Toyah & Robert Fripp Unleash a Wild New Cover of ‘Real Wild Child’

Just when it seemed Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox had exhausted all possible strangeness in their Worcestershire kitchen, the ever-unpredictable duo have found a new way to outdo themselves. Their latest Sunday Lunch video pushes their quirky home-performance series to dizzying new levels of theatrical absurdity.

This week, Fripp steps into frame wearing a full plague-doctor mask topped with an extravagant, multicoloured headdress. At the same time, Toyah performs inside an oversized birdcage, dancing and rattling the bars with gleeful abandon. The visual spectacle is so overwhelming that the song itself — a ragged, punk-spirited spin on Iggy Pop’s 1986 hit “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” — almost becomes an afterthought.

“There is no cage that can hold this wild one!” Fripp bellows through the beak of his mask as Willcox makes a show of trying to escape. “And it doesn’t get wilder than Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch. Argggh!”

Meanwhile, Back in the Real World…

Outside the world of kitchen cabaret, King Crimson fans have new material to sink their teeth into. The band has released recordings from 19 shows on their 2003 Power To Believe tour through their ongoing partnership with nugs.net, which is currently offering 50% off its All Access annual subscription.

The collection spans performances in Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia. The lineup — Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn, and Pat Mastelotto — captures the group’s early-2000s incarnation at full, complex power, delivering metallic precision, labyrinthine polyrhythms, and the dark intensity that defined that era of Crimson.

Toyah’s Touring Momentum Continues

Toyah herself continues to enjoy a busy schedule beyond the weekly kitchen antics. Fresh from supporting Adam Ant on his Antmusic 2025 tour in November, she has joined Big Country as a special guest on their Winter run, with stops in Cardiff, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Newcastle. Tickets are already on sale.

And while the Sunday Lunch project began as a lockdown distraction, it has evolved into something more enduring — a playful portrait of two artists unafraid to embrace theatricality, humour, and outright silliness. Their weekly performances have amassed a loyal following, not because they are polished, but because they are defiantly, joyously human.

If anything, this latest episode suggests that Fripp and Willcox have no intention of slowing down. The masks may change, the props may grow more outlandish, and the costumes may get stranger still. Still, the spirit remains: two veteran performers refusing to age quietly, choosing instead to celebrate music with mischief, chaos, and an unmistakable spark of love — for performance, for each other, and for the fans who tune in every Sunday to see just how wild things can get.