News & Rumors
(you decide which is which)
| Friday, 21st March, 2025 | |
| 12:51 pm - | Tonight is opening night for the Sunny Afternoon musical in Chicago. Here’s a video of the cast jamming to "INLEE" with the cast of Hamlet. |
| 12:49 pm - | The Kinks are included in this article on great British bands. |
| Thursday, 20th March, 2025 | |
| 2:00 pm - | Former Kinks manager Grenville Collins has passed away. |
| 9:22 am - | Here's another article on the Sunny Afternoon musical. One notable line from the article is that the plan "is to create a tour from this Chicago Shakespeare premiere". |
| Wednesday, 19th March, 2025 | |
| 12:18 pm - | Here's an article on the "Sunny Afternoon" musical. |
| 12:02 pm - | The cast of "Sunny Afternoon" was interviewed on TV yesterday and also performed "YRGM". Here's the video. |
| 12:00 pm - | There's a piece about the Vox Populi performance of Arthur (coming up on Saturday, 5 April) in this article. |
| Monday, 17th March, 2025 | |
| 5:47 pm - | Graham Coxon includes a Kinks song in his playlist. |
| 5:46 pm - | Here's an article about Phobia. |
| Friday, 14th March, 2025 | |
| 7:38 pm - | The Chicago Shakespeare Theater has posted a video on Facebook of the actor/musician playing Mick Avory performing a drum solo. |
| 7:07 pm - | The Kinks are mentioned in this promotional video for NYC-based cover band The Sixties Show. (Although Dennis Diken is featured in the video, the band currently has a different drummer.) |
| 11:42 am - | The '60s cover band The Zoots (mentioned here on Wednesday) has many other gigs scheduled. |
| Wednesday, 12th March, 2025 | |
| 11:00 am - | Kinks songs are performed in this '60s tribute show. |
| Tuesday, 11th March, 2025 | |
| 1:58 pm - | Chris Kocher's book of Kinks fan stories, Thank You For The Days is now shipping in the US. (I received my copy on Sunday, ordered from Amazon. You should also be able to order it through a local book store.) |
| 12:37 pm - | Robert's Record Corner continues reviewing every Kinks album. Part 4 covers 1973-75. |
| Monday, 10th March, 2025 | |
| 9:44 am - | "Sunny Afternoon" is included in this article on upcoming plays and musicals in Chicago. |
| 9:41 am - | Here's a 2011 interview with Dave. |
| 9:39 am - | The Session Man documentary on Nicky Hopkins is now available on DVD. |
| 9:38 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article about a Merseybeat compilation. |
| Friday, 7th March, 2025 | |
| 4:11 pm - | "Waterloo Sunset" is included in this article on David Gilmour's favorite songs. |
| Thursday, 6th March, 2025 | |
| 11:59 am - | There's a review of Chris Kocher's Kinks fan book in the March (print) issue of Shindig! magazine. |
| 11:58 am - | Ray is mentioned in this article on the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. |
| Wednesday, 5th March, 2025 | |
| 10:04 am - | Posted here in late December but worth mentioning again: "This Is Where I Belong" is used in TV ads for "Home Instead" in-home care. A couple variations of the ad here and here. |
| 10:00 am - | "YRGM" is included in this article on great songs under 3 minutes long. |
| Tuesday, 4th March, 2025 | |
| 3:57 pm - | The latest print issue of Classic Rock magazine has a review of Chris Kocher's Kinks fan book, Thank You For The Days. |
| 3:56 pm - | Colin Hay talks about "Waterloo Sunset" (and plays a bit of it) in this video. |
| 3:54 pm - | "Dead End Street" is mentioned in this article about Noel Gallagher. |
| 3:53 pm - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article about The Who. |
| Monday, 3rd March, 2025 | |
| 12:40 pm - | The Chicago Shakespeare Theater has put together a Spotify playlist of Kinks covers. |
| 12:27 pm - | Here's an acoustic cover of "Waterloo Sunset" by Kristina Panos. |
| 12:26 pm - | Here's a cover of "VGPS" by Ollie Hayes. |
| Friday, 28th February, 2025 | |
