The Monkees Washington, D.C. Tickets - $20 - $45 at Warner Theatre. 2016-05-26 6 Stars 5.0 by 4 members Hey hey, it's The Monkees, and here they come, treating you to a night of all their greatest hits at the Warner Theatre in D.C. Two of The Monkees' original four members -- Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork -- reunite to sing "Last Train to Clarksville" and "I'm a Believer," along with so many other jams. At the height of their success in 1967, The Monkees sold more albums than The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. Don't miss this special night of timeless rock classics, acoustic numbers and fan favorites. * Additional fees apply. No coupon or promo codes necessary to enjoy the displayed discount price. All offers for The Monkees have expired. The last date listed for The Monkees was Thursday May 26, 2016 / 8:00pm.

The Monkees Plot 50th Anniversary Tour, New LP 'Good Times!' - Rolling Stone The Monkees Plot 50th Anniversary Tour, New LP 'Good Times!' The Monkees Plot 50th Anniversary Tour, New LP 'Good Times!' Micky Dolenz talks about new Monkees album, which features songs by Rivers Cuomo and Noel Gallagher The Monkees are cutting a new album with tracks by Rivers Cuomo, Noel Gallagher, Ben Gibbard and more Credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty All Stories This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Monkees ' television series and the release of their debut single "Last Train To Clarksville," and the group will celebrate by releasing their new album Good Times! and embarking on an extensive North American tour. The album is the Monkees' first collection of original material since 1997's JustUs, and it will feature new songs by Noel Gallagher, Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard and many more. Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne serves as producer on the new LP.

More News Monkees' Complete TV Series, 'Head' Coming to Blu-ray Limited edition 50th anniversary collection will feature all 58 'Monkees' episodes plus bonus features Good Times! also features a handful of songs written for the Monkees back in the 1960s that they never got around to releasing, including Neil Diamond's "Love to Love," Boyce and Hart's "Whatever's Right" and Carole King's "Wasn't Born To Follow." There's also "I Know What I Know," a new song by Mike Nesmith. The title track was written by Harry Nilsson and cut at a 1968 session with Nesmith on guitar, though never finished. The group plans to flesh out the tune, turning it into a virtual duet between Nilsson and Monkees singer Micky Dolenz. The Monkees returned from a decade-long hiatus in 2011 when the three-man lineup of Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Davy Jones reunited for a 45th anniversary tour.

Jones died of a sudden heart attack early the following year, and months later the group stunned fans by hitting the road with Mike Nesmith, who sat out nearly all Monkees reunion tours since the group split in 1971. The lineup of Nesmith/Tork/Dolenz played a series of American shows through the summer of 2014, though last year Nesmith stepped aside yet again and Dolenz and Tork began gigging without him. "Mike has a lot of other arrows in his quiver," says Dolenz. "For starters, he runs a big business. He's also writing a book, which was the specific reason he gave me for not wanting to leave town again for any particular length of time." Talk of a 50th anniversary Monkees project began a couple of years ago. The group's trademark is owned by Rhino, and they oversee the release of all Monkees reissues (both the music and TV series) and they license out the name so they can use it on tour. "There have been some recent personnel changes at Rhino and the incoming personnel were very, very pro and positive about the Monkees," says Dolenz.

"[Rhino executives] John Hughes and Mark Pinkus both said they wanted us to make a new album, and they spelled out the exact kind of album that would go down well with the 50th anniversary and with our fans." Adam Schlesinger was hired to produce the disc, and songwriters all over the world were approached about submitting tunes for the group to cut. "I'm not a big music listener outside of Frank Sinatra during martini hour," says Dolenz. "But I began doing research and I realized that the whole indie rock scene is all about recapturing that 1960s jangly guitar sound of the Monkees, amongst many other groups, of course. One reason we don't have a final track listing yet is because once we put the word out all these people said they wanted to get involved." The album has a hard release date of June 10th, though right now Schlesinger is busy creating music for the CW show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and formal recording sessions have yet to begin. "We've been talking a lot back and forth and sharing music via Dropbox," says Dolenz. "It's coming together fast, which isn't a bad thing since it forces you to make decisions.

