Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox of King Crimson showed support for the #FreeBritney movement while playing a cover of one of Britney Spears’ hits.
In the last edition of the couple’s Sunday Lockdown Lunch series, they played a version of Spears’ 2003 single, ‘Toxic’.
In the video, Fripp appeared in his typical shirt, vest and tie, while Willcox carried a nightstick and had black makeup painted over one eye. Before the start of the presentation, a title screen displayed the hashtag #FreeBritney, which also appeared in the right corner of the video.
After the pair finished their version of the track, the two held hand-made posters with a red heart in the middle and the words “Britney we c you” around. See the performance below now.
Last week, Fripp and Willcox joined a snake for a cover of Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’. “No animals were injured or mistreated in the filming of this episode,” a title screen assured viewers at the beginning of the episode.
Earlier this year, Willcox revealed that the musical couple had started the Sunday Lockdown Lunch series because Fripp had started to “withdraw” under the restrictions of the coronavirus.
“I’m here in this house with this 74-year-old husband that I really don’t want to live without,” she said. “He was withdrawing, so I thought, ‘I’m going to teach you how to dance.’ And it became a challenge.
“I do the lighting, the filming, the conceptual side and persuade Robert to participate.”
Other covers in the series have so far seen the duo play tracks by names like Alice Cooper, Metallica, Soft Cell, Guns N ‘Roses, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana and more.