For the newest of their ongoing sequence of Sunday Lunch classes, Toyah Willcox has carried out her personal ‘Latex Messiah’ alongside husband Robert Fripp – test it out beneath.
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Renamed Toyah And Robert’s Latex Sunday Lunch, the efficiency sees the pair rocking out and whip-cracking alongside to a brand new model of ‘Latex Messiah (Viva la Rebel In You)’, which was initially launched in 2007 as a part of Willcox’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson Queen’ file.
Next month, Willcox is ready to launch ‘Crimson Queen: Rhythm Deluxe’, a revised model of the unique album and on Friday (January 13), she shared the brand new model of ‘Latex Messiah’.
“Toyah and Robert have cooked up a latex-shaped treat for this week’s Sunday Lunch,” reads the accompanying caption. “The whip is out, so best behaviour all around. Your eyes may never be the same again.”
Check out their efficiency beneath:
The pair kicked off 2023 with a fiery rendition of Republica’s ‘Ready To Go’ and a canopy of The Offspring’s ‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’ whereas December noticed a number of festive classics together with covers of ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ and ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’.
Before that, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp paid tribute to a number of rock classics, together with takes on Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’, Korn’s ‘Blind’, Megadeth’s ‘Holy Wars’ and Metallica’s ‘Seek And Destroy’.
Sunday Lunch kicked off in 2020, with Willcox explaining the next yr that she began the movies to assist Fripp energy by the COVID-19 lockdowns. Speaking to NME, she mentioned that sooner or later, they had been “going to take it a lot further”.
Last yr, Fripp revealed that the sequence had upset some King Crimson followers, however at 76, he’d been unfazed by their negativity. “My wife insists performers have a responsibility to lift people’s spirits in hard times. Do I respect that? My answer is yes, completely and utterly I do,” Fripp mentioned.
“We’re keenly aware of what people have experienced during lockdown. I mean, banged up in a small apartment while your mother’s dying and you can’t go to the funeral. My wife said to me, if all we’ve done in two years is help one person through their bad time, it’s all worth it,” he added.
Later this yr, Fripp and Willcox will take Sunday Lunch on the street. They introduced a joint 2023 tour again in June, and revealed the complete itinerary – 14 reveals sprawling over the majority of October – final month. Check out the dates right here.