My job is just to come in and sing lead vocals. It's no different than the old days when we had to get everything done in three-hour sessions because that was the limit of the musician's union." Right now, he's focused on wrapping his head around the new songs. "We all agree that the lyrics in the Rivers Cuomo song needed to be aged up a little but," Dolenz says. "It sounds like it's about a little girl and I'm 70 years old, so Rivers is re-writing the lyrics." Noel Gallagher is still crafting lyrics for his contribution, though Dolenz says that Ben Gibbard's song "Me & Magdalena" and Zach Rogue's tune "Terrifying" are both in and ready to go. "They're all keeping with our sensibility," says Dolenz. "I just keep calling it that jangly guitar pop sound, though I used to call it 'progressive bubblegum.'" The Monkees in 1965. Dezo Hoffmann/REX As of now, there's no formal plans for Mike Nesmith to contribute any guitar or vocal parts. "I don't know what's going to happen with that," he says.

"Frankly, we don't even have a recording schedule right now!" Peter Tork, however, will definitely be on hand to record vocals and likely play guitar and possibly the banjo on some of the songs. Davy Jones' voice will be heard on Neil Diamond's "Love To Love," which the group cut in the 1960s. "I'm hoping to do harmonies on that," says Dolenz. "But I haven't spoken to Adam about that in any great detail." The tour kicks off on May 18th in Fort Myers, Florida and runs though October 29th in Shippensburg, PA, though more dates may be added. The group expects to play some new songs, though the show will revolve around their deep catalog of classics. "I've always felt it was important to give the audience what they want," says Dolenz, "which is the hits. Peter and I do a lovely acoustic portion of the show, like we're sitting around a campfire. Our vocal blend has become very, very interesting." They plan on performing many songs that originally featured Mike Nesmith on lead vocals, though he won't be on the tour. "He's always invited," says Dolenz.

"And at times he has blessed us with his presence. I don't see him going on the road, and certainly not for the whole grueling thing. I sure hope he does show up at some point and sing a couple of songs with us." The Monkees' heyday lasted little more than three years, and nobody is more shocked than the members of the band that they're still around for the 50th anniversary. "Here I am, 70 years old," says Dolenz. "How the hell did that happen? But I'm more excited for this album and tour than I've been for anything in a long time." The Monkees Tour Dates The Monkees | Download Music, Tour Dates & Video | eMusic Group Members: Michael Nesmith , Micky Dolenz , Davy Jones , Michael Nesmith All Music Guide: "Hey hey, we are the Monkees/You know we love to please/A manufactured image/With no philosophies." In 1968, the Monkees addressed their own reputation in the song "Ditty Diego (War Chant)," which summed up the bad rap they'd received in the music press since they first emerged in the summer of 1966.

The Monkees were talented singers, musicians, and songwriters who made a handful of the finest pop singles of their day (as well as a few first-rate albums) and delivered exciting, entertaining live shows. But at a time when rock music was becoming more self-conscious and "serious," the hipper echelons of the music press often lambasted the Monkees, largely because they didn't come together organically but through the casting process for a television series, and they initially didn't write the bulk of their own material or play all the instruments on their records. The fact they later took creative control of their music was often overlooked, and the quality of their music, which featured the work of some of the finest session players and songwriters of the 1960s, often seemed to be beside the point. Time has ultimately vindicated the Monkees, and their music still sounds fresh and engaging decades after it was recorded, but in some circles they never fully shook being branded as "the Pre-Fab Four," no matter how far they moved from the circumstances that brought them together.

The Monkees story began in the fall of 1965, when Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, a pair of producers whose Raybert Productions had a deal with Columbia Pictures and their TV branch Screen Gems, came up with an idea for a television series about a rock group. Inspired by Richard Lester's groundbreaking comedies with the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night and Help!, Rafelson and Schneider imagined a situation comedy in which a four-piece band had wacky adventures every week and occasionally burst into song. The NBC television network liked the idea, and production began on The Monkees in early 1966. Don Kirshner, a music business veteran who was a top executive at Colgems Records (a label affiliated with Columbia/Screen Gems), was appointed music coordinator for the series, and Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, a producing and songwriting team, signed on to handle much of the day-to-day chores of creating music for the show's fictive band. A casting call went out for four young men to play the members of the group, and Rafelson and Schneider's choices for the roles were truly inspired.

Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork were musicians with solid performing and recording experience who also had a flair for playing comedy, while Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones were primarily actors but had also dabbled in pop music and had strong vocal abilities. As the show went before the camera, Kirshner had Boyce and Hart take the four leads into the studio to begin recording the songs that would be featured on the show each week. While initially the cast was only going to provide vocals for material Boyce and Hart had already recorded, the producers were impressed enough with Nesmith's songwriting skills that they chose to use a few of his tunes and let him produce them. With this, the Monkees took their first step toward evolving into a proper, self-sufficient rock band. The Monkees debuted on NBC in the fall of 1966 and was an immediate hit in the ratings, while "Last Train to Clarksville," the group's first single, had become a number one hit a few weeks earlier (the self-titled debut album would top the chart in October).

