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King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Heart’s ‘Barracuda’ – watch it below.The pair launched their Sunday Lunch video series last year, sharing renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, Guns N’ Roses, ZZ Top, Alice Cooper and more through Willcox’s YouTube channel.Last week (April 25), the pair performed a version of Hawkwind‘s ‘Silver Machine’ alongside “mysterious stranger” Sidney Jake on guitar, with Willcox covered in body paint while bubbles were pumped into the room.This week’s kitchen cover sees the couple take on Heart’s ‘Barracuda’, with Willcox dressed up as a mermaid.

Motörhead‘s frontman and bassist, Lemmy, may be honoured with a statue in his birthplace of Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent.Lemmy – full name Ian Fraser Kilmister – was born in Burslem, one of the towns that is part of the city of Stoke-On-Trent in Staffordshire, prior to him and his family moving to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The majority of the singer’s childhood was spent in Wales before founding Motörhead in 1975.If the plans to erect the statue are approved by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council, it will be placed in Burslem’s Market Place.