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Ray Davies: 'I'm easy to love… but impossible to live with'

5048 days ago

Guardian Music — Long revered as one of England's finest songwriters, Ray Davies, curator of this year's Meltdown festival, remains shy, insecure and steadfastly old-fashioned. And his biggest regret? The family life he never had…Ray Davies has now been famous for ... more info

David Bowie, Muse and the Klaxons: talents so huge it's only logical that aliens would want them for research

5056 days ago

Guardian Music — Why do extraterrestrials seem so keen on our rock stars? The truth is, like, way out there, manWhen aliens tire of abducting, internally investigating, memory-wiping and giving a three-day hangover to the prime specimens of our species – ie meth-ad... more info

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Lady Gaga approves Weird Al Yankovic parody

5058 days ago

Guardian Music — Singer gives satirist permission to release Born This Way spoof, despite his claim that she initially rejected the trackWeird Al Yankovic has permission to make fun of Lady Gaga. In spite of repeated refusals by her management, the singer has given h... more info

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Kinks Legend 'Ray Davies' Is Excited By Beady Eye

5061 days ago

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Taken from an interview from rollingstone.com with Ray Davies, click here to read the full interview.What new band are you most excited about?Well, I like Beady Eye — Liam Gallagher's new band. He knows how to make records that sound exciting. more info

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Sleeve Notes: Revealed! Every man, woman and band playing Glastonbury

5064 days ago

Guardian Music — Rising fuel prices have put the kibosh on this year's Worthy Farm wayfaring for some, but a few crazy kids just can't stay awayWhat we learned about Glastonbury this weekMorrissey, U2 and Paul Simon are among the hot young things to play this year's ... more info

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David Collins - Above The Clouds (album stream)

5064 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Acoustic, Surf, Singer Songwriter - David Collins - 'Above The Clouds' (Expat Records) David Collins is a singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and producer who has released his first album to critical acclaim. "Above the Clouds" is a beach chil... more info

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Ray Davies: 'I'll do Kinks reunion if Dave does'

5067 days ago

Guardian Music — The Kinks man tells interviewer he will reform the band if his brother wants to. Over to you, DaveAre the Kinks ready to reform? Two weeks after Dave Davies declared that a reunion of the band "would be down to Ray", Ray has announced that he is read... more info

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Davies brothers to discuss Kinks reunion

5067 days ago

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Sixties pop icons The Kinks are closer to a full reunion than ever before - the feuding Davies brothers Ray and Dave are back on speaking terms. more info

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