The Kinks’ Ray and Dave Davies are “getting on great” and would “never say never” to a reunion

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The Kinks’ Ray and Dave Davies have said they are “getting on great” and have refused to rule out a future reunion. READ MORE: The Kinks on 60 years of sibling rivalry: “We’re just different animals” The brothers have spoken to The Times ahead of the opening of their new exhibition, The Kinks: Brothers, at the Gibson Garage in London tomorrow (July 24). It will run until September 6, and you can find out more here. The exhibition sees Ray and Dave collaborate with British portrait painter Christian Furr, who has reimagined a 1968 passport photobooth picture of the brothers taken in East Finchley, North London, in a series of mixed-media works on paper and canvas. Dave cried when he first saw Furr’s paintings, with the images prompting him to consider his fractured relationship with his brother. “It made me think, ‘What the hell are we doing?’” he said. “There were times where I couldn’t stand him. I was storming out of the studio,” he added, explaining that their relationship had always been “built on trust, although we hated each other”. The guitarist said the animosity had now subsided, however, adding: “It’s miraculous, really, how we’ve become so bonded.” “We enjoy each other’s...

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