Davies to Tour This Fall

NY (Top40 Charts) - Kinks frontman Ray Davies will kick off a solo tour on September 18th in Philadelphia. The twenty-three-date jaunt will wrap up on October 25th in Seattle. Look for Davies to showcase some new material that he's been working on with Hoboken, New Jersey indie-rock darlings Yo La Tengo.

One year ago Davies unveiled nine new tunes -- "The Morning After," "The Deal," "Next Door Neighbor," "Vietnam Cowboys," "Empty Room," "Otis Riffs," "My Diary," "Thanksgiving Day" and "Stand Up Comic" -- with the band during a three-night engagement at the Jane Street Theater in New York City.

At the time, Davies said he was planning on recording a solo record, a first, though his projection of a 2001 release seemed optimistic. "I'm not saying its going to be a lounge record," he told Rolling Stone, "but I am writing a song called 'The Las Vegas Symphony.' This whole record is going to be about transients. I'm very passionate about what's happened to England, but I'll never fit in anywhere. I don't feel accepted in my homeland, and I don't feel like I want to accept my homeland anymore."

Ray Davies tour dates:

9/18: Philadelphia, Theater of Living Arts
9/19: Plainview, NY, The Vanderbilt
9/21: Portland, ME, State Theater
9/22: Cambridge, MA, Sanders Theater
9/23: Concord, NH, Capitol Center
9/24: Buffalo, NY, Tralf Music Hall
9/26: Falls Church, VA, State Theater
9/28: Cleveland, Odeon Concert Club
9/30: Indianapolis, Egyptian Room
10/2: Chicago, Vic Theater
10/3: Madison, WI, Barrymore Theater
10/5: Minneapolis, Women's Club Theater
10/6: St. Louis, American Theater
10/7: Kansas City, Memorial Hall
10/10: Houston, Ariel Theater at Bayou Place
10/12: Austin, La Zona Rosa
10/14: Boulder, CO, Boulder Theater
10/16-17: San Francisco, Warfield Theater
10/19-20: Los Angeles, John Anson Ford Theater
10/24: Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater
10/25: Seattle, King Cat Theater