Micky Dolenz would not need his 60 Years of the Monkees tour to be a “memorial”.
Micky Dolenz desires to have fun the Monkees
The 80-year-old musician and actor is ready to hit the street in 2026 marking six many years of the Daydream Believer group, however he would not need to dwell on being the final surviving member following the loss of life of Mike Nesmith aged 78 in 2021.
He advised Billboard: “I really feel it’s time to take off the black armband and simply have fun the entire Monkees undertaking.
“The present’s not gonna be a memorial. It’s not going to be closely tributed. I’m simply gonna sing the songs and inform the tales.”
Micky revealed the present – at present set to run from February to November subsequent 12 months – will embody “movies from the unique episodes” of the Monkees TV sequence, as some individuals nonetheless do not perceive the band’s formation and journey.
He stated: “I’ll be focusing extra on the chronology and on the TV present, utilizing movies from the unique episodes.
“I nonetheless have individuals ask, ‘So what was it like when the group bought the TV present?’ I’m like, ‘Omigod, have you ever ever heard of a factor referred to as Wikipedia?’ [laugh]
“There’s nonetheless lots of people who’re shocked once I clarify the way it got here to be, that it was a musical comedy sitcom on NBC with us solid in it, not a band within the conventional sense.”
In 1965, Micky and Nesmith shaped the I am A Believer group alongside Davy Jones and Peter Tork following a casting name of actors and musicians.
Micky added: “Even on the time, frankly, individuals didn’t get it… as a result of it was the primary time something like that had occurred.
“It’s occurred many occasions since — Glee, for example. They create the act after which have the acts exit.
“I would like individuals to grasp how the Monkees happened, so I’ll be specializing in that, in addition to the songs.”
