Ray Davies News

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced an exciting lineup of performances now through April 27. Check out the full schedule and details below!

Below, watch as legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen inducts his E Street Band mates, Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent, Steven Van Zandt and Patti Scialfa, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced an exciting lineup of events now through April 20, 2014. Check out the full schedule below and you're sure to find something that strikes your fancy!

At Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its upcoming indie/pop/rock offerings for March-May 2014. Check out full details below!

Hampstead Theatre brings the talents of an exciting young cast to Sunny Afternoon, the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks. Featuring some of The Kinks' best loved songs, including You Really Got Me, Waterloo Sunset and Lola, and with choreographer Adam Cooper joining the creative team, Sunny Afternoon marks the 50th Anniversary year of the band's debut release.

Heavy Metal Anthem (www.facebook.com/heavymetalanthem), a Los Angeles-based band formed by former Mighty Six Ninety founder Rich Michalowski and Adam Merrin of The 88 (www.the88.net) have confirmed January 21, 2014 for the release of their debut E.P.

In an interview with Britain's Uncut Magazine, The Kinks hinted that there is a good chance they will be getting back together in 2014 to celebrate their 50th anniversary as a band.

A Hampstead Theatre Production World Premiere, SUNNY AFTERNOON, will run 14 April - 24 May 2014, with an official opening night of Thursday 1 May 2014 at 7pm.

The Daily Mail writes that a new musical titled FUNNY AFTERNOON will make its debut at the Hampstead Theatre, April 7 - May 22, 2014, directed by Hampstead Artistic Director Ed Hall.

The Fruit Bats will bring their Mouthfuls 10-Year Anniversary Tour with Special Guests: The Donkeys to The Neptune (all ages/ bar w/ID) tonight, November 14, 2013 at 8:00PM.

Broadcast Music, Inc. tonight presented the BMI Icon Award to music legend John Lydon at the 2013 BMI London Awards. Music industry guests filled London's Dorchester Hotel to celebrate the U.K., European and Asian songwriters, producers and publishers of the most-performed songs on United States radio and television in the past year.

Spottiswoode & His Enemies, the cult septet who recently celebrated their 15th anniversary by winning two Independent Music Awards for their recent album Wild Goosechase Expedition, will play a 4-show residency this fall at The Living Room. It will be their first New York performances since April and their last before the release of their sixth album, English Dream, next year (spring 2014).

Spottiswoode & His Enemies, the cult septet who recently celebrated their 15th anniversary by winning two Independent Music Awards for their recent album Wild Goosechase Expedition, will play a 4-show residency this fall at The Living Room. It will be their first New York performances since April and their last before the release of their sixth album, English Dream, next year (spring 2014).

The Fruit Bats will bring their Mouthfuls 10-Year Anniversary Tour with Special Guests: The Donkeys to The Neptune (all ages/ bar w/ID) on November 14, 2013 at 8:00PM. Price: $16.50 in advance, $18.00 day of show (not including fees). Seating: General Admission. On Sale: Monday, July 22 at 10AM.

The 88 (www.the88.net) release today their sixth studio album, Fortune Teller. It will be available on CD, digital and for the first time ever, vinyl formats. Tomorrow, on June 12, The 88 will be holding their record release show at the Troubadour, supported by Aaron Embry.

From the director of Absolute Beginners, Earth Girls Are Easy and Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON is an epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of Temple's hometown.

The 88 announced today the release of their sixth studio album, Fortune Teller, available June 11, 2013.

Dengue Fever (www.denguefevermusic.com), whose exotic blend of Cambodian rock, Afro grooves, surf, and garage psych announced today that they have confirmed tours of both South East Asia and Europe this Summer. The band will be touring in support of a new EP, the first new music from Dengue Fever since 2011, which will be announced shortly.

Los Angeles-based independent record label New West Records, home to a renowned roster of indie rock and alternative country artists, today announced its growing partnership with Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), the independent music distribution arm of Warner Music Group.

The most musically satisfying Beatles tribute band and State Theatre audience favorite features TV star/musicians Will Lee from The Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Vivino of Conan O'Brien's house band, plus Rich Pagano, Frank Agnello and Jack Petruzzelli. The Fab Faux, featuring the Creme Tangerine Strings & Hogshead Horns, promise to bring you a concert that will take you 'there and back' with a musical trip spanning the career of the Beatles! This is THE band to see if you want to know what it might have been like if the Beatles toured behind their later albums.