Toyah Willcox floored as baby conceived at gig and couple make surprise gesture
Toyah Willcox has revealed a baby was conceived at her gig - and she found out nine months later after the couple made a surprise gesture.
The legendary punk rocker is one of the biggest stars from the 1980s, with huge hits including It's A Mystery and I Want to Be Free. She went on to have 30 albums, 25 feature films and countless theatre and TV presenting roles. In an exclusive chat with The Mirror alongisde husband Robert Fripp, Toyah shared her most memorable moment from her impressive singing career.
She said: "We both experienced very strange but legendary things. When I played Hammersmith Apollo in 1982, which we recorded live for an album called Warrior Rock, a child was conceived on the back row. Nine months later there was another Toyah in the world. She was actually named Toyah."
Toyah was given a surprise gesture by the couple (Redferns)Toyah added: "It just seems, in hindsight, so fitting that not only music but one of my shows allowed that to happen." Husband Robert, who's had an equally impressive music career since starting rock band King Crimson, quipped: "I don't believe that any King Crimson shows had anyone conceived at our performances. I might be mistaken, of course, but they've certainly never been in touch."
Explaining about how she found out about the moment of passion at her gig, Toyah said: "My sound man came backstage and he said 'I cannot believe a couple were having sex next to the sound desk during your show'. Then that couple made contact about a year later and they sent us a picture of baby Toyah!"
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Despite her huge success, Toyah admitted she didn't think she would have a singing career at the age of 65. She told us: "Last year we played Glastonbury. I was 65, I really did not think that at 65 I'd still have a career. When I was 21, I only thought it would last up until the age of 30, no interest at all in what would happen after that age."
Toyah, who performs solo and alongside Robert, added: "We are in the kind of confidence and comfort of what we do and we do have to take into account that we're not going to be running down huge platforms halfway through the audience, what we're doing now is perfect for us. We love the music. We love our audience. We love the atmosphere.
"But did I think I'd be doing this? No. I honestly thought I'd been an old people's home." Toyah also reflected on starting out in the music industry and admitted there have been "massive changes" for women in music. She said: "When I was very young in the punk movement, I really wasn't aware of the boundaries being placed around me. I was just too busy being brash, having a good time being very, very loud.
"But the boundaries were definitely there. If you were to succeed on a global level, you did have to fit a physical type. I have noticed, literally year by year by year, that if we are to really break it big, they have to be physically exceptional. For me, that's been a bit frustrating because I'm barely 5ft tall and I'm very tomboyish and boisterous."
Toyah revealed it has "always frustrated" her, but has "always had confidence" in what she writes, her singing voice and her acting talent. "I've always had that confidence," she said. "But I do realise that if you don't play by certain rules, you're gonna limit what you can do."
Toyah and Robert will be performing at the North West’s favourite family-friendly festival, Deva Fest this summer. Find out more here.
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