Monkees Tour: Update from Peter Tork

April 3, 2011 by raj
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From: “Bonnie Verrico”

Hi Brad – Here is a statement from Peter Tork regarding his departure
from The Monkees tour.

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NEWS RELEASE

PETER TORK TO LEAVE THE MONKEES TOUR

Peter Tork, original member of the 60’s pop group The Monkees, has
announced his departure from the band’s 2001 tour schedule,effective
immediately. Tork acknowledges reports regarding interpersonal
situations within the band, but said his emphasis is on returning to
first loves and striking out on new paths. “I fully enjoyed
performing in the show,” said Tork, “but I had made commitments prior
to embarking on The Monkees tour, and I need to honor those
commitments.”

Those commitments include performing with Tork’s own blues band,
Shoe Suede Blues, which had just begun a national touring agenda when
The Monkees’ tour producer, David Fishof, contacted Tork about a 35th
anniversary tour for The Monkees. “It’s time now to resume those
plans,” he said.

The Monkees tour had originally been scheduled for the early summer
months but as it gained in popularity, the schedule was extended
beyond the time that Tork was able to commit. When the tour was
extended to include performances in the UK in the fall of 2001, Tork
resigned, citing the need to attend to his own personal and
professional needs.

“I think the world of both Micky and David as performers and people,”
Tork added. “Their new show will be a wonderful experience for the
audiences. I wish them both the best of luck.” Tork hopes the fans
will be informed immediately of the change in plans so that they won’t
be disappointed when attending The Monkees shows in anticipation of
seeing all three group members. He is quick to add, however, that
fans should still expect to see a first-rate show, with lots of good
music and good fun.

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What’s all the excitement about?
It’s Shoe Suede Blues w/ Peter Tork!
Check them out at:
www.shoesuedeblues.com
www.shoopies.net
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From: Vickatina

Hello!

Just wanted to let you know about the Monkeemobile models.

I am a Walmart employee, and I often stock the shelves. Those popular Monkee
models come in a case with a bunch of other models (an assortment case). So,
if you don’t see any on the shelf and you ask someone to check for you, and
they say they don’t know, it’s because there is no way of telling how many
Monkee models will be in the case, if any.

I thought I would tell everyone this so noone gets mad at the Walmart workers
for not being much help. I’m just looking out for my co-workers. And trying
to help fellow Monkee fans from getting frustrated.

Vicky W.

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Monkees San Diego Date Cancelled

April 3, 2011 by raj
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From: “Robert Call”

Monkees concert in San Diego Tonight (August 25th) Canceled

Hi Brad,
I spoke to ticketmaster this morning and was told that the Monkees concert
in San Diego WAS canceled tonight(probably due to Micky’s illness). The
good news (if there is any) is that it will be rescheduled but they won’t
have any information on it until at least Monday morning. I will keep you
informed.

Rob

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From: “John Jorgenson”

John Jorgenson UK Tour Fall 2001

Dear Nez fans,
Last time I toured the UK with my band in Nov 2000,I was pleasantly
suprised when several Nesmith fans attended my London show
due to my association with Nez (having played on Tropical Campfires,Britt
Festival,The Garden CDs plus many live shows,not to mention the Hellecasters
first 2 CDs coming out on Nez’s labels!).
I am once again touring the UK in Sept,and will be including a killer
version of “You Just May Be The One” that I recorded for the “Papa Nez”
tribute CD. Here are the dates and venues…

9/3 The Office,South Shields
9/4 The Bain Inn,Perth Scotland
9/5 The Musician Leicester
9/6 The Springhead,Hull
9/7 Jackson’s,Carlisle
9/9 The Greys,Brighton
9/11 The Polish Club,Bristol
9/12 LIPA,Liverpool
9/13 The Maze,Nottingham

I hope to see many of you there!
Cheers,John Jorgenson
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Review: The Monkees at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
by Jim Harrington
LiveDaily contributing writer,

SAN FRANCISCO–It was a bit ironic. Originally brought together to milk the
Beatles’ success in a goofy TV show, the Monkees have spent four decades
trying to establish themselves as the real deal in the eyes of rock and
roll’s Cool Police.
Here they were on Saturday night (8/18) at San Francisco’s Fillmore
Auditorium–the temple of rock history and ’60s Cool–and yet, years after
Janis and Jimi and Jerry, the Monkees still couldn’t fit in. And the harder
they tried, the more ridiculous the results.
For starters, the band tried overly hard to establish its party-animal
credentials. Before playing a lackluster version of “Randy Scouse Git,”
Mickey Dolenz explained how he had written that song after a night of
partying with the Beatles.
“I don’t remember much about that party,” he said. “But I do remember the
song–I hope!”
As the song finished, Dolenz pretended to have a Fillmore-style flashback,
during which he looked at bandmates Peter Tork and Davy Jones in confusion
before placing them as members of the Monkees.
“I use to watch you guys when I was a little kid,” he said between shrieks.
“Where’s the guy with the hat whose mother invented liquid paper?”
Even without prickly ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith–the guy with the hat–the
Monkees showed next to no chemistry, which is surprising for a band that
has been around for 36 years. Occasionally, the trio would follow each
other around the stage in little circles, turning their backs to the crowd
in unison, but that was about it. Most troubling, there was no sense that
the band members actually liked each other. And they each seemed a bit
uncomfortable when the spotlight would focus on another member.
The absolute worst moment of the evening occurred toward the end of the
show, when each of the three Monkees took lengthy moments to explore and
explain their musical and personal backgrounds.
Excuse me? And these former TV actors thought this would be interesting
because why? These self-centered excursions were simply awful, and even
Tork realized that–he apologized to the crowd and promised that it would
all be over soon.
That moment of clarity notwithstanding, Tork seemed utterly out of touch
with reality during the show. He had a major chip on his shoulder, and was
dead set to have his time at the microphone. Of course, Tork was rarely
utilized as a vocalist during the golden Monkees days and for good
reason–the guy couldn’t carry a tune if it had a handle. He did a
forgettable version of “Your Auntie Grizelda” and a decent job on the
Jackie Wilson classic “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher.” But
his cover of rock standard “Lucille” was a monstrosity.
The Monkees withheld most of the bubble gum hits until the very end.
(Considering the band’s lengthy history, its back catalog contains a
pitifully small amount of worthwhile material.) The encore brought a great
triple-bill of “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”
and “I’m a Believer.”
But it was too little, too late. On what should have been a triumphant
night, the Monkees instead proved that they make better lunchbox models
than rock stars.
published: 20-Aug-2001

http://www.livedaily.citysearch.com/news/3529.html

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Reviews:
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From: (larry bruhn)

My name is Debbie Bruhn and my brother, Ron, and I caught them for the
first time ever at the Fillmore in San Francisco last Saturday Night,
August 18th.

I’m still mesmorized by them. I thought I was dreaming the whole thing.
They’re more fabulous than I my wildest dreams. My brother and I had
been following their career for years. My brother has all their albums,
we loved their TV show, and even went to Suncoast Video Store and bought
their Lunchbox w/ a copy of a video featuring episodes from their show.
I’ll tell ya’, THEY STILL ROCK MAN,, …..
THEIR AWESOME!!!!

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From: Melissa Shipman

I don’t want to fill up the email with an incredible amount of details of my
Monkee adventure last night but here it is…

Showed up as the doors opened at the House of Blues here in good ole Los
Angeles only to see maybe 50 people in the whole place which was exactly
what I was hoping to see. we ended up being about 3 people from the stage
so we had a perfect place to see and hear. This guy named Bob Schnieder
opened up for them. They were incredibly talented but NOT exactly what some
of the older fans had in mind when they showed up for the show. People got
into them by the end but after the 45 minute set their retreat was welcomed
by all who were about to bust out in a revival of “We want the Monkees. We
want Davy”. They guys came on and sang everything from Goin Down to Long
Title. You know the normal .. they each had their own non Monkees solo…
Not too much schtick other than Davy’s favorite part where Sandy and the
keyboardist do their best Archie and Edith impressions for the crowd.
Amusing for sure. They guys played a good hour and a half and it was BY FAR
the BEST, tightest (music wise) Monkees show that I have ever seen. Period.

Come in to the MONKEES FAN CLUB on Yahoo to talk about the tour and share
your pics with other concert going fans!
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/monkeesfanclub

Monkee Love!
Melissa AKA Supergal from the Monkees days back in Dallas 🙂

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From: “Sara Tamblin”

Bakersfield show

I was at the Bakersfield show with one of my friends from work who has also
been a fan since the 1970’s. We get to Cal State earlier than we expected,
since we left before 2:00 and got there around 3pm. But as we get there,
we found a perfect parking space…let me tell you no one else was there
yet, meaning we are the first ones there (besides the crew, and the people
doing the food). As we are walking around, the sound check was going on so
we heard that for a while and trying to find out where we line up at…as
we get to where the line starts a reporter sees us and goes something like
“Hey, do you guys want to be interviewed….we were expecting like 100
people” and my friend and I go “Yeah!!” so we were sent in and got
interviewed for Channel 17 news Bakersfield. Let me tell you, I was
nervous…but thrilled to do that, I mentioned my site and more. I was
more thrilled on what happened last year to me (in May).
Afterwards, we were thinking to go back into town to get another concert
poster but we decided to stick around and hear more of the sound
check…one of them was “Last Train To Clarksville”. Between 4:00-5:00
the crowd came….and it got bigger and bigger. My friend and I were the
first ones in line during that ordeal…as we were talking about work on
what is happening there (as jokes), I was holding my Headquarters LP and
Micky’s book…another reporter noticed that & came over to us and asked us
are we looking forward til tonight and we said yes, another “Who is your
favorite Monkee” and we screamed out “Micky!” Not long later we got to go
in. I went strait to the merchandise (wished I stuck around longer to meet
one of my online ‘sisters’) and bought everything there. I already had
the shirt that a friend got me.
The opening act wasn’t too bad…but when the Monkees came out. All the
songs were great, I feel like I was the only one flashing off Micky’s book
that night (my dad told me to do a sign of my site Sara’s Dolenz Tribute
days before.). During the show, I kept moving to take pictures (sadly my
flash was bad and some came out good). Also, I was one of the fortunate
ones who got to shake hands with Davy and a bit help him over the chairs
during “Girl” (My father thinks I will like Davy from that…nope, Micky
is my main favorite).
All in all what a great show…would like to see the guys again. Thanks
again for everything guys…you have made a believer out of me for 15 years
(since I was 7…I’m 22 now) and will always. Hope to see you guys again
real soon doing solo stuff or group. You guys are true idols to me who
will always remain in my heart.

Sara
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Last Chance Merchandise – Monkees on TV? – Monkees Tour

April 3, 2011 by raj
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Welcome to the Monkees.Net Alert Newsletter!

Here is update on our special offer on Monkees Merchandise – this is your
last chance, and items are running out as we speak!

We’ve had a lot of requests – 🙂 – and we’re happy to do this favor for
the largest Monkees group on the planet – we really appreciate your support
for the Monkees-Alert list and the Monkees.Net web page!

If you missed The Monkees on tour in your area, or they did not come near
you, or you saw a show before they started selling the new Live Monkees 2001
CD, or if your dog ate your T-Shirt – you are in luck! We are going to one
of the last USA shows in Texas and are offering to pickup Monkees
merchandise for any list member who needs it!

OK – here is how it works. There is a flat shipping and handling charge of
$6 for any number of items you want if you live in the USA or Canada. If you
live anywhere else, the charge is $10.

Here are the items we expect will still be available – if any item is not
available, we will send you a refund for any items not included. I am also
assuming these prices will be correct, but some venues have added a
percentage to these prices, and if they do, I will let you know.

Some items, I have been informed by the merchandise person, have already
sold out. If you have previously ordered a sold-out item, you will get a
check in the mail from me along with any items we obtained for you.

Short sleeve t-shirt $30 (large only)
*sold out* Long sleeve t-shirt $45 (large only)
Group photo 8×10 inches $5
*sold out* Group photo magnet $5
Tour book $15
Monkees Live in Las Vegas 2001 CD $20
*sold out* Stuffed monkey wearing small Monkees T-shirt $20

OK, there are 2 ways that I will accept payment.

The preferred method is Paypal – a totally free service that allows you to
pay me instantly from a credit card or from your bank checking account via
the Internet. It is totally safe and used by 8 million people, and works in
many countries worldwide. Detail the items you want in the message box in
Paypal, add up the total amount and send it to my e-mail address:
bradpager@flextools.com – this link will work to sign you up for this free
service:

https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=bradpager%40flextools.com

The other way is via Money Order in the mail, because of the time
constraints, we cannot wait for personal checks to clear. If you prefer
money order – send it to:

Brad Waddell
581 W. 4th St. #99
Benson AZ 85602-6501

Deadline: This is important – if your payment does not arrive by September
4, you will not be able to obtain your items. So you must mail immediately,
but as I said, Paypal is preferred because it arrives immediately and cannot
be lost in the mail. Thanks again for your support!

Update: If you have sent money to me via paypal and have *not* received an
e-mail from me confirming your payment, please let me know. Also, if you
have sent me a money order and did not include an e-mail address in the mail
to me, please let me know what it is in case I have a problem with your
order. Thanks!

brad

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Just found this exciting new product! You can purchase the Monkees official
UK tour poster (as well as other rock posters) at this web address:

http://www.qksrv.net/click-913436-1147188

The interesting thing is, this item may be a collectors item and may not be
available for long since it features the three Monkees, when in fact, only
2 will appear – you may want to quickly order this item before it is
changed or removed because of this. Thanks!

brad

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Monkee Business Fanzine Monkees News Update
updated August 29, 2001

The Monkees (Micky, Davy & Peter) are winding up their
2001 summer reunion tour:

August 30 (rescheduled from August 25), San Diego Civic
Center Auditorium, San Diego, CA, 619-570-1100
August 31 (rescheduled from August 24), Sun Theatre,
Anaheim, CA, 714-712-2700 or tickets at
714-740-2000, www.sun-theatre.com
September 7, Redmond Recreation Complex, Bensenville, IL,
630-594-1190, www.bensenville.il.us/MUSICPK.HTM
September 8, Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX, part of KLUV
radio’s Oldies Festival. Listen to KLUV 98.7 FM in
Dallas to find out where you can get your FREE
tickets to the Oldies Fesitval, or check their website
www.kluv.com. If you want to attend the concert
but don’t live in the area (and won’t be around for
any of the ticket giveaways), you can send a long
SASE with a note stating how many tickets you
are requesting to: KLUV, 4131 N. Central Expressway,
Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75204. Also appearing at the
Oldies Festival are B.J. Thomas and Mary Wilson of
the Supremes.

September 8 is Peter Tork’s last date on the tour. After that
date, Micky and Davy will play the following shows:

September 15, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA, the Monkees
will do a 30-45 minute set at a Temple Owls football
game at Franklin Field. The game is at noon, and
tickets are available NOW via Ticketmaster. You
won’t find it listed under “Monkees”—it’s listed
as “Temple Owls vs. Connecticut Huskies”. Before
you buy your tickets, you should know that the
stage will face the South Side of the stadium. Those
seated on the North Side or in the endzone will be
allowed to move to the second level of the South
Side for the concert. Tickets range from $20 for
premium 50-yard-line reserved seating down to $5
general admission endzone seating. No one will be
allowed on the field during the performance. (The
first 2500 kids 14 and under receive the Hooter The
Owl mascot bobbing-head figure!)
Oct. 20, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
Oct. 22, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, ENGLAND
Oct. 23, Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, ENGLAND
Oct. 24, Telewest Arena, Newcastle, ENGLAND
Oct. 25, NEC, Birmingham, ENGLAND
Oct. 26, Wembley Arena, London, ENGLAND

Natural, the Monkees’ tourmates through most of the spring and
summer dates, have left the tour as of the end of July. You can
keep up with their endeavors via their website,
www.NaturalOfficialSite.com.
Look for the July 2001 issue of “Pop Star!” magazine, which
features Natural and includes a full-page article on Natural’s
experiences on the Monkees tour.

MICKY DOLENZ
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Micky has several irons in the fire this year professionally—he directed a
movie in January and will be directing a pilot for the Disney Channel
later this year—but he still finds time to tour with the Monkees and
in his own solo rock’n’roll show of Monkees hits and rock classics, backed
by his band and his sister Coco on vocals:
Nov. 21-28, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, sailing Nov. 18 and Nov. 25
Jan. 13-20, Costa Victoria cruise ship, sailing from Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
with Peter Noone and Paul Revere & The Raiders

PETER TORK
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Peter and James Lee Stanley will perform in Winston-Salem, NC, on
September 9, at Brew Ha-Ha’s. Tickets can be purchased at
http://laac.tripod.com/festival.html.

Peter appears as the Band Manager in the short film “Mixed Signals”,
which had its debut screening at the Palm Springs International
Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA, on August 11. “Mixed
Signals” is expected to be shown at additional short film
festivals in the future.

MICHAEL NESMITH
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Michael Nesmith is working on a new album, “Rays”, due out in 2002,
his movie, “Fried Pies”, a second novel, The America Gene, and he
has moved his company Videoranch to Monterey, California.
Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing some of Nez’s films on DVD for the
first time—“Tapeheads” and his concert video “Live at the Britt” are already
available, and “Timerider” is expected in 2002.
Nez’s company Videoranch has reissued his “Live at the Palais” concert album
on CD, complete with bonus tracks.
Check out www.videoranch.com for details and updates.

RHINO RECORDS
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Rhino Video has pencilled in a release date for a DVD box set of all 58
Monkees episodes for May 2002.
Rhino Handmade’s newest project, released May 9 by mail order only, is a
collection of live concert recordings from the Monkees’ 1967 tour—
check it out now at www.rhinohandmade.com.
Last year, Rhino Handmade released a 3-CD set, “Headquarters
Sessions”, chronicling the making of the Monkees’ album “Headquarters”.
The compilation makes use of unreleased demos, backing tracks, studio chatter,
song fragments, and early versions of tracks.
On Feb. 13, 2001, Rhino retired the “Listen To The Band” Monkees 4-CD
boxed set and replaced it with “The Monkees Music Box”, an updated 4-CD
set which includes some unreleased alternate versions of Monkees
tunes from tapes which have surfaced since the release of the previous box
set. See www.rhino.com for a detailed track listing.