Rafelson, Schneider, and Kirshner shrewdly allowed the show to promote the records and vice versa, and while the notion that television time could sell pop records was hardly new (Ricky Nelson proved that almost a decade earlier), no one had made it work with quite the success the Monkees achieved almost immediately. Dozens of Monkees-related products flooded the marketplace, from toy guitars and lunch boxes to board games and models of the custom Pontiac the guys drove on the show. In late 1966, someone got the idea of booking a few live shows with the Monkees, and recordings of their early concerts prove that while not all four were virtuoso musicians, they worked well together on-stage and were a energetic, rough-and-ready rock band who could work a crowd. As the Monkees gained confidence in their abilities as performers, they began to chafe under the restrictions imposed on them by Kirshner, who had full control over what songs they would record and who would produce and play on the sessions.

The Monkees' early recordings found them working with a stellar team of songwriters (including Neil Diamond, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and David Gates along with Boyce and Hart) and musicians (such as Glen Campbell, James Burton, Hal Blaine, and Larry Taylor), but Nesmith and Tork in particular were eager to show off their own talents (Nesmith was responsible for some of the Monkees' most distinctive tunes), and all four were stung by the negative publicity they'd received as rock critics declared they weren't a "real" band and couldn't play their instruments (Nesmith and Tork certainly could, and Dolenz and Jones would become capable instrumentalists, but they weren't allowed to play on their earliest recordings). When the Monkees were presented with copies of their second album, More of the Monkees, in January 1967, Nesmith and Tork were furious -- it was filled with material recorded for the TV show and the bandmembers had no input into its packaging or sequencing. This led to a standoff between the four Monkees, who demanded autonomy over the music they performed, and Kirshner, who didn't want to disrupt the hitmaking machine he'd helped create.

Eventually, Rafelson and Schneider sided with his stars (who could not be readily replaced) and Kirshner was fired in the spring of 1967. (Kirshner would later coordinate the music for the Archies, who as cartoon characters lacked the power to rebel against their producers.) Now calling their own musical shots, the Monkees recorded their third album, Headquarters, with Chip Douglas (aka Douglas Farthing Hatlelid) of the Turtles producing and playing bass. Outside of Douglas and a few string and horn players, the Monkees played all the instruments on Headquarters, and the album rose to number one on the charts in May of 1967, proving the group members were more than capable of making memorable records on their own (and the closing track, "Randy Scouse Git," showed the cultural changes that were making themselves known in America had not escaped the attention of TV's leading pop group).

Another Monkees album appeared in November 1967, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., which is generally regarded as the group's finest work; while all four Monkees played and sang on the album, they also brought a few session players in for the recordings, hitting a middle ground between the polished studiocraft of the first two LPs and the more organic sound of Headquarters. While the Monkees now had the freedom to chart their own path in the recording studio, this also led to the musicians discovering their creative differences, and by the time they recorded The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees (released in April 1968), the foursome was starting to splinter, with each member essentially producing and coordinating 25 percent of the album, and the band's collaborative energy began to dissipate. After two successful seasons, the Monkees' television series was not renewed for the fall 1968 season, as the group hoped to launch a career in the movies.

But Head, their first (and last) feature film, was a commercial disaster; it was an often clever and challenging satire of the Monkees' own curious stardom and the culture that surrounded them, but it also quite literally had no plot and confounded the younger viewers who were the TV show's strongest fan base. The soundtrack album struggled to a relatively dismal number 45 on the charts, and shortly afterwards Peter Tork opted to leave the band. The Monkees released two albums as a trio in 1969, Instant Replay and The Monkees Present, but while they both contained fine music that showed the group was continuing to mature, neither launched any major hits, and the band's commercial fortunes were clearly beginning to wane. In late 1969, Nesmith left to pursue a solo career (he'd already released an instrumental solo album, The Wichita Train Whistle Sings, in 1968), and after a final Monkees album featuring just Dolenz and Jones, 1970's Changes, the group quietly dissolved.