| 12:15 pm - | A cover of "Victoria" is used in this TV ad for the Silver Spoon brand of Victoria sponge cake mix. |
| 12:09 pm - | "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" is mentioned in this article about Carnaby Street. |
| Thursday, 27th February, 2025 | |
| 1:45 pm - | Here's an article on Something Else. |
| 1:44 pm - | Here's an article that ranks 50 Kinks songs. |
| Wednesday, 26th February, 2025 | |
| 12:04 pm - | The "Albums That Should Exist" blog has a new post on Ray’s 2017 Proms in Hyde Park performance. |
| 12:02 pm - | "Here Comes Yet Another Day" is included in this "UK" playlist. |
| 12:00 pm - | According to this article, a cover of "ADAAOTN" by the Nasty Bits is used in the third episode of the HBO drama “Vinyl”. |
| 11:56 am - | "Strangers" is included in this article on songs not written by the band’s primary songwriter. |
| 11:52 am - | Here’s a colorized version of the "Starstruck" promo video. |
| 11:50 am - | Andy Timmons mentions Dave’s Flying V guitar in this interview. |
| Tuesday, 25th February, 2025 | |
| 10:45 am - | Doug Hinman says, "Shooting for the end of the year.", when asked about the updated edition of his ADAAOTN book. |
| 10:42 am - | Here’s a podcast on Arthur. |
| Monday, 24th February, 2025 | |
| 9:34 am - | The Chicago Shakespear Theater has posted some new photos of the Sunny Afternoon cast on their Facebook page. |
| 8:44 am - | Here's an article about Ray's 1966 review of Revolver. |
| 8:43 am - | Arthur is included in this article on overlooked rock albums that deserve more recognition. |
| Friday, 21st February, 2025 | |
| 11:54 am - | Here's an article with Dave's quotes about The Kinks' LGBTQ+ ties. |
| 11:53 am - | Here's a preview article for the Kast Off Kinks gig at the Shanklin Theatre on the Isle of Wight tomorrow. |
| 11:50 am - | Here's an article on Johnny Marr and "ADAAOTN". |
| 11:48 am - | The Kinks are included in this article on iconic rock bands whose classic lineups could still reunite. |
| Thursday, 20th February, 2025 | |
| 11:55 am - | The "Robert's Record Corner" YouTube channel is reviewing every Kinks album. There are three videos so far: part 1, part 2, and part 3. |
| 11:51 am - | Here's an article on "Death Of A Clown". |
| Wednesday, 19th February, 2025 | |
| 1:45 pm - | Here's a podcast (in Catalan) about Ray. |
| 1:42 pm - | Here's an article on "Lola". |
| Monday, 17th February, 2025 | |
| 10:20 am - | Dave posted an unboxing video of his vinyl solo albums on Facebook. |
| 9:56 am - | "Death Of A Clown" is played in this episode of the radio show "Charles Paris:Situation Tragedy". |
| 9:49 am - | The Kinks are included in this article on bands that have played in Colchester. |
| 9:47 am - | Here's an article about Ray's five favourite songs. |
| Saturday, 15th February, 2025 | |
| 9:00 am - | Happy 81st birthday to Mick Avory! |
| 8:58 am - | Posted here nearly 20 years ago, but here are new links for a podcast that has a 1996 interview with Ray: Part 1 and Part 2. |
| 8:53 am - | The Kinks official YouTube channel has a 30-second video advertising The Kinks Tea shop. |
| 8:51 am - | Here's a cover of "Come Dancing" by Ox Burner. |
| Friday, 14th February, 2025 | |
| 11:30 am - | "Victoria" is included in this article on songs about royalty. |
| 11:28 am - | The new documentary on Sly & the Family Stone, "Sly Lives!" on Hulu, features 1965 TV footage of The Kinks playing "ADAAOTN". |
| Wednesday, 12th February, 2025 | |
| 12:24 pm - | The Impossible Way of Life podcast is working their way through Kinks albums this month. |
| 12:21 pm - | The Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the Sunny Afternoon cast, with cast photos on their website. A couple articles about the cast here and here. And a press release here. |
| 12:18 pm - | Here's a live cover of "Come Dancing" by The Unforgettable Big Band. |
