Original sentence: Although tour was met with some positive critical reception (Billboard in particular praised it), other critics were not favorable of the mixing of the Monkees' pop music with the Goodtimers' R&B approach.Dolenz remarked that the tour "was like kicking a dead horse.The phenomenon had peaked.Toward the end of the tour, some dates were cancled due to poor ticket sales, and the tour failed to re-establish the band commercially, with no single entering the Top 40 in 1969
Edited sentence: However, it should be noted that the band squandered most of this time, pleading with the underage audience to go see Head which had been out of theaters for over a year.The 1969 Monkees' tour was not all that successful; some shows were canceled due to poor ticket sales.The tour concluded with four shows at the newly renovated Madison Square Garden; a bewildering decision made by both the venue and the tour promoter, considering none of the shows were even close to sold out