Nesmith went on to a critically respected and modestly successful solo career, cutting several excellent country-rock albums, and he enjoyed considerable success in the entertainment business, producing music videos and feature films as well as running a film and video label, Pacific Arts. Both Dolenz and Jones moved back and forth between acting and music, and in 1975 they teamed up with Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to record a new album and the foursome went out on the road, playing their new material as well as many of the Monkees' hits. Tork's music career stayed under the radar through much of the '70s, though he led a band called Release, operated a music production firm, recorded a Christmas single with Dolenz and Jones in 1976, and was courted for a solo deal with Sire Records. The Monkees' television show stayed on the air for years in reruns after the group broke up, and in 1985, MTV presented a daylong marathon of Monkees episodes, tipping their hat to the show and the band that helped bring rock and television together. The marathon was a hit in the ratings and Monkees reruns became a regular feature on the network.

That same year, producer and promoter David Fishof put together a Monkees reunion tour; while Nesmith's business commitments prevented him from joining his bandmates, Dolenz, Jones, and Tork were game, and the tour was a massive commercial success, and much of the group's back catalog bounced back into the charts. (Nesmith also made a guest appearance with the Monkees for their sold-out appearance at L.A.'s Greek Theater, and appeared with them on an MTV Christmas video.) In 1986, Dolenz and Tork cut a new single, "That Was Then, This Is Now," which was tagged onto a Monkees hits compilation and became a hit. The success of the single prompted the Monkees (again minus Nesmith) to record a new album, but 1987's Pool It! didn't fare well with critics or fans, and the members soon went their separate ways again, though Dolenz and Jones occasionally worked as a duo.

As the 30th anniversary of the Monkees' debut loomed in the mid-'90s and Rhino Records (who had reissued the group's back catalog in the 1980s) assumed full control of the group's filmed and recorded legacy and began a series of definitive reissues, another reunion tour was proposed, and the talks led to Dolenz, Jones, Nesmith, and Tork getting together to jam for the fun of it. They enjoyed the process enough that they decided to record a new album, and Justus, released in October 1996, became the first Monkees album written, performed, and produced solely by the four members of the band. The four Monkees appeared in a television special tied into the album's release (called Hey Hey, We're the Monkees), and they were set to take part in a world concert tour to promote the record. However, after a string of dates in the United Kingdom in 1997, Nesmith dropped out, and while the tour went on without him, the other three did little to hide their disappointment with Nesmith in the press.

Another tour by the three-piece Monkees took place in 2001, but Tork left the show before the final dates; Tork told reporters he'd quit, while Dolenz and Jones said he'd been fired. Since then, Dolenz, Jones, and Tork have all toured as solo acts; Nesmith, meanwhile, released a solo album in 2006, Rays, and has taken up writing fiction, having penned two novels, The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora and The American Gene. Hey hey, The Monkees announced a 50th anniversary album and tour Hey hey, The Monkees announced a 50th anniversary album and tour 2.5k The Monkees: Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and Mickey Dolenz. Image: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 2016-02-05 21:29:45 UTC Here they come ... 50 years later.

The Monkees — the greatest fake band ever assembled for a madcap TV show — will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series this summer with a new album, titled Good Times!, and a lengthy North American tour kicking off May 18 in Fort Myers, Florida, Rolling Stone reported Friday. Good Times!, produced by Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), will be comprised of new original songs, including tracks written in the 1960s that were never recorded and the late Davy Jones singing a cover of Neil Diamond's "Love to Love" that was recorded in the '60s. The Monkees: Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz in 1967, London. Image: Michael Putland/Getty Images The June 10 release will also feature many guests including Noel Gallagher, Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard and more. It's true! GOOD TIMES! and a tour are coming!

Read @TheMickyDolenz1 exclusive interview at @RollingStone - See also: Chris Martin's daughter Apple warned him of the terrors of becoming a meme This is the version of The Monkees featuring original members Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork, but not Mike Nesmith, who briefly toured with them from 2011 to 2014. But he's "always invited," Micky Dolenz tells Rolling Stone, "and at times he has blessed us with his presence ... I sure hope he does show up at some point and sing a couple of songs with us." "Peter (Tork, below right) and I do a lovely acoustic portion of the show, like we're sitting around a campfire. Our vocal blend has become very, very interesting," Dolenz told Rolling Stone. The Monkees perform at Eventim Apollo Hammersmith in London on Sep. 4, 2015. Image: Rex Features via AP Images/Associated Press Here's the list of tour dates and locations: May 18 - Fort Myers, FL @ Barbara B.