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A selection of MBF back issues are available for purchase at:
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From: Aaron Handy III

Just this afternoon, a wonderful message was posted in my Monkees Film & TV
Vault Guest Book:

> Look for The Monkees to come to TVLand in the
> weekends in October, Fandemonium Marathons will stop
> after the first week of October, as regular weekends
> come back in mid-October, Monkees will be one of the
> shows airing!

Isn’t that wild?! I’ve just updated the front of my site with this news!!
Fire up your VCRs, kids! (And pray that TVLand will air each and every
episode in 1 piece!)

😉

Aaron Handy III
The Monkees Film & TV Vault
http://members.tripod.com/~ahiii/monkeesfilmTV.html
The Aaron Handy III TV Web Shrine
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/6765/

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From: “John Jorgenson”

Hi Brad-
I have had a last minute change in plans for the tour-the Nottingham
show on the 13th has been replaced by a show at the 100 Club on Oxford St
in London. Can you let your people know about that? We are trying to help
the venue out and make sure to get some people down there for the show,as
the 100 Club is going out of their way to help us fill in that night with a
show.

Many thanks-John Jorgenson

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From: Schizofrantic

This hasn’t been made exactly clear on the list, but it seems there are two
different Monkeemobile models. Last week, someone described the model in a
catalog as a 1:36 scale and manufactured by a UK company called Corgi. Based
on another tip from the list, I went to Walmart and bought the Monkeemobile
(the only one there) for $9.84. Mine was made by Ertl, which located in
Iowa. It’s plastic, scaled 1:25, and has a completely different model
number. Ertl’s website (www.rcertl.com) didn’t clear up any of my confusion,
but I guess this means that two Monkeemobiles have been released this year,
which is kinda neat. Perhaps the Monkees’ reunion has spurred the companies’
interest in putting out new Monkees merchandise.

Thank you,
Jennifer

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From: “Teresa Gibson”

I just found out some information about the September 8 concert at Lone Star
Park, so anyone who is coming from out of town may need to know these
things.

First of all, parking costs $7.00. You are not allowed to bring in food or
drink, so leave the coolers at home. There are lots of concession stands
throughout the park.

Also, the tickets are free, and that is general admission to sit wherever
you can lay your blanket or set up your chair. However, there are a limited
number of reserved seats available. For $20 per person, you can sit in a
tent at the left side of the stage (non-smoking) and receive a taco buffet
dinner from 5-8p.m. For $7, you can reserve a box seat. The boxes
accommodate 4–6 people, so if you buy one box seat, you may have to share
the box with other people. Some boxes are non-smoking and some are smoking.
The boxes are air-conditioned and have a remote tv monitor to see the
concert. For $5, there is counter seating available. It’s just a seat near
the track, but it is not air-conditioned and there is no monitor. If you
are interested in reserving seating, call Lone Star Park at 1-800-795-7223
between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm Monday through Friday.

Teresa Gibson

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From: “Graham Morgan”

MONKEEMOBILE NEWS…..
After reading that a reissue of the Corgi classic Monkeemobile is likely, I
rang Corgi today in England (Southampton) and they assured me that the
Monkeemobile is to be released in mid September for the UK domestic market
as well as the US (UK retail price #9.99). So their advice is to put your
order in at your local model shop now, or mail order it direct from Corgi!
The mail order pnone number is +44 23 8024 8844 but they will not have it
listed as a mail order item until its release.
Check out the Corgi website [www.corgi.co.uk]
I and my family are deeply upset that Peter Tork cannot make the UK leg of
the tour. We do hope he might change his mind!
Just as upsetting is the fact that ‘Trouble’ channel on the UK Sky satelite
platform have abruptly cut short (half way through) its 3rd run of showing
the entire 58 episodes.
I hope that either Trouble or another channel decides to start showing them
again as a build up to the UK tour.
Regards
Graham Morgan

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From: “Steven Bradley”

from the Manchester (England) Evening News, Wednesday August 29th 2001
from ‘The Diary’ page;

MIX-UP OVER MONKEES MONEY

Grovelling apologies from the management team representing sixties band the
Monkees on their forthcoming UK tour. Following the Diary’s revelations that
guitarist Peter Tork would not be joining band mates for the British dates,
a spokeswoman assured disappointed fans; “If anyone wants their money back,
that’s not a problem”

Alas, following contact from an irate promoter this kindly offer has been
hastily withdrawn. The same, rather humbled, spokeswoman now informs me; “I
apologise profusely for the mistake. Unfortunately, there will be no
refunds”

(the article goes on to say that David Cassidy has cancelled all of his UK
tour dates after a dispute with his promoter. the article is illustrated
with a small, recent pic of peter tork. i appreciate that most fans going to
the UK concerts won’t want a refund and will happily see just DJ and MD, but
thought i’d share the news with monkees fans)

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From: Tjoneshtmfc

Hi Brad;
I am hoping you can help out by posting this on your list. Recently, I
learned that Sue Goettl, president of “Dolenz Dreamy Delights” fan club,
passed away on Aug.1st. Sue was a dear friend of mine, and I am working on a
memorial book to send to her Mom, to let her know that Sue meant so much to
so many of us. I am having trouble trying to locate all her friends and
members, as Sue never really mentioned them all to me. If you could post this
email, I would hope to find more of them. I would like everyone who knew Sue
to send me their condolence messages. I will then place them in the book and
send to Sue’s Mom the end of September.
If you can help, it is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Teresa Jones
President-“Head of The Monkees” fan club
Tjoneshtmfc@aol.com

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From: Tjoneshtmfc

Hi Brad;
I just got the word in that, yes it is true the shows for both Anaheim and
San Diego have been cancelled, it is due to Micky having Laryngitis. He is
resting but has no voice. Hopefully, it will be back in no time!

Teresa Jones-President
Head of The Monkees Fan Club

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From: “Kelly Lidji”

I thought, since I am sitting here brokenhearted over Peter leaving the
tour, I would write about the 1st Monkee show I saw this year.
Back in March, the Monkees played at The 9:30 Club in DC. There was general
admission and the doors opened around 7:00. Nicki (my partner in crime) and
I arrived at the doors at noon. We were armed with chairs and snacks ready
to spend the day. Two other girls, Lyndsay and Megan, arrived just about
when we did. So we had some company. It was about 3 hours before anyone
else arrived in the line, but, the early bird gets the Monkee! All the tour
buses were already there and we did get to see Natural (we didn’t know who
they were at the time) and Mickey came out and said hello. By the time they
opened the doors there were about 500 or so people in the line. What a mad
dash it was. We got right in the front in the middle. Up to this point,
the only Monkee show I had ever been to was at Valley Forge Music center
back in 1996. And there I was all the way in the back) Our view was going
to be amazing. We put all of our things under the stage on a little ledge.
Over a 1 foot drop to the floor. We were standing against a chest high
railing.
Once everyone was in we were so pressed up against this railing you couldn’t
get out if you wanted. And if you did, you would never get back in.
The show started and Natural came on. They were really cute and seemed a
little nervous. But they did a good job.
When the Monkees came on Nicki and I couldn’t even cheer. The fact that
they were there together, and right in front of us just took our breath away.
By this point I had been Peters massage therapist for about a year. It was
unreal to see him with them and knowing that this was, in fact, the man I
knew and the group I had loved for 15 years.
(wow, I feel better already)
The show was amazing, It seemed that they were singing just for us. I know
everybody that has been to one of the shows knows this feeling very well.
At one point I reached for my camera and knocked it off down into the crack
between the floor and the stage. The only way I could get it was to have
Nicki and the girls behind us hold my feet while I flung myself over the
railing to reach it. Thank goodness I have really long arms. As the show
neared it’s close we could barely stand up or breathe. They did several
encores and finished with a bang. When they came down the line to shake
hands, Peter said “Hi, Nicki” to her and smiled and said hello to me. They
left the stage and we began to gather ourselves together to leave when the
stage manager came across the stage and handed me 2 backstage passes. Nicki
stood there for, I swear it, 3 whole minutes with her mouth hanging open. I
finally had to grab her and force her to the bathroom to fix ourselves.
We went upstairs to the balcony that was serving as “backstage”. As we
walked up this woman was trying to get past him and he said, “You have to
have a pass”. He looked at me and said, “Now that’s a pass.” and let us
through. We went over and waited to talk to Peter. When he spotted us he
came over and kissed us and talked to us for awhile. Then we got an
autograph from Mickey, who I had never met. He was very sweet. Peter came
up to me again after that and said he wished he could have a massage but
they were leaving very shortly. Oh well. Next time. (And it was).
We were so happy from all this that we drove around DC without paying
attention to where we were going and got lost. We always do this.
All in all, not a bad night.
If anyone wants to see any photos of the 3 shows I went to this year or cry
over the loss of Peter, write me at klidji@bigfoot.com.

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From: “Bruce John”

Bakersfield Concert

Dear Brad,
Our family became big Monkees fans when we were able to purchase the
boxset of all 58 Monkee episodes at our local video store. We
loved the show and purchased all the Monkees CDs. A big thrill was to attend
the Monkees concert in Bakersfield this summer. The boys were talented,
funny, and have a personality blend that I have never seen in a group
before. I loved their banter between songs, and all of their singing was
top form. Micky had us in stiches one minutes and gave us chills the next
minute with “Since I fell for you”, and we thought Peter sang and played
better than we had ever heard him. Davy won the hearts of the crowd right
away. We have been saddened to hear that Peter may be leaving the group. I
can’t imagine how the Monkees can go on without him, the show is perfect as
it is now, the band is top notch and the guys are working better together
than they ever have. The thing that made the Monkees special was their
longivity and how they have stuck together when things were hard the last 35
years. We were really looking forward to seeing them again next year as
often as we could, so I certainly hope Peter changes his mind. But for now,
I just want to say thank you to the three guys and their band for a
wonderful experience at Bakersfield.

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From: “Blondie”

Hi Brad! I went to the Atlantic City concert in June. I just have one thing
to say….IT WAS ASWESOME! If you have not seen the Monkees live yet, make
sure you do! I am a second generaion fan. I’m only 14. I have always liked
the Monkees, but after seeing them live, I just fell in love with them. I can
only remember a litte bit of their shows from Nick at Nite. I have always had
a crush on Davy as well. Unfortunatley, I wasn’t as lucky enough to meet any
of them. Not yet at least. I really want to meet them, espeically Davy. I
have been reading stories about people meeting Micky or Davy in a bar after
one of their concerts….boy I wish that was me! Micky was so funnny! And I
loved it when Peter did his little Bach number on the organ! And when Davy
sang “Girl”, it made me feel like Marcia!! I never thought I would get to
actually see them! I can’t wait until I finally meet them!!! Thanks for
giving me a great time guys….you’re all teriffic!!!! You’ll always have a
place in my heart!!!

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Tour posters update

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OOps, forgot to mention – on the following item, you need to enter
“monkees” in the search field and click “search” to fin the Monkees tour
poster. It sells for $10.49.

Just found this exciting new product! You can purchase the Monkees official
UK tour poster (as well as other rock posters) at this web address:

http://www.qksrv.net/click-913436-1147188

brad

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At 10:30 PM 09/01/2001, you wrote:
Welcome to the Monkees.Net Alert Newsletter!

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Monkees on Tonight Tonight!

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From: Brad Waddell

Welcome to the Monkees.Net Alert Newsletter!

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Here is a special offer for our readers, please support this newsletter!

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get up to 5 WebMiles for every dollar I spend at their partner stores.
What’s more, these miles are better than frequent flier miles because I can
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dates!

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WebMiles will give me 100 miles just for referring you to join! Then you
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Please try this program, and thanks for your support for this newsletter!!
I really appreciate it.

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From: Melhi

Hey hey, it’s the Monkees on TV!

Don’t forget to set your VCR’s for The Monkees appearance as musical
guests on NBC’s “The Tonight Show, with Jay Leno” According to
tvguide.com, this appearance is scheduled for Tue. Aug. 21, 2001 at
11:35pm EDT / 10:35pm CDT.

Melhi.

The Monkees Mailing List and Resource Site
Featuring the complete Monkees FAQ collection!
http://melhi.freeyellow.com

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From: “Mark T.”

Brad, a good link for the Alert List! Vote for the Monkees! How
could the Osmonds be beating both the Monkees and the Beatles? Or
hell, even NSync?! LOL. The Osmonds??!?!?! UGH!

http://www.msnbc.com/news/615668.asp

(editors note: I don’t normally send out alert notices to cause people to
vote in online polls or participate in any sort of campaign, but this web
site has a nice photo of The Monkees in a Newsweek story about their place
in the boy band phenomena.)

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From: “K. Lyn Baker”

The new Monkeemobile from Corgi can also be ordered through any comic
book store. It’s listed in Diamond Comics “Previews” August 2001 catalog.
It’s on page 398, and the item number is 6432/CC52405. It’s listed at
$19.99 USD.

KLyn

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From: Vickatina

Hello!

In reference to the Monkeemobile model car, they are sold at WALMART in the
toy department. (with other car modeling stuff) I don’t remember the price,
but I think it was about $10.00 or so.

Thought you would like to pass this on to fellow readers.

Vicky 🙂

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From: “Rosemary Grimbly”

For those who missed it the last time, according to our cable TV guide for
September, ‘Behind The Music: The Monkees’ will be repeated on VH1 (UK &
Ireland) on Wed 26 September at 9pm BST.

I think it also airs on VH1 (Europe) at the same time.

Rosemary

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From: “Steven Bradley”

The current catalogue from UK toy-vehicle manufacturers Corgi, includes the
Monkeemobile. The July-December 2001 issue features a colour picture of the
model of our beloved Pontiac GTO, on page 10.

Marked ‘New for 2001’ and on the page of ‘TV and film favourites’, the text
reads;
Corgi’s TV and film favourites collection is fast developing cult status.
The Monkees – Monkeemobile. November. Scale 1:36. New Tooling.
The self-styled dragster Monkeemobile features cut-away bonnet to expose the
supercharged chrome engine.
Superb display packaging, highly collectable memorabilia.

other vehicles launched this year includes cars from TV shows Knight Rider,
The Green Hornet, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A team, and various movies.

the venues for the Monkees UK tour are now advertising the gigs with full
colour flyers at the box-offices. they are A5 in size (measuring
approximately 8.25″ x 6″) the front says “SFX Proudly Presents the Monkees
(red guitar logo) Reunion Tour 2001. Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones”.
There is a 60’s colour picture of the 3 of them, in the centre of a big
yellow flower, surrounded by other flowers. the Monkeemobile is pictured at
the bottom.

the other side has the red guitar logo again, the tour dates and details of
where to buy tickets (web-sites and telephone numbers). across the bottom
are the psychedelic flowers from the ‘Pisces’ cover.

clearly the flyers were designed and printed before news broke that Peter
would not be on the tour )-: the promoters are SFX; the previous 2
Monkees UK Tours were promoted by Flying Music.

(ed: this is the same poster used in the USA to promote the show.)

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From: “Bandsix”

Hi guys

A quick note to let you know I’ve just got off the phone with David Fishof
and he’s told me that, for personal reasons, Peter Tork will not be coming
to the UK for the Monkees Tour.

David and Micky will be performing together as the Monkees logo, with the
same band (with the horns) and will be putting in more comedy bits.

David and Micky are coming to England a week before the tour to promote it
on TV and radio.

The promoter feels very confident about the UK Tour. Tickets are selling
well, and everyone is looking forward to seeing the guys in October.

If you want to talk about this little development feel free to email me or
call me (evenings between 6 and 9 please), although at this point you have
the same information that I do.

“Magnolia Sue”
Band 6 – The Monkees Official UK Fan Club
www.bandsix.btinternet.co.uk

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From: Keener7

Here in NW Florida, AmSouth Bank (headquarters in Alabama) is using “Daydream
Believer” as backup music for their radio commercials. Its sort of a Muzak
type style with some very mellow faint singing. AmSouth Bank has branches in
the panhandle of Florida, Alabama and probably some in the nearby states of
Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana (but I’m not sure). They are playing it a
lot on my local FM station.

Deb

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From: Niall Hood

hey brad,

there was a wonderful nez review in the washington post. here is a link:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49395-2001Jun26.html

here are some other press quotes:

“20 songs, and their harmonic cohesion defies expectations”
-Washington Post

“one of the better tribute albums that I’ve heard in years”
-Twang!

“every contribution on the disk does justice to the beauty of the songcraft
-Country Standard Time

“some of the best of the current crop of alt.country and power pop
artists…a great record”
-Alt-Country Page

cheers,
niall hood

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From: “maggie mcmanus”

Just got off the phone with someone at Screen Gems Network. They do NOT
have the Monkees scheduled to run in the fall as part of the syndication
package!!!

They still own the distribution rights to the show and they do have it on
offer as “a cash version”, he said, for any stations that want to run it
specifically. (I think syndication packages are sold on something called
“barter”, as opposed to “cash”, and that’s what he means there—-has
something to do with how commercial time is sold. Anyone out there work in
TV???) He did say his records showed that WCIU in Chicago has acquired the
series in its cash version, but no one else as yet.

maggie mcmanus
Monkee Business Fanzine
monkeebiz@prodigy.net
http://pages.prodigy.net/monkeebiz

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From: SaraBeatle

There’s a brief segment on the Monkees in Bravo’s recent series, “Popular
Song.” It’s in the last episode of the eight-part series, there’s commentary
from Don Kirshner (boo hisssss), and Micky talks about the format of the
Monkees and meeting the songwriters & suchlike. It’s pretty short, but I
thought I’d mention 🙂 (The rest of the series isn’t that bad, either).

http://www.bravotv.com/sections/festivals_popular.php

–Sara

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From: “bqrco”

I have actually seen the Monkees Mobile model on the shelf recently in the
model aisle/toy department of Walmart. They sell for $12.99. I don’t
remember what “level” of skill they are. Have everyone looking
check their local Walmart and Kmart.

