Toyah, Pete and Mike onstage last night At Chelmsford Civic Centre on the first date of the Songs And Stories UK Tour. Click on the photo for a larger version. Browse all the tour dates at toyahwillcox.com. (Thanks to Sharon for this great photo | Photo © Sharon Dickson) See also: Standing ovation for Toyah…
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best Sunday Lunch performance videos
Lockdowns were a drag but Toyah and Robert Fripp helped keep us going.
In the long ago, when lockdown stopped us going out to gigs musicians, did their very best to entertain us in other ways.
Nick Cave streamed the stunning Idiot Prayer, Laura Marling did online guitar lessons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor gave us her Kitchen Disco.
But maybe best of all were the Sunday Lunch videos from new wave/prog rock married couple Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp, often with mysterious collaborator Sidney Jake. There’s no reason to stop a good thing, and even now, long after the last lockdown, they’ve just kept on going.
They’ve done hundreds of videos so far, and below we round up our favourite ten, along with Toyah and Robert’s snappy captions.
• Continue reading at Gold Radio. Browse Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch “back catalogue” at YouTube.
A trio of photos of Toyah onstage at last night’s first Songs And Stories date in Chelmsford. The tour continues through March, April, May and June with another 48-dates all over the UK. Click on the photos for larger versions. Browse all the tour dates at toyahwillcox.com. (Thanks to Sharon for these great photos| Photos © Sharon Dickson)
A great photo of Toyah with Sharon and Sheena in Chelmsford, at the Meet & Greet prior to the first gig of Toyah’s Songs and Stories UK Tour. (Thanks to Sharon for this great photo | Photo © Sharon Dickson)
Toyah guested on Greatest Hits Radio’s Great Conversation with Jackie Brambles last night. Listen to the great interview – including Toyah tracks and her music choices – by clicking below.
Toyah’s blog for March 2026 is available to read at toyahwillcox.com.
Toyah is guesting at RetroConUk this May, being interviewed by Pat Sharp. Info by clicking below.
Guy Garvey – From The Vaults: Sky Arts: Friday 27th March: 8pm
1981. Series 3, episode 4. The Elbow frontman introduces clips from the TV archives from 1981, featuring performances by New Order, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Adam and the Ants, Kirsty MacColl, Kim Wilde and Toyah. Also featured are Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Madness, the Belle Stars, Dave Edmunds with the Stray Cats, and Secret Affair, and there are interviews with the Human League’s Philip Oakey, and Simon Le Bon and John Taylor from Duran Duran.
Celebrity Catchphrase: Challenge: Saturday 21st March: 12pm
Series 3, episode 7. Stephen Mulhern hosts a celebrity special of the classic game show, with Nicola Coughlan, Stephen Mangan and Toyah Willcox all trying to say what they see as they guess well-known phrases for the chance to win a £50,000 jackpot for their chosen charity.
Carol Decker’s 30 Rock Chicks!: NOW Rock: Tuesday 24th March: 2am
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).
Catch up on a selection of Toyah BBC interviews at The Toyah Willcox Interview Archive.
As well as full transcripts, and related photos, there’s also a link to listen to each interview too.
BBC Radio Scotland: Sunday With Cathy MacDonald: 11th January 2026
Cathy interviews Toyah • Read/Listen here…
BBC Radio Scotland: Afternoons: 26th February 2026
Michelle McManus interviews Toyah • Read/Listen here…
Popnerd Podcast: Holly Carnegie: February 2026
Toyah Special • Read/Listen here…
Very Very Sherrie Podcast: Sherrie Hewson: January 2026
Toyah Special • Read/Listen here…
Celebrity Fantasy Homes: Really: Friday 27th March: 6am
Toyah (Series 2, Episode 2). Celebrities hunt for a new home. Gaby Roslin helps the original punk-pop princess Toyah Willcox search for a second home, in Richmond upon Thames, with a budget of £650,000.
