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Tour Dates & Ticket Links: "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today" co-starring Micky Dolenz

6/5/2019

(Photo credits: Larry Marano/Shutterstock, Greg Chow/Shutterstock, Brandon Nagy/Shutterstock)

"It Was Fifty Years Ago Today," a tribute to The Beatles' White Album and co-starring Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross, and Todd Rundgren, will be on tour this September and October:

Rolling Stone - Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross Unite for Beatles ‘White Album’ Tour

September 21: Golden Nugget / Atlantic City, New Jersey
September 28: Akron Civic Theatre / Akron, Ohio
September 29: Norton Center/ Danville, Kentucky
October 1: Arcada Theatre / St. Charles, Illinois
October 2: Pabst Theater / Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October 5: The Cabot / Beverly, Massachusetts
October 6: Capitol Center for the Arts / Concord, New Hampshire
October 7: Collins Center for the Arts / Orono, Maine
October 8: Ridgefield Playhouse / Ridgefield, Connecticut
October 10: St. George Theatre / Staten Island, New York
October 11: Berklee PAC / Boston, Massachusetts
October 12: NYCB Theatre at Westbury / Westbury, New York
October 13: Mayo PAC / Morristown, New Jersey
October 15: Keswick Theatre / Glenside, Pennsylvania
October 17: Count Basie Center for the Arts / Red Bank, New Jersey
October 18: Garde Arts Center / New London, Connecticut
October 20: Warner Theatre / Washington, D.C.

Tickets in most markets go on sale Friday, June 7!

It Was 50 Years Ago Today Tour Beatles White Album Micky Dolenz

Listen in to Peter Tork's Beatles jam

6/14/2018

The band sings The Beatles backstage in Stockton

6/10/2018

In this video, Circe Link, Christian Nesmith, Alex Jules, and Coco Dolenz harmonize on the Beatles classic "Nowhere Man" before the show at the Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton, California on June 8. They are joined for some comic relief by John Billings:

Nez stops by Breakfast With The Beatles on Friday

5/31/2018

Listen on The Beatles Channel (#18) on Sirius/XM, 8am to 11am ET

Sean Lennon heaps praise on The Monkees' "Head"

5/12/2018

Hear the Claypool Lennon Delirium's Outlandish Debut

Were there any particular records or films that inspired the album?
Sean Lennon: Les got a telepathic communication from Buzz Aldrin.

Les Claypool: A big inspiration was us sitting down and watching the Monkees' Head.

Sean Lennon: Head is, like, my bible. Any project or important thought I've ever had was inspired by Head. We were talking about the amazing revelation that Buzz [Aldrin] revealed on C-SPAN. He said, "There's a monolith on Phobos with a tiny, potato-shaped moon that's revolving around Mars." It's the most mind-blowing thing I've ever seen on television. We were just hanging out watching that video, and Les came back the next day with a full song about it.

(Image by SirQ and shared with the Live Almanac)

Michael Nesmith remembers a helping hand from Jimi Hendrix and Ringo Starr

4/25/2018

Enter To Win A Michael Nesmith Infinite Tuesday Prize Pack

Micky displays "Sgt. Pepper" from his hotel room

9/2/2017

Monkees Sgt. Pepper Dolenz

Warwick Hotel in New York City during the 1967 summer tour (From "The Monkees '67 Concerts Photo Album")

Nez commemorates Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and John Lennon in "Television Parts"

8/8/2017

Nez talks about his Troubadour days, "Headquarters," Lennon, "Good Times!" & more

7/11/2017

Michael Nesmith on New Book ‘Infinite Tuesday,’ the Monkees and Being John Lennon’s Friend (The Interview)

Michael Nesmith Rock Cellar magazine

Peter Tork informs the Monterey Pop Festival that The Beatles are not in attendance

6/12/2017

Monterey Pop: The Event That Pioneered the Power of Music Festivals

Janis Joplin and Peter Tork at Monterey (Photo by Michael T. Denham)

Micky and Peter at the Monterey Pop Festival in the archives of the Live Almanac

Micky talks "Sgt. Pepper"on Rolling Stone podcast

6/6/2017

David Crosby, The Monkees' Micky Dolenz and Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen go deep on album that changed the world

The Monkees check out "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" while filming the episode "It's a Nice Place to Visit")

Mike Nesmith and "A Day in the Life"