Tonya

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From: “Bandsix”

As to merchandise – I had an email from David Fishof about a week before the
situation with Peter was announced and at that point Fishof said there would
be new merchandise for the UK tour. He didn’t expand on that.

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From: Zachary Conen

You might want to post the following info on your site (and any other related
Monkees sites)….

MONKEES TO MAKE PHILADELPHIA APPEARANCE

The Monkees will be making an appearance in Philadelphia as part of the
entertainment at a Temple Football game on Saturday, September 15, 2001. THe
game is at 12:00 Noon at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

The Monkees will be performing a 30-45 minute show as part of the game
entertainment. To purchase tickets, call TicketMaster at 215-336-2000 or
order online at www.ticketmaster.com. You will be purchasing tickets for the
Temple-Connecticut football game on 9/15.

Thank you

**********************************************************************
Zachary Conen
Director of Advertising, Promotions & Ticket Sales
Temple Intercollegiate Athletics
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From: “Seth”

You have on your web site:
Peter and James Lee Stanley will perform in Lewisville, NC, on
September 9, at Brew Ha-Ha’s.

Brew Ha-Ha’s is not in Lexisville, NC. It is in Winston-Salem which is
just a stones throw from Lewisville but none-the-less not in Lewisville. I
live in W-S and go to Brew Ha-Ha’s from time to time.

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From: Miriam E Ammerman

I got this off an *NSYNC list I’m on, it’s got a mention of the guys in
it and I thought you might like to read it. 😉

*NSYNC in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum *
source/credit: cleveland.com]

What do Frank Sinatra and ‘N Sync have in common? We will find out next
spring when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum unveils a major
exhibition devoted to teen idols.

“We’re going to look at the phenomenon . . . from the past to the present,”
said Jim Henke, the rock hall’s chief curator.

Ol’ Blue Eyes and the bobby-soxer fan brigades of the 1940s probably will
serve as the starting point for the in stallation, according to Henke. It
will replace the John Lennon exhibit on view through December on the
museum’s upper floors.

Among the other heartthrobs represented at the rock hall will be Elvis
Presley, Ricky Nelson, the Beatles, the Monkees, Andy Gibb and the latest
crop of youth-oriented hit-makers, including ‘N Sync, the Backstreet
Boys, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

The museum also has obtained memorabilia from David Cassidy, Debbie
Gibson, New Kids on the Block, Neil Sedaka and Bobby Sherman. Other
details, including a designer and a sponsor for the exhibit, are expected
to be announced shortly.

The goal is to draw several generations of fans. “There will be something
for everyone,” Henke said. “Kids will be able to come with their parents
or even their grandparents. Everybody had teen idols at some point.”

Reminiscences and souvenirs from teeny-boppers themselves will be “a big
part” of the exhibit, Henke said.

An addition to the museum’s Web site – www.rockhall.com – invites
visitors to submit stories about the objects of their adolescent
affection.

The rock hall also is gathering trading cards, lunchboxes, dolls and
other examples of mass-merchandised teen-pop products for the exhibit.
“If people have personal collections, we’d love to hear from them,”
Henke said.

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From: “Sally Carpenter”

I was at the Henry Diltz photography exhibit in Sherman Oaks, CA,
on August 17 at Borders Books and Records. Several of Henry’s photos of
rock and roll icons were hung on the walls, including three pictures of the
Monkees and a color portrait of Micky from 1968. All of the photos were
signed and on sale for $300 or more. The exhibit is scheduled to travel in
20 cities and is the first time Henry’s photos have been on display to the
public. Henry was there to give a slide show of more of his work. He said
the slide show began years ago when his celebrity friends invited him to
show his slides at private parties. This is the first time his slides have
been seen by the general public.

(ed: except at numerous Monkees conventions…)

The slides included a shot of the Monkees at the banquet table in
“Everywhere a Sheik Sheik”, and was the only slide where the audience
applauded! It was followed by a slide of Davy talking on a phone. He
mentioned that he was paid $300 a week when he was the Monkee’s
photographer in the late sixties.

During the Q&A time, I asked Henry if he still played
clarinet. He said yes, and that MFQ would be rejoining soon and playing
shows in Japan.

After the slide show Henry signed autographs. As he signed my
book “Hey Hey We’re The Monkees” I asked if he knew the guys were on tour
now. He asked if they would be in LA I told him when the guys would be
the House of Blues, but Henry was going out of town that week.

I found out later that one of Henry’s friends in attendance was
Dave Evans, who wrote some of the Monkees TV episodes. Unfortunately, Dave
had left before I could meet him. One final note to top the evening: the
store muzak played “Daydream Believer” and “Porpoise Song” among the CSNY
and classic rock songs.

Sally Carpenter

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From: DMOGRFIELD

I recently went to a Monkees Reunion concert at the Kewadin Casino in Sault
Ste Marie on June 28th and the only thing that I was dissappointed in was
that they didn’t open with “Hey, Hey we’re the Monkees.” I thought for sure
that they just had to open with that. They could have just changed the words
a little bit and said that they’re the “old” generation. Cuz I’m sure they
still have somethin’ to say. But I really enjoyed the concert.

(ed: the actually do open with that number, the band plays it as an
overture before the Monkees arrive)

Deanne O’Connor

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From: Belle Suzanne

To all SSB members & Monkees fans,
Review of SSB show on Aug 10, 2001:

I went to see Peter Tork and the Shoe Suede Blues last Friday night in
Issaquah, Washington. After 15 years of loving Peter, I went to see him
solo and knew I would get to meet him.

It didn’t hit me till we arrived in the little tourist town east of
Seattle that we were actually going to see him!! When we got there there
were a million empty places to park, and hardly anybody there!! Where
were all the Seattle & Portland Monkees fans? They either didn’t know
about it or couldn’t make it, I thought. When we went in the gates and
paid our donation of $5, I told the lady working there we had driven up
from Portland, Oregon. “You did?!” she exclaimed. Then later when Fred,
the announcer, told the mellow crowd that Peter Tork was “the biggest
act to ever come to Issaquah!” I knew we had come upon a small town. We
sat in the middle, behind only a few people, while I went over to the
sidelines to dance with only a few other fans during part of the show.
Then towards the end I went right up front, right by the stage and
practically sat under the band, marveling at what I was seeing. There
were less than 200 people there, and truthfully I was disappointed more
fans weren’t there. I would’ve appreciated seeing a more ravenous crowd.
The weather was beautiful and the show took place on the Issaquah
Community Center lawn in the evening.

Before the show, I hung out a little at the Shoe Suede Blues table,
buying a live CD and then promptly leaving it there till I realized I
didn’t have it in my bag! Then my camera was gone! I had set it down
somewhere, like the bathroom, when I had noticed Peter tucked away in a
corner of the Community Center. I ran around madly, trying to find my
camera while Peter darted around at the same time trying to find
something he’d misplaced! My teenage friends and I kept running into
him, and I was so excited it didn’t matter where my camera was, until
the show started and then I really missed it! Luckily a security guy
found it was turned in and handed it to me during the show.

The music was a blast! I love the blues and they did it good. A blues
version of Daydream Believer sung by Peter cracked me up! It was really
funny hearing him sing vocals and the band switching from cool blues to
a ’60s pop song. I loved Tadg’s harmonica and vocals, and Richard
Michaels, the lead guitarist, had a great voice, too. I would’ve liked
more vocals from them. Some of the lyrics were below my taste (“I like
my women a little on the trashy side”), but mostly it was good fun and
they were a tight little band. Peter was very witty and just gorgeous. I
hadn’t seen him perform since 1995, and he’s just as terrific as ever,
very talented.

After they played their last note, they whisked off the stage to the
right and signed autographs. Tadg, one of the band members, recognized
me and nudged Peter. I stood there, speechless! Then we got back in line
for pictures and Peter hugged me and touched my face! (drool ! )

Any Monkees fan should see Shoe Suede Blues if they get a chance. I hope
to see them back in the pacific northwest soon. I am not surprised that
Peter is not part of the U.K. tour. It is evident his blues band shows
his true heart of happiness shining through. It doesn’t matter how small
or large the crowd is. They love what they do!

I will put pictures up on my website soon. Check out Ellen’s site “Good
Clean Fun” for pictures from the show.

http://committed.to/monkees
—
Namaste

Belle Suzanne
Portland, Oregon
www.inetarena.com/~wisetouch

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From: “DiAnne Wasson”

Boise concert

Hi Brad….I am a “First Generation” fan…..and it has taken me 35 plus
years to finally make it to a Monkees Concert….and it was the best
concert I have ever been to! We had to take almost 7 hours to get there
but it was well worth the trip, even my 13 year old twins are confirmed
Fans. The guys were fantastic….. Just want to share this with you…..

Thanks,
DiAnne
http://www.geocities.com/jacquedee63/onedaydreamersstory.html
http://www.geocities.com/jacquedee63/theconcert.html

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From: “Doug Clark”

Just got home from the Bakersfield concert. The show was great! Peter’s
excursion into Bach, Davy’s energy and mickeys excellent blues number! And
what showmanship. Talent that really made for an enjoyable evening. (And
who was that gal on the horns?………awesome!) I was only expecting a run
through of the old songs, but WOW! It was so obvious the guys were having
fun. It really showed. The sincerity………..and when Davy entered the
crowd, the gals went wild! Way to go boys! Thanks for a wonderful show!
Doug Clark

— Doug Clark

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Monkees Tour Date Cancelled – Monkees Down-under

April 3, 2011 by raj
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There are rumblings about The Monkees touring Australia – stay tuned!

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From: “Sally Carpenter”

Hang onto your wool hat for some bad news! THE ANAHEIM SHOW
CANCELLED! When I arrived at The Sun Theatre, I was told that Micky was
sick! They didn’t make a decision to cancel until the last minute, because
Micky was still hoping to go on. But, a doctor came in and said, no, he
wasn’t. The good news is the Anaheim show is rescheduled for next Friday,
August 31, 8 pm. Tickets from tonight will be honored next week. Let’s
all hope Micky makes a quick recovery! I wasn’t told if the San Diego or
Las Vegas shows were still on, so fans going to those shows should check
with the venue.

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From: “Anne O’Reilly”

Hi Brad

“DAYDREAM BELIEVERS: THE MONKEE’S STORY” will be making it’s Australian
Television debut on Showtime (Foxtel) September 12th (35th Anniversary),
19th and 23rd.

Anne O’Reilly
Monkeemaniacs Downunder Fan Club
monkeesoz@hotmail.com
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Monkees in Philadelphia! Monkees on NBC’s Tonight Show!

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New monkees tour date from Pollstar.com:

Sat 09/15/01 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Field

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Monkee Business Fanzine Monkees News Update
updated August 13, 2001

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
SET YOUR VCRs!!!! The Monkees will perform on
NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on August
21. On August 22, Davy will be interview on
KTLA-TV’s morning news show in Los Angeles.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The Monkees (Micky, Davy & Peter) have resumed
their 2001 reunion tour for the summer months. Below
is the concert schedule as we now know it. DATES ARE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE—please confirm with the individual
venue and please contact the venue for ticket information.
MBF will issue further updates as we receive them from
David Fishof Presents. In between, you can check
www.monkees2001.com, www.pollstar.com, and www.ticket-
master.com for updates.

August 16, Bank of America Center, Boise, ID, 208-424-2200
for info, 208-331-8497 for tickets
August 18, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 415-346-6000
August 19, Amphitheatre at California State University at
Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA, e-mail
classicstephanie@cs.com for ticket info or
phone World Records at 661-831-3100
August 22-23, House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA, 323-848-5100
August 24, Sun Theatre, Anaheim, CA, 714-712-2700 or
tickets at 714-740-2000, www.sun-theatre.com
August 25, San Diego Civic Center Auditorium, San Diego,
CA, 619-570-1100
August 26, Mandalay Bay Casino/Hotel, Las Vegas, NV,
702-474-4000
September 7, Redmond Recreation Complex, Bensenville, IL,
630-594-1190, www.bensenville.il.us/MUSICPK.HTM
September 8, Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX, part of KLUV
radio’s Oldies Festival. Listen to KLUV 98.7 FM in
Dallas to find out where you can get your FREE
tickets to the Oldies Fesitval, or check their website
www.kluv.com. If you want to attend the concert
but don’t live in the area (and won’t be around for
any of the ticket giveaways), you can send a long
SASE with a note stating how many tickets you
are requesting to: KLUV, 4131 N. Central Expressway,
Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75204. Also appearing at the
Oldies Festival are B.J. Thomas and Mary Wilson of
the Supremes.

Confirmed U.K. dates:
Oct. 20, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
Oct. 22, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, ENGLAND
Oct. 23, Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, ENGLAND
Oct. 24, Telewest Arena, Newcastle, ENGLAND
Oct. 25, NEC, Birmingham, ENGLAND
Oct. 26, Wembley Arena, London, ENGLAND

PETER TORK
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Peter and James Lee Stanley will perform in Lewisville, NC, on
September 9, at Brew Ha-Ha’s. Tickets can be purchased at
http://laac.tripod.com/festival.html.

MICHAEL NESMITH
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Michael Nesmith is working on his movie, “Fried Pies”, a second novel, The
America Gene, and he has just moved his company Videoranch to Monterey,
California.
Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing some of Nez’s films on DVD for the
first time—“Tapeheads” and his concert video “Live at the Britt” are already
available, and “Timerider” is expected in 2002.
Nez’s company Videoranch has reissued his “Live at the Palais” concert album
on CD, complete with bonus tracks.
Check out www.videoranch.com for details and updates.

RHINO RECORDS
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Rhino Handmade’s newest project, released May 9 by mail order only, is a
collection of live concert recordings from the Monkees’ 1967 tour—
check it out now at www.rhinohandmade.com.
Last year, Rhino Handmade released a 3-CD set, “Headquarters
Sessions”, chronicling the making of the Monkees’ album “Headquarters”.
The compilation makes use of unreleased demos, backing tracks, studio chatter,
song fragments, and early versions of tracks.
On Feb. 13, 2001, Rhino retired the “Listen To The Band” Monkees 4-CD
boxed set and replaced it with “The Monkees Music Box”, an updated 4-CD
set which includes some unreleased alternate versions of Monkees
tunes from tapes which have surfaced since the release of the previous box
set. See www.rhino.com for a detailed track listing.

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A selection of MBF back issues are available for purchase at:
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From: “maggie mcmanus”

Saturday, Sept. 15, in Philadelphia, PA, at Franklin Field.

Okay, I’ve got it……
The guys are playing at a Temple Owls football game at Franklin Field.
(Yes, I know Franklin Field belongs to the University of Pennsylvania, but
the Owls play there sometimes, too.) The game is noon on Sept. 15th, and
the Monkees will play post-game. Tickets are available NOW thru
Ticketmaster, but you won’t find it under Monkees. It’s listed as “Temple
Owls vs. Connecticut Huskies, 9/15, noon”.
The stage will face the South Side of the stadium. If you happen to end up
sitting on the North Side, they will let people move to the 2nd level of the
south side for the concert. Tickets range from $20 for premium 50-yard
line seats, on down to $5 general admission seating in the end zone. No
one will be allowed on the field for the performance.
Oh! And the first 2500 people get the Hooter The Owl bobbing-head doll
!!!!!

maggie

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[VIDEORANCH NEWS] What’s up with Nez? And a sale!

From: Foreman

Hi there! It’s been a while since we wrote you. Hope you’re having a
wonderful summer. We here at Videoranch have been very busy but we’re
having a great time.

We thought we’d fill you in on what Nez is up to, because we get a lot of
people asking. Go to http://www.videoranch.com/html/whatsup.html

We’re also having a summer sale on some of our best-selling Nez products.
It’s only on for a week, so be sure and check it out. Here’s a list of some
of the sale items:

Live at the Palais $14.95 instead of $19.95
Live at the Britt CD $16.95 instead of $21.95 (it’s a 2 CD set)
Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash $12.95 instead of $16.95
From a Radio Engine to a Photon Wing $11.95 instead of $14.95
Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma $11.95 instead of $14.95
Newer Stuff $12.95 instead of $16.95
Older Stuff $12.95 instead of $16.95
Live at the Britt DVD $14.99 instead of $17.99
Tapeheads DVD $15.95 instead of $19.99

Get a free VHS copy of Television Parts Home Companion with a purchase of
$50.00 or more!
Go to http://www.videoranch.com to shop.

Email us if you have questions. Thanks for your time.

Sincerely, Navajo Slim
1-866-727-2639
http://www.videoranch.com
Monterey, CA

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From: Derek Thomas

I asked videoranch:

Just one question…Will Nez be recording vocals or is this an instrumental
CD?

Derek Thomas
Wheeling WV 26003

And they answered:

There will be vocals and from what I’ve heard so far they rock!
Regards,
Neffie
Asst. to Bubba Crutch
foreman@videoranch.com

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From: Gina

A mini entertainment article on the Buffalo Sprinfield and their new box set
appeared in the Orlando Sentinel Sunday. One paragraph reads:

“Buffalo Springfield was formed when Stills, the formidable singer,
songwriter, and guitarist whom Peter Tork beat out to become the fourth
Monkee, and his friend Richard Furay stopped and talked to the hearse-driving
Canadian Neil Young on Sunset Boulevard in L.A….”

Gina

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From: “Mark T.”

Andrew Sandoval, who compiles the Monkees collections for Rhino records and
has direct access to the original master tapes of all of the Monkees music
has agreed to take questions from Monkees fans to form a Q&A to be placed
on the web page Monkees.Net.

If you have questions, please send them to:

mark@monkeesnet.zzn.com

Please *don’t* reply to this message with questions, they will not go to
the right place. thanks!

