchen reverberates to the sound of a J. Geils Band classic – Continue…
• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah Nearly Bare All with Cover of J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold”: The King Crimson guitarist even strikes a few sultry poses at the end of the video – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover J. Geils Band’s “Centrefold” – Continue…
• Far Out: Toyah and Robert Fripp share cover of J. Geils Band song ‘Centerfold’ – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform J. Geils Band Classic “Centrefold”, Share Bonus Footage that “You Cannot Unsee” – Continue…
• Yahoo!: Robert Fripp and Toyah Nearly Bare All with Cover of J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold” – Continue…
• DGM Live!: Centrefold – Continue…
Browse all the Sunday Lunch Live! Diaries at Toyah’s official TikTok and a selection at You Tube Shorts, with many new videos posted this past week from rehearsals, soundchecks, a couple of Toyah gigs & more. Some of the Sunday Lunch Live! Diaries can also be watched at Toyah’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
• Toyah At Home: Dawn Chorus – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moment Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – The one with all the Bollo%ks Part 2 – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week sharing some previously unaired bloopers. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunch “Bollocks Part 2” bloopers – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Release “Bloopers & Bollock$”, Part 2 – Continue…
• DGM Live: All Boll#cks! – Continue…
• Toyah At Home: World In Action – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – The One With The Body Paint – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week re-airing their cover of Foo Fighters All My Life, originally broadcast in June 2022. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Far Out: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Foo Fighters’ song ‘All My Life’ – Continue…
• DGM Live: The One With The Body Paint – Continue…
• Toyah At Home: Live At Drury Lane – Watch… • Robert At Home: March 2023 – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Most Wanted Of The Year – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week revisiting one of the Most Wanted lunches of 2022. (Images © Toyah Willcox)
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Reveal Their Most Viewed “Sunday Lunch” Video Of 2022 – Continue…
• DGM Live: Sunday Lunch ’22 Faves – Continue…
Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch Live production rehearsals begin today! – this day also marks the beginning of the Sunday Lunch Live Diaries, bringing us into their daily experience through candid short videos. Click below to watch the videos at You Tube.Shorts
• Toyah At Home: Echo Beach video reaction – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Bloopers & Bolløck$ – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week featuring Bloopers & Bolløck$. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• Guitar.Com: Toyah and Robert Fripp share Sunday Lunch “Bloopers & Bolløck$” reel: Even professionals require second takes – Continue…
• NME: Watch Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp’s latest Sunday Lunch blooper reel: The reel includes bloopers from their cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp’s “Bloopers & Bolløck$” – Continue…
• Far Out: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share ‘Sunday Lunch’ bloopers video – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Share “Bloopers & Bolløck$” Video Featuring Attempt At Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” – Continue…
• DGM Live: BOLL#CKS! – Continue…
A new super comprehensive Sunday Lunch feature is available to read at Far Out magazine.
Sunday Lunch: the 10 best covers by Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox
The internet is famed for being a kaleidoscopic environment, full of some of the kookiest sights known to man. With regards to the video-sharing giant YouTube, for nearly 20 years, it has been home to some of the most memorable and unorthodox characters ever seen. Two of the most beloved to regularly contribute to the site in recent years with a host of musical covers is the dynamic duo of Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox. English eccentricity incarnate, they soothe their fans with weekly Sunday Lunch instalments.
A power couple in every sense of the phrase, Fripp and Willcox remain illustrious names of the industry. The former is the creative mastermind of prog-rock pioneers King Crimson and undoubted guitar hero. Aside from his main gig, Fripp has also helped to bring the works of eminent artists such as David Bowie, Brian Eno and David Sylvian to life and enjoy a successful solo career. As for the latter, Wilcox fronted the successful new wave band Toyah between 1977 and 1983 and has since enjoyed a respected solo career of her own. Outside of the musical sphere, she’s also an esteemed actor, having starred in Derek Jarman’s cult 1978 punk film Jubilee and the ultimate mod drama, Quadrophenia.
The pair married in 1986 and have been going strong ever since. Then, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, the couple knew that they had to do something for their own sake and those of others. Sunday Lunch was Willcox’s idea, as she wanted to keep her husband busy whilst he and King Crimson were forced off the stage by the lockdown. Since then, the pair have uploaded a host of musical covers to YouTube under the Sunday Lunch tag.
From Black Sabbath to Right Said Fred, their lighthearted yet eccentric takes on classic songs have been a remedy for many a woe on a Sunday afternoon. One part unhinged and one part kinky, they’ve kept fans interested for nearly three years, evidencing their potent formula. With Fripp mostly sat in his chair and Willcox on vocal duties, backed by a host of props and occasionally friends, Sunday Lunch has been a breath of fresh air since its debut.
• Continue reading at Far Out Magazine.
