Ray Davies Returns to the Road

MUSIC NEWS - Now that his London musical , Come Dancing , based on the Kinks tunes, has opened, RAY DAVIES has announced a return to the states to promote his latest set, "Working Man's Cafe ." The former Kinks leader and veteran singer/songwriter will kick off the tour on November 28 in Tampa, FL, and hit eleven cities on the run, which goes through mid-December. Itinerary is listed below. The Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame member is performing tunes from "Working Man's Cafe," which was his second album as a solo artist, as well as some Kinks klassics! The album was recorded last year in Nashville, TN, and was co-produced by Grammy-winning studio vet Ray Kennedy (Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle). A deluxe US version of the album is also available, it has four bonus tracks and a DVD that includes a Davies short film about his 2001 "Storyteller" tour. "Come Dancing ," a Davies-penned musical based partially on The Kinks' 1983 hit song of the same name, premiered in September at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London and runs through October 24 (see MNN story on Come Dancing , here ). A Kinks reunion was recently rumored after Mr Davies made comments to BBC radio, maybe he'll talk about on this tour!

Pick up copies of Working Man's Cafe cd and deluxe set, here .