5/26/2017

The Beatles community is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and REBEAT helps us find Nez during the sessions for the iconic track, "A Day in the Life":

When you hear Mike Nesmith in the studio chatter during "A Day in the Life (Hummed Last Chord)" □ (CD2,T13 @ :52) #SgtPepper50 @themonkees pic.twitter.com/6jdUyWaBcE
— Rebeat Magazine (@rebeatmag) May 26, 2017

Nez at the recording session for The Beatles' "A Day in the Life"

Michael talks about John Lennon in excerpt from "Infinite Tuesday"

4/13/2017

1995 Pizza Hut commercial with Ringo Starr

4/1/2017

Monkees Ringo Pizza Hut

Davy Jones visits The Beatles in the studio

4/1/2017

In June 1968, Davy attended a Beatles recording session for "Revolution" with Lulu, who opened The Monkees' shows at Wembley in June/July 1967.

George Harrison enlists Peter Tork for soundtrack to "Wonderwall" film

3/24/2017

Macca’s banjo, Mellotron and a Monkee: the story of George Harrison’s Wonderwall Music

“I’d met George when he was visiting Cass Elliot in Los Angeles, and I was dating Cass’s sister, Leah,” Peter Tork says. “Later, the Monkees met the Beatles in England, and he invited me to his house. He played the sitar and said: ‘I’m working on a soundtrack album, I’d love to have you play a little banjo.’” Tork had travelled without his instrument, so Harrison borrowed McCartney’s five-string banjo for the session – “which Paul couldn’t play – at least conventionally, because the folk five-string banjo can’t be restrung in reverse order for left-handers, it must be custom made. I played for 45 minutes, George said, ‘Thanks very much,’ and we went our separate ways.”

Tork’s breezy contribution didn’t make the record, but it can be heard 15 minutes into the film, after Collins is chided by his mother for spying through the wall. “And I did not get paid,” he laughs. “George said: ‘We’ll figure that out later.’ He knew that the honour itself was payment enough!”

New interview with Micky and Peter

3/13/2017

The Monkees' Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork Talk Beatles, the 60s and More Ahead of Wizard World

Peter Tork on his fellow Monkees:

“Well, I’ve never been really close with Michael [Nesmith] for some reason. You know, I have a lot of respect for him and admiration. But somehow we’ve never integrated. We’ve never been warm with each other. We worked together and did pretty well at it really. But Micky on the other hand, I enjoy hugely. We have some very good times together. We laugh a lot. We pay attention to what each other is doing on stage and so there’s communication there. Micky’s always been a lot of fun.” Tork then shares a warm sentiment on his late friend, Davy Jones, who passed away at age 66 back in 2012. “Who I miss is Davy of course. Davy is the guy who…I’ve always said I loved, liked and respected [the band members] in different proportions but Davy actually kinda got my heart.”

Micky and Peter talk about their friendship with The Beatles, and Ringo Starr in particular:

Both Monkees seem to agree on their favorite Beatle: “I would say by far the person I spent the most time with probably would have been Ringo,” Dolenz shares. “He moved out to L.A. and spent a lot of time there in the 70’s and we had a lot of mutual friends like Harry Nilsson, the singer/songwriter. I also spent time with John and Paul.” Tork is quick to share on his affection for good old Ringo: “He is my favorite Beatle. It truly was Ringo that I found to be the most open and human.”

Rhino commemorates Micky meeting Paul

2/8/2017

Single Stories: The Monkees, "Randy Scouse Git"

Ric Klein reports on The Monkees' 1967 summer tour: Brian Jones, The Beatles, Wembley, Jimi Hendrix, and more

11/4/2016

Ric Klein was Micky's stand-in on The Monkees television show and can be seen frequently in the background or as an extra on the series. Ric also acted as stage manager for The Monkees when the group was on tour in the '60s, and was the best man when Micky married Samantha Juste in July 1968. He co-wrote "Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye" with Micky, too, a song that appeared on The Monkees Present album in 1969.

(From the November 1967 issue of Flip - click each image to enlarge)

Brian Epstein & Dick Clark contract The Monkees for key shows on their 1967 Summer Tour

9/23/2016

Thanks to JD McCutcheon of Monkee45s for sharing this with the Live Almanac!

(Both articles courtesy of KLRA Beat Archive - click each to enlarge)

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