• Toyah At Home: Brave New World – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: Upbeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Drop Dead Gorgeous – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Republica. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Republica’s ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’: “The kitchen is playing host to this Republica classic, and it’s delivered in a way only Toyah and Robert know how” – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Republica’s “Drop Dead Gorgeous” – Continue…
• Far Out: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Republica’s ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform Republica’s “Drop Dead Gorgeous” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…
• DGM Live: Drop Dead Gorgeous – Continue…
• Toyah At Home: Crimson Queen/Jungles Of Jupiter – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Dance In The Hurricane – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week performing Dance In The Hurricane. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform her ‘Dance In The Hurricane’: This week’s Sunday Lunch celebrates Willcox’s recently released ‘The Court Of The Crimson Queen: Rhythm Deluxe Edition – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp “Dance In The Hurricane” – Continue…
• Far Out: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform ‘Dance in the Hurricane’ – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Share “Dance In The Hurricane” Performance In New Kitchen Video – Continue…
• DGM Live: Dance In The Hurricane – Continue…
• Toyah At Home: Slave To The Rhythm – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – White Punks On Dope – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering The Tubes. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover The Tubes’ ‘White Punks On Dope’: “The duo are back and it’s nothing but a belter this week. Enjoy your lunch folks!” – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Watch in awe as Toyah and Robert mangle White Punks On Dope as it’s never been mangled before: It’s glam rock a-go-go in the Willcox-Fripp kitchen as The Tubes’ classic White Punks On Dope gets the traditional Sunday Lunch treatment – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover The Tubes’ “White Punks On Dope” – Continue…
• Far Out: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover ‘White Punks On Dope’ by The Tubes – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform The Tubes Classic “White Punks On Dope” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…
• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover The Tubes’ ‘White Punks on Dope’: Fripp confessed to being “a white dope on punk” – Continue…
• DGM Live: White Punks On Dope – Continue…
• Toyah At Home: Dance In The Hurricane – Watch… • Robert At Home: February 2023 – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Shout At The Devil – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering Mötley Crüe. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover a Mötley Crüe classic: ‘Shout At The Devil’ is the latest rock anthem to get a ‘Sunday Lunch’ reworking – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp enjoy a Satanic Sabbath with fiery, latex-enhanced cover of Motley Crue’s Shout At The Devil: If it’s Sunday, it’s Fun-Day at the Willcox / Fripp residence – Continue…
• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Toyah “Shout at the Devil” with Mötley Crüe Cover: The married couple let their hair flow for the ’80s glam-metal anthem – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover Mötley Crüe’s “Shout at the Devil” – Continue…
• Far Out: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Mötley Crüe’s ‘Shout At The Devil’ – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform Mötley Crüe Classic “Shout At The Devil” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…
• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Sunday Lunch Series Continues With the Duo Blasting Through Mötley Crüe’s ‘Shout at the Devil’: Just ahead of Crüe’s first performances with the new guitarist, John 5 – Continue…
• Guitar World: Robert Fripp and Toyah put a wild spin on Mötley Crüe’s Shout at the Devil: Just days before Mötley Crüe hit the road with John 5, the captivating couple stole their thunder with a crazy Crüe cover of their own – Continue…
• Yahoo!: Robert Fripp and Toyah “Shout at the Devil” with Mötley Crüe Cover – Continue…
• Metal Injection: Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Covered Mötley Crüe’s “Shout At The Devil” – Continue…
• DGM Live: Shout At The Devil – Continue…
Paul Stanley, legendary frontman of similarly legendary band KISS, has tweeted/commented on Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch cover of I Was Made For Lovin’ You to his 694k followers at Twitter.
The Sunday Lunch KISS cover premiered at You Tube and Facebook last Sunday, 22nd January.
• Toyah At Home: Lesser God – Watch… • Toyah & Robert: Upbeat Moments Of The Week – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – This week covering KISS. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox cover a KISS classic while dressed up like a unicorn: Husband Robert Fripp joined in on guitar, for the latest in their ‘Sunday Lunch’ series – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: If you had ‘Toyah singing Kiss dressed as a pink unicorn’ on your 2023 bingo card, congratulations: Robert Fripp looks terrified as Toyah Willcox bounces about in an inflatable unicorn costume during the couple’s performance of I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Continue…
• Consequence: Robert Fripp and Unicorn Toyah Fly Through KISS’ “I Was Made for Lovin’ You”: Toyah wears an inflatable flying unicorn costume for the KISS classic – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert Fripp cover KISS “You Were Made For Loving Me” – Continue…
• Far Out: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah cover KISS song ‘I Was Made For Lovin’ You’ – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform KISS Classic “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” In New Kitchen Video – Continue…
• Guitar World: Robert Fripp and Toyah are on their usual ridiculous form in this bizarre cover of Kiss’s I Was Made For Lovin’ You: Watch the ever-intriguing husband-and-wife duo tackle one of the rock institution’s biggest hits – Continue…
• Yahoo! Entertainment: Robert Fripp and Unicorn Toyah Fly Through KISS’ “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
Newly announced!! Toyah & Robert play a pair of live concerts at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester on Friday 26th & Saturday 27th May. Tickets are on sale now. Following rave reviews of their surprise festival appearance at Cropredy Festival in 2022, this highly anticipated performance is one not to be missed.
• Further details and ticket link available at Worcester Theatres.
A snapshot of Toyah & Robert’s interview feature – Relative Values – as it appeared in print in The Sunday Times – available for one day only, Sunday 15th January 2023 – magazine.
