In a new interview with Channel 4 News, Ray Davies announced that the Kinks are reuniting. After receiving a phone call from drummer Mick Avory during the conversation, Davies says that the band are “making a new album, inspired by the Rolling Stones.” “We’re talking about it because I got all these songs that I wrote for them,” he says. “I think it’s kind of an appropriate time to do it.” When the interviewer asks to confirm that the group is reuniting, Davies responds: “Officially we are, yes... In the pub later on.”

Davies goes on to discuss the historically contentious relationship between bandmates Mick Avory and his brother Dave Davies, who he says will both be involved with the reunion. He adds, “I’ve got some great Kinks tunes in my head.” Check out the interview below.

The Kinks gave their final performance in 1996. Their last studio album, Phobia, arrived in 1993. Last year, Ray Davies released the solo album Americana.

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