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1986 Monkees tour Australia
Promotional bill (From the collection of Kevin Schmid)

1986 'SOUND OF THE MONKEES' AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Jones and Tork


"Every date was jammed not only with teary-eyed original fans but with wildly enthusiastic teenagers
who appeared to sing along with the lyrics of every number.  Each show was laced with the slapstick lunacy that the audience would have recognized from the television series, which had been rerun in Australia over the previous two years."
-Glenn A. Baker, author of
Monkeemania: The True Story of The Monkees

THE SET LIST

Last Train to Clarksville  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Steppin' Stone  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
Valleri
Cuddly Toy
Your Auntie Grizelda
I'll Be True to You
Sometime in the Morning  (Peter lead vocal)
I'm in Love (With Six Girls)   (Davy lead vocal)
Daydream Believer
What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
I’ll Love You Forever
Peter's Oldies Medley:
    -Whole Lotta Shakin'
    -I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
    -Lucille
Gonna Buy Me a Dog  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
Shades Of Gray  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
Star Collector
I Wanna Be Free
Cripple Creek
Higher and Higher
Randy Scouse Git  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
Pleasant Valley Sunday  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
Encore:
I'm a Believer  (Davy & Peter lead vocal)
Monkees Australia 1986
(From the collection of Kevin Schmid)

Davy's solo song, "Rainy Jane," was also performed at 
select dates.

THE TOUR SCHEDULE

February 25: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
February 26: Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads, Australia
February 27: Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads, Australia
February 28: Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads, Australia
March 1: Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads, Australia
March 2: Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads, Australia
March 4: Newcastle Club, New South Wales, Australia
March 5: Hellenic Club, Canberra, Australia
March 6: Gosford Central Club, New South Wales, Australia
March 7: Manly Warringah Club, New South Wales, Australia
March 8: Rooty Hill Club, New South Wales, Australia
March 9: Ingleborn Club, New South Wales, Australia
March 14: St. George Leagues Club, Sydney, Australia
March 15: St. George Leagues Club, Sydney, Australia
March 17: The Venue, Melbourne, Australia
March 18: The Venue, Melbourne, Australia
March 19: The Venue, Melbourne, Australia

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In 1985 Peter Tork attended a concert in New York City featuring the 'Happy Together' tour that showcased several regrouped sixties rock and roll bands. The promoter of the tour, David Fishof, had already started to lobby Peter about the prospects of a Monkees reunion. Tork was impressed with the dynamics of the show and agreed to discuss potential plans about The Monkees returning to the concert stage. Fishof quickly began an effort to reunite the band. 

This tour of Australia by Davy and Peter was the first of many concert tours the soon-to-be reformed Monkees would undertake during the next three years.  Micky, who reportedly was the last to commit to a Monkees 20th Anniversary reunion (with the exception of Michael, who initially agreed to a round of concerts but later had to bow out because of prior commitments when the tour schedule ballooned), remained in England where he had been working as a television and video director.  With American music channel MTV airing the television series and Rhino Records already re-releasing the group’s nine original albums (the reissue campaign had initially begun in 1985), plans were underway for Dolenz, Jones, and Tork to embark on a small 20th Anniversary reunion tour of the United States in the summer of 1986. Little did Davy and Peter know that when Micky eventually joined them later that summer in America that Monkeemania Part 2 would explode, ushering in a new era in the history of The Monkees. 

Davy and Peter played to full houses everywhere on this Australian tour, visiting smaller clubs and theatres. The duo performed Monkees songs mixed with covers, and were backed by a band that consisted of Lawrie Haley (background vocals), Mark Haley (keyboards), Jem Pictor Wayne (guitar), and a drummer known as The Bishop. For the most part, they shared lead vocal duties on Micky’s songs.


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  • HOME
  • '60s
    • 1966 PROMOTIONAL TOUR
    • 1966 - 1967 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
    • 1967 US / BRITISH TOUR
    • "HEAD" (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE) CONCERT
    • AUSTRALIA & JAPAN 1968
    • 1969 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
  • '70s
    • THE MONKEES LIVE IN 1970
    • THE GREAT GOLDEN HITS OF THE MONKEES (Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart)
  • '80s
    • 1986 'SOUND OF THE MONKEES' AUSTRALIAN TOUR
    • 1986 '20th ANNIVERSARY' NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
    • THE GREEK THEATRE 1986 (all four Monkees reunited)
    • 1987 'SOUND OF THE MONKEES' AUSTRALIAN TOUR
    • 1987 NORTH AMERICAN 'HERE WE COME AGAIN' TOUR
    • 1988 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
    • 1989 EUROPEAN TOUR
    • 1989 NORTH AMERICAN / JAPANESE TOUR
    • UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATRE 1989 (all four Monkees reunited)
  • '90s
    • 'MICKY AND DAVY: TOGETHER AGAIN'
    • 1996 '30th ANNIVERSARY' NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
    • BILLBOARD LIVE 1996
    • 1997 UNITED KINGDOM 'JUSTUS' TOUR
    • 1997 US TOUR
  • '00s
    • 2001 US TOUR
    • 2002 NORTH AMERICAN / UNITED KINGDOM 'MONKEEMANIA' TOUR
  • '10s
    • 2011 '45th ANNIVERSARY' WORLD TOUR
    • AN EVENING WITH THE MONKEES (THE 2012 TOUR)
    • A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT WITH THE MONKEES (THE 2013 TOUR)
    • 2014 MONKEES TOUR
    • AN EVENING WITH THE MONKEES (FEATURING MICKY DOLENZ & PETER TORK)
    • GOOD TIMES: THE 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
    • THE PANTAGES THEATRE 2016 (Michael Nesmith's final Monkees concert)
    • THE MONKEES PRESENT: THE MIKE NESMITH & MICKY DOLENZ SHOW
  • '20s
    • THE MONKEES FAREWELL TOUR WITH MICHAEL NESMITH & MICKY DOLENZ
  • GEAR
  • BLOG
  • MISC
    • HEADQUARTERS RADIO PROGRAM
    • PRINT & WEB ARCHIVE
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