The Kinks' Dave Davies answers the reunion question everyone is asking

18 August 2026, 13:27

Dave Davies now and The Kinks then. Picture: Alamy

By Mayer Nissim

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While some 1960s bands had broken up and reunited multiple times by the time Britpop came around, The Kinks stuck together for 35 years before they split in 1997.

The band's core duo - brothers Ray and Dave Davies – have long had a fractious relationship during their time together and apart, but that hasn't stopped rumours of a reunion over the last 30 years.

Ray and Dave joined forces recently for an art exhibition in collaboration with Christian Furr at Gibson Garage, London, which saw the painter working with a passport photo of the pair dating from 1968.

And in the aftermath of the hook-up, Dave Davies has been asked the question that all Kinks fans have been thinking about for the past three decades.

Will they get back together?

“Never say never," Dave told The i Paper.

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"We talk every couple of months, but it’s usually about The Arsenal… just normal stuff, you know, to remind us that we’re just part of the human race."

In the same interview, he was asked about the triumphant reunion of another pair of pop brothers: Oasis singer and guitarist Liam and Noel Gallagher.

"I love the Gallagher brothers," Dave said.

"And I think it's weird how different they are from each other. They've got a strange thing about them that's very endearing.

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"They had to go through the hate thing, and it’s back on course now... It comes with maturity. You realise, 'What's the point?' and then rethink things. I remember laughing, thinking, 'You wait, you wait, you'll go back!'"

Back in November 2023, Ray confirmed reports that he was still tinkering on possible new Kinks material recorded not just with his brother Dave but also drummer Mick Avory, who left the band in 1984. Bassist Pete Quaife died in 2010.

"It got shelved because of... other issues," Ray said. "But there's still material there. When I get time.

"We’ve got loads of songs there in pieces... about 20. There are about two or three songs I want to finish, and when they’re finished, I’ll put the whole thing together."