| Tuesday, 11th February, 2025 | |
| 9:40 am - | The Kooks include Arthur as one of their picks in Amoeba Music's latest What's In My Bag video. |
| 9:37 am - | "YRGM" is included in this article on Glen Matlock's picks of the best punk songs. |
| 9:36 am - | Here's an article about "Days". |
| 9:33 am - | "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" is #1 in this list of songs with "super" in the title. |
| Monday, 10th February, 2025 | |
| 4:46 pm - | The Modern Musicology podcast has an interview with Chris Kocher about his book of Kinks fan stories Thank You For The Days. |
| 4:32 pm - | Here's a video/vlog about The Kinks' US ban. |
| Wednesday, 5th February, 2025 | |
| 1:37 pm - | The Kast Off Kinks website has a new interview with Dave Clarke by Jake Curran of Nerve Radio (audio with a slide show video). |
| 1:28 pm - | This article has a couple photos of The Kinks at a 1972 performance at Watford Town Hall. |
| 1:27 pm - | "Lola" is included in this article on songs about fictional characters. |
| 1:21 pm - | Here's the 1966 Kinks in Denmark footage (mentioned here last week) un-cropped and without the watermark. |
| Tuesday, 4th February, 2025 | |
| 12:08 pm - | Ben Crosland's All Star Band will play jazz interpretations of Ray Davies songs at Marsden Mechanics in Marsden, UK on Saturday, 2rd May 2025. Tickets available here. |
| 11:39 am - | Here's a 1996 cover/meld of "Waterloo Sunset (incorporating 'In Paradise')" by John Wesley Harding (Wesley Stace). |
| 11:31 am - | Here's an article on songs written by Dave. |
| 11:30 am - | Here's a video about "Come Dancing". |
| 11:27 am - | Arthur is included in this article on concept albums. |
| Monday, 3rd February, 2025 | |
| 11:07 am - | Happy 78th birthday to Dave Davies! |
| 11:06 am - | The Kinks' 1974 concert at Golders Green Hippodrome was re-aired on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday (and is available to listen to again for a month). |
| 11:05 am - | Here's a 1977 video of The Kinks miming to "Sleepwalker". |
| Friday, 31st January, 2025 | |
| 1:32 pm - | Here’s a bass cover of "Big Sky". |
| Thursday, 30th January, 2025 | |
| 4:59 pm - | Here's an article on the Cardiff incident. |
| Tuesday, 28th January, 2025 | |
| 10:16 am - | Here’s some footage of The Kinks in Denmark in 1966. |
| Monday, 27th January, 2025 | |
| 11:46 am - | Kirsty Wark tells a story about The Kinks in this interview. |
| 9:34 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this obituary for Shel Talmy. |
| 9:32 am - | Luke Pritchard mentions Ray in this podcast (around 51:48). |
| Friday, 24th January, 2025 | |
| 8:17 am - | Paul Weller talks about Ray and The Kinks in an interview in the latest issue of Mojo magazine (issue 376, March 2025). Also "TTEOTD" is included in a "1965 in 45s" piece. |
| Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 | |
| 12:32 pm - | Dave Quayle has a new post in "The Kinks in Literature" section of his blog. |
| Tuesday, 21st January, 2025 | |
| 4:06 pm - | Here's an interview with Chris Kocher about his Thank You For The Days book. Pre-orders for the book surpassed the first printing run, so some folks are having to wait for it. It's currently being delivered in the UK, but Amazon US now gives the release date as March 8th, 2025. |
| 3:41 pm - | Here's an article on "Sunny Afternoon". |
| Monday, 20th January, 2025 | |
| 3:25 pm - | Here's a cover of "Sunny Afternoon" by What's That Smell? |
| 3:23 pm - | Al Di Meola cites The Kinks as an inspiration in this article. |
| 3:22 pm - | The Jam's cover of "David Watts" is mentioned in this article on Records 2 Live 4. |
| Sunday, 19th January, 2025 | |
| 11:47 am - | According to this flyer there will be a choral performance of VGPS. It's not on their calendar yet, but it will be April 5th at 7pm. Tickets available here. |
| Friday, 17th January, 2025 | |
