Short Article from the Derbyshire Times
The original telly boyband are back together for their first UK tour in 12 years and are stopping off at Sheffield City Hall on Friday, May 20...
Davy's Interview with Executive Edits
When we last spoke with charismatic and eternal Teen Beat poster boy Davy Jones last year, we admittedly were left wanting more, namely another batch of shows featuring the original Monkees. Selfish, certainly, as the boys have been electrifying the world since 1966. Safe to say they have earned their gold watch and a leisurely retirement. Luckily, a Monkee never tires. Florida’s golf courses will have to wait...
Interview: Gordon Barr Speaks to Davy Jones of the Monkees
Justin Bieber stole my haircut!
Despite him being four times Bieber’s age, that’s the proclamation from The Monkees singer Davy Jones...
Despite him being four times Bieber’s age, that’s the proclamation from The Monkees singer Davy Jones...
Davy Jones on the Monkee's unlikely rise to fame
A teenage Davy Jones thought he'd hit the big time when he starred as the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver on Broadway...
Monkees Swing Back Into Town
In September 1965, the Hollywood Reporter ran a wanted ad for “Four Insane Boys: 17-21”. Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider – the Hollwood producing team who would later make Easy Rider – were seeking “rock and folk musicians” for “acting roles in TV series”...
Jade Wright Meets Peter Tork from the Monkees
The Monkees were the original boyband. They were the template that all others were made to. Without The Monkees, there would be no Take That, no Boyzone and no JLS. Even the Sex Pistols made (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone part of their repertoire...
Jones to Bring Wife on Monkees Tour
Davy Jones is taking his dancer wife on THE MONKEES' upcoming reunion tour so she can thrill the crowds with her flamenco moves...
Monkees Fans Get More Tork Time
Peter Tork was often credited with being the brainy one of the bunch...
The Monkees’ Peter Tork on fame, fans and learning Welsh
You're in Cardiff?” chirps Monkees bassist Peter Tork down the Transatlantic phone line.“Now I don’t know if you know this already, but that’s the residence of my brother...”
Review: The Monkees at Liverpool Echo Arena
HEY! HEY! They’re the Monkees!
Or, at least, three of them are, as original member Mike Nesmith (the slightly glum one with the woolly hat) chose not to join this 45th anniversary reunion tour by the original American boyband created in the image of our own Beatles...
Or, at least, three of them are, as original member Mike Nesmith (the slightly glum one with the woolly hat) chose not to join this 45th anniversary reunion tour by the original American boyband created in the image of our own Beatles...
The Monkees, Manchester Apollo May 14 2011
That’s a photo of me and the Monkees. Sort of. At least I *think* that the little triangle on the left hand side, parallel with Peter’s head, is my elbow. I turned up a couple of hours early hoping to sit outside and listen to the soundcheck (this didn’t work as it was raining, and so I spent most of the pre-gig time in the pub) but did catch an impromptu photo-call when the owner of a company called ‘character cars’ brought along a Monkeemobile and the three Monkees posed for photos in it (and did a few autographs, photos with fans and so on)...
Hey, hey – it’s The Monkees! Ruth Eckerd Hall welcomes The Monkees, celebrating their 45th anniversary
Three original Monkees members – Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork – will come together for this tour, showcasing the songs and the friendship that propelled them to stardom in the late 1960s and endeared them to adoring fans for five decades...
Review: The Monkees, Royal Concert Hall
Saturday teatimes, Easter holidays, the best thing on TV when I was a kid (as well as the Banana Splits and Tiswas) was The Monkees. They were funny, cute (we all loved Davy), zany and the music, to my young ear, was groovy - almost as good as my mum's copy of Hard Day's Night. Hey, hey, they were the American Beatles (apart from Davy, of course)...
Monkees Anniversary Tour UK Shows Review by Lynda Wiles
As this was my first Monkees concert I wasn't at all sure what to expect but in the end it was all I had hoped for and more...
Popsmacked! Sinatra, the Monkees and the intoxicating power of nostalgia
Forty-five years? Has it really been that long since Davy Jones, 65; Mickey Dolenz, 66; Peter Tork, 69; and Mike Nesmith, 68 (sitting this tour out), cavorted in their wacky, trend-setting sitcom, its theme song boasting the era-defining lyrics, “we’re the young generation, and we’ve got somethin’ to say?”...
Monkees trip through time a fun night for fans
Davy Jones cracks the same joke every night of The Monkees’ 45th anniversary tour: “Hi, I’m Davy’s dad. Davy will be out in a minute.”...
Music review: The Monkees bring back glory days of their 1960s heyday
The show's organizers pushed back the start time to help fans deal with the high temperature, but it probably would have taken double the heat to keep The Monkees faithful away from Innsbrook After Hours on Wednesday night...
Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees talks with Weekender about the birth of a real band
Micky Dolenz said that The Monkees "didn't develop in the traditional way."
True enough. There aren't a whole lot of bands that were picked by a casting agent, and fewer still that were put together for their onscreen TV skills rather than their sound...