Mann Performing Arts Hall May 19 - Melbourne, FL @ King Center for the Performing Arts May 20 - Tampa, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall May 21 - Atlanta, GA @ Frederick Brown Jr.

Amphitheater May 24 - Charlotte, NC @ Blumenthal PAC - Belk Theater May 26 - Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre May 27 - Boston, MA @ The Wilbur Theatre May 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre May 29 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre June 1 - New York, NY @ The Town Hall June 3 - Toronto, ON @ Casino Rama June 4 - Windsor, ON @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor June 5 - Cleveland, OH @ Hard Rock Live Northfield Park June 7 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Foellinger Theatre June 10 - Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace Theatre June 12 - Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre June 14 - Dayton, OH @ Rose Music Center at The Heights June 28 - Dallas, TX @ AT&T PAC – Winspear Opera House June 30 - Tulsa, OK @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino July 1 - Mayetta, KS @ Prairie Band Casino & Resort July 16 - Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom July 22 - Hot Springs, AR @ Oaklawn Racing

 and Gaming September 15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center September 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Pantages Theatre September 17 - Las Vegas, NV @ Primm Valley Casino Resorts September 20 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield September 21 - Modesto, CA @ Gallo Center For The Arts September 23 & 24 - Lincoln City, OR @ Chinook Winds Casino Resort September 25 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre October 1 - Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Live October 22 - Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre October 29 - Shippensburg, PA @ H.

Ric Luhrs PAC The Monkees Live on TV 2016 I'm A Believer / Good Times! - YouTube The Monkees Live on TV 2016 I'm A Believer / Good Times! Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 4, 2016 For the first time since Davy Jones died in 2012 of a heart attack, The Monkees original members Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork sing on live TV. I'm A Believer and She Makes Me Laugh was performed on GMA the morning of June 1, 2016. In 1967, The Monkees sold more records than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined. Jimi Hendrix Experience was the opening act on The Monkees sixties national tour.

‘I’m A Believer’ from ‘More of the Monkees’ (1967) is The Monkees biggest and most enduring hit, staying at Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 for seven weeks. The Monkees most identifiable song was written by a young Neil Diamond, but the group made it their own thanks to the dynamic vocals of Mickey Dolenz. As the featured single from the band's second album, 'More Of The Monkees' was one of the biggest selling pop/rock albums of the '60's, sitting atop the Billboard 200 album charts for 18 weeks. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the launch of The Monkees, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith released "Good Times," the band's first album in 20 years. "If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself," Mickey Dolenz joked. The Monkees' first studio album in 20 years was released May 27, 2016.

"Good Times!" celebrates the band's 50th anniversary and features new contributions from surviving members Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork. CD also includes tunes written especially for the project by various respected modern-rock artists. Mike Nesmith said he was pleasantly surprised with "Good Times!" "I thought it came out great, and the songs that people have been writing for it I thought were great," noted Nesmith. "It just came together like an ordinary record, but because it was our 50th [anniversary], we knew it was gonna be kind of a touchstone, so everybody had high hopes for it," he continued. "And then when it came out like it did, it was like, 'Holy smokes, this actually…sounds good!' And so, we were thrilled." The album includes tunes written by Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Oasis' Noel Gallagher, The Jam's Paul Weller, XTC's Andy Partridge and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard.

Nesmith said he especially liked Gibbard's contribution, "Me and Magdelana," as well as a track that Weller and Gallagher co-wrote, "Birth of an Accidental Hipster." On "Me and Magdelana," Nesmith trades lead vocals with Dolenz. He said that working with his old band mate on the parts for that song, and other tracks, was one of the things he most enjoyed about making the album. "It was very easy 'cause we worked together for so long," he pointed out, adding that "having the different writers gave us so many more things to say and so many more opportunities at a good time. Ha! No pun intended." "Good Times!" certainly shares many elements with The Monkees' classic 1960s material, including infectious melodies and jangly guitars. Still, Nesmith feels that the new album is more than a trip down memory lane. "The thing that I think works so good about the new record is that it really is in the moment," he insisted. "It's happening right now.

These are real people, right now, singing it in this real time." The Monkees 50th Anniversary 2016 North America Tour Dates: May 18 - Fort Myers, FL @ Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall May 19 - Melbourne, FL @ King Center for the Performing Arts May 20 - Tampa, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall May 21 - Atlanta, GA @ Frederick Brown Jr.

