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Mike Nesmith Performs Live Again With The Monkees

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Nesmith was back with The Monkees on Friday night and this time on stage.

Tagged as: Mike Nesmith, music news, The Monkees

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Mike Nesmith To Reunite With The Monkees Today

by Paul Cashmere

Original Monkees member Mike Nesmith will perform live with the band again tonight in Monterey.

Tagged as: Mike Nesmith, Mike Nesmith To Reunite With The Monkees Today, music news, The Monkees

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The Monkees To Release Three-Disc Anthology

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Monkees are riding their biggest wave since the days of their television show. Their latest album, Good Times!, debuted at 14 on the Billboard 200 and became their highest charting album in 48 years. Plus, their latest tour is doing huge business coast-to-coast.

Tagged as: Good Times, music news, The Monkees, The Monkees To Release Three-Disc Anthology

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Hey Hey The Monkees Are Coming To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The Monkees 50th anniversary show, featuring Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, will tour New Zealand and Australia in November and December.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Good Times, Hey Hey The Monkees Are Coming To Australia, Micky Dolenz, music news, Peter Tork, The Monkees, Tombowler

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The Monkees Officially Score Highest Debut Since 1968 in the USA

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Monkees are officially back and riding high on the charts.

Tagged as: Good Times, music news, The Monkees, The Monkees Official Score Highest Debut Since 1968 in the USA

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The Monkees ‘Good Times’ Will Debut In US Top 10

by Paul Cashmere

The Monkees will return to the US Top 10 for the first time in 48 years this week.

Tagged as: Good Times, music news, The Monkees, The Monkees ‘Good Times’ Will Debut In US Top 10

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Mike Nesmith Performs With The Monkees Via Skype

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Nesmith was back performing with The Monkees last week but he wasn’t in the room … he was on Skype.

Tagged as: Good Times, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Mike Nesmith Performs With The Monkees Via Skype, Peter Tork, Skype, The Monkees

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The Monkees Good Times Debuts At No 20 In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The Monkees have just scored their highest album chart position in Australia in nearly 50 years.

Tagged as: Australia, Good Times, music news, The Monkees, Warner Music

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The Monkees To Score Highest Billboard Debut In 48 Years

by Paul Cashmere

When the Billboard charts come out next Tuesday, there is going to be a name in the top twenty that has been seen since 1968, The Monkees.

Tagged as: Good Times, music news, The Monkees, The Monkees To Score Highest Billboard Debut In 48 Years

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Mike Nesmith To Perform With The Monkees Via Skype

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Nesmith will play live with The Monkees this week in New York this week but he won’t be in the room … he will be on Skype.

Tagged as: Good Times, Mike Nesmith, Mike Nesmith To Perform With The Monkees Via Skype, music news, The Monkees

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The Monkees Still Touring Almost 50 Years On

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz are still touring The Monkees almost 50 years since their very first concert.

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New Music Releases 27 May 2016 Including Beth Orton and The Monkees

by Gavin Ryan

The Monkees, Beth Orton, Flume, Fifth Harmony, Lacuna Coil, Winterbourne, Dierks Bentley, Catfish & the Bottlemen, and the Alice: Through the Looking Glass soundtrack lead this week’s new music releases.

Tagged as: Beth Orton, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Dierks Bentley, Fifth Harmony, Flume, Lacuna Coil, music news, new music, new music releases, New Music Releases 27 May 2016 Including Beth Orton and The Monkees, The Monkees, Winterbourne

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Monkees Good Times Powered By Noel Gallagher Paul Weller Neil Diamond Nilsson

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Monkees will release their first new album in twenty years on May 27 (vinyl on July 1) with the Adam Schlesinger produced Good Times.

Tagged as: Good Times, Mike Nesmith, Monkees Good Times Powered By Noel Gallagher Paul Weller Neil Diamond Nilsson, Nilsson, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, The Monkees

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Monkees Backing Band Member Sues Band

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Aviva Maloney, a member of the Monkees’ backup band for over twenty years, has sued Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Warner Music and others for being wrongly fired.

Tagged as: Aviva Maloney, Micky Dolenz, music news, Peter Tork, The Monkees

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Paul Weller And Noel Gallagher Wrote Song Together For The Monkees

by Paul Cashmere

More details of ‘Good Times’, the new album by The Monkees, have emerged with it now revealed that Paul Weller has written a song with Noel Gallagher especially for the album.

Tagged as: Good Times, music news, Nilsson, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Paul Weller And Noel Gallagher Wrote Song Together For The Monkees, The Monkees

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The Monkees Return With New Songs By River Cuomo and Ben Gibbard

by Paul Cashmere

The Monkees will release their first new album in 20 years with new songs written by members of Death Cab For Cutie, Weezer and XTC.

Tagged as: Davey Jones, Death Cab for Cutie, Mike Nesmith, Music News Monkees Return With New Songs By River Cuomo Ben Gibbard, Peter Tork, River Cuomo, The Monkees, XTC

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The Monkees In London #REVIEW

by Music-News.com

Not sure what to make of Peter Tork’s plug midway through the set imploring the audience to buy their merchandise?

Tagged as: London, music news, The Monkees, The Monkees In London #REVIEW

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The Monkees To Give Head On Blu-Ray

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Monkees TV series and the movie ‘Head’ is coming to Blu-Ray.

