UPDATE 3/18/2020: Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith's latest concert tour, "An Evening With The Monkees," originally set for April 2020, has been rescheduled for this coming July and September as a result of the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. The new dates can be viewed on this website. Please note that some of the shows are still awaiting confirmation. Every date previously scheduled for the tour will be played and no dates will be canceled. All previously purchased tickets and VIP soundcheck packages will be honored for the new dates. If necessary, refunds are available at your point of purchase. In most markets, every ticket purchased includes your choice of a CD or digital copy of The Mike & Micky Show Live. ORIGINAL 11/12/2019 BLOG POST: Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith are returning to the concert stage in 2020 for a three-week tour dubbed "An Evening With the Monkees." Andy Greene of Rolling Stone confirmed the news earlier today on the magazine's website. The duo's latest round of dates, which follows previous worldwide runs in 2018 and 2019, will commence April 3 in Vancouver and close April 26 in Nashville. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 15. The complete tour schedule can be found below. April 3: Commodore Ballroom / Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 4: Moore Theatre / Seattle, Washington April 7: The Crest Theatre / Sacramento, California April 8: San Jose Civic / San Jose, California April 10: Fox Performing Arts Center / Riverside, California April 11: The Magnolia / El Cajon, California April 14: Celebrity Theatre / Phoenix, Arizona April 16: Majestic Theatre / Dallas, Texas April 18: Riverdome at Horseshoe Casino / Bossier City, Louisiana April 19: Tobin Center For The Performing Arts / San Antonio, Texas April 20: Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater / Austin, Texas April 22: Iron City / Birmingham, Alabama April 24: Golden Nugget Grand Event Center / Lake Charles, Louisiana April 25: IP Casino Resort & Spa / Biloxi, Mississippi April 26: Schermerhorn Symphony Center / Nashville, Tennessee Along with the announcement of more concert dates, Rolling Stone also confirmed the release of a brand new live album, The Mike & Micky Show Live, which will arrive April 3, 2020 on compact disc, as a digital download, and via streaming services. A 2-LP vinyl set will be available on May 15, 2020. Produced by Monkees archivist Andrew Sandoval and mixed by Christian Nesmith, the album includes 25 tracks culled from performances throughout March and June 2019 of the "Mike & Micky Show" tour. In most markets, fans who purchase concert tickets will automatically receive the album either as a digital download or a physical CD. Billboard and a multitude of other media outlets covered the announcement of the tour and live album. THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASEMicky Dolenz And Michael Nesmith Set To Launch “An Evening With The Monkees” Tour And Release Their First Live Album On April 3, 2020 Every ticket purchased online for The Monkees includes your choice of a CD or digital copy of the new album, The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show LIVE, released on 4/3/2020. You’ll receive instructions via email on how to redeem your album after ticket purchase. Tickets And VIP Packages For 14-Date Tour Go On Sale This Friday, November 15 25-Track Live Album Spans The Entire 50+ Year Monkees Catalog LOS ANGELES – Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees will launch a new tour and release their first-ever live album as a duo on April 3. Billed as “An Evening With The Monkees,” the tour will feature songs that span the band’s entire 50+ year career – from their 1966 self-titled debut to 2016’s Good Times. THE MONKEES – THE MIKE & MICKY SHOW LIVE will be available on CD for $16.98. The 25-track collection will also be available digitally and via streaming services. Tickets and VIP packages for “An Evening With The Monkees” tour dates go on sale this Friday, November 15. Every ticket purchased for “An Evening With The Monkees” includes your choice of a CD or digital copy of THE MONKEES – THE MIKE & MICKY SHOW LIVE. You’ll receive instructions via email on how to redeem your album after ticket purchase. In select markets only. Produced by The Monkees’ archivist Andrew Sandoval & mixed by Christian Nesmith, THE MONKEES – THE MIKE & MICKY SHOW LIVE was recorded live in March 2019. The collection