| 2:06 pm - | Here’s a article/podcast on Sleepwalker. |
| Thursday, 16th January, 2025 | |
| 10:45 am - | Here's an article about The Seldom Scene's cover of "Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains". |
| 10:44 am - | Peter Doherty chose "Big Black Smoke" as one of his Tracks Of My Years (starts around 11:54). |
| Tuesday, 14th January, 2025 | |
| 1:33 pm - | Here's a cover of "Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains" by The Seldom Scene. |
| 1:31 pm - | The live version of "Celluloid Heroes" from One For The Road is included in this article on awe-inspiring rock guitar solos. |
| 1:29 pm - | Here's an article on "Strangers". |
| 1:28 pm - | "Low Budget" is quoted (and Ray is pictured) in this article on stock buybacks. |
| 1:27 pm - | "Stop Your Sobbing" is included in this article on songs with "stop" in the title. |
| Monday, 13th January, 2025 | |
| 4:44 pm - | Ray is quoted in this article on Chuck Berry. |
| 4:42 pm - | A couple of reviews of Chris Kocher's book of Kinks fan stories here and here. |
| 4:37 pm - | "Destroyer" is quoted in this article. |
| 4:33 pm - | Here's an article on "Prince Of The Punks". |
| 4:32 pm - | Ray and Dave are mentioned in this article on London pubs. |
| Friday, 10th January, 2025 | |
| 10:13 am - | Chris Kocher was interviewed on the Rock 'N' Roll Nightmares podcast about his book of Kinks fan stories, Thank You For The Days. |
| 10:08 am - | In yesterday's New York Times crossword puzzle, one of the clues was "Dave or Ray of the Kinks". |
| Wednesday, 8th January, 2025 | |
| 4:02 pm - | Here's a preview article for the Kast Off Kinks' show at Burnham-On-Sea in September. |
| Tuesday, 7th January, 2025 | |
| 9:16 am - | This upcoming compilation CD was inspired by Ray and "Waterloo Sunset". |
| 9:14 am - | According to this article, Bill Murray is covering "Tired Of Waiting" with his band Blood Brothers on their current tour. Here's some video. |
| Monday, 6th January, 2025 | |
| 3:45 pm - | The 2007 DVD The Kinks: In Their Own Words has been uploaded to YouTube. Has interviews with Mick, Nobby and the Baptist. |
| 3:43 pm - | "YRGM" is #10 in this article on the best guitar riffs. |
| Saturday, 4th January, 2025 | |
| 4:13 pm - | John Dunbar (who released a Rutles-like parody album of The Kinks in 2007 called The Kunks) has a new album out, Melomaniacs, with a track on it called "His First Kinks Album". (Listen to it at that link.) |
| 4:08 pm - | Dave and The Kinks are mentioned in this article about a modern recreation of the Elpico guitar amp. |
| Wednesday, 1st January, 2025 | |
| 2:25 pm - | Chris Kocher was interviewed on the "Booked on Rock" podcast about his book of Kinks fan stories, Thank You For The Days. Listen to it here or watch on YouTube. |
| 2:09 pm - | "ADAAOTN" is mentioned in this article on The Cure's cover of The Doors' "Hello I Love You". |
| Tuesday, 31st December, 2024 | |
| 4:55 pm - | Copies of Chris Kocher's book of Kinks fan stories, Thank You For The Days are starting to be delivered to UK folks who had preordered it. (The US release date is currently January 31st, 2025.) |
| 4:47 pm - | The February 2025 issue of Mojo magazine has a piece on Nicky Hopkins, referencing the film about him and also his work with The Kinks. |
| Monday, 30th December, 2024 | |
| 1:19 pm - | According to this Facebook post , Dave was interviewed today for Rockstar Cars. |
| 10:04 am - | According to this article, "ADAAOTN" is played in the Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown. (In the scene where Dylan is confronted about going electric at the Newport Folk Festival.) |
| 10:01 am - | The Kinks are mentioned (with a photo) in this article (in German). |
| Friday, 27th December, 2024 | |
| 2:35 pm - | "Father Christmas" is included in this article on "dark" Christmas tracks. |
| 2:34 pm - | Here's an article on "YRGM". |
