The Kinks plan reunion

Veteran rocker RAY DAVIES is planning a summer reunion with his brother and former THE KINKS bandmate DAVE DAVIES to discuss reforming the British band.

But Ray Davies has insisted The Kinks will only reform if they play new material along with their old hits.

The frontman says his guitarist brother has recovered well from his stroke in 2004, so much so he's "playing again" and "getting well enough to shout at me".

However, Ray insists he will only consider the mooted reunion if the band get creative again.

Ray admits his rocky relationship with his brother has improved since Dave suffered a stroke in summer 2004 and they are planning to write new songs together.

Ray says, "My brother has been sick for the past year. but I'm going to get together with him and we're going to see if the music is still there. "There's got to be new music. We can't just play the old hits."