True enough. There aren't a whole lot of bands that were picked by a casting agent, and fewer still that were put together for their onscreen TV skills rather than their sound...
Dolenz & Tork: A Couple of Monkees
Whenever Mickey Dolenz watches an episode of Glee, he can’t help but think of the show, which launched and continues to propel his career with the band the Monkees.
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CasiNotes: Beatles-inspired Monkees reunite & hit the road
For the first time in a decade, the Monkees - specifically, three-fourths thereof - are back on the road recreating the hits that, for a couple of years in the late-1960s, put them at the top of the pop music heap. While it's certainly a momentous occasion for those fans who remember the September 1966 debut of "The Monkees" on NBC-TV, the impetus behind this latest reunion is pretty mundane...
The Monkees band together for reunion tour
The back-story of The Monkees latest attempt at a reunion reads more like a soap opera than a milestone moment in popular music...
The Monkees Return, Terrific as Ever (Rolling Stone)
The last time we all saw Micky Dolenz, he was playing himself in the Syfy original movie Mega-Python vs. Gatoroid, which starred Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, back in January. He had a cameo where he appeared onstage to sing some hits for an Everglades preservation benefit, except the show got interrupted when he was eaten by a mega-python. Or maybe that was a gatoroid. I'll have to watch the movie again...
Monkees bring more than novelty and nostalgia to Lowell
Forty-five years after first creating a frenzy by bringing teen-approved pop to the small screen, the Monkees still resonate, as seen Wednesday at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium where the band performed a two-hour show that went beyond surface nostalgia...
Hey, hey! Monkees friendly at Fox
In the late '60s, the Monkees were derided by some as a band put together by soulless TV executives for crassly commercial purposes. By today's less rigid parameters, the concept would be seen as what it was — a zany TV experiment, a proto-reality show featuring four talented, wisecracking actor/musicians thrown together to enact a Beatles-like pop group...
Monkees reunion is all about the fans
Davy Jones of the Monkees said he still hears the funniest lines from people he meets.
“I can’t tell you how many times people have come up to me and said, ‘Do you know who you are?’ Or ‘I used to kiss the television when you appeared...’”
“I can’t tell you how many times people have come up to me and said, ‘Do you know who you are?’ Or ‘I used to kiss the television when you appeared...’”
Hey, hey...he's a Monkee
As the Monkees' 45th anniversary tour is winding down, Miky Dolenz is in a reflective mood.
And, like his on-stage persona, it is a happy, cheerful mood...
And, like his on-stage persona, it is a happy, cheerful mood...
Monkees back for another reunion tour
Music’s original made-for-TV act, the Monkees, celebrates its 45th anniversary this summer with a reunion tour. And unlike some of the other times when Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones (and on rare occasion, Mike Nesmith) have regrouped, there hasn’t been a release of a greatest-hits set, an album or some other companion event to enhance the occasion.
But make no mistake, in an era when music is more omnipresent in television than ever, the Monkees’ impact is being felt more strongly than at any time since the group’s original heyday...
But make no mistake, in an era when music is more omnipresent in television than ever, the Monkees’ impact is being felt more strongly than at any time since the group’s original heyday...
Here They Come: The Monkees Perform Tonight in Tacoma
Before the Jonas Brothers, before ’N Sync or the Backstreet Boys, even before the New Kids on the Block, there were The Monkees.
The iconic boy-band living in a rainbow-colored beach house in a ’60s TV show were a pop phenomenon that outsold The Beatles, and they have kept coming back for new generations ever since. Now they’re back again – well, three out of four of them. Their 45th anniversary tour includes Tacoma’s Pantages Theater...
The iconic boy-band living in a rainbow-colored beach house in a ’60s TV show were a pop phenomenon that outsold The Beatles, and they have kept coming back for new generations ever since. Now they’re back again – well, three out of four of them. Their 45th anniversary tour includes Tacoma’s Pantages Theater...
The Monkees at 45: Time Travel at the Greek
Playing at the legendary Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 16, the Monkees were so sensational that I simply can't not tell you about it. Yes, those Monkees. As in, "Hey, hey, we're the..." They're unabashedly celebrating their 45th anniversary with a new tour, and it's a brilliant evening of entertainment. I know, I know -- all those preconceptions. Forget 'em. The Monkees deliver a dazzling showcase of hits, energy, personality and fun that simultaneously acknowledges its vintage and scintillates with immediacy. Greatness. After the show, I had to go searching for my socks.
Peter Tork: Monkees Canceled Tour Due to a 'Glitch'
'I'd say the odds of another tour are better than 50/50,' says the bassist
Earlier this year, the Monkees put aside a decade of acrimony and toured in support of their 45th anniversary. They did 43 dates in Europe and America before the tour was called off with little explanation in August. "I'm not really at liberty to get into detail about what happened," Monkees bassist/guitarist Peter Tork tells Rolling Stone. "But there were some business affairs that couldn't be coordinated correctly.