| 2:33 pm - | Here's an article on "ADAAOTN". |
| 2:32 pm - | Here's an article about The Kinks' US ban. |
| 2:32 pm - | Here's an article about VGPS. |
| Wednesday, 25th December, 2024 | |
| 6:38 am - | "This Is Where I Belong" is used in this TV ad for in-home care. |
| Monday, 23rd December, 2024 | |
| 10:04 am - | According to this article, The Kinks' demo for "This Strange Effect" is used in a TV ad for Tom Ford lipstick. |
| 10:01 am - | Here's an article about "Lola" and "Destroyer". |
| Monday, 16th December, 2024 | |
| 10:33 am - | Here's an article about One For The Road. |
| Sunday, 15th December, 2024 | |
| 12:38 pm - | The Albums That Should Exist blog has a new post about The Kinks at the US Festival in 1982. |
| Friday, 13th December, 2024 | |
| 3:48 pm - | Today is the release day of the "ADAAOTN"/"I Gotta Move" 60th anniversary 7" vinyl single. |
| Thursday, 12th December, 2024 | |
| 4:26 pm - | The Kinks kovers list is now up to 12075 songs! |
| Tuesday, 10th December, 2024 | |
| 9:00 am - | Here's an article about Dave's recent What's In My Bag appearance. |
| Monday, 9th December, 2024 | |
| 11:22 am - | Here's a new lyric video for "Father Christmas", on the official Kinks YouTube channel. |
| Monday, 2nd December, 2024 | |
| 2:52 pm - | Here's Dave's episode of "What's In My Bag?" from Amoeba Records |
| Sunday, 1st December, 2024 | |
| 12:22 pm - | According to this post on the official Kinks Facebook page, there's a Kinks Christmas video game you can play (based on Pac-Man, and requires a Spotify account). |
| 12:11 pm - | A cover of "Days" is used in this TV ad for UK pension credit. |
| 12:06 pm - | Here's an instrumental cover of "Victoria" by Dobro Dave. |
| Friday, 29th November, 2024 | |
| 12:19 pm - | Here's an article on Jackson Browne and "Waterloo Sunset". |
| 12:17 pm - | Here's a 2012 cover of "I Need You" by Adam Bomb. |
| Wednesday, 27th November, 2024 | |
| 2:34 pm - | Here's an acoustic cover of "Do It Again" (subway busking) by Sal Avenue. |
| Tuesday, 26th November, 2024 | |
| 11:26 am - | Here's an article on The Kinks' tea range. |
| 10:51 am - | VGPS is included in this article on 1960s Rock albums with no filler. |
| 10:49 am - | Word Of Mouth is included in this article on albums released 40 years ago this month. |
| 10:18 am - | Ray and The Kinks are mentioned in this article on Michael Kiwanuka (another artist from Muswell Hill). |
| 10:09 am - | Here's an article about The Who and The Kinks. |
| Monday, 25th November, 2024 | |
| 4:14 pm - | Posted on the official Kinks facebook page today: "We're thrilled to share The Kinks' tea collection, which is available to pre-order now! Sit down and have a cuppa with your Kinks tea and teapot, and then you can do the dishes with your Kinks tea towel! Hallelujah! Check it out at the link: https://thekinkstea.com/." |
| Saturday, 23rd November, 2024 | |
| 4:27 am - | This article on the Preservation Hall Jazz Band talks quite a bit about The Kinks. |
| Wednesday, 20th November, 2024 | |
| 10:07 am - | Here's a live cover of "Powerman" by The Muswell Villebillies, a Kinks tribute band from Columbus, Ohio. |
| 10:05 am - | The Kinks are included in this article on rock bands that feature brothers. |
| 10:04 am - | Here's an article on The Kinks' 5 best album openers. |
| 10:03 am - | You can listen again to a Shel Talmy radio tribute show from last night on BBC Radio Ulster. |
| Tuesday, 19th November, 2024 | |
| 10:52 am - | The Official Kinks Fan Club event is this Sunday, 13:00 - 18:30 at the Dome (upstairs at the Boston Arms), Tufnel Park, London. Full details here.. Also be sure to catch The Kinksfan Kollektiv at their three shows in North London this week. This time the band includes members from The Netherlands, Denmark, Hawaii, Wales and England. "Come and sing along to B sides, deep tracks as well as the hits." All start at 8.00pm and are free entry:
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| 10:46 am - | A bit of silliness: a squirrel 'singing' "YRGM". |
| 10:44 am - | Here's a cover of "Sunny Afternoon" by Kanjo Brasso. |
| 10:42 am - | Here are live covers of "ADAAOTN" and "Stop Your Sobbin" by The Penthouse Sweets from 2010. Also "Big Sky" and "YRGM". |
| 10:39 am - | Here's an audience-recorded audio of a 1987 Kinks concert. |
| Monday, 18th November, 2024 | |
| 10:13 am - | More articles on Shel Talmy here, here, here, and here. |
| Friday, 15th November, 2024 | |
| 12:05 pm - | Some more articles on Shel Talmy's death here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. |
| 12:01 pm - | An excerpt of Ray's Electric Proms gig will be re-aired tonight on BBC4 at 23:50. |
| Thursday, 14th November, 2024 | |
| 5:26 pm - | Shel Talmy passed away yesterday. For those who enjoyed reading his "Blueprint of..." series on Facebook, he left us a farewell message. Here's his obituary at Variety. |
| 10:07 am - | According to this Facebook post, there are more items from Bob Henrit's personal collection for sale (many Kinks backstage passes). |
| Wednesday, 13th November, 2024 | |
| 2:19 pm - | Cats On Holiday will be performing their Kinks tribute show in the Waldorf Beer Hall at Forest City Brewery in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, December 28th from 7-10pm EST. |
| 2:14 pm - | A couple articles on "YRGM"'s power chords here and here. |
| 2:10 pm - | There was an article on Dick van Veelen's latest Kinks book in the regional weekly Rijn en Veluwe from 6 November. |
| Friday, 8th November, 2024 | |
| 10:10 am - | The Dutch weekly De Nieuwe Revue (Nov. 6, 2024) features the exhibition on The Kinks at Tone and Image in Schiedam and Dick van Veelen’s presentation of his third Kinks book. |
| 10:04 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this obituary for Golly Goulding of The Fabulous Fontaines. |
| Thursday, 7th November, 2024 | |
| 10:17 am - | "YRGM" is included in this article on 3 eternal British Invasion singles. |
| 10:16 am - | According to this article, "Waterloo Sunset" was an answer in a crossword puzzle yesterday (but it doesn't say which crossword puzzle). |
| Wednesday, 6th November, 2024 | |
| 10:57 am - | Ray and The Kinks are mentioned in this article on Nicky Hopkins. |
| 10:56 am - | Here's an article on the VGPS album. |
| 10:55 am - | Here's an article on "Sunny Afternoon". |
| Tuesday, 5th November, 2024 | |
| 11:29 am - | Here's an essay on "Waterloo Sunset" by Mark Doyle (author of the 2020 book on The Kinks, Songs of the Semi-Detached). |
| 11:21 am - | Here's an article about Face To Face. |
| 11:19 am - | Here's a cover of "Destroyer" by Guitalele Oeuvre. |
| 11:16 am - | Here's a blog post on Think Visual. |
| Friday, 1st November, 2024 | |
| 9:02 am - | This page (in Dutch) has all the information about the upcoming photo exhibition and Dick van Veelen's book presentation at the Tone and Image Gallery in Schiedam, Holland. |
| 9:01 am - | Accorder to this Facebook post, several items from Bob Henrit's collection are up for sale. |
| 9:00 am - | Here's an article on "Lola". |
| 9:00 am - | "Have A Cuppa Tea" is mentioned in this article about the Pet Shop Boys' tea set. |
| 8:57 am - | A couple TV game show mentions of The Kinks: this week on Jeopardy, in a "Musical Nicknames" category, the clue was "Called this honorary relative 'of Britpop', The Kinks' Ray Davies says he's 'more of a concerned uncle'." And on Switch there was a question, "Andy Warhol designed an album cover for what band?", with the choices "The Rolling Stones", "Velvet Underground", or "The Kinks". |
| Wednesday, 30th October, 2024 | |
| 3:01 pm - | VGPS is mentioned in this article (it compares Bag of Cans' song "Favourite Shirt" to songs from VGPS). |
| 2:57 pm - | Here's an article on "ADAAOTN". |