includes performances of all three of the band’s #1 hits: “Last Train To Clarksville,” “I’m A Believer” and “Daydream Believer.” In addition to those hits, the live album also spotlights many of Nesmith’s finest compositions, including several songs that were never performed live during the Monkees’ heyday, like “St. Matthew” and “Auntie’s Municipal Court.” Other Nesmith-penned tunes on the collection include live versions of “The Girl I Knew Somewhere,” “Listen To The Band,” “Papa Gene’s Blues,” “You Just May Be The One” and “You Told Me.” Dolenz takes the spotlight singing hits like “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “Randy Scouse Git,” “Mary, Mary,” “Goin’ Down,” “For Pete’s Sake,” and “Porpoise Song.” The collection also features live versions of “Me & Magdelena” and “Birth Of An Accidental Hipster” from The Monkees’ most-recent studio album, Good Times (2016). “An Evening With The Monkees” is the latest chapter in Monkee-mania, a saga that began in 1965 when four young men were cast in a television show about a struggling rock band that was inspired by the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night. Few could have predicted the impact the Monkees would have on music and pop culture at large, one that still reverberates more than 50 years later. Formed in Los Angeles for the eponymous television series, the quartet of Dolenz, Nesmith, the late Peter Tork and the late Davy Jones brought a singular mix of pop, rock, psychedelia, Broadway and country to their music. The Monkees’ first single, “Last Train To Clarksville,” was released in 1966 and quickly headed for the top spot of the Billboard charts as a part of the band's self-titled debut album, where it would ultimately sit for 13 of the 78 weeks it remained in the Top 200. (Two decades later, in the midst of a new burst of Monkee-mania, The Monkees popped back onto the charts, bringing the total number of weeks to 102.) By the time the series aired its final new episode on March 25, 1968, the Monkees had seen three further albums top the charts — More of the Monkees, Headquarters, and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. All were released in 1967, staggeringly enough, racking up several more hit singles, with “I’m A Believer,” “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone,” “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You,” “The Girl I Knew Somewhere,” “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “Words,” “Daydream Believer,” “Valleri,” and “Tapioca Tundra” all finding their way into the Billboard Top 40. The final tally: 16 million albums and 7.5 million singles sold in a mere 2 1/2 years. After the series’ two-season run, the group went on to star in the cult feature film Head (co-written by Jack Nicholson) and a TV special (33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee) while also continuing to record new material. But as the ’60s gave way to the ’70s, the members of the Monkees eventually gave in to their individual musical interests and went their separate ways . . . for awhile. In February 1986, after MTV broadcast a marathon of The Monkees, Dolenz, Jones, and Tork reunited for a 20th anniversary tour, with Nesmith joining them onstage for the Los Angeles date of the tour. In 1996, all four members of the group reunited for a new album (Justus) and TV special (Hey, Hey, It’s the Monkees). In the wake of Jones’s death on February 12, 2012, the surviving members of the Monkees reunited and performed a series of concerts. The shows were received so triumphantly that Dolenz, Nesmith, and Tork returned the following summer for a tour dubbed, “A Midsummer’s Night With the Monkees.” To celebrate the Monkees’ 50th anniversary in 2016, the surviving members of the band recorded the critically acclaimed album Good Times. Much like the Monkees’ early albums, it featured tracks written for the band by a group of gifted songwriters, including Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), Andy Partridge (XTC) and more. To support the album, Dolenz and Tork launched a successful tour that featured Nesmith beaming in remotely via Skype for a few songs during some of the shows. In February this year, Tork died just eight days after his birthday. Stay tuned to The Monkees Live Almanac for more updates as they become available!
29 Comments
Chris N.
11/12/2019 20:10:35
Whooohooo a Dallas show!!! Now the question still remains...is this gonna be “The Mike & Micky Show” format or the standard Monkees concerts from the past?