Amphitheater May 24 - Charlotte, NC @ Blumenthal PAC - Belk Theater May 26 - Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre May 27 - Boston, MA @ The Wilbur Theatre May 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre May 29 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre June 1 - New York, NY @ The Town Hall June 3 - Toronto, ON @ Casino Rama June 4 - Windsor, ON @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor June 5 - Cleveland, OH @ Hard Rock Live Northfield Park June 7 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Foellinger Theatre June 10 - Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace Theatre June 11th - Hammond, IN @ The Venue at Horseshoe Casino June 12 - Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre June 14 - Dayton, OH @ Rose Music Center at The Heights June 28 - Dallas, TX @ AT&T PAC – Winspear Opera House June 30 - Tulsa, OK @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino July 1 - Mayetta, KS @ Prairie Band Casino & Resort July 16 - Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton

 Beach Casino Ballroom July 22 - Hot Springs, AR @ Oaklawn Racing and Gaming September 14 - Tucson, AZ @ Fox Tucson Theater September 15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center September 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Pantages Theatre September 17 - Las Vegas, NV @ Primm Valley Casino Resorts September 20 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield September 21 - Modesto, CA @ Gallo Center For The Arts September 23 & 24 - Lincoln City, OR @ Chinook Winds Casino Resort September 25 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre October 1 - Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Live October 22 - Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre October 29 - Shippensburg, PA @ H.

Ric Luhrs PAC Category The Monkees Announce Summer U.S. Tour Dates | Billboard The Monkees Announce Summer U.S. Tour Dates COMMENTS Following the Monkees' string of tour dates with Michael Nesmith last fall, the group has announced a 24-show summer run, with surviving members Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork at the helm. "A Midsummer's Night With the Monkees" kicks off on July 15 in Port Chester, N.Y., and will run through Aug. 18. Pre-sale ticket packages for all shows go on sale this Wednesday (May 1). The Monkees' late 2012 reunion tour marked Nesmith's first U.S. shows with the group since 1970. Although last year's tour was highlighted by tributes to Davy Jones, who passed away in February 2012, Dolenz tells Rolling Stone that the group's set list will be slightly different this summer. "This time we probably won't lean so heavily on the David situation," says Dolenz. "I think we have to move on. Everybody has to move on. He'll always be remembered and acknowledged, but possibly not as much as on that particular tour.

We will, of course, still perform 'Daydream Believer' and all the other hits." According to a press release, the upcoming shows will also encompass "rare films and one-of-a-kind photographs," along with the group's classic hits. The Monkees' last new album came in 1996, with "JustUs." Here are the Monkees' upcoming U.S. tour dates: July 15: Port Chester, NY (The Capitol Theatre) July 16: Boston, MA (Citi Performing Arts Center) July 17: Red Bank, NJ (Count Basie Theatre) July 19: Westbury, NY (NYCB Theatre At Westbury) July 20: Philadelphia, PA (The Mann Center) July 21: Washington, DC (The Warner Theatre) July 23: Raleigh, NC (Memorial Auditorium) July 24: Nashville, TN (Ryman Auditorium) July 26: St. Augustine, FL (St.

Augustine Amphitheatre) July 27: Boca Raton, FL (Mizner Park Amphitheatre) July 28: Clearwater, FL (Ruth Eckerd Hall) July 31: Austin, TX (The Long Center) Aug. 1: Houston, TX (Arena Theatre) Aug. 2: Grand Prairie, TX (Verizon Theatre) Aug. 3: Tulsa, OK (Brady Theater) Aug. 5: Denver, CO (Paramount Theatre) Aug. 9: Mesa, AZ (Mesa Arts Center) Aug. 10: Henderson, NV (Green Valley Events Center) Aug. 11: San Diego, CA (Humphreys) Aug. 12: Long Beach, CA (Terrace Theatre) Aug. 14: Saratoga, CA (Mountain Winery) Aug. 15: Napa, CA (Uptown Theatre) Aug. 17: Seattle, WA (Benaroya Hall) Aug. 18: Portland, OR (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall) THE MONKEES LET THE GOOD TIMES! ROLL WITH NEW ALBUM AND TOUR FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY | Warner Music Canada THE MONKEES LET THE GOOD TIMES!

