THE KINKS Likely to Reunite Says Ray Davies

     MUSIC NEWS-  Ray Davies of The Kinks' recently told BBC Radio 4's 'Front Row' program that the group is "three quarters of the way" towards a reunion!  Mr Davies explained: "The stumbling block is my brother [Dave] because he was seriously ill recently [he had a stroke in 2004] and whether he feels ready to do it. There is a desire to do it, but the thing that would make me decide yes or no would be whether or not we could do new songs, even if it's four or five. But I couldn't do it just for nostalgic reasons. My pitch to the other guys in the band - because I'm really for it - was what would we have written if we hadn't have had our first hit, 'You Really Got Me?' What if we put ourselves in that situation, what would have happened? So I think new work is important for artists as they mature and get older. The amazing thing is that The Kinks are the only band, of that period, where all original members are still alive". 

Davies was speaking ahead of the opening of his new London musical 'Come Dancing' at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. The show is set in the Ilford Palais of the 1950s, and features 20 new songs.