Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox’s viral ‘Sunday Lunch’ YouTube video project has been picked up by a production company and is set to be transformed into a movie.
The ‘Sunday Lunch’ videos were born out of the pandemic in 2020 – featuring King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and 80’s pop star Toyah Wilcox (who goes by the name of Toyah) playing light-hearted covers of classic songs such as ‘Enter Sandman’ and ‘Bad Reputation’ in there living room and often dressed in fancy dress.
The videos became a viral hit during the COVID pandemic and have continued to attract a lot of attention as the pair continue to make the videos.
Talking to Eonmusic, Toyah Wilcox spoke about being approached by production companies regarding the project: “We have a documentary crew following us, and we have quite a big production company scripting an idea at the moment,” she said.
She later added: “Obviously, we won’t be in it, it’s for actors to play, but that’s all in the back kind of pool of what you call pre-production. All of that’s going on.”
This information supports what the two have explained in the past about the longevity of the series as explained during an interview at Glastonbury, they said: “We’ve actually been picked up by a world agency and we have decided that we’re going to give them a set amount of years, at the moment our social media numbers are growing. So as long as those audiences are there and that kind of pull is there, we’ll keep going. But I will not watch him do anything that makes his health suffer.”
Toyah Wilcox later added during the interview: “Another bit of news that’s happening is we’re being courted by TV at the moment. We’ve got about three ideas in the very embryonic form that we should be shooting next year.”
The success of the videos has seen the married couple touring together for the first time, including shows at Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight Festival. The duo are currently about to kick off their ‘Sunday Lunch Rock Party’ tour at the end of September in Wimborne before heading to multiple other venues in the UK in places like London, Birmingham and Liverpool.
Tour dates
30/09/23 – Tivoli – Wimborne
01/10 – Town Hall – Cheltenham
07/10 – Royal Hall – Harrogate
08/10 – Playhouse – Whitley Bay
09/10 – The Lowry – Salford
14/10 – Assembly Hall – Worthing
16/10 – Philharmonic Hall – Liverpool
19/10 – The Apex – Bury St Edmunds
20/10 – The Anvil – Basingstoke
21/10 – Shepherds Bush Empire – London
25/10 – Opera House – Buxton
26/10 – Theatre Severn – Shrewsbury
28/10 – Grand Theatre – Swansea
29/10 – Town Hall – Birmingham
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