-Mark

Free E-mail for Monkees Fans at https://www.monkees.net

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From: BelieveNYestrday

I heard from a friend that beginning this Fall, THE SCREEN GEMS network will
be airing “The Monkees” and “The Partridge Family” back to back. The SG
website has not been updated (in about a year I think) so I can’t seem to
confirm this – so watch out for commercials during its current “Bewitched”/”I
Dream of Jeannie” schedule!

Waaaahooooo!

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From: Deidre Corwyn

From AMM:

While channel surfing last night, I heard a quick little blurb about a show
starting on Bravo August 12 – called Popular Sounds. They show the last episode
will feature “Micky” (with an “E”) Dolenz…to be one of the commentators.
Here’s the detailed scoop.

http://bravotv.com/sections/festivals_popular_episodes.php

The episode that’s about the Monkees with Micky’s comments will be on next
Friday, August 18th at 7PM and 11PM EDT and 8 PM and 11:30 PM PDT. I
believe that this is that British series that is getting imported over to
the US. The whole series should be of interest to anyone who follows
popular music of the 20th century.

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From: Kim

Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story
120 min.
The turbulent ride of the 1960s prefab quartet is recalled in this 2000
teleplay. In 1965, music
hitmaker Don Kirshner (Wallace Langham) teams with TV producer Van Foreman
(Colin
Ferguson) to concoct a Beatles-type band for NBC. Musicians Peter Tork and
Mike Nesmith
(L.B. Fisher, Jeff Geddis) are cast, along with actors Micky Dolenz and
Davy Jones
(Aaron Lohr, George Stanchev), to play the Monkees. Although their
self-titled TV show and
songs like “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m a Believer” become big
hits, the guys grow
frustrated with their teenybopper image and lack of musical input as they
deal with the
pressures of stardom.

Cast: L.B. Fisher, Jeff Geddis, Aaron Lohr, George Stanchev, Colin
Ferguson, Wallace Langham, Edward Glen
Rating: NR
Category: Movie, Biography
Release Year: 2000

Show times:
Date: August 24
Time: 1 PM EDT
Channel: VH1

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Reviews:
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From: Bob Arraj

I just read a review from a ‘supposed’ Monkee fan that
just cut down their show. Frankly, I thought it was
one heck of a show in North Platte, Ne. Kids of every
age were rockin’. Don’t knock what God has blessed
this world with…Good-Clean-Fun….The Monkees.

Bob Arraj
Gering, Ne.

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From: Ellen Barnhart

Aug. 10th Shoe Suede Blues Concert

Howdy! On August 10th, I went with my parents and two
friends to see Peter Tork and the Shoe Suede Blues
play up in Issaquah, WA. We live in Portland, and,
not having a 3kees concert coming nearby, we were very
excited. Belle and I are diehard Monkee fans, and
Martha likes the Monkees and is out to meet any
celebrity she can. 🙂 A long drive brought us to the
Community Center in Issaquah, where the concert was
being held. The lawn in front of the stage was small
enough that there was practically no such thing as a
bad seat. It was festival-style seating, so we set up
off to one side of the stage until Peter’s set, in the
shade. There was an exhibit of Rock memoribilia
inside the Center itself, which was interesting, and
before the show, we saw Peter walking around quite a
bit. We didn’t go up to talk to him because we didn’t
want to pester him. Later, when Peter started,
Martha, Belle, and I sat dead center, about 30 ft from
Peter himself. It was an excellent concert! Peter
sounded great, played well, and joked with his band.
They told stories about people asking for autographs,
Peter told a few lame jokes (“A skeleton walks into a
bar and asks for a beer and a mop..”), and he played a
few Monkees songs. He played Last Train to
Clarksville, A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You, I’m a
Believer, and Daydream Believer in between some great
blues and rock songs. After the performance, Peter
signed autographs. After autographs were signed,
Peter posed for pictures with fans. It was great. I
never thought I’d get a hug from a Monkee, and I’ll
always have the photos and memories. The Shoe Suede
Blues were excellent, and I recommend that everyone go
see them if the opportunity ever arises!

Concert photos can be seen on my website, GCF.
http://www.geocities.com/magnolia_simms17/ or
http://committed.to/monkees

=====
Ellen
http://committed.to/monkees
*Monkeemaniac, Nezhead, etc.*
Official Secretary of SYMK

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Last chance for Monkees tour merchandise! Second chance for

April 3, 2011 by raj
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Tonight Show & KTLA!
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Welcome to the Monkees.Net Alert Newsletter!

If you missed The Monkees on tour in your area, or they did not come near
you, or you saw a show before they started selling the new Live Monkees
2001 CD, or if your dog ate your T-Shirt – you are in luck! We are going to
one of the last USA shows in Texas and are offering to pickup Monkees
merchandise for any list member who needs it!

OK – here is how it works. There is a flat shipping and handling charge of
$6 for any number of items you want if you live in the USA or Canada. If
you live anywhere else, the charge is $10.

Short sleeve t-shirt $30 (large only)
Long sleeve t-shirt $45 (large only)
Group photo 8×10 inches $5
Group photo magnet $5
Tour book $15
Monkees Live in Las Vegas 2001 CD $20
Stuffed monkey wearing small Monkees T-shirt $20

OK, there are 2 ways that I will accept payment.

The preferred method is Paypal – a totally free service that allows you to
pay me instantly from a credit card or from your bank account via the
Internet. It is totally safe and used by 8 million people. Detail the items
you want in the message box in Paypal, add up the total amount and send it
to my e-mail address: lists@flexquarters.com – this link will work to sign
you up for this free service:

https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=lists%40flexquarters.com

The other way is via Money Order in the mail, because of the time
constraints, we cannot wait for personal checks to clear. If you prefer
money order – send it to:

Brad Waddell
581 W. 4th St. #99
Benson AZ 85602-6501

Deadline: This is important – if your payment does not arrive by September
4, you will not be able to obtain your items. So you must mail immediately,
but as I said, Paypal is preferred because it arrives immediately and
cannot be lost in the mail. Thanks again for your support!

brad

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The Tonight Show is repeated late at night after the show “Later” and the
show with the Monkees should be repeating next Tuesday Night/ Wednesday
Morning at 2am EST. We will announce again as the date gets closer.

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From: Roseann Flickenger

Greg Sokoloff from The FeedRoom (http://www.feedroom.com)%20provided%20high
speed and low speed links to Davy’s appearance on KTLA5 this morning.
They can be viewed at:
http://www.pond.com/~zanapd/jones/index.html#ktla

—Zan

(ed: you may need to click the search button and search for “Davy Jones” if
this link does not immediately show the correct video clip)

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From: Dream82298

The obituary of Dave Barry was in my local paper today. He died of cancer.
Monkees fans will know Barry as Inspector Blount on “Monkees Chow Mein.” He
also made an appearance at the Monkees 1997 Convention.

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From: “Sally Carpenter”

This article was in a Los Angeles newspaper, “Entertainment Today” for
August 17-23:

The Monkees
House of Blues
Wednesday-Thursday, August 22-23

With all the recent hoopla surrounding The Monkees, including a VH-1 movie,
“Daydream Believers,” and a Rhino Records four CD retrospective called
“Music Box,” it was logical that the boys put together a tour to
complement it all. The Monkees seemingly have more lives than a cat, as
this is their third comeback tour; they did one in the mid ’80s to support
their “Pool It” CD, and then in 1996 to support their next release,
“Justus.” Unlike the “Justus” tour however, their spiritual leader Mike
Nesmith will not be with them for this one, but the other three guys have
proven they can put on a fun, tuneful performance without him, and The
House Of
Blues is the perfect milieu for their fun and grand stage show. The
Monkees are a band who have recently been receiving their long overdue
kudos, and if you check them out at The House Of Blues you’ll find out
why. For further information on Monkee business, please refer to their Web
site at www.monkees.net. (David Bash)

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From: Emily

Been There, Sung That * source/credit: New Orleans Times-Picayune/nola]

*NSYNC is just the latest version of a classic that is
as old as rock `n’ roll itself: the Boy Band. A look
at some significant signposts along the way.

The Beatles

Watch old videos of the Beatles’ appearance on the Ed
Sullivan Show. Listen to the shriek of young girls
screaming at the tops of their lungs. Compare it to
what you’ll hear in the Superdome tonight. Sound
familiar?

Herman’s Hermits

Riding the Beatles’ wave in the United States, the
four clean-cut pop rockers sold more than 10 million
records, at one point placed nine songs in a row in
the Top Ten, and for a brief period in 1965 seemed
poised to challenge the Fab Four for dominance.

The Monkees

They were supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek television
show mocking the Beatles. But so ingrained was the Boy
Band concept that Davy Jones and company took off, and
sold more than 16 million albums and 8 million
singles. In 1967, they outsold the Beatles and the
Rolling Stones. (Monkees trivia: The group’s
disastrously bad 1968 movie, “Head,” was co-written by
and starred a little known actor named Jack
Nicholson.)

The Jackson Five

The future King of Pop and his brothers merged rock
and soul sensibilities in the early 1970s to great
success. Despite his youth, Michael’s polish on a
string of hits — including “I Want You Back,” “ABC,”
“The Love You Save” and “I’ll Be There” — foretold
future greatness.

New Kids on the Block

Launched in 1986, the group helped to define the
modern version of the Boy Band, with five diverse and
attractive young men who put together a string of
singable pop hits. The New Kids had teen girls
everywhere swooning and established a formula for
modern megaband success.

Backstreet Boys

From a sales standpoint, still the king of modern boy
bands, but after some internal strife and substance
abuse issues, Backstreet has fallen behind *NSYNC in
the battle of the boy bands. The Boys hold the record
for consecutive weeks with at least one song in the
Top 40.

*NSYNC

The epitome of the modern Boy Band, *NSYNC fills
stadiums and arenas with thousands of screaming fans,
all of whom seem to argue over which one is the
cutest. They come to see the pyrotechnics and flashy
choreography as much as to hear the music. And, of
course, they come to sing along with every song.

O-town

See if this is familiar: Five young men are chosen
from auditions to form a band that will be packaged
and marketed to a nation of hungry teen music fans.
O-town, product of the popular television show “Making
the Band,” is still a pretender to the kind of sales
seen by *NSYNC. But they prove one thing definitively:
Boy Bands are forever.

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Monkees on Laugh-In – Tour updates!

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Welcome to the Monkees.Net Alert Newsletter!

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Today (Friday August 10) The Monkees (Micky, David, Mike) will be guests on
Laugh In – a show being rerun complete for the first time since the 1960’s
on the channel Trio on DirectTV digital dish television.

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Monkee Business Fanzine Monkees News Update
updated August 9, 2001

PETER TORK
——————————
During the break in the Monkees’ tour, Peter Tork
and his Shoe Suede Blues band are playing a
mini tour of the Pacific Northwest:

August 9, Skagit County Fair, Mount Vernon, WA, 360-336-9453
August 10, Issaquah Full Scale Festival, Issaquah, WA, 425-392-6342
August 11, Centennial Theatre at McCosh Park, Moses Lake summer
concert series, Moses Lake, WA, 509-766-9240 or
800-992-6234, www.moses-lake.com
August 12, Nisqually Red Wind Casino, Olympia, WA, 360-412-5000

They’ll also do a couple of in-store personal appearances:
On Saturday, August 11, at 10 a.m., they’ll appear at Plateau
Music in Issaquah, WA, 425-369-9333.
On Sunday, August 12, they’ll appear at Guitar Center, Tacoma,
WA—call for time at 253-474-2900.

Elsewhere this weekend, Peter appears at the Band Manager
in the short film “Mixed Signals”, which will have its debut
screening at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival,
Palm Springs, CA, on August 11 at 2 pm. Ticket information is
available at www.psifilmfest.org. “Mixed Signals” is written and
directed by John Graziano and is expected to be shown at
additional film festivals in the future.

Peter and James Lee Stanley will perform in Lewisville, NC, on
September 9, at Brew Ha-Ha’s. Tickets can be purchased at
http://laac.tripod.com/festival.html.

August 16, Bank of America Center, Boise, ID, 208-424-2200
for info, 208-331-8497 for tickets
August 18, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 415-346-6000
August 19, Amphitheatre at California State University at
Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA, e-mail
classicstephanie@cs.com for ticket info or
phone World Records at 661-831-3100
August 22-23, House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA, 323-848-5100
August 24, Sun Theatre, Anaheim, CA, 714-712-2700 or
tickets at 714-740-2000, www.sun-theatre.com
August 25, San Diego Civic Center Auditorium, San Diego,
CA, 619-570-1100
August 26, Mandalay Bay casino/hotel, 702-474-4000
September 7, Redmond Recreation Complex, Bensenville, IL,
630-594-1190, www.bensenville.il.us/MUSICPK.HTM
September 8, Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX, part of KLUV
radio’s Oldies Festival. Listen to KLUV 98.7 FM in
Dallas to find out where you can get your FREE
tickets to the Oldies Fesitval, or check their website
www.kluv.com. If you want to attend the concert
but don’t live in the area (and won’t be around for
any of the ticket giveaways), you can send a long
SASE with a note stating how many tickets you
are requesting to: KLUV, 4131 N. Central Expressway,
Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75204. Also appearing at the
Oldies Festival are B.J. Thomas and Mary Wilson of
the Supremes.

Tentative U.K. dates:
Oct. 20, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
Oct. 21, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
Oct. 22, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, ENGLAND
Oct. 23, Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, ENGLAND
Oct. 24, Telewest Arena, Newcastle, ENGLAND
Oct. 25, NEC, Birmingham, ENGLAND
Oct. 26, Wembley Arena, London, ENGLAND

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Peter pulls out of Monkees UK tour dates

April 3, 2011 by raj
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This news has just come in over the past 24 hours. I have no idea why Peter=

is not doing the UK dates, hopefully more information will be forthcoming,=

we will bring it to you when available.

Thursday August 16, 01:17 PM=09

Half of The Monkees plan UK comeback tour

Half of Sixties quartet The Monkees are set to tour the UK in October.
Original band members Mickey Dolenz and Davey Jones will play the gigs but=

Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith will be absent.
The dates will take in Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle,
Birmingham and Wembley.
The Monkees are planning the UK tour on the back of a sell out 60-date US
tour, reports The Daily Express.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010816/4/c1dpe.html

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From: “M”

There is a piece in tonight’s Manchester Evening News paper claiming
that, due to “contractual” reasons, Peter has pulled out of the UK
dates.

M, Uk.

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From: “Steven Bradley”

from the ‘Manchester Evening News’ Friday August 17th 2001

MONKEES DO IT BY HALVES

– NOW TWO MISS OUT ON TOUR

It appears sixties pop idol Davy Jones will be returning to his native
Manchester with just half a band, when The Monkees arrive for the
forthcoming UK tour. The group, who recently completed a string of sell-out
dates in the US, are set to play Britain, including a concert at the
‘Manchester Evening News Arena’, this Autumn.
However, while original member Mike Nesmith had already chosen not to
participate in the American shows, it’s now been confirmed that fellow star
Peter Tork has also pulled out of the scheduled appearances in the UK. Whil=
e
Tork has recently been performing on the US dates, a tour spokeswoman
revealed he hadn’t agreed to be involved on this side of the Atlantic.

This leaves frontman Jones and Mickey Dolenz as the only two original
members taking part in the British tour. “It’s purely contractual, Peter
Tork is not involved in the tour” says a spokeswoman. “We’re making sure
that everyone knows it’s just the two of them. If anyone wants money back,
that’s not a problem”

Jones, who hails from Gorton, will return to his home city on October 22.
The group’s frontman originally found fame in the first episode of TV’s
‘Z-Cars’, before going on to appear as Ena Sharples grandson in ‘Coronation
Street’.

In the mid-sixties, he landed a part in the Monkees hit TV show in the US,
before going on to achieve major chart success with the group. Among those
who originally auditioned to be in the band, was infamous mass murderer,
Charles Manson

( article ends)

note; i have e-mailed the writer of this article to thank him for giving us
the news, and to correct him for the error – Charlie Manson did not auditio=
n
to be a Monkee.

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From: Classicstephanie

FOR IMMEDIATE POSTING IF POSSIBLE!!!

Due to an accident in Finland, Walter Trout will not be opening for the
Monkees at the August 19, 2001 performance in Bakersfield, California.

Replacing him will be Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, from Los Angeles.

We want to thank Big Sandy for helping us with this last-minute change and
want to wish Walter Trout a speedy and healthy recovery.

Thank you,
Stephanie Anne
MonkeesOnLine.com
http://www.monkeesonline.com/

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From: Jenny8755

Hey Brad,
I don’t know if you want to put this into the alert e-mail b=
ut
I thought i’d let you know about this anyway. I rang up a model shop today
as in model cars not modelling, anyhow I was asking for information on The
Monkee Mobile. He said that I will be able to get it in November because
they are re-issuing them!!!!! They had the model car out in the 60’s and i=
t
is the same one except does not have the model guys to go with it as it did
back then. So you can order your Monkee mobile’s now from any model shop
that sell Corgi cars! I just found this out today and have already placed =
an
order. Oh they cost =A38.99 I am not sure how much that would be in Dollar=
s.

Bye luv Jennifer

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Reviews:
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From: “Jackie Girard”

Aug 16, Boise Idaho concert

I just wanted to say that my friend Sandy and I enjoyed the concert. We
were even lucky enough to run into Micky after the concert and he was nice=

enough to autograph our ticket stubs. Tell him THANK YOU!!

Jackie

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From: Judy Pittman

I was lucky enough to be at the Boise concert of the Monkees last night.
Front row, thank you very much.

I had seen them the last time they played Boise, and I must say they are as
fresh and fun as ever. There was nothing stale about this show and the
guys looked great. I found myself reverting back to a screaming teenagers
and flocked to the stage with everybody else to get a touch from one of
them.

Anybody who has seen them in recent years and is thinking, well, heck, I
just saw them awhile back so I don’t need to go again, should reconsider.
These guys are funny, bright and alive with their music. An excellent
concert and I’m so glad I was there!

Judy
Judy Pittman
Financial Services
jpittman@itd.state.id.us
“I’ve worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.”
Groucho Marx
Visit Judy’s home page at http://netnow.micron.net/~piobaire/
Or the webpage of the Boise Highlanders at
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Monkees on Tonight Tomorrow Night!