ROLL WITH NEW ALBUM AND TOUR FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY February 09 2016 THE MONKEES LET THE GOOD TIMES! ROLL WITH NEW ALBUM AND TOUR FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY The Legendary Group To Release First New Album In Nearly 20 Years, Including Tracks Written By Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, And Andy Partridge The Album Also Features Previously Unreleased 1960s Recordings Of Songs Written By Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson, And Others That Have Been Revisited And Completed In New Monkees Sessions Good Times! Will Be Available From Rhino On June 10 Micky Dolenz And Peter Tork Will Launch A North American Tour On May 18 LOS ANGELES – The Monkees are ready to have some fun this year as the iconic band celebrates its 50th anniversary with a tour and the group’s first new album in 20 years, appropriately titled GOOD TIMES!. GOOD TIMES! features all three surviving band members – Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. The unmistakable voice of the late Davy Jones is also included with a vintage vocal featured on one song.

To produce the new album, the band found the perfect musical co-conspirator in Grammy® and Emmy®-winning songwriter Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne, Ivy). GOOD TIMES! will be available June 10 on CD and digitally, with a vinyl version coming out on July 1. Much like The Monkees’ early albums, GOOD TIMES! features tracks written specifically for the band by some of the music world’s most gifted songwriters, including Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Andy Partridge (XTC), and Zach Rogue (Rogue Wave). The album also includes songwriting contributions by Nesmith (“I Know What I Know”) and Tork as well as producer Schlesinger. To help bring the anniversary full circle, The Monkees completed songs for GOOD TIMES! that were originally recorded and written for the group during the 60s, including “Love To Love” by Neil Diamond, which features a vintage vocal by Jones. Harry Nilsson wrote the title track “Good Times!” which he recorded at a session with Nesmith in January 1968.

The production was never completed, so the band returned to the original session tape (featuring Nilsson’s guide vocal) and have created a duet with his close friend Dolenz. “Good Times!” will mark the first time Dolenz and Nilsson have sung together since Dolenz’ May 1973 single “Daybreak.” Other vintage 1960’s tracks included on GOOD TIMES! feature L.A.’s famed “Wrecking Crew” of session musicians. “This is one of the most exciting Monkee projects I’ve been involved in for decades!” says Dolenz. “Working with Adam Schlesinger has been a pure delight and the opportunity to sing a duet with my old buddy, Harry Nilsson, is just beyond cool!” In addition to the new album, Dolenz and Tork will launch a Monkees 50th Anniversary Tour on May 18. The jaunt boasts nearly 50 North American dates through the end of the year including a homecoming gig at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles on September 16. Tickets go on sale February 12 and all tickets purchased through Ticketmaster will come with a digital download of GOOD TIMES!.

In other Monkees news, the band will release the entire series of “The Monkees” television show on Blu-ray for the very first time. All 58 episodes have been painstakingly restored in high-definition from the original film negatives. The 10-disc Blu-ray collection also includes the 1968 cult-classic “Head,” along with many never-before-seen outtakes from the film. Limited to 10,000 individually numbered pieces, the set will be available April 29 and can be purchased exclusively at Monkees.com for $199.98. During the band’s time together, The Monkees amassed a dozen Top 40 hits, including a trio of tunes that soared to #1. Between September 1966 and December 1967, “Last Train To Clarksville,” “I’m A Believer,” and “Daydream Believer” collectively occupied the top position for 12 weeks. Sales of their LPs were more phenomenal still: The Monkees occupied the #1 position for 13 consecutive weeks, and More Of The Monkees for 18 weeks. Both Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.

went to the top as well, for a four-in-a-row feat in the incomprehensible space of 13 months. The final tally: 16 million albums and 7.5 million singles sold in a mere 2 1/2 years. Partial Track Listing (with songwriters noted) Final Version To Be Announced Soon “You Bring The Summer” (Andy Partridge) “Terrifying” (Zach Rogue) “She Makes Me Laugh” (Rivers Cuomo) “Love To Love” (Neil Diamond) “I Know What I Know” (Michael Nesmith) 18 Fort Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall 19 Melbourne, FL King Center for the Performing Arts 20 Tampa, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall 21 Atlanta, GA Frederick Brown Jr.