Toyah’s Celebrating The Best Of Toyah Union Chapel, London, gig from October 2025 was reviewed in Blitzed magazine (Issue #24, January 2026)
GIG REVIEW (By Mik Scarlet)
TOYAH/UNION CHAPEL, LONDON
Surprisingly, I have never seen Toyah live before, so when I saw that she was playing the Union Chapel in Islington I had to see her, and the gig coincided with the release of the Best Of Toyah compilation. On the night I wasn’t feeling that great but struggled to get myself ready, and off my wife and I set. The venue was stunning, if a little interesting around wheelchair access. At least the management had thought about it, and I could actually get in. I even had a front row seat with my name on it… Billy Big Boots me! Soon the room was packed and as I scanned each face it struck me that I wasn’t the oldest person in the room, not by a long chalk. In fact, I felt rather young. Yes, there were a few kids that had come along, but this was mostly a room of fans from way back when.
The support, Rachael Sage, was really good. A mixture of Suzanne Vega, Tori Amos and folk with her own personal twist. Well worth checking out. After Rachael’s short set, the lights came up and the queue for the loos began. So many old bladders all needing to be emptied before the show began. As the lights dipped again, the excitement was palpable. Like so many bands of the era who are still playing, Toyah has some dedicated followers. She came on to the stage like a dervish in black and, from the outset, made the huge space her own.
All the hits were covered, as well as obvious fan favourites. I did forget that Toyah always had a tendency to veer off to ‘prog’. That said, Toyah is a real performer, and this gig was a must see for the fans. Toyah bounced around like a teenager. Her stage craft is second to none and she held the room in the palm of her hand. She talked to the crowd like friends, told them stories I felt they’d heard before but could listen to over and over, along with some new insights into each track. I left a room of older faces, all transfixed and taken back to their youth.
• Toyah is also included in the latest issue (#26, March 2026) of Blitzed magazine, which is on sale now. (Thanks to Colin Dew-Parry)
Hospital Radio takes a trip down Toyah lane
Torbay broadcaster looks ahead to an evening with the High Priestess of Punk, exploring her 50-year career and chart-topping classics
Obviously, you have to be of a certain age to remember the High Priestess of Punk who burst onto the scene in 1976 both as a musician and actress.
It has been a successful career for her in the 50 years that have followed, she’s been a singer and actor, a TV host and author, a BRIT Award winner and a film star. I am thinking her stories will be interesting and I understand she still has the voice that was so distinctive.
I’m planning ahead and with that in mind I am off to see An Evening with Toyah: Songs and Stories at the Palace Avenue Theatre on March 27.
• Continue reading at Torbay Today.
I’m just about to launch the first fanzines for 2026 – Issues 66 – 68 – and these focus on one of the most incredible and memorable Toyah eras… Anthem.
I love the Anthem band… One of the finest bands in music history – Just listen to Nigel Glockler, his mindblowing brilliance perfectly captured during Toyah’s At The Rainbow gig, but all five members of this band are incredible. I’ll always have a soft spot for Joel Bogen, though.
These fanzines also encompass At The Rainbow, the Anthem Tour and Toyah’s career in 1981 in general… in their 45th Anniversary year!
Official Toyah’s 2026 Songs & Stories tour countdown commenced a few days ago, with these fab photos being shared! Join Toyah on her mammoth 49-date UK tour by buying your tickets here. (Images © All rights reserved)
Toyah was interviewed on Afternoons (with Michelle McManus) last Thursday on BBC Radio Scotland. There was also a play of It’s A Mystery.
Michelle McManus chats to singer, actor, TV host and author Toyah Willcox about her upcoming Songs and Stories tour.
Plus Dominic Corr swings by for the weekly telly review. This week, it’s all about The Lady, Bridgerton Season 4 Part 2, and the Scrubs reboot.
Michelle also provides the perfect soundtrack to your Thursday afternoon, with bops aplenty, and another edition of the Rewind Quiz.
• Listen to the show, and Toyah’s interview, at BBC Sounds for the next few weeks. See also a video clip from the interview here.
Toyah guested on Thordis Fridriksson’s show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire last week.
Toyah’s veg patch | Toyah Willcox tells us she’s an avid gardener. Listen at BBC Sounds.