Tagged as: Head, music news, The Monkees, The Monkees To Give Head On Blu-Ray

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The Monkees Set London Date

by Music-News.com

The Monkees featuring Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, will perform their first concert in the UK since their sold-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011.

Tagged as: London, music news, The Monkees

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Mike Nesmith To Perform Solo US Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Michael Nesmith has slated a new group of solo shows that will take him through the month of November just after wrapping up a tour with The Monkees.

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Open New Tour In New York City

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers opened their 2013 tour last Thursday in at the Ford Center in Evansville, IN and started their five-night stand on Monday at New York’s Beacon Theatre.

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Beacon Theatre, Chuck Berry, Little Feat, rock, The Byrds, The Monkees, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, U.S.A.

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Paul Stanley Wants KISS Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ‘For The Fans’

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The perennial favorite musical pastime, complaining about who’s not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, almost always comes around to a few artists including Rush (who are now in), Deep Purple, the Monkees and KISS.

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Deep Purple, Jann Wenner, Kiss, Laura Nyro, Paul Stanley, rock, Rush, The Monkees, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, U.S.A.

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RCA Release 17-CD Harry Nilsson Boxset

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Harry Nilsson was one of the most enigmatic artists of the rock era. Unassuming, he called all four Beatles, Randy Newman, Keith Moon and Jimmy Webb his friends and was one of the only artists to attain mainstream success without performing live or touring.

Tagged as: 1970s, Bob Dylan, Bobby Keys, Doc Pomus, Harry Nilsson, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Keltner, Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Webb, John Lennon, Josh Groban, Keith Moon, May Pang, Michael Buble, pop, Randy Newman, RCA, The Beatles, The Monkees, U.S.A.

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Michael Nesmith Begins First U.S. Solo Tour In 21 Years

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It has been 21 years since Michael Nesmith has done a full solo tour of the U.S.

Tagged as: country, Michael Nesmith, pop, The Monkees, U.S.A.

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Jewel Akens Passes Away At 79

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Jewel Akens, who told the whole world all about The Birds and the Bees, has died at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, CA hospital from complications of back surgery. He was 79.

Tagged as: Eddie Daniels, Jewel Akens, Jewel and Eddie, Medallions, The Birds and the Bees, the Four Dots, The Monkees, U.S.A.

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Cassidy, Noone and Dolenz To Tour As Teen Idols

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Former teen idols David Cassidy, Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz will play a number of concerts during 2013 under the name David Cassidy Presents The World’s Greatest Teen Idols.

Tagged as: David Cassidy, Hermans Hermits, Mickey Dolenz, Peter Noone, Teen Idols, The Monkees

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Mike Nesmith Announces US Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Hot off the road from a rare reunion with the Monkees, Michael Nesmith has announced that he will, once again, be touring his solo material during March and April.

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WATCH: The Legends Of Laurel Canyon, The Complete Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Legends of Laurel Canyon’, Tina Malave’s fascinating documentary of the music and residents of Laurel Canyon, is now streaming online.

Tagged as: Crosby Stills & Nash, Frank Zappa, Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Mama Cass, The Doors, The Legends Of Laurel Canyon, The Monkees

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The Legends Of Laurel Canyon Story To Air In LA Saturday

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Legends Of Laurel Canyon’, a documentary about the rock’s hidden valley in Los Angeles will premiere on US television this Saturday night.

Tagged as: Crosby Stills & Nash, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, The Legends Of Laurel Canyon, The Monkees

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The Surviving Monkees To Tour US

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork are about to go on the road as the Monkees for the first time in 15 years.

Tagged as: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, The Monkees

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The Monkees with Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz perform at the Palais in St Kilda as part of their 50th anniversary tour on Wednesday 7 December 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Micky Dolenz, The Last Surviving Monkee, Tours In Honour of His Friends and Band Mates

At age 77, Micky Dolenz is the last surviving member of The Monkees. Davy Jones died 29 February 2012, Peter Tork passed 21 February 2019 and Mike Nesmith died 10 December 2021.

May 12, 2022

Michael Nesmith of The Monkees Dies At Age 78

Michael Nesmith, one of The Monkees, has died at the age of 78, his family have announced.

December 11, 2021

Monkees Producer Chip Douglas Is Working On A Davy Jones Christmas Album

A new album of Davy Jones Christmas songs ‘It’s Christmas Time Once More’ is coming on November 13 and The Monkees’ producer Chip Douglas is behind it.

November 4, 2020

The Monkees Reveal Their First Christmas Song ‘Unwrap You At Christmas’

Here is the first ever Christmas song for The Monkees ‘Unwrap You At Christmas’.

October 10, 2018

The Monkees Will Release Their First Christmas Album

The Monkees are about to release their very first Christmas album.

September 21, 2018

The Monkees At The Palais Melbourne 7 December 2016 REVIEW

The first episode of The Monkees aired on 12 September, 1966. After two seasons and 58 episodes the show went off the air and the legacy began.

December 8, 2016

Building Intended For Davy Jones Memorial Destroyed By Fire

A major fire in Beavertown, PA has destroyed an old church that was purchased with the intention of making it a memorial dedicated to the late Monkee Davy Jones.

October 12, 2016