April 3, 2011 by raj
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Correction to the subject line, they are on The Tonight show Tomorrow night
– Tuesday. Sorry!

brad

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Monkees Ticket Contest

April 3, 2011 by raj
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From: Brad Waddell

Welcome to the Monkees.Net Alert Newsletter!

I have had many requests for the Live CD, T-Shirts and other items being
sold at the live concerts. Could someone please let me know the prices of
the items at the show, the CD in particular, so I can arrange something.
Contact me at:

monkitems@monkees.net

thanks!

brad

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From: Deidre Corwyn

The House of Blues online is giving away tickets on Wednesday, August 8th
for the August 22nd show, and then again on Thursday, August 9th for the
August 23rd show. You must be 21 or over to enter and attend. These are for
the shows at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, CA.

Tickets are $35.00 otherwise.

You must be registered at the HOB site on-line in order to enter these
contests.
“>http://www.hob.com>
and search on Monkees.

Please note, I don’t work for the HOB, just letting folks know about this
opportunity!

Deidre

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From: “Sally Carpenter”

If you live in the Los Angeles area, Borders Books & Music of Sherman Oaks=

(14651 Ventura Blvd.) will host an exhibition and sale of Henry Diltz’s
photographs on August 10-12. Free admission. Hours are Fri-Sat 10 am-11
pm and Sunday 10 am-6 pm. Friday at 8 pm is a free slide presentation of
Henry’s work and the ad I read seemed to imply that Henry might be
there. This photo exhibition will travel to three other cities:
www.artchives.com has the tour schedule. For info call 1-800-778-9988.

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From: “Al Bigley”

The new comic book shop order catalog PREVIEWS lists ANOTHER upcoming
Monkeemobile die-cast release! Go to your shop and order early and often!

See the ad at:

http://208.56.83.59/images/mmad.gif

Al “Bad Brakes” Bigley

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From: Ellen Barnhart

NPR radio quiz show “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me”
featured a segment on MTV in their “Not My Job”
portion of the show. The first question was about
Michael, and it can be heard here:
http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/rundowns/2001/current.html
under Round 2, Not my Job. This link should be good
until next weekend.

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Ellen
http://committed.to/monkees
*Monkeemaniac, Nezhead, etc.*
Official Secretary of SYMK

And don’t forget: Save the Texas Prairie Chicken!

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From: Krnurse

Concert in Bensenville, Illinois
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2001

PERFORMANCE: Opening act TBA
Monkees 8:30 P.M.
Fireworks immediately following last performance

GATES OPEN: 5:00 P.M.

TICKETS: $ 5.00 Residents of Bensenville
$10.00 Non-residents
$15.00 Day of performance

SALES: Monday, August 6, 2001

Ticketmaster 312-559-1212

Redmond RC 630-594-1190

Bensenville
Village Hall 700 West Irving Park Road
(Corner of Church Road and Irving Park Road)

ACCOMMODATIONS: DuPage Convention and Visitors Bureau
800-232-0502
www.dupagecvb.com

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From: Ellen Barnhart

I found this in the newest issue of Blues Review:

Blues Review Magazine, Issue # 70 Sept. 2001:
Reviews: Love, Janis: The Songs, The Letters, The Soul
of Janis Joplin Columbia/Legacy 85730

(Partial excerpt)
“But even if you’re familiar with the Joplin story,
listen anyway because Love, Janis also performs an odd
service for a tribute: It demythologizes the subject
matter. The highly personal nature of the letters
takes her off the pedestal and forces us to deal with
her as what she also was: a troubled young girl
trying to live up to her family’s expectations while
persuing her dreams. In other words, a human being.
Rock Goddess she may be, but listening to her giggle
about her kitten, complain about baby cousins and
swoon over The Monkees’ Peter Tork brings her down to
mortal size.”

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Ellen
http://committed.to/monkees
*Monkeemaniac, Nezhead, etc.*
Official Secretary of SYMK

And don’t forget: Save the Texas Prairie Chicken!

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Reviews:
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From: “Coney Goil”

Concert in Knoxville, TN – July 6th, 2001

I hope this gets into the reviews, because I had such a wonderful
time!!! And, this was my first Monkees concert. I’m sorry if I’m a
little random and this is kinda long. First off, I’d like to say,
this was the most amazing, coolest, and exciting experience! The
Monkees were absolutely wonderful! I still can’t believe how great it
was. I traveled all the way from the coast of Mississippi to go to
the Knoxville, TN concert. Thank goodness my best friend lives in
North Georgia and she’s a huge Monkees fan too. We were going to go
to the Savannah, GA concert, but that one was canceled. That was the
third time I missed the Monkees! Then the Knoxville one popped out of
nowhere, so, were *had* to go. Thank the good Lord on High, we got to
go.
Anyways, it was me, my best friend – Dot – and her dad. We got to the
theater 2 hours earlier and sat outside waiting for them to open the
doors. We were the first people there! We sang Monkees songs while
waiting and prayed that it’d be a good concert. Finally, the people
let us in after a zillion people were waiting outside. I had made a
poncho like Micky use to wear, but it was SO hot in the theater, I
couldn’t wear it! The theater was small, so, everyone got a good
seat. Our seats were 7 rows away from the stage on the right side by
the aisle. I got the aisle seat which was really good b/c I was
getting up for every song, to take pics near the stage.
Natural opened for them. Me and Dot thought, when the announcer came
over the speaker, that the Monkees were fixing to come out but they
tricked us. I got a bruise on my arm from Dot squeezing it from
excitement. Natural played like 6 songs. They were like ever other
boy band – they sucked. I can’t stand all these boy bands. The music
was WAY too loud. We had to stuff tissue in our ears. They’re songs
were unmemorable. They did however sing very well when they did the
quartet thing. I enjoyed that. And, the blonde dude named Patrick was
kinda cute.
Onto the best part, the Monkees! When they came out, everyone was
standing up and cheering. No one sat down till around the 2nd song. I
couldn’t even remember if they had sang “Clarksville” b/c there was
so much excitement going on.
Since Nez is my *fave* and he wasn’t there *growls at his
stubborness*, Peter is my temporary fave. I keep my eye on him most
all the night. Good thing I did to, b/c he acknowledged me a few
times! He hardly looked over to the left side of the theater, he was
always looking on the right side where I was. He keep making eye
contact with me! Davy even acknowledged me once or twice. I think I
got noticed so easily b/c 90% of the audience were older people and I
had a loud mouth 😛 Plus, I keep doing these outrageous hand
gestures during all the songs, sometimes even getting up to dance. I
probably annoyed the heck out of the people sitting behind me. Every
time I looked over at Dot, she was bouncing endlessly in her seat.
Peter talked a lot to the audience. Every time he’d talk, these girls
in the back would shout “I love you!”. But he ignored them. He was
saying something about Nez. Me and this other dude started yelling
something, but the dude stopped and I was screaming all by myself.
Peter went “Okay, okay!” Then he said Nez is welcome to join them any
time. I shouted, “He better be!” One time Peter was getting the
audience to scream by putting his hands in the air then bringing them
down a few times. I shouted, “Oh, come on! Do something better than
that!”
Peter was talking about how he hardly had any songs on the original
albums. I shouted, “You should of gotten more songs!!!” Then someone
shouted out “Yeah, Auntie Grizelda!” And Peter said, “It’s pretty bad
when people know what song I’m about to sing. LOL! It was wonderful
to watch Peter perform “Auntie Grizelda” in person. He danced around
the stage. That song is my “pick-me-up” song and I like doing my
`happy dance’ to it. Every time he sang a certain part, I got up in
the aisle to do my happy dance. Peter was doing a dance similar to
it! I loved how he did the “1=852 little counts *laughs like the
Count*=85″ Hehe, it was too cute!
Davy came out into the audience while he was getting everyone to sing
the Brady Bunch theme. He came out on the left side, but went through
the audience to get to the right side=85exactly next to me. While he
was going through the row, he fell on this guys lap! He said, “Do we
know each other from somewhere?” Then he came out of the row and
stood *right* next to me for a very long time while he sang “Girl”. I
got to shake his hand. He keep walking up and down the aisle, so,
ever time he’d walk pass me, I’d reach out to touch his shirt. This
one girl ran up behind him, touched his shoulder then started running
back to her seat. Davy turned around and ran after her! He tapped her
on the shoulder; she turned around, and was in shock. He gave her a
hug and she said “I just wanted to touch you.” It was too cool. I was
in shock that I got to shake Davy’s hand and that he stood by me for
so long.
Sadly to say, Micky wasn’t that very interesting to watch. I was on
his side of the stage. He never really interacted with the audience.
I didn’t really pay much mind to him. He sounded great though. All of
them sounded great!
I don’t care what people say, I like hearing Peter sing! I’m glad he
got a lot of songs in the concert. I loved that he sang “For Pete’s
Sake” and “Can You Dig it?” The highlight of the night was when he
sang “Higher and Higher”. Oh my goodness, I was almost in tears! It
was beautiful. I’m glad they put that song on the Live Concert album.
Oh, Peter also did a little riff of “Cripple Creek” before that song.
He is one of the coolest banjo players.
Their band was great too. If their band wouldn’t of been cool, the
Monkees probably wouldn’t of been that great. But, I love their band.
The black-haired lady is an amazing musician. The guitarist on the
right side (( I’m blanking what he plays or what his name is)) was
amazing too. The horn section dudes were a lot of fun to watch when
they were dancing. The drummer and keyboard player did this “All in
the Family” skit. I had read they did that, but I’m wondering if it’s
the same skit b/c Davy said they were messing around in the bus and
doing the impersonations in honor of Carroll O’Connor. I don’t know.
It was a hilarious skit though!
They moved onto to doing “That was Then, This is Now”. Micky said,
“Let’s take you back to the year 1986”. I shouted, “I was FOUR!” They
started singing. Peter came up beside Micky and scared him. Micky
cracked up laughing and couldn’t stop.
During “Steppin’ Stone”, Dot and I went up to the stage for a minute
to take pics, but I ran back to my seat. Then realized Dot was
calling me back up to the stage. Turns out, they were letting people
up to the stage to shake the Monkees’ hands after the last song. They
started playing “Pleasant Valley Sunday”. I was *right* there by the
stage behind the iron railing that held everyone back. Peter was in
the middle of the stage like 5 feet away from me. I completely forgot
to notice anything else and stared at Peter. I was still doing my
hand gestures and dancing. Peter keep looking straight at me, making
eye contact, and grinning. I was doing the little `wahoo’ finger
twirl from the Hillbillies ep, and Peter started doing it with me!
You would not believe how shocked I was. He looked straight at Dot
too.
Finally the concert was over, me and Dot leaped to the stage
((literally, we had to hop over chairs and all 😛 )). I leaned as far
as I could on the stage, sticking my hand out, waiting for Peter to
come by. I got to shake his hand! He almost stepped on Dot’s hand
after shaking her hand. Micky came near me, but stopped shaking hands
with people after the person besides me. He had kind of an `oh, who
cares’ look on. Peter started playing chase with the band members. I
can’t remember what Davy was doing.
Dot and I tried scheming to get backstage, but nothing worked. It was
like squeezing blood from a stone. That’s how it was before the
concert too. The three of us traveled outside to the back of the
theater, waiting for the Monkees to come out. We waited an awful long
time for them too. I got a little sick from I guess exhaustion, but
sat down on the curb and was fine after calming down. We finally
heard screaming. A van drives by with Micky in it. Then this car
decked out in Monkees memorabilia ((the license plate was “PapaNez”!))
drove by. It was a cool sight; they must of been groupies.
Davy finally came out. He just walked up casually to the crowd we
were in across the street from the theater. He said, “Let’s keep this
quiet and I’ll get through everyone, okay?” The crowd gathered around
him. Me and Dot were *right* next to him for a good 5 minutes or so.
He gave us 3 autographs. When he was signing my ticket, I had to use
my hand as a table. He placed his hand over mine and signed my
ticket. His hand felt weird, but I didn’t care. I wish I could
remember how Peter’s hand felt. Dot’s dad started talking to Davy
asking things like, “Were you this nice when you were 20?” Davy
replied, “I guess I was. It’s part of what I do.” Oh, and we got our
pic taken with him too!
We leave Davy when we heard screaming. It was only the Natural dudes
coming out. The band members started coming out. I shouted “Great
job” to the black-headed lady who plays sax. We waited a while for
Peter to come out. Davy was still on the sidewalk talking to people.
But, everyone kinda disappeared after he left. We were the last
people to leave. Turns out, Peter was in the van with Micky. GRR,
that made me mad.
That was the end of the coolest night I ever had. I think the only
way the concert could of been better is if Nez was there and I could
of gotten a hug from Peter. Dot and I are going to write the Monkees
telling them thank you for such a wonderful concert. I hope I can see
them again! I’d get front row seats and backstage passes next time
;0)

Peace, Love, and the Cross,
Coney

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From: Snowball6710192

I went and saw their concert at the Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall. I
have been afan of theirs since I was 8 years old. I am 17 now. After the
concert, we found out where they were staying and i met Davy and got his
autograph. My mom and I then went into a bar at the hotel to get a coke. We
looked down at one of the barstools and there set Micky. I got his autograp=
h
too. Davy’s daughter was with him. She is his press agent.

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From: “Robin Bicoff”

HI
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE THE MONKEES THIS YEAR 4 TIMES
PA, DE, NJ
I HOPE THEY COME AGAIN
I HAVE MOST OF THE ALBUMS AND MOST OF THE CD’S
I COLLECT ANYTHING I CAN GET
I MET MICKY IN 1967 AND 1986, 1991 AND 2001
I EVEN GOT TO SING “GOIN DOWN” WITH HIM FOR THE LAST TWO VERSES
PRETTY COOL
ROSE

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From: “Beth Babson”

Colo Springs Concert

Hi!

Haven’t seen any notes on the 6/24/01 concert in Colorado Springs……it
was FANTASTIC!! I arrived at the Pikes Peak Center about an hour before
the concert and was surprised that the line was small! They finally let us=

in when it started to rain and of course I went right to the T-shirts! I
nearly bought one of everything and still can’t wait til I get time to
listen to the new concert CD. Natural came out and performed……the
audience was filled to near capacity and the empty seats I suspect were
actually sold….the crowd really got into this new group; although the
sound was a little loud for my ears the songs will catch on I think….and=

I did meet two of them outside (really nice young men!!) after the concert=

before Peter Tork came out and shook my hand along with about a dozen
others out of maybe 75-100 of us groupies!! Davy and Micky of course left=

by another door; I knew that as I saw them walk up and out away from the
stage door to the other door ages before Peter came out, but most of us
didn’t give up until more band members came out and then the two from
Natural-I talked to them about what else-I’m from Florida
originally….still can’t find their new CD in the early release where they=

told us to look for it but…..I just heard ‘Put your arms around me’
forgive me on memory lapse of the words/song title and the I’m a Believer
remake in Tinseltown Movie Theater on 8/2/01. So it is getting some exposu=
re!

As for a song list I didn’t keep track (Sorry!-My mind was on getting up
early a few hours after the concert was over for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb=

practice the next morning-I’m not good at 2am alarm clocks after a Monkees=

concert; and auto racing is the only thing that could ever distract me from=

the Monkees!) but they did most of it along the same line as what has been=

posted of the other concerts song lists. This was the first time I’ve ever=

heard Davy do the Oliver Medley and I loved every minute of it. Peter was=

really cool with the red outfit! It was great to see him perform as
always. Wish I could write more but I could never do the concert
justice! It was energetic and I only wish I could see more of them this
year…..The only sad part is that the concert was performed in a hall
where the Colorado Springs Symphony performs so I assume everyone was too
used to the ‘formal’ manners or too timid to stand up and dance and enjoy
themselves until the encore! It’s the first time since the Davy and Micky=

Together Again tour at the Sands Casino in Vegas that I sat the whole
concert! Thanks, Beth Babson

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Monkees in TEXAS!! More monkees in California!

April 3, 2011 by raj
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From: Brad Waddell

New concert dates include Texas and more dates in California and Idaho
according to Pollstar.com:

Tue 07/24/01 Cary, NC Regency Park
Thu 08/16/01 Boise, ID Bank Of America Center
Sat 08/18/01 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Sun 08/19/01 Bakersfield, CA California State University
Fri 08/24/01 Anaheim, CA Sun Theatre
Fri 09/07/01 Bensenville, IL Redmond Recreational Complex
Sat 09/08/01 Grand Prairie, TX Lone Star Park

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From: mndream

Just wanted to share the great time I had at
the Monkees show at the PNC Bank Arts Ctr in New Jersey. A recent
aquaintance of mine, who sometimes works with the band, got me backstage
with him before, during, & after the show. Arriving hours before the
show, we walked directly down to the ampitheater onto the stage- to my
surprise, Peter was right there- greeted & shook hands with us (he was
‘very’ nice). I’ve been blessed with meeting him a number of times
before and it is ‘always’ a wonderful & incredibly ‘exciting’ experience
for me. I just love him! Then we just hung out on the stage while
guys were setting up. We talked to many band members & people. We sat
on the drum riser while ‘Natural’ did their soundcheck ( behind them-
while they were singing). I also got to touch Peter’s banjo (just a
quick light touch- I wouldn’t want to hurt it 🙂 )
We then went into a room where everyone, including band members, were
eating and we ate with them (I was too anxious I couldn’t really eat
much). Peter was there, then Micky
later on & others (no Davy). We hung out talking mostly with the
Monkees horn section & others & spoke to Natural members throughout the
night also. A couple of us wandered around backstage & also by the
dressing rooms a little. It was fun being there. Then showtime began
and Natural took the stage first-then the Monkees went on. No-one had
even seen Davy untill 5 min. before they had to go on. Then the 3 of
them came together, spoke to each other a bit, hugged, and did their
Monkee walk onto the stage and did one heck of a show, full of energy
(no acoustic set this time) and did some different things. A couple of
us got to watch from the wings of the stage-where they come on & off
(Peter’s side). It was so cool! A couple of times I ran out front by
the seats to take some pictures. Then after the show we got autographs
& met some of the other guys. There was suddenly so many people
backstage, there really wasn’t much time for much talk unfortunatly, but
I got Peter’s autograph (of which I have many already)-he’s so sweet, he
remembered me from earlier (and I think also from some of his other gigs
I’ve been to-SSB, 2MB, ‘Head’ viewing, etc.) which made me feel good
(he’s always been my favorite and he’s so sexy & cute), got Davy’s (whom
I’ve never met before), & got Micky’s (also, whom I’ve never met
before). I had them sign the ‘live’ cd which I heard and think is real
good. I met alot of people and it was great hanging out on stage as
the crowd started coming in. And it was really something watching from
the side of the stage looking out when the bands were performing, you
felt almost like you were on stage with them. It was great seeing what
goes on & how they get ready to go on. It’s a night I’ll always
remember 🙂 -only thing though, I didn’t get to take Peter home with
me. 🙁
Enjoy the shows!
🙂

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Monkees Tour Details – Possible Germany Date

April 3, 2011 by raj
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The Monkees.Net shop is selling some new items, and for a limited time,
they are on sale!

