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The Kinks Announce Brothers Art Exhibition At Gibson Garage London

The Kinks founders Ray and Dave Davies are collaborating with artist Christian Furr on The Kinks: Brothers, a new exhibition at Gibson Garage London based on a 1968 photobooth portrait of the siblings.

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The Kinks Premiere Live Version of ‘Sunny Afternoon’ Ahead of ‘The Journey Part 3’

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks have released a live version of their 1966 hit ‘Sunny Afternoon’ recording at the Royal Albert Hall in 1993.

Tagged as: 60s, pop, rock, Sunny Afternoon, The Journey, The Kinks, UK

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The Kinks To Release Third and Final ‘The Journey Part 3’

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks will conclude their 60th anniversary Anthology series with the third and final edition of ‘The Journey – Part 3’ set for July 2025.

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Legendary Record Producer Shel Talmy Leaves The Building Aged 87

by Paul Cashmere

Shel Talmy, the legendary record producer behind the hits of The Kinks, The Who and The Easybeats, has died at age 87 and he has gone out laughing.

Tagged as: 60s, David Bowie, Easyboeats, pop, rock, Shel Talmy, The Kinks, UK

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Ray Davies Teases Possible New Kinks Music

by Music-News.com

The Kinks have around “20 songs” waiting to be worked on.

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Dog Trumpet Premiere ‘Ray Davies and The Kinks’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

The origins of Dog Trumpet’s ‘Ray Davies and The Kinks’ go back a number of years when the band was on a road trip to the Apollo Bay Folk Festival.

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The Kinks Release New Mixes and Previously Unreleased Tracks On ‘The Journey Part 2’

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks are continuing their 60th anniversary with the tracklisting of ‘The Journey Part 2’ unveiled.

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The Kinks’ John Gosling Keyboard Player Dies At 75

by Music-News.com

The Kinks’ John Gosling has died at the age of 75. The band have taken to social media to announce the passing of the keyboard player, who joined the group in 1970.

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The Kinks’ Dave Davies Pleads With Elon Musk To Take ‘Sensitive Content Warning’ Off The Bands Posts

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks guitarist and co-founder Dave Davies is pleading with Elon Musk to stop putting “sensitive content” warnings on all of the band’s tweets.

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The Kinks ‘Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneyground’ Part 1’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

The next reissue for The Kinks is ‘Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneyground’ to mark the 50th anniversary of the release.

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Record Exec Nick Hampton Publishes His Autobiography

by Paul Cashmere

Former EMI Record executive Nick Hampton has published his life story with ‘Nick of Time: My Life and Career All on the Record’.

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The Great Lost Dave Davies Album To Be Released In New Kinks Arthur Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Davies 50-year old lost treasure will be finally released as part of The Kinks upcoming ‘Arthur Or The Decline and Fall of The British Empire’ box set due 25 October.

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Dave Davies Delivers Another Song from Decade ‘Same Old Blues’

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Davies is previewing his ‘Decade’ album with another song ‘Same Old Blues’.

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Dave Davies of The Kinks Reveals New Track ‘Same Old Blues’

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Davies of The Kinks has treated fans to another preview of his upcoming ‘Decade’ album.

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Dave Davies Unveils First Taste of His Lost ‘Decade’

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks founding guitarist Dave Davies will release an album of his lost 70s song ‘Decade’ soon.

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The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks Release Previously Unreleased Rarity ‘Time Song’

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks have made available a previously unreleased song ‘Time Song’.

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Dave Davies Would Love A Kinks Tour With His Brother Sir Ray Davies

by Paul Cashmere

Kinks founder, songwriter and lead singer Sir Ray Davies has announced another reunion for his iconic Brit band The Kinks, and his brother and co-founder Dave Davies in if there is a tour.

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Ray Davies Has A Second Volume Of Americana On The Way

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Our Country: Americana Act II, the eagerly awaited new album from Ray Davies on Friday, June 29. This new studio album will be available on CD, 2LP vinyl and digital formats.

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R.I.P. Jim Rodford of Argent 1941-2018

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Jim Rodford, the bassist for Argent, the Kinks and the Zombies, has died at the age of 76. A cause of death has not been announced but his cousin, Rod Argent, pointed to a fall in a social media post:

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Sir Ray Davies Knighted By Prince Charles

by Music-News.com

Ray Davies, frontman of The Kinks, has been knighted by the Prince of Wales Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

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Dave Davies To Release Album With Son Russ

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Dave Davies will release his new album, Open Road, on March 31 via Red River Entertainment.

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Sir Ray Davies To Release First Album In 9 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Ray Davies’ first new album in over nine years, Americana, will be released on April 21 via Legacy Recordings.

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The Queen Gets Kinky And Knights Ray Davies

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks frontman and founder Ray Davies is now Sir Ray Davies. Sir Ray has been knighted in the Queen’s New Years honours.

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Dave Davies Dismisses The Kinks Reunion Story

by Paul Cashmere

The Kinks co-founder Dave Davies has dismissed the story do the rounds this weekend that The Kinks will reform for Glastonbury.

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Ray and Dave Davies Perform Together For The First Time In Two Decades

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Dave Davies had a surprise for the crowd during his Friday night show at Islington Assembly Hall in London, his brother Ray.

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The Kinks Release New Compilation For West End Show

by Paul Cashmere

Original Kinks recordings of songs from the successful West End musical Sunny Afternoon, including the hits You Really Got Me, Waterloo Sunset, Sunny Afternoon, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Lola, All Day And All Of The Night and more.

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Ray Davies Plays Bristol #SETLIST

by Music-News.com

Dark rain clouds circled like vultures above Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College as Ray Davies took the stage. Fortunately, the seasoned musical veteran’s enviable back catalogue of hits proved to be waterproof.

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Ray Davies Of The Kinks Named London Legend

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Ray Davies of Kinks has a new title. He is officially a London Legend.

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The Kinks Still Can’t Agree On Reunion

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Ray Davies says he has no problem with touring with the Kinks, he just can’t get his brother Dave over one hurdle.

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Dave Davies Preps Rippin’ Up Time And US Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

While speculation of mounting of a Kinks reunion in 2015, the band’s co-founder Dave Davies is heading out for his own dates in the USA.

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Faces’ First Steps To Be Released with Unheard 1969 Recordings With Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood

Take a step back to the late 1960s, when London was buzzing, Carnaby Street was swinging, and five young musicians were about to create one of the greatest British rock bands of their generation. Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones, Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan had just come together as Faces and now, for the very first time, fans will be able to hear their earliest recordings.

September 18, 2025