| Monday, 28th October, 2024 | |
| 10:12 am - | According to this tweet, the film The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins will be available on demand in North America starting November 5th on Amazon, YouTube, Xbox, Vudu, iTunes and AppleTV. |
| 10:09 am - | Steve Diggle mentions Ray in this interview. |
| 10:08 am - | Here's an article on Ray's thoughts about Blur. |
| Friday, 25th October, 2024 | |
| 11:58 am - | You can listen to an interview with Wim van Zon. the owner of the Tone and Image Gallery in Schiedam (near Rotterdam), The Netherlands, where there will be an exhibition of Kinks photos running November through January. (Click the gallery link for a list of events, included a book signing by Dick van Veelen of his book Ray & Dave Davies -- Going solo na The Kinks.) |
| 11:16 am - | Here's a cover of "Tired Of Waiting For You" by The Oldies Sound. They also do "ADAAOTN" and "Set Me Free". |
| 11:16 am - | Low Budget is mentioned in this article on albums that ushered in the '80s. |
| Thursday, 24th October, 2024 | |
| 3:35 pm - | On December 13th BMG will release a 60th anniversary limited edition (1500 numbered copies) 7" vinyl single of "ADAAOTN"/"I Gotta Move", with "exclusive Christmas card print". |
| 3:32 pm - | Here's a acoustic guitar cover of "Sunny Afternoon" by Wayne Evenas. |
| 3:27 pm - | Here's some audio of The Kinks live in Chicago in 1975. |
| 3:25 pm - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article on Liverpool in 1964. |
| 3:23 pm - | The similarity of "Hello I Love You" to "ADAAOTN" is mentioned in this article on The Doors. |
| 3:21 pm - | "This Time Tomorrow" and "Life Goes On" are included in this "Moving Forward" playlist. |
| 2:48 pm - | Here's a piano/vocal cover of "Sunny Afternoon" by The Devil's B Sides. |
| Monday, 21st October, 2024 | |
| 1:12 pm - | "This Strange Effect" (The Kinks' version) was played in the background of season 2, episode 3 of "The Devil's Hour". |
| 1:09 pm - | "YRGM" is included in this article on the best rock songs with the word "You" in the title. |
| 1:07 pm - | Here's a podcast (in Spanish) on The Kinks and The Animals. |
| Friday, 18th October, 2024 | |
| 9:34 am - | Today is the release day of the 2024 remasters of Sleepwalker and Misfits, for sale on vinyl or CD at the official Kinks store, or Amazon or any music store. Also available as an HD audio download (96kHz/24bit or HQA) at hdtracks.com and other places. |
| Thursday, 17th October, 2024 | |
| 1:59 pm - | Here's an acoustic guitar cover of "Act Nice And Gentle" by The Devil's B Sides. |
| 1:53 pm - | Here's a vlog on "David Watts". |
| Wednesday, 16th October, 2024 | |
| 1:11 pm - | Here's an article on The Kinks' 1974 appearance on Midnight Special. |
| 12:18 pm - | There's a blurb about the "kinky boots" Kinks logo in the December 2024 issue of Mojo, in an article about a new book on Rock logos. |
| 12:14 pm - | The "Dead End Street" promo video is mention in this article on Little Green Street. |
| 12:10 pm - | Here's an article on Keith Richards' thoughts on Mick Avory. |
| 12:07 pm - | Ray is quoted in this video about Nicky Hopkins. |
| 12:01 pm - | The Kinks are mentioned in this video about the group Fanny, as having toured with them. |
| Monday, 14th October, 2024 | |
| 4:14 pm - | Here's a 1994 interview video with Ray and Dave. |
| 4:10 pm - | Here's an article about the State Of Confusion tour. |
| 4:08 pm - | Here's a 1987 cover of "ADAAOTN" by The Stranglers (ripped from vinyl). |
| 4:07 pm - | According to this, The Kinks are at #23 in the Ultimate British Group vote. |
| Thursday, 10th October, 2024 | |
| 12:53 pm - | According to this article, The Kinks are 'in the top 30' of the Ultimate British Group vote. |
| 12:35 pm - | Here's a cover of "Living On A Thin Line" by Nick Carter (not the Backstreet Boy) from his album Carved in the Bark. |