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mary
11/15/2019 20:58:19
Good guess is the setlist will be very similar to the M+M shows from '18 and '19. I guess we will wait and see. Glad they are covering the South more, although this time I can only get to the Nashville show. The one in Birmingham, AL is a standing room only venue and I'd rather not deal with that. Prefer having a seat. Based on what Nez said earlier this year, I thought the Monkees' touring was over for good. Pleasant surprise!
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11/16/2019 03:05:11
I chose the Alabama show..the ticket I got is to be seated-in order of who arrives first..that's my understanding. Still, I thought the Nashville venue looked gorgeous.
mary
11/16/2019 10:56:08
good to hear you got seats in Birmingham, Denise! I could not reply directly to your message below.
JJ Lloyd
11/12/2019 21:16:53
I'm seeing at several venues that a presale starts Wednesday morning at 10:00 but nothing about how one gets in on the presale. Any info?
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CircleSky68
11/12/2019 23:45:03
Hi JJ,
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JJ Lloyd
11/13/2019 00:31:12
Thanks! :)
Craig
11/13/2019 09:51:19
I’d say it will be the format of the last 2 years. Can’t really see mike doing the standard monkees show at this point without walking off the stage every 4 songs like he did at the Pantages show. The big question, how expensive will tickets be? The presage tix here in Nashville are $275 a piece. Which is ridiculous.
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mary
11/15/2019 20:54:46
$275 is high but that's just the first 10 rows or so. I know bigger bands like the Stones and Kiss charge over 1K for close-up seating. I'd never pay that much. The other tickets in Nashville range from about $65-150 which is around the same price ranges from before (2018 tour).
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Sam
11/13/2019 10:45:45
Overall, this is great news, BUT...is there still any chance of some shows in the Southeast (D.C., Baltimore, Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, etc.) at any point in the future? That would be AWESOME!
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JJ Lloyd
11/13/2019 11:39:31
For anyone going to the Dallas show at the Majestic Theater, the presale promo access code is MONKEES (all caps).
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Jeff
11/13/2019 21:45:08
Bummer that set opener "Good Clean Fun" is not included in the track listing.
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Dan
11/14/2019 09:34:44
I know right? Why not? I'm thrilled that we are finally getting a live album of this tour, but Good Clean Fun really sets the tone for both the Monkees Present as an album, and the Monkees Present as a tour?
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mary
11/15/2019 21:00:26
Same here. I don't like the blurry image used on the Live album cover, looks amateurish to me. The '69 era poster would have been fine.
Shaun
11/14/2019 22:10:34
While I am thankful for this live album, omitting “Good Clean Fun,” which I believe kicked off every show of the tour so far, and another great stomper in “Sweet Young Thing” is inexcusable.
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Shaun
11/14/2019 22:15:08
Oh... Forgot to add, a great way to give fans all the songs would be a bonus disc exclusive at particular retailer (Say, Target, or Amazon, or wherever) that includes all the missing songs from full setlists...
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Mr Babbich
11/14/2019 05:40:42
I don’t think they will come any further than Nashville on this leg of the tour
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Shaun
11/14/2019 22:04:29
Nope, no Illinois (At least you got a Chicago show back in 2018) and still, on the fourth go-around for The M&M Show no Wisconsin date either.
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Alan Perry
11/14/2019 17:03:42
I hope there are more dates I
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Alan perry
11/15/2019 17:04:17
Hey guys come to Massachusetts
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rob
11/19/2019 15:20:51
I'm sure they'll be a Summer or Fall tour to blanket the rest of us
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Chris N
11/19/2019 19:17:12
Rob,
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Kevin Fodor
12/27/2019 14:12:14
Anyone know when this Live CD will be released and or marketed to radio?
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Tracy Robison
3/12/2020 05:17:54
They need to postpone the tour. It's not worth the risk.
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Donald Jack
3/13/2020 20:15:23
The show was postponed in San Antonio...not sure if it will be rescheduled or not.
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Tracy Robison
3/13/2020 20:49:38
I am told the whole tour has been put on hold until Fall. Leave a Reply. |
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