Ray Davies reportedly defied attempts by stage managers of the Hop Festival in England to get him off the stage.  Concerned that letting the former Kinks front man and his band continue to play would force them to have to cut-short the set by another famously prickley performer, Bob Dylan, organizers had asked Davies to reduce his stage time during the Hop Farm Festival in Kent Sunday (7/4).  Davies responded by making some derisive remarks about it, at one point telling the 30,000 on hand, 'Fuck it, I'll play for as long as I want', and adding in an apparent swipe at Dylan, 'I don't live in a gated community like some of the acts here tonight.'
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