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Ray Davies: Closing Ceremony Was 'Intimate'
Ray Davies felt the Olympic Games closing ceremony was ''intimate.''The Kinks frontman performed his track 'Waterloo Sunset' at the Olympic stadium in London to mark the end of the event on Sunday (12.08.12), and despite...
By Bang Showbiz on 16 August 2012
Jessie J 'Blown Away' By Closing Ceremony
Jessie J admits she was ''blown away'' by the London 2012 Closing Ceremony last night (12.08.12).The 24-year-old singer performed three songs at the prestigious event at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, and was...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 August 2012
Emeli Sande Opens Closing Ceremony
Emeli Sande opened the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics tonight (12.08.12).The British singer performed a cover of Professor Green's 'Read All About It' as she kicked off the hugely-anticipated event in the Olympic Stadium,...
By Bang Showbiz on 12 August 2012
Gary Barlow 'Determined' To Perform At Olympics Closing Ceremony
Gary Barlow is ''determined'' to perform at the Olympics closing ceremony tomorrow night (10.08.12). The Take That singer has endured a tragic week after his daughter Poppy was delivered stillborn on Monday (06.08.12), but he...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 August 2012
Ray Davies: 'I Struggled With Alcohol A Decade Ago'
The Kinks star Ray Davies has opened up about his secret booze battle a decade ago revealing he once locked himself away and drank solidly for three weeks.The Come Dancing singer has confessed his clean-living...
By WENN on 09 August 2012
Ray Davies Pretends To Be Damon
Ray Davies claims to be Damon Albarn when people recognise him in the street. The Kinks singer and guitarist tries to fool people into thinking he is actually the singer from Blur - whom he...
By Bang Showbiz on 05 August 2012
Paul Weller's Challenging Tracks
Paul Weller likes to challenge himself to fit an entire story into his songs. The 'That Dangerous Age' rocker has never been a fan of whole albums which explore a single concept, preferring individual tracks...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 July 2012
Ray Davies Impressed With The Kinks' School Musical
Veteran rocker Ray Davies paid a surprise visit to a U.K. village hall on Friday (16Dec11) to watch a group of children perform a musical inspired by The Kinks.The British star used the band's hits...
By WENN on 19 December 2011
Jack White To Go Back To School For Kinks Movie Musical?
Ray Davies is campaigning for Jack White to create the soundtrack for the upcoming film version of The Kinks' Schoolboys In Disgrace album.The band's 1975 concept album is being turned into a movie and Davies...
By WENN on 06 June 2011
Ray Davies Hospitalised For Clot In Bullet Wound
THE KINKS legend RAY DAVIES is still suffering the after-effects of a shooting in 2004 - he was hospitalised last year (10) when bullet residue formed a clot in his leg.The Waterloo Sunset hitmaker was...
By WENN on 24 February 2011
Frank Black Donates 100,000 Pound To Keep Club Open
Frank Black has reportedly donated £100,000 to a fund fighting to keep a London venue open. The Pixies frontman has backed a campaign to save the 100 Club, which is presently facing closure due to...
By Bang Showbiz on 16 November 2010
Davies Wants Firing Squad For 9/11 Terrorists
Rocker RAY DAVIES has called for the masterminds behind the 9/11 terror attacks to face a firing squad made up of members of the victims' families.The Kinks frontman wants the suspects being held at the...
By WENN on 26 October 2010
Noel Gallagher Praises Rival
Noel Gallagher admitted Gorillaz deserved a prize at the GQ Men of the Year awards last night (07.09.10). The former Oasis rocker praised the animated group - masterminded by his former bitter chart rival Damon...
By Bang Showbiz on 08 September 2010
Amy Macdonald's Kinks Collaboration
Amy Macdonald has recorded a track with Ray Davies. The Scottish singer - whose debut album 'This Is The Life' shot to number one in the UK charts - Has a long list of people...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 August 2010
Davies Remembers Quaife At Glastonbury
RAY DAVIES paid tribute to his former THE KINKS bandmate PETE QUAIFE during his set at the Glastonbury festival in England on Sunday (27Jun10).The singer/songwriter dedicated See My Friends to the bassist, who died of...
By WENN on 28 June 2010
The Kinks Musical Tour Axed
A planned revival of THE KINKS musical written by frontman RAY DAVIES has been scrapped.The singer debuted Come Dancing in London last year (08) and after the show closed, organisers planned to restart the production...
By WENN on 19 December 2009
Panic At The Disco's Musical Differences
Ryan Ross left Panic At The Disco because singer Brendon Urie is a Peter Gabriel fan.The guitarist-and-songwriter and bassist Jon Walker announced they were leaving the group last week and the musician says the main...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 July 2009
'Exhausted' Kinks Star Cancels Tour
British rocker RAY DAVIES has had to cancel his planned autumn tour of the UK due to exhaustion. The ex KINKS frontman, 62, has recently finished a run of dates in the US, but he...
By WENN on 20 October 2006
Davies: 'Being Banned From America Inspired Me'
THE KINKS frontman RAY DAVIES once feared he would be banned from America forever, but he insists the snub inspired him to write classic English songs like WATERLOO SUNSET. The American Federation of Musicians banned...
By WENN on 13 October 2006
Davies Urges Mccartney To Go Extreme
THE KINKS frontman RAY DAVIES is desperate to see SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY move away from middle-of-the-road music and produce something extreme. The WATERLOO SUNSET rocker is convinced the former BEATLE is hiding behind a smokescreen...
By WENN on 12 April 2006
Ray Davies: 'Don't Compare Me To Mccartney'
THE KINKS frontman RAY DAVIES is sick of comparisons to 1960s contemporary SIR PAUL McCARTNEY, because they are nothing alike. The pair were two of the biggest artists of the 1960s and are often...
By WENN on 29 September 2005
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