| Wednesday, 9th October, 2024 | |
| 11:10 am - | Here's a blog post about a Ray performance at Westbury Music Fair in 1997. |
| 11:09 am - | Here's an article about Ray and Pete Townshend. |
| Tuesday, 8th October, 2024 | |
| 11:31 am - | Dick van Veelen's third book on The Kinks has now been published: Ray en Dave Davies Going Solo na The Kinks ("Ray and Dave Davies Going Solo after The Kinks"). Written in the Dutch language, it's an overview of the solo careers of both brothers. Here's the publisher's page for the book where it can be ordered (international buyers should email info@noordboek.nl). On November 3rd, Dick will have a presentation and book signing at the Tone and Image Gallery in Schiedam, Holland. Also, on November 7th the Gallery will host a major photographic exhibition on The Kinks featuring photographs by national and international photographers. |
| 11:02 am - | Here's an article on The Kinks' 15 greatest songs. |
| 10:54 am - | Bill Bailey chose "YRGM" as one of his 5 favourite songs on the Australian TV show Take 5. Listen here (starts around 5:50). Here's the ITV link, but it requires a login. Here's the Spotify link. |
| 10:45 am - | A couple recent live covers of "Waterloo Sunset" by Robyn Hitchcock here and here. |
| Monday, 7th October, 2024 | |
| 3:32 pm - | Here's a cover of "YRGM" by Eddie Earthquake & the Tremors. |
| 3:30 pm - | Here's a recent live cover of "YRGM" by Rick Springfield. |
| 3:29 pm - | Here's an article on The Kinks. (Updated from September.) |
| 3:26 pm - | Here's an article about "Wicket Annabella". |
| 3:24 pm - | Here's Mick singing "DFOF" at a Kinks 60th anniversary event. |
| 3:22 pm - | Here's a cover of "Victoria" by The Feelies. |
| 3:20 pm - | I'm a bit too late posting this, but George Belli's Preservation had a Kinks tribute show yesterday in Charlestown, Massachusetts. |
| 3:14 pm - | Here's an acoustic cover of "Waterloo Sunset" by Millz. |
| 2:58 pm - | Here's an acoustic cover of "Sunny Afternoon" by Archie of Lonely Mountain Music. |
| Thursday, 3rd October, 2024 | |
| 2:55 pm - | Dave is in some photos from the Session Man screening last week. |
| 2:54 pm - | Arthur is included in this article on 10 concept albums Tim Heidecker thinks everyone should own. |
| Wednesday, 2nd October, 2024 | |
| 12:44 pm - | Here's an article on the Nicky Hopkins documentary film The Session Man. You can see Dave in the trailer at 01:08. You can watch the film on Amazon Prime starting Nov. 5th, and it will be available on DVD "later this year". |
| 12:39 pm - | Here's an article on the 60th anniversary of the release of The Kinks' first album. |
| 12:38 pm - | Here's a preview article for Kinks tribute band The Minks' gig in Crockett, California this Sunday. |
| 12:36 pm - | Ray is mentioned in this article on Dallas-Fort Worth area band names, as the inspiration for Deathray Davies. |
| 12:34 pm - | Here's an article on Aerosmith's and The Kinks' versions of "Milk Cow Blues". |
| 12:31 pm - | Here's a video of Kinks tribute band The Kinks Experience performing "Louie Louie". |
| 12:30 pm - | Here's a cover of "Nothin' In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" by Strumdoc. |
| Monday, 30th September, 2024 | |
| 12:56 pm - | The Kinks are included in this article on on-stage fights. |
| 12:54 pm - | Here's an article on every Kinks album, ranked. |
| 12:44 pm - | Shel Talmy has posted the Blueprint of "Dead End Street" on Facebook. |
| 12:40 pm - | VGPS is included in this article on the best concept albums. |
| Friday, 27th September, 2024 | |
| 11:48 am - | Here's an article on Dave's recent quotes about Liam Gallagher. |
| Wednesday, 25th September, 2024 | |
| 2:43 pm - | The Kinks are mentioned as an influence in this interview with The Buzzcocks' Steve Diggle. |
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