To celebrate the 50th anniversary of their album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, The Kinks will be hosting a one-man live stream show called The Moneygoround, next Friday 29th of January. The show will be available to watch as a one-time broadcast on the Kinks’ YouTube channel at 8 pm (GMT).
Band member Ray Davis spoke about the show in a press release, saying; “The Moneygoround is a one-man show documenting a character facing the challenging circumstances of making an album under extreme pressure. This play, similar to a psychodrama, follows the ups and downs of the character as he plays out events in his life. He confronts the dark forces surrounding him after falling into an emotional and financial “hole” eventually he is saved by a song after confiding in his friend, Lola”
The play is co-written by Ray and Paul Sirett, who worked with him on Come Dancing and the BBC Radio 4 play Arthur. The 45-minute production has been filmed with actor Ben Norris as the leading character. The live stream will include the filmed play, inserts of archival footage, the Any Time 2020 lyric video, an unboxing video for the anniversary edition of Lola, and the Lola lyric video.
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, commonly abbreviated to Lola Versus Powerman, or just Lola, is the eighth studio album by The Kinks. The album recorded and released the album in 1970. The album was a huge success both critically and commercially for the band. The album contained the singles Lola which hit number 2 in the UK charts and Apeman, which peaked at number 5.
The special multi-format release of Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One was released in December as a part of the celebrations for the anniversary and is available to order now. The Moneygoround live stream show will be broadcasted on The Kinks’ YouTube channel on January 29th at 8 pm (GMT).
