TOC pagestyle not working for first page (in memoir using fancyhdr)

Question

I am using memoir class for my thesis. Among many decoration (by fancyhdr) are the color vertical bars for even and odd pages as similarly guided in this link: coloured rule margin, which I want to keep through the whole thesis.

The problem is that I could not apply these bars for the first page of any parts within frontmatter, including Abstract, TOC, LOT, LOF, despite it seems working for the following pages. I have tried advises in this question, but got no success.

Please kindly advise me. Here is my minimal code:

\documentclass[twoside,12pt,a5paper]{memoir}
\usepackage{tikz,fancyhdr,lipsum}               
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\pagestyle{fancy}\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LO]{%
  \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
      \fill [color=blue] (current page.north west) rectangle
       ($ (current page.south west) + (1cm,0cm) $);
   \end{tikzpicture}
}
\fancyhead[RE]{%
  \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
     \fill [color=orange] (current page.north east) rectangle
      ($ (current page.south east) + (-1cm,0cm) $);
  \end{tikzpicture}
}

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents* \clearpage
  \listoffigures \clearpage
  \fancypagestyle{chapter}{}



   \chapter{My first Chapter: Problems}
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]

\chapter{My Second Chapter: Problems}
   \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
    \end{document}

Answer 1

The easiest way is to call fancy inside the plain style and removing the headrule:

 \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
   \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
    \pagestyle{fancy}%
 }

I don't recommend using memoir and fancyhdr, however.

\documentclass[twoside,12pt,a5paper]{memoir}
\usepackage{tikz,fancyhdr,lipsum}               
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\pagestyle{fancy}\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LO]{%
  \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
      \fill [color=blue] (current page.north west) rectangle
       ($ (current page.south west) + (1cm,0cm) $);
   \end{tikzpicture}
}
\fancyhead[RE]{%
  \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
     \fill [color=orange] (current page.north east) rectangle
      ($ (current page.south east) + (-1cm,0cm) $);
  \end{tikzpicture}
}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \pagestyle{fancy}%
}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents* \clearpage
\listoffigures \clearpage
\fancypagestyle{chapter}{}



\chapter{My first Chapter: Problems}
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]

\chapter{My Second Chapter: Problems}
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\section{A}\subsection{B}\lipsum[1]\subsection{CS1}\lipsum[1] \subsection{C}\lipsum[1]
\end{document}