Monkees.Net Tank Top $18.99 Sale Price $16.99!
Monkees.Net Microfiber Cap $14.99 Sale Price $12.99!
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Monkees.Net Tote Bag $14.99 Sale Price $12.99!
Monkees.Net Boxer Shorts $14.99 Sale Price $12.99!

These special prices are on these new items until August 1 – Show the other
Monkees fans where the coolest place on the web is! thanks.

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=monkee

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Monkee Business Fanzine Monkees News Update
updated July 19, 2001

July 19, Calvin Theatre, Northampton, MA, 413-586-8686
July 20, Meadowbrook Farm Musical Arts Center, Gilford, NH.
603-293-4700, www.meadowbrookfarm.net
July 21 (afternoon), Buffalo Bisons Park, Buffalo, NY,
1-888-223-6000, www.bisons.com
July 21 (evening), Trump Marina, Atlantic City, NJ, 609-441-2000,
800-777-1177, www.trumpmarina.com
July 22, Wolf Trap Filene Center, Vienna, VA, 703-218-6500,
www.wolf-trap.org
July 24, Regency Park Amphitheatre, Cary, NC, 919-834-4000
July 26, King Center, Melbourne, FL, 321-242-2219,
www.kingcenter.com
July 27, Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers, FL,
941-481-4849, 800-440-7469, www.bbmannpah.com
July 28, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, FL,
941-953-3368, 800-826-9303, www.vanwezel.org
August 3, **CANCELLED** Johnny Mercer Theatre,
Savannah, GA
August 16, Bank of America Center, Boise, ID, 208-424-2200
for info, 208-331-8497 for tickets
August 18, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 415-346-6000
August 19, Amphitheatre at California State University at
Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA, e-mail
classicstephanie@cs.com for ticket info
August 24, Sun Theatre, Anaheim, CA, 714-712-2700 or
tickets at 714-740-2000, www.sun-theatre.com
September 7, Redmond Recreation Complex, Bensenville, IL,
630-594-1190, www.bensenville.il.us/MUSICPK.HTM
September 8, Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX, part of KLUV
radio’s Oldies Festival. Listen to KLUV 98.7 FM in
Dallas to find out where you can get your FREE
tickets to the Oldies Fesitval, or check their website
www.kluv.com. If you want to attend the concert
but don’t live in the area (and won’t be around for
any of the ticket giveaways), you can send a long
SASE with a note stating how many tickets you
are requesting to: KLUV, 4131 N. Central Expressway,
Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75204. Also appearing at the
Oldies Festival are B.J. Thomas and Mary Wilson of
the Supremes.

Additional August and September dates are expected—stay tuned!

Natural has rejoined the tour as the Monkees’ “guest band” through
July. Their new website is www.NaturalOfficialSite.com. Natural has
an exclusive promotional deal with Claire’s, the national chain of
accessories stores, www.claires.com. Claire’s is selling their
new CD single, and Natural is making personal appearances at
Claire’s stores nationwide during the tour. In August, after separating
from the Monkees’ tour, Natural will embark on a back-to-school
promotional tour for Saks stores nationwide. Look for the July 2001
issue of “Pop Star!” magazine, which features Natural and includes
a one-page article on Natural’s experiences on the Monkees tour.

MICKY DOLENZ
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Micky has several irons in the fire this year professionally—he directed a
movie in January and will be directing a pilot for the Disney Channel
later this year—but he still finds time to tour with the Monkees and
in his own solo rock’n’roll show of Monkees hits and rock classics, backed
by his band and his sister Coco on vocals:
August 25, Lincoln Park (Greyhound Dog Track), Lincoln, RI, free concert,
800-720-PARK, with Bobby Sherman & Peter Noone
Nov. 21-28, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, sailing Nov. 18 and Nov. 25
Jan. 13-20, Costa Victoria cruise ship, sailing from Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
with Peter Noone and Paul Revere & The Raiders

PETER TORK
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Peter Tork and his Shoe Suede Blues band will play the following dates:
August 9, Skagit County Fair, Mount Vernon, WA, 360-336-9453
August 10, Issaquah Full Scale Festival, Issaquah, WA, 425-392-6342
August 11, Centennial Theatre at McCosh Park, Moses Lake summer
concert series, Moses Lake, WA, 509-766-9240 or
800-992-6234, www.moses-lake.com
August 12, Nisqually Red Wind Casino, Olympia, WA, 360-412-5000

Peter and James Lee Stanley will perform in Lewisville, NC, on
September 9, at Brew Ha-Ha’s. Tickets can be purchased at
http://laac.tripod.com/festival.html.

MONKEE BUSINESS FANZINE
Maggie McManus (monkeebiz@prodigy.net)
2770 South Broad Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08610-3622
Four issues per year, $14 per year.
Make check/money order payable to Maggie McManus.
Want to try an issue first before subscribing?
A selection of MBF back issues are available at:
http://pages.prodigy.net/monkeebiz/backish.html

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From: BB

this is the latest situation for Germany – there seems to be a definite
planning for a gig, as we phoned the promoter, and they said it was pretty
certain, although nothing’s been confirmed yet in any way (not even on the
promoter’s web site).

So, the tentative (very tentative if I may say so) date for Germany is

Sun Nov 4 2001 – CCH2, Hamburg – 8 p.m.

If anyone wants to contact us on this one, they can do so via our website:
http://members.onecenter.com/people/chickies

Keep you informed on anything new.

All the best,
*BB

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From: Kim

True Hollywood Story
The Monkees
A portrait of the cheeky Monkees (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith,
and Peter Tork),
who rose meteorically to pop-music and TV-series fame during the
late-1960s. The program
features intriguing anecdotes as well as clips, stills and interviews,
including reflections from
Dolenz, Jones, and Tork.
Rating: TV-PG
Category: Biography
Show times
DateTimeChannel
Monday, 30 9:00 PM EDT E!
Tuesday, 31 10:00 AM EDT E!

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From: Michele

NBC Today Show Friday, Aug. 22: “Today’s Money” with Jean Chatzky. “Women’s
Fitness” with Kathy Kaehler. An outdoor concert performance with The Monkees.

(a repeat?)

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From: “ginger fitts”

Monkees Gilford NH Show

Ok, I just got back from the Monkees show in Gilford NH…ok I am p***d
that they wouldn t let us take pics w/flash cameras…so much for 12.00
worth of film, but if anyone out there got some pic, please get in touch
with me at monkee@worldpath.net.

But the show was fabulous! Gotta say the best I ve seen them do to date!
They came out and were glowing from the ovation they got!!!! Then they
proceeded to tear the house down, good trick considering we were outdoors.
Davy did comment on our big bugs, said one of them had a gun turret on it s
back! Which is close to the truth! What a kick when a girl came down to the
stage and handed Davy 15 cents, really! Davy smiled and said, “I love
America! They give you money!” Then he found a quarter, but when another
girl tried to give him a dollar, he gave her the 15 cents! Another girl
gave him a beinie baby horse, which he like and said, “Makes you wanna go
out and buy 49 of em!”

He told the Scooby Doo story about waking up at 2 AM in Japan to see his
episode of Scooby in Japanese! Was working the crowd.

Sad news though…NO LEATHER PANTS!!!!!! Micky let me down, he had black,
but not those hot leather ones, what I ve been dreaming of all week!!!!!!!
He should cut them up and sell those on EBAY, forget the towel!!!!

They did No Time, was glad to hear that, good job!!! Met up with lots of
Internet fans that saw my horrible Boston Review, but agreed with me, thank
heavens!!!!

Peter was just glowing!!!!!! He was loving every minute!!!!!!

Though I gotta tell you gang…that VIP tent was more like a POW camp!!!!!
They had double fencing around and just picnic tables around with stale
pretzels and 2.00 drinks, and that was for the soda…so much for the lady
from the local newspaper telling me they would visit the VIP tent!!!! Felt
like an inmate at the state pen!!

The local papers, Laconia, Concord and Manchester all ran stories on the
show Thursday night and will again tomorrow…gonna check with my local
paper and see if I can get some pics from them too!

Couldn t score a backstage pass to save my life!!!! Guess I m not cute
enough!!! oh well…

I can t complain great seats in the fourth row, despite the lack of leather
on stage, Damn that Micky Dolenz, he loves to tease us!!!!!

Well, this is my last show for awhile..I will be at the Teen Idols in
August in RI, but now I must face the horrible Monkee Withdrawl Syndrome,
my MWS! Again, great show and if you got pics, please, please please…I
need something for my scrapbook!!!!!

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From: KRCDWC

I WENT TO THE MONKEES CONCERT IN KNOXVILLE, TN ON 7-6-01!
IT WAS GREAT THEY ALL LOOKED GOOD. MICKEY IS MY FAV HE NEVER MADE IT TO THE
AUDIENCE HOWEVER DAVY WENT OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND DANCED, WHILE SINGING,
WITH SEVERAL OF THE LADIES ON THE FLOOR. HE EVEN SIGNED ONE GIRLS OLD
RECORD THAT HAD HIS PIC ON THE FRONT OF IT.
I ALSO SAW THEM IN I THINK IT WAS 87 OR SO WHEN THEY WERE HERE FOR THE THAT
WAS THEN THIS IS NOW CONCERT. HOPE THEY MAKE IT AROUND AGAIN
SOMETIME….BOY WOULD I LOVE TO MEET MICKEY!
KATHEIRNE
HARRIMAN, TN

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From: JCROCLOVER

Hi this is Carrie Martin From Trenton New Jersey.
I When to see the Monkees at the PNC ART CENTER this last Thursday!
What a great show! Mickey, Davy, Peter really know how to give a concert.
I’ve been a Monkee fan since I was 6 years old, Its taking me 22 years to see
them.
Their Opening act was Natural a group of young guys that I thought were
pretty good! But the crowd went wild when They the Monkees came out with
their famous
walk! They went right into it I was so impressed I can’t tell you! And the
energy where did they get all that energy? Davy didn’t stop only for about 5
min. My favorite Monkee is Mickey and he sound and looked great. I went to
the Concert with my husband we had right side terrace great area. We had a
great view the arena is a nice place to go see a summer concert nice a cool
all the stars where out.
Not including the guys. I couldn”t believe all the intruments that Peter
played.
But my favorite moments is when they each did their own thing. Kind of like
having one on one time with us their fans.
When they did Daydream Believer with Natural that was great! The crowd when
nuts!
everyone in the place were up dancing and singing in the isles. Great party
and night I well always remember.
This concert was a Dream Come True! I cried in the beginning when they came
on and then I started to cry again when everyone was up and dancing. What a
great show!
The guys mention the fact the they are minus one member can you guess who
that was? And Peter saying how he never sang lead on any of the songs and
Davy and Mickey all sighed.
I hope they come back to PNC ART CENTER again!
HEY HEY WE ARE THE MONKEE FANS!
Carrie Martin

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From: “Joycelyn Maw”

Micky and Natural at Shea stadium

The Monkees recently held some concerts at Westbury Music Fair in NY
on July 15 and 16. I went to both, and Micky sang the National
anthem in preparation for singing at Shea stadium on the 17th.
The big coincidence (Monkee magic?) is that I bought tickets a month
ago for that game.
I made this huge black and white poster for Micky – it read
“Micky Dolenz rocks Shea Stadium” A few people, I’m happy to say
mostly guys, asked about the poster and were pleasantly surprised to
learn that Micky was singing the anthem. The sound booth guys had
the “Greatest Hits” CD playing before and throughout the game, and
during the pre-game rain delay. I danced through the aisles in a
green poncho singing and dancing to every song, and even waved my
hands during “Daydream Believer”. When Micky finally stepped up to
sing, I started yelling his name, and holding up the sign. The sign
board people spelled his name wrong, and I started yelling – some guy
in the back (a non-believer, I bet) told me to stop complaining. No
matter. I videotaped his performance, which was great, as usual.
Then the Mets won, because Micky sang!
On a side note, I went to Shea again for another game the
next day. I was surprised to see that “Natural” was singing the
national anthem. I usually don’t like boy bands (ironic), but they
did really well.

Cheers! From the grooviest
Monkees fan born in 1979.
Peace, love, understanding,
and Punky Power – it’s all we
need!

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From: EvilChewbacca

My mom’s friend went to a Monkees concert…

On Saturday, June 09 in The Midland Theatre in Kansas City, MO. The theatre
itself is beautiful with floor to ceiling hand crafted sculptures and
carvings with red velvet chairs and stage curtains. They opened with “Take
the Last Train to Clarksville”. Davy has not really changed. He’s still
short. (Don’t think that’ll ever change. Ha-ha) He wore dark brown slacks
with a long sleeve white shirt to start. He later changed his shirt to a red
shirt over a red tank top. I think he had a little bit of a tummy on him but
he’s as cute as ever and did, what I call, the Davy shuffle all over the
stage all night. He was petty energetic for his age and was on stage
throughout more of the show than Peter or Micky. Davy cracked jokes
throughout the night and I’m pretty sure that he said, in the early years,
Hendrix was the opening act for the Monkeys. Ken and I were amazed. Micky
wore black leather pants all evening and starting with a black long sleeve
shirt, changing later. He got a little crazy at the end of Randy Scouse Git
beating the drums himself at the beginning and ending of the song. Micky
actually sat down and played the drums for one song but stood up playing
guitar the rest of the time. The most unusual one of all was Peter. Mainly
because of his looks. He definitely looked a little rough around the edges.
His sandy blonde hair was kind of sticking up and generally messy. He needed
a shave and had on the ugliest plaid slacks and what looked like shiny funky
tennishoes. Definitely not the Peter I remember. He only sang a couple of
songs solo, and I’m sorry, but I can’t remember what they were. I’m pretty
sure they played; Randy Scouse Git, Mary Mary, Daydream Believer, I Wanna be
Free, Cuddly Toy, I’ll be True to You, She, That was Then This is Now, Shades
of Gray, A Little Bit Me…, I’m a Believer, Pleasant Valley Sunday and
Valerie. Davy, Micky and Peter all sang a couple of their own songs, some
show tunes and misc. for filler. Two of my favorites that they didn’t sing
were Zor and Zam and Gonna Buy Me a Dog.-Patty

I’m going to the Monkees concert in Anaheim! It’s about time the Monkees come
here! I can’t wait. Whoo hoo!
-Becca

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From: “rhondagarran”

I live on Cape Cod and saw the Monkees at the Cape Cod Melody Tent on July
13, 2001. What a great show! The Melody Tent is a small venue, so every
seat is a great seat. The guys had so much energy and performed all of
their old songs just the way they sound on their recordings. We brought our
5 year old son and 2 year old daughter with us and they loved it!!
Unfortunately, we missed the free show at the Hatch Shell in Boston the
following evening, but we had so much fun at the Melody Tent that I didn’t
mind TOO much.

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From: “Ann Marie Thomen”

Dear Brad,

I have been reading these letters submitted to you on the Monkee concerts
in your Monkee alert news. I was lucky enough to also see them at the
Westbury Music Fair July 15 with my 15 year old daughter and dear friend
Maryann. It was one of the best shows I’ve seen in years. Peter, Mickey and
Davy were awsome. It was everything they said it was and more.

One of the letters written to you touched my heart and I share the same
feelings. It was from Mary-Jean Valenzano. The show was just as wonderful
as she described. My daughter was also as thrilled as hers to see Peter,
Mickey and Davy. Our disapointment was the same as hers after the show when
they would only let the chosen few with backstage passes in to meet the
Monkees. You see my daughter has been ill for most of this year. She is
suffering from Anorexia. Our one happy thought was knowing we had tickets
to see the Monkees. She even put on a little weight to look good for them.
We somehow at the end of the show wondered near the stage entrance where
those with back stage passes were waiting. The Naturals were within her
reach maybe to shake a hand or two and we were told to leave. She was so
disapointed. My heart broke when I told her we had to leave. She had worked
so hard to put on that little bit of weight. We however had a wonderful
time because this was a magical night for us to actually see the Monkees.

I myself was lucky enough to Peter Tork With the SSB at “Da Funky Phish” in
Bayshore L.I. this past May (he, ofcourse, is my favorite). There it was a
different story. Peter came out after the show and signed autographs for
everyone. He was extremely friendly to all there. He made everyone feel
special. He gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek and I even kissed him on
his cheek. He really is a nice person. My daughter could not be with me
that night because she was under age and was still a bit week from her illness.

If you could get this letter to Mary-Jean Valenzano, I’d like her to know
you do not need to be a big wig or even get a back stage pass. Just go see
Peter, Davy or Mickey if they are at a small establishment. She will have a
better chance that way to meet one of them. Back stage passes are won on
the radio and given to only important individuals at large establishments.
I wish her luck and hope her little girl get’s to meet the Monkees. My
daughter is still waiting patiently, we know it’s gonna happen. Keep the
faith Mary-Jean it will happen.