Amphitheater 24 Charlotte, NC Blumenthal PAC - Belk Theater 26 Washington, DC Warner Theatre 27 Boston, MA The Wilbur Theatre 28 Philadelphia, PA Keswick Theatre 29 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre 1 New York, NY The Town Hall 3 Toronto, ON Casino Rama - Entertainment Centre 4 Windsor, ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor 5 Cleveland, OH Hard Rock Live Northfield Park 7 Fort Wayne, IN Foellinger Theatre 11 Hammond, IN The Venue At Horseshoe Casino 10 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace Theatre 12 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old National Centre 14 Dayton, OH Rose Music Center at The Heights 28 Dallas, TX AT&T PAC – Winspear Opera House 30 Tulsa, OK Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – The Joint 1 Mayetta, KS Prairie Band Casino & Resort – Grand Lakes Ballroom 16 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 22 Hot Springs, AR Oaklawn Racing and Gaming – Finish Line Theater 14 Tucson, AZ Fox Tucson Theatre 15 Phoenix, AZ Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater 

16 Los Angeles, CA Pantages Theatre 17 Las Vegas, NV Primm Valley Casino Resorts – Star of the Desert Arena 20 San Francisco, CA The Warfield 21 Modesto, CA Gallo Center For The Arts 23 Lincoln City, OR Chinook Winds Casino Resort 24 Lincoln City, OR Chinook Winds Casino Resort 25 Seattle, WA The Moore Theatre 1 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Live Biloxi 22 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre 29 Shippensburg, PA Shippensburg University – H.

Ric Luhrs PAC Monkees - Pop-Cult.Com Classic 60's Toys The Monkees On the 8th of September, 1965, an advertisement was run in The Daily Variety in Los Angeles which read: 'Madness!! Auditions. Folk & Roll Musicians-Singers for acting roles in new TV series. Running Parts for 4 insane boys, age 17-21. Want spirited Ben Frank's-types. Have courage to work. Must come down for interview.' 437 young hopefuls auditioned and the final four who were chosen became The Monkees. The four Monkees were Michael Nesmith (born 30th December 1942 in Houston, Texas), Peter Tork (born Peter Halsten Thorkelson on 13th February 1942 in Washington DC), Micky Dolenz (born George Michael Dolenz on 8th March 1945 in Los Angeles) and Davy Jones (born 30th December 1945 in Manchester, England). Michael and Peter were already musicians and Micky and Davy had experiences with fame as child stars.

Michael had released records under the name of Michael Blessing and Peter was a folk musician. Micky, using the name Braddock, had stared in the 1950's television series Circus Boy, and Davy had been Ena Sharples' grandson in Coronation Street and starred in stage musicals such as Pickwick and Oliver! The pilot episode, filmed in October and broadcast the following month, proved a success with teenagers. The show was a half-hour situation comedy concerned with the life of an up and coming rock band. The Beatles were the main influence, as the show was inspired by The Beatles Debut film A Hard Days Night. The TV network NBC had found a winner. In almost three years the group had filmed 58 episodes of the series, made a feature film and sold more than 16 million albums and 7.5 million singles. Originally the idea was that the show focused on the struggles of the band with a song or two per episode. Musicians were hired to play the music and The Monkees only sang. Songwriters such as Goffin and King, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond, and Harry Nilsson were hired to write the songs while the boys were busy filming the series.

The first episode premiered on the NBC network on 12 September 1966, at the same time as Star Trek. Initial ratings were low as viewers became used to the humor, but the response from teenage America was enough to ensure the series lasted for one season. Soon enough, the show clocked approximately ten million viewers per week. Most of The Monkees' fans refused to believe that they were a pre-fabricated band. So when the first single 'Last Train to Clarksville' was released in 1966 it reached number one in the charts and earned The Monkees their first of many Gold Discs. In November their self titled album was released and was also a success, staying at the top of the LP charts for 13 weeks. Both Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork protested to the fact that they were not allowed to play their own music and soon Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones joined them. By the end of '67 the popularity of the show was enough that the group were able to negotiate their artistic freedom. The Monkees entered the recording studios as a band for the first time and came up with their third album Headquarters. This album proved their musical abilities.

Inspired by their efforts, the Monkees became a live act and toured the world. Their live appearances in concerts in Hawaii and Britain caused riots and 'Monkeemania' was born. The last episode was aired in the US on 25 March 1968, and the end of the show saw the end of The Monkees as a band. The group featured in the film Head co-produced by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson however the film failed to win critical acclaim. Peter Tork was the first member to leave the band to pursue a solo career. The remaining members continued as a trio, but by 1970 The Monkees disbanded. Mike Nesmith started a successful solo career and Mickey and Davy joined up with Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart for a little while during the seventies. The TV series still enjoys many reruns and is almost as popular as it was in the sixties. The Monkees briefly reunited in the mid 1980's and again in 1996, when they embarked on a world tour to mark their thirtieth anniversary.

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Question: Which member of the Monkees came from Washington DC?
Answer: Peter Tork