Ann T.

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More Monkees on the west coast!

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From: Kim

Two new dates at monkees2001.com:

August 25 at San Diego Civic Center Auditorium (California)
August 26 at Las Vegas House of Blues (Nevada)

(the site is still showing the cancelled date for Savannah)

TV:

Treasure Island
The R.L. Stevenson classic about buried treasure. Voices: Richard Dawson,
Larry Storch,
Davy Jones, Dallas McKeon.
Rating: NR
Category: Movie, Cartoons & Animation
Release Year: 1980
Show times Date Time Channel Friday, 27 2:35 AM EDT TMC

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From: “Steven Bradley”

The new issue of Quarterly magazine ‘Mojo Collections’ has two Monkees
mentions.

the Summer issue, described as being ‘for vinyl junkies, rarity freaks and
cult connoiseurs’ has a feature on the e-bay online auction house on page 9.
the colour picture includes the Monkees glove puppet. the writer of the
article states that his “Monkees search threw up a mad 437 lots: LP’s, box
sets, signatures, toys, annuals and a weird hand puppet by Mattel from 1967
currently standing at $24.” the article goes on to explain how the site
works.

just over on page 10 is a brief article about the connections between
country and rock music. Peter Doggett, author of ‘Are You Ready For The
Country’, cites the juxtaposition of Jerry Lee Lewis, The Monkees and Gram
Parsons as evidence of the breadth of country music. “the monkees?” asks the
article – Doggett explains; “People don’t realise Mike Nesmith made country
rock records before Gram Parsons did. He’s (Nes) one of the great unsung
heroes of the genre, partly because he inspired nobody – he was simply too
weird” (note; this is meant as a compliment ! (-: )

from Steve Bradley

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From: “Sarah Ito”

Wondering where the person heard about the Today show thing…it was in
1997 on Aug 22 that they were on. Besides, Aug 22 is a Thurday, not Friday.
Thanks.

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From: Estrella Lee

The episode of 7th Heaven titled “No Sex, Some Drugs,
and a Little Rock & Roll” will re-run on August 1,
Wensday on the WB network. As part of the episode’s
theme, members of Eric Camden’s (Stephen Collins) old
high school band (which is played by Peter Tork, David
Eisley, and Keith Allison) come for a visit, but Eric
is very nervous about hanging out with them though he
has not talked to his bandmates in years. Check your
local listings for time(s) and channel(s).

Estrella
http://members.tripod.com/~s3tar/monkees/

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From: “Steven Bradley”

The Monkees are mentioned twice in the new issue of UK music magazine “Q”
(August issue with U2 on the cover). On pages 22/23 there is a feature on
Monkeys in music, all about artistes with any connection to apes or monkeys.
The cartoon illustration features 4 chimpanzees in Monkees shirts, one of
them also wearing a green bobble-hat!

On page 151 in the concert news, the forthcoming UK tours is briefly
previewed. There is a small colour picture of all 4 Monkees on stage during
the ’97 UK tour. The text mentions that just 3 Monkees are on the current
tour, and gives the dates and venues of the concerts.

from Steven Bradley

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From: “Rosemary Grimbly”

This is a message for UK list members or anyone who can receive VH1 (UK &
Ireland) on satellite/cable/digital.

I’ve just noticed that ‘Behind The Music: The Monkees’ is scheduled to air
on Sunday 12 August at 10pm BST.

Rosemary

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From: rrfingerhead

I heard that the DJBH album was released on CD in Japan, of course it
could be a boot, so far, I havn’t found any news. But if there is
something on it, maybe you can add that bit of info (if it’s legit)
to the newsgroup or webpage.

Also The Grapes of Wrath, a great independent Canadian band,
covered “The Porpoise Song” on their CD “Field Trip” released in
2000. Maybe you can add that bit too to the alert list or webpage as
well. Thanks.

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From: Kim

My Two Dads
30 min.
Joey’s rock-star friend (Davy Jones) thinks Joey is spending too much time
under the
influence—of Michael (Paul Reiser). Greg Evigan, Staci Keanan. Rebecca:
Kellie Martin.
Nina: Alitzah Weiner. Klawicki: Dick Butkus.
Category: Comedy
Show times
DateTimeChannel
Friday, 10 8:30 AM EDT USA

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From: “Sarah Ito”

For anyone who missed it, Davy will be on Brady Bunch again Aug 4th at 10:30
pm on Nick.

I loved the pop video version. 32 times his name was said? Is that right?
Wow, the writer of that epi must have been his PR person! lol Talk about
plugging a star…

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Reviews:
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From: Dolly64353

I went to the show in Atlantic City on July 21. They were late getting to
the place, plus we got there an hour early due to time mixups that many other
people had too it wasn’t just me. But other than that i think that this was
my favorite show yet. i’ve been to 3 one in 89 when i was 5, and one in
March. The crowd seemed more responcive in this show than in the one in
march, and the guys seemed like they might actually be enjoying themselves.
It was awesome!!
I hope this isn’t the last time they tour, they’re still the best!!
Marie

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From: “Karen Cavero”

Thank you for all the great review on the monkees concerts I was there 2x
once in March and the other day July 15 at Westbury Music Fair this concert
was better than the one in March they were real energetic and clowning
around just like they should it was just great and we had pretty good seats
also Do you know if they will be making a video of the concert or another
cd I bought the one and some people on the internet have other songs and I
am unable to dowload if you hear anything please let me know. Thank you
Karen Cavero

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From: “Chad M. Obert”

Hi Brad!
I have long wanted to post since I have been to three shows this year-
Verona, State College & Buffalo. The shows were so wonderful as I have
seen most reviews are & a lot of people got to meet the guys. My experience
at Buffalo was almost as good as meeting them. My friend Thyra & I trekked
to Buffalo from Rochester( I traveledfrom N.E. PA).I saw the Radio Station
94.4 I believe & asked if they were doing any PR- after showing them our
special monkee shirts & signs they asked us if we wanted to go on the field
with the Monkees-ahahahahhaha! We were so excited & did not know what to
expect. The show was to begin right after the game & I knew they had to be
in AC that night. The guys arrived by golf cart & we were unbelievably
close & I felt they were really playing for us more than the crowd. Lots
of smiles & eye contact-only thing is we had to wear Buffalo Bisons shirts
over our own so they never saw our shirts, but I am sure they felt the love
from the fans as there were about 25 of us out there. We had to run out &
wave to the crowd & were on TV. The show was very abrupt they only did the
more popular songs and very little banter. I think they would have done
more & at least met us- I thought this was going to be it finally, but they
had to catch a plane. They rode around on the golf cart & left- we all
were like NNNOOOO!!!! At this point we were all so hot & drained from
dancing & screaming- It was still wonderful though- I am so glad I got to
the other shows – I got the CD- still nothing could replace being there-
the joy of my life this year has been these experiences- Thank You Monkees
& thanx to my Verona pals for the advice. What do you call someone who
travels around tosee the Monkees-forgive me for not knowing, but there is
no stopping me now-(for the most part)
Kimberly K-Kalikogurl

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From: “Kelly Lidji”

Hi, it’s Kelly from Baltimore again. I attended the show at Trump Marina
in Atlantic City on Saturday. My friend Nicki and I had a wild time to say
the least. Since there were numbered seats we didn’t have to arrive hours
and hours early. (We were 3 hours early anyway, which for us, feels
late.) We had time to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city. At a
stoplight on the way Nicki happeded to look out the widow to see an older
man sitting on a bench waiting for the bus. He was wearing a large green
wool hat. So Nicki says “Look! Mike is coming to the show!” I guess you
had to be there, but it was so funny we could hardly breathe. It was sort
of like spotting Elvis at the mall.
In the Trump Marina we each quickly blew $10 in the quarter slots. And had
dinner. During all this time we kept running into all kinds of people we
knew from other shows. It’s always like this. We are like one big
family. Monkee fans are the best people!
Since the Monkees had already done a show in NY that day, there were some
transportation difficulties and the show started 1/2 hour late. Natural
was not with them this time, and they are getting ready to leave to start
their own tour. I hope it’s a big success because the are a very sweet
and talented group of guys.
The Monkee show finally started, and it was wonderful of course. I don’t
know how they did 2 such energetic shows in one day. We did get a
shortened show. They cut a lot of songs.
It’s interesting to note that they announced over and over again that you
couldn’t take pictures but as soon as the lights were out the flashbulbs
started and never stopped.
Each of the guys individual songs were better than ever. I still haven’t
been to a show were Davy does his Oliver medley. Darn. I must admit my
favorite part of the whole show is when Peter plays Bach.
All you can do is stand there with your mouth hanging open. Absolutley
amazing. His musical talent is incoprehensible.
Right after the show was over we spoke to Eric Biondo the trumpet
player. His is so adorable you just want to pick him up and take him home.
We went to The Deck, which is a bar on the water at the Trump Marina to
wait for our friend Linda. A few minutes later I thought I spotted her
coming down the stairs so we hurried off to catch her. Going up the
spiral-type stairs I was ahead of Nicki and coming around a corner who do I
almost run right into? Mickey and his girlfriend, of course. I managed
only to smile nicely and go on my way. Nicki calmly and nicely said
hello. She had it more together. At least I didn’t fall down.
After finding Linda we hung out at the Deck for a few minutes and decided
to go home. Nicki suggested going one more time to the upstairs bar just
for the heck of it. Smart girl. We get up there and there is Eric again.
So, we were talking to him and finally noticed Davy, practically right next
to him. We didn’t want to crowd him so we just stood around and talked to
Eric, Dan, and Sandy Gennaro. We spent some time with Dave Alexander, too.
He’s so nice.
About this time Nicki notices that her new Monkee Cd that she had just
bought, along with the show picture were gone. Stolen. Needless to say
she was heartbroken. $25 dollars worth of memories, gone.
We walked past Davy talking to his “bodyguard” and Davy asked her what was
wrong. So she told him and he looked so concerned and said “I don’t have
one on me right now. I’ll send one to you.” We stand there with our jaws
on the floor as the “bodyguard” takes her name and address to send it
to. Can you belive it? What a sweet man. (She is very happy that it was
stolen now!) So, she is waiting for her package from Davy to come in the
mail. Excellent. He then posed for a picture with us even though he
wasn’t supposed to be signing or taking picutures.
It really seems that every time we see a show, be it the Monkees or Shoe
Suede Blues, it just gets better and better.
To all of those who have not bought the new live CD. BUY IT NOW! It is
fantastic!
To anyone who wants to hear more or see any of the great pictures from the
three Monkee shows I went to this year or any of the Shoe Suede Blues show
I’ve been to, e-mail me at klidji@bigfoot.com.
To all those Monkee fans out there that I haven’t yet met, who get it,
enjoy them. You are my people!
Kelly

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From: “gene martin”

Hi All,
Deborah from Clearwater Florida here. I went to Myrtle Beach House of
Blues on July 5th and must say the guys were in the best form ever. The
set list is the same as all the others I have seen posted and they had the
energy of 21 year olds up on that stage. My personal thrill that night was
being able to get Peter’s autograph. A girl behind me got a backstage pass
and took this pic that I have of the four of them from the sixties
backstage and Peter signed it and remembered seeing it also. I was pretty
close to the stage and I was on his side. I wish I could have done it
myself in person but I wasn’t lucky enough to recieve a pass. It was my
second Monkees concert this year, and I will be going to Sarasota next week
to see them again. I will be bring that same picture with me cause I still
lack Micky’s signature on it. Peace and gleeb,
Deborah

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From: sheilabn

My heart is still fluttering. The show last night at Wolf Trap (outside
D.C.) was spectacular. The guys were in top form, indeed! Yes, Peter
wore his gorgeous red coat; and showed his multi-faceted talent
brilliantly. Yes, Micky wore his sexy leather pants; and shared his
tremendous voice. He also shared his sweaty towel with the audience (!)
Yes, David was in prime showmanship. YES! YES! YES! I met them
afterward (actually, just David and Peter- Micky had family visiting) –
and the guys could not have been nicer. They looked and sounded GREAT!!!
Nice haircuts, guys. The weather cooperated and it looked like a
sold-out crowd. A word about the D.C. fans – on the whole – thumbs
down… WAY DOWN! I have never met a more aloof (read antisocial) crowd.
In N.Y., they were MUCH nicer and better mannered (against the
stereotype, I guess). A word to the wise….please don’t knock
Bostonians until you witness D.C. firsthand. My vast experience with
Bostonians is extremely positive. My vast experience with D.C. – let’s
just say, thumbs down, WAY DOWN! Many thanks. And peace to all.
Monkee Fan Always

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From: “Erica Davies”

I went to the Gilford, NH concert last night with my mom and three friends,
Jen, Martie and Shannon. We had 5th row seats. I was lucky enough to meet
Allie. Ginger was sitting right in front of me, so I got to meet her too.
I wore my tie-dyed bootleg t-shirt. I also brought dork necklaces with me.
I wore one in my hair and used part of one for a bracelet. I aslo used one
for a necklace. I think my friends and I were the only people wearing them.
I wasn’t allowed to bring my camera in. We could only bring in
disposables. Thankfully, Jen had one. We were told that regular cameras
would make good pictures that could be sold online.
One of the teachers from my old high school works at Meadowbrook Farms in
the summer. I asked him how to get backstage passes. He didn’t know,
saying that it’s different for every concert.
Shannon, Martie, Jen and I went to buy merchandise. I bought one of the
brown Monkeys, to go along with the white one I bought in Portland. While
Shannon and I were waiting for Jen and Martie to buy drinks, we were
interviewed by someone from the Laconia Watch. I have been told that this
doesn’t exists.
Natural came on at 8 and sang 6 songs. The Monkees came on at 8:50. Wayne
started to play the Jeopardy theme song, while waiting for everyone to
finish getting ready for the overture. We were lucky enough to get the
long version of the overture!! I think it was after “Look Out Here Comes
Tomorrow,” when I went up to the stage (which is a little shorter than I
am) and gave the guys some roses. I gave Peter pale yellow roses. He
said, “My favorite flavor,” before eating one, and spitting the petals out
at me. If I had been thinking, I would have picked some up. I gave Davy
pink roses.
I think he thanked me, but I can’t really remember. I gave Micky light
purple roses. He said, “Thank you darlin!” Peter left his roses on his
keyboard for a good portion of the concert. If anyone took a picture of me
giving them their roses, could you please let me know if I could get a
copy. We took pictures, but I don’t know how well they came out. Please
e-mail me at eldavies324@hotmail.com, if you have a copy that I could have.
After “Randy Scouse Git,” Micky started to ask where the fourth Monkee was,
the one whose mother invented white out. The answer of course was, “He’s
gone!”
During “Auntie Grizelda,” Peter said “she doesn’t like my butt.” I yelled,
“I like your butt!” I’m not too sure if he heard me or not.
During “Free/Forever,” Davy made a comment about how large the flies were.
He told the back-up band to help him out if he started to fly away. A lady
named Patty was there. She was in Oliver! with Davy, so he dedicated the
Oliver! Medley to her. He also told us about being woken up in Japan,
hearing the episode of Scooby-Doo that he was. It was in dubbed in
Japanese, so he was pretending to speak Japanese. All he could understand,
was Davy Jones and Scooby-Doo.
During the encore, I went up to the stage to dance/jump. Sorry to those of
you whose feet I landed on.
After the concert, I stuck around, hoping to get a copy of the set list. I
was jumping up and down, hoping to get someone’s attention. My mom tried
to boost me up, but I ended up scrapping my knee. Thankfully it didn’t
bleed, but I now have a killer bruise. My mom then suggested that I get a
chair to stand on. A lady was trying to get a copy too. A female roadie
recognized me and gave me a copy. She said that I got it because I had
been following them around for a while now. I’m not sure which concert she
recognized me from. It must have been Portland, because I didn’t spend too
much time near the stage in Boston. I doubt she remembered me from Lowell,
but maybe she did. A few minutes later, another roadie gave me a second
copy. I gave it to Jen, because she stole Davy’s towel for me back in
March. We were able to have Eric and Sam sign them!
Overall, the Monkees preformed for almost 2hrs!! Here’s the set list:
Overture
Clarksville
Lookout Here Comes
Pete’s Sake
Girl I Knew
Valleri
Randy Scouse
Mary Mary
Grizelda
Free/Forever
Goin’ Down
Can You Dig It
Girl
Higher and Higher
Little Bit Me
Bach Invention
No Time
Long Title
She Hangs Out
Since I Fell
Lucille
Is You Is (it was changed to Oliver! at the last minute)
That Was Then
Porpoise/Band
Daydream Believer
I’m A Believer
Steppin’ Stone
P.V.S
By the time we left, I my abdomen hurt very bad from all the
screaming/cheering and singing that I did during the concert. I did a lot
random cat calls through out the entire concert. I screamed/cheered at the
top of my lungs and until I ran out of breath. Then, I would catch my
breath and start all over again. I don’t know how I could talk after the
concert.
Unfortunately, this will be my last Monkees concert for this tour. That is
unless, Martie’s sister lives near Cary, NC, or if they go to MS.
Erica

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Hey, we have launched a brand new message board on Monkees.Net – unlike the=

previous system which was for small discussions, this system can handle
thousands of messages on different topics without slowing down or becoming=

disorganized. Please come visit! unlike this newsletter, you can chat with=

the other fans directly and plan to meet at the concerts. Check it out!

www.monkees.net

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From: Cecilia Goodbody

Dear Brad:

Found out the guys are coming to San Diego, CA on August 25th; Civic Theate=
r,
8 p.m. Tickets going on sale August 6th.

Thank you for the wonderful mail.

Love Cecilia Goodbody

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From: Kim

True Hollywood Story
The Monkees
A portrait of the cheeky Monkees (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith
and Peter Tork), who rose meteorically to pop-music and TV-series fame
during the late-1960s. The program features intriguing anecdotes as well as=

clips, stills and interviews, including reflections from Dolenz, Jones and=

Tork.
Rating: TV-PG
Category: Biography
Show times
DateTimeChannel
Saturday, 11 4:00 PM EDT E!

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From: Nez4Ever1230

On Saturday evening July 28, 2001 the A&E program Live By Request had as it=
s
featured guest the extremely talented artist Neil Diamond. On the program t=
he
artists perform songs that viewers request via telephone and e-mail as well
as songs requested by the host and songs selected by the artists themselves=
.
Someone requested the song I’m A Believer about midway through the program.
Before Neil performed it he and the host Mark McKewen discussed that he had
written the song and given it to the guys and they took it to the very top =
of
the record charts. He then performed the song with the audience singing alo=
ng.
Thank you,
Nez4Ever1230

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From: Kim

08/27/2001
8:00 PM EDT Biography. Hitmakers: The Teens Who Stole Pop Music. The
story of the
precocious teenagers who went on to write some of the greatest hits in
rock’n’roll history. Viewers will discover how the careers of Carole King,
Neil Sedaka, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and many others were
launched. And we’ll hear over 40 of their hits in rare and classic
performances of the Righteous Brothers, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las, the
Shirelles, and others in this 2-hour special presentation. CC [TV G]

Behind the Music
The Monkees
60 min.
This profile of The Monkees features interviews with band members and
insiders and clips and stills from their heyday. The Monkees were never
supposed to be a band. They were hired to play a pop group on TV. Critics
dismissed them as the “Pre-Fab Four,” but the Monkees had the last laugh,
as they turned out a string of hits like “Daydream Believer” and “Last
Train to Clarksville” and sold 35 million records in 1967—more than the
Beatles and the Stones combined. Mike Nesmith says, “One day a friend of
mine came to me and said, ‘Do you know how many covers of teen magazines
you were on?’ I said, ‘No,’ and he said, ‘Every single one.’ “
Rating: TV-PG
Category: Documentary
Release Year: 2000
Show times
DateTimeChannel
Wednesday, 15 7:00 PM EDT VH1

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Reviews:
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From: “Adams Family”

Sarasota, FL Concert

Just a note to say the Sarasota, FL concert on 7/28 was great. A lot of
energy (2 hours+) during the last show before the band prepares for a small=

break. Looked like the hall was sold out. It was the last night with
Natural. We saw them at the first show 3/1 in Clearwater, FL. They are much=

more polished and the crowd gave them a great response. I echo others- buy=

the live CD – It’s great!!

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From: Yoda1185

When I saw The Monkees at the Taj Mahal on March 17 I was so surprise=
d
when Davy started singing I Wanna Be free. Knowing that they weren’t playi=
ng
it a lot I was very happy to hear it. The part that I think you may find
interesting is that he sang it a bit differently. Davy sang it a lot slowe=
r
than the album version. Sort of like he was talking to the audience and
saying, with a semi tune, “I wanna be free…” But it was still great.

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Coming soon: Rumors of a trip to Germany for The Monkees tour – and more
dates in California – stay tuned for details!

brad

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From: Kim

Davy and the Monkees on Laugh-In on the Trio network

The Trio website http://www.triotv.com%20has%20posted%20their%20Laugh-In%20schedule%20f=
or
the rest of the summer. The episode with Davy Jones will be on July 26 (a
Thursday) (three times) and the Monkees episode will be on August 10 (a
Friday) (also three times).

The times that the show repeats in one day are:
5 PM – 6 PM
8 PM – 9 PM
12 AM – 1 AM

(These are the one hour length episodes.)

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From: Kim

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Dante’s Inferno
30 min.
Forced to date others, Sabrina and Harvey try to ease the pain by
double-dating—but Sabrina’s escort has never been in the mortal realm
before. Davy Jones has a cameo. Yenta: Teri Garr. Dante: Jason James Richte=
r.

Rating: TV-G
Category: Comedy

Show times
DateTimeChannel
Monday, 23 5:00 PM EDTUPN

As always, please check local listings for times and dates.

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From: “Cindy Griffin”

Just received a call today (7/11) from the Northampton Box Office
concerning the
Thursday, July 19th concert at the Pines Theater in Florence, MA. The
concert has been moved to another venue, the Calvin Theater, located in
Northampton, MA. For those of you with tickets already, you may want to
call the box office at 1-800-THE-TICK or (413) 586-8686 to verify your new
seating (mine are basically in the same place). Also check out this websit=
e
for box office info and directions to the theater:
http://www.iheg.com/home.htm.

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From: daydream7a

July 25th, at 8 central, the episode of the brady bunch, “getting
davy jones” will air on Nick at Night!

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From: LAAC27023

Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley’s Blues and Folk Festival

The Lewisville Area Arts Council, Inc. presents
(Once Again)
Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley=E2=80=99s
Blues & Folk Festival Weekend

The Lewisville Area Arts Council, Inc. is pleased to announce the
establishment of a new celebrity endorsed festival weekend for Forsyth Co.,
NC. The event “Peter Tork and James Lee Stanley=E2=80=99s BLUES & FOLK Fes=
tival”
will be held in various locations in Forsyth County during the weekend of
September 8 and 9 2001.

The locations for the 2001 event are Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, and Brew =
Ha
Ha=E2=80=99s in Winston-Salem, NC.

The new festival will showcase blues and folk music. Tork and Stanley will =
be
involved in the entertainment line up for the 2001 festival and future
festivals in years to come. Tork and Stanley have emeritus board member
status with the Lewisville Area Arts Council, Inc. and will be vital in
bringing in headliner artists to the new annual event.

Tork and Stanley=E2=80=99s NEW CD release “Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley: =
ONCE
AGAIN” features a cover photo taken at the 1999 Lewisville Lawn Party,
presented by the LAAC.
The photo was shot during the STARbricks ceremony in the Shallowford Square
for Tork and Stanley. The photo was taken at the exact moment that Tork and
Stanley heard Marilyn Ingram=E2=80=99s (ED of LAAC) announcement that the g=
uys were
being honored with bricks in the square. The funds for the bricks came fro=
m
over 30 of the United States, Canada and Brazil, thus paid for entirely by
Tork and Stanley fans. The LAAC considers it a rare honor that the cover of
the new CD features this photo.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:

Saturday, September 8
TANGLEWOOD Park
Clemmons, NC
2-10 PM
Gates open at 1:00 PM

Featuring:
James Lee Stanley, Acoustic Syndicate, Aura, Big Bump & the Stun Gunz,
Finnegan=E2=80=99s Gait, Ogburn Station Blues Band
Also: Food & Beverages – Budweiser Beer Garden – Exhibits and more!
Tickets are $8.00 in advance on-line at www.thelaac.com
$10.00 day of the show and include ONE entry into a drawing for TWO –
ROUND-TRIP tickets on
US AIR to New York!

Sunday, September 9, 2001
Brew Ha Ha=E2=80=99s
Winston-Salem, NC
Featuring:
Peter Tork, James Lee Stanley, Blues-A-Matic
Tickets are $12.00 in advance on-line at www.thelaac.com
$15.00 day of the show and include ONE entry into a drawing for a 2002
Festival weekend package including: hotel room for two nights, parking and
tickets to all festival events, $20.00 in food and /or beverage vouchers an=
d
more!

For more information contact:
The Lewisville Area Arts Council, Inc.
G. Galloway Reynolds Center – Suite 207A
PO Box 472
Lewisville, NC 27023
Web – http://www.thelaac.com
Phone (336) 946-ARTS

Festival Weekend T-Shirts – Posters – Newspaper Inserts – AND a new tribute
publication on the Lewisville Lawn Party (1992 – 2001) will be available at
the events as well as CD=E2=80=99s by the various artists
Festival Weekend Travel Information:

Hotels: Check for information at www.thelaac.com after June 26
US AIR is a proud sponsor of Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley=E2=80=99s Blues=
& Folk
Festival Weekend

Posted by the Lewisville Area Arts Council, Inc.
with permission from the E.D.

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From: “Lora Keyes”

Hi!
I saw an ad in a store window (Claire’s) for a Natural cd and thought I
would take a look. After seeing them with the Monkees I was impressed and=

wanted to find out about the cd rom they were advertising hoping The
Monkees might be on it somewhere. They are not on the cd rom but are in a=

magazine called Pop Star which was sold at Claire’s. On page N4 of the
July 01 issue of the magazine it has a picture of The Monkees with Natural=

as well as mentions about the Monkees fans and about The Monkees stage
appearance. It was $5.99 here in Canada but $4.99 in the US. Really cute=

photo!! Take care!

Keep Monkeeing Around!
Lora
themonkeelady@home.com
e-mail me for my Monkees list of stuff!

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From: Estrella Lee

monkees2001.com and ticketmaster.com have added
Tuesday, July 24th to The Monkees summer tour
schedule. On that day, The Monkees are scheduled
around 8:30 p.m. to play at the Regency Park
Amphitheatre in Cary (7 miles west of Raleigh), North
Carolina.

Estrella
http://members.tripod.com/~s3tar/monkees/

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From: Classicstephanie

Bakersfield, California Show

I am the one who has the block seats for the Bakersfield Show – and for a
little more information to enlighten everyone as to why I have these seats,
it is a courtesy, as I – through some wishful thinking, an email to Dave
Fishof AND a person who could back the show! — was able to make the right
contacts to have THE MONKEES perform at this benefit. So we can enable THE
FANS to have these great seats as opposed to those corporate honchos who wi=
ll
purchase block seating for their company just so they can impress some clie=
nt
with these tickets.

The reason why I will sell ONLY with the dinner included (a big question –
and note it is an Italian Buffet dinner – Gates open at 6PM, so plenty of
time before the first show at 8PM to relax and enjoy your meal!) is because
the children’s charity’s this will benefit – La Cresta
Foundation/H.E.A.R.T.S. Connection – benefits DIRECTLY from the sale of the=
se
dinners; and the CHILDREN AND THE MUSIC are the focus for this event. We d=
o
not want anyone to forget this.

So, if people wish to take advantage of this, they have the information
posted on the Monkees Alert list, they can email me should they have any
other questions; One note: PLEASE let everyone know I cannot supply backsta=
ge
passes! I wish I could, but sorry! Also, as this is an open-air theater, I
highly doubt — though anything is possible! — that The Monkees will show =
up
at the buffet table to eat (another big question!)- security reasons, I am
sure you understand! Never say never though!!

And you know the best part of this? While it is the day before, my 41st
birthday is the 18th of August – with the show on the 19th, you can bet I
plan on getting birthday kisses from all the guys — hey, I have waited 35
years for this!!!

If you need any more information, please send me a note.

Best to you,
Stephanie Anne Dispoto
Classicstephanie@cs.com

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Reviews:
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From: “Cathy McQuillin”

I have been reading about the concert posts, and it reminded me that I had=

written about my experiences at my first Monkees Concert and I though I
would share them with everyone. I also saw the Monkees in 1987 with my 2
teen aged daughters. To my surprise they loved it, but unfortunately I
didn’t sit down and write about the experience. Here it is, hope you like.

8/28/87
While the concert is still fresh in my memory I will write a few moments of=

it down. My girlfriend Lisa and I went to see the Monkees, the one concert=

I have wanted to see ever since I can remember. When I was little I
remember crying when my brother told me they had split up and I would never=

get to see them in concert. This was my chance! We listened to their first=

album on the way to Pine Knob and both of us were so excited to fulfill one=

of our dreams, one of my greatest fantasies. We were about 45 minutes
early, so we walked around and bought a t-shirt. Weird Al opened, and he
was really strange. We read the concert program while listening to Weird Al=

croon ‘Like a Surgeon’. Once he was done, Lisa and I started getting
excited again. When the curtains opened and the Monkees came out on their
bed to the first line of their theme song, I felt so good, a dream of mine=

was finally coming true. I knew their first or second song would be ‘Last
Train to Clarksville’ (Pine Knob is in Clarkston, MI) so I wasn’t surprised=

to hear it as their first song. They all had on white pants and the Monkee=

shirts (with double buttons) in red. I was so excited! As they sang their
way through song after song, I lost count of them all and can’t even
remember what they were, but I will list the ones I remember. “I’ll Be
True” “Here Comes Tomorrow” “Auntie Grezelda” “She” “That Was Then, This is=

Now” ” Heart and Soul” “I’m a Believer” “Not Your Stepping Stone” “Listen
to the Band” “Going Down” and lots more I can’t remember. During “Valerie”,=

Davy came out with a heavy metal outfit on in a silver and black tiger
pattern, complete with long black wig and g-string. It looked like
something someone from Ratt would wear. Davy and Petor got into a hilarious=

discussion about it and after Davy left the stage, Peter was saying how he=

didn’t know how someone would wear something like that, then he pulled off=

his Hawaiian shirt and he had a red and black tiger skin tank top on! Later=

Micky came out with a Spanish Seniorita outfit on, swearing someone had
made him do it. I don’t remember what song he sang, but the very next one
Davy came out in a Matador’s outfit singing “Hold on Girl”. It was such a
good concert, I wish I could remember every song they sang and in what
order, but it was enough that I was there. The Monkees TV show started in
September 1966, the very month I was born, and this September I will be 21=

so the concert was extra special for me. It seems I have loved the Monkees=

from the day I was born and I know I will always love all four of the guys.=

Seeing them proved to me that dreams can come true, even though they may
not be exactly what you want (i.e. Mike wasn’t at the concert), but they
can still bring a smile to the lips, happiness to the voice, and
indescribable joy to the heart.

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From: “Alicia Jones”

Hey hey good peoples!

Last year on this very date (July 8, 2000), I SAW DAVY!!! Sit back, relax,=

and enjoy while I share with you one of the best times of my life!! 😀

*******************************************************

Davy Jones and Chubby Checker performed at Six Flags Fiesta Texas at 6:30.
The concert took place at an area called Lone Star Lil’s.

It’s a nice sized open auditorium, with six sections…and, of course, the=

grassy area (where I was)…that’s the “general area”. All of the reserved=

tickets, obviously, were sold out. But I still had the best seat in
town…next to the stairs. I could see EVERYTHING!! 😉

The ushers opened the gate around 5:45 and checked our tickets (my sister
went with me). While she & I found the perfect spot on the grass, I looked=

to the right of the stage and saw a banner that said, “Davy Jones
Merchandise”.

They had some t-shirts with his picture (from the cover of his new
autobiography), as well as some Monkees Tour shirts…they sold for $25.
They also had copies of his book, some CDs (like “Don’t Go” and “Just For
the Record” volume set), and some Davy photos (for $5). While I was at the=

‘booth’, I had a chance to ask a lady if she knew whether/not Davy was
going to give any autographs. She said that she didn’t know, but that he
might make an announcement during the concert, so we would just have to
keep an ear out for it. In the meantime, I just made sure my camera was
ready with film and got some drinks.

Sure enough, 6:30 rolled around, and some rep from Fiesta Texas went over=

the ground rules…things like “Don’t stand in your seats, blocking others’=

view” (now, that was okay for where *I* was, mind you) and “No audio or
video recordings of the performance are allowed”…blah blah blah.

To my surprise, I thought that Chubby Checker was gonna come out
first…when the members of the band came out. Then they started playing
medleys of Monkee songs, like “Last Train to Clarksville” and “Pleasant
Valley Sunday”.

AND THEN THEY ANNOUNCED DAVY JONES!! OH MY GOD!! He looked
soooooooooooooooooooooooo good. He was wearing a long sleeved red shirt
and black pants. When he came out, the band was playing that Elvis “intro”=

while he waved to everybody, welcoming them to the show. Of course, I
jumped out of my seat and went bonkers!

Now, as far as the order of selections went, I lost track…even though I=

remember every one he did. It was like a “believer sandwich”–the very
first song he did was “I’m a Believer” and the very last song he did was
“Daydream Believer”. In between songs, he told some jokes and talked about=

different things like winning at the Lingfield Race Track (with his horse,=

Digpast). So many things were said and I just can’t remember ’em all…the=

whole experience was quite surreal…

(After he sang “I’m a Believer”, he was encouraging the audience to sing
out more. “Otherwise, I’ll put you in a Micky Dolenz lookalike contest…”=

THAT’S WHAT HE SAID!! I’m still trying to figure out what he meant by
that. While I’m on the subject, he DID mention other things regarding
Micky, Peter & Mike…but I can’t remember anything specific…other than=

he had the opportunity to see/hear from them recently and they seemed to be=

doing quite well.)

Yes, I took loads of pics…and most of them turned out GREAT! (Hopefully,=

I can get a scanner and show them to you…) About maybe five minutes into=

the concert, I noticed several people leaving their seats so they could
take pictures of Davy up close. The majority of them would go down the
middle aisle, and I was freaking out cuz I didn’t realize we could actually=

go towards the stage like that! I checked with a nearby usher to make sure=

that was really possible/permissible, and he said yes.

So HEY…I took advantage of every single moment and I finally got my
chance to take pix of him up close!! Well, the closest I could get was
about seven feet. Many security guards were there, but one was sitting
right in the middle…at the bottom of the stage area. Davy took note of
the ones that came towards the stage and waved/sang/posed to them. Great
shots…

Naturally, the guard in the middle sat at his post. At one point during a
song, Davy pointed at him and said something like, “Now this guy sure is
taking a lot of pictures!” The crowd goes into hysterics cuz the guard
didn’t realize Davy was talking to him (let alone, about him), until he
turned around to look at him. Then the guy blushed and laughed…it was coo=
l.

These were the other Monkee songs he performed: “Valleri”, “A Little Bit
Me, A Little Bit You”, “What Am I Doing Hanging Round”, “(Look Out) Here
Comes Tomorrow”, “I’m Not Your Stepping Stone”. OH…and when he did “I
Wanna Be Free”, his stage presence was kinda like what we saw in the
“Monkees on Tour” eppy. At one point, though, he was actually lying on the=

stage like a centerfold…and OH MY GOD, he looked sooooooooooooooooo
yummy! I definitely snapped that one…and ran down the middle aisle again!=
!

(Before he did “What Am I Doing Hanging Round”, he mentioned Mike and
acknowledged his roots in Texas…San Antonio in particular. As expected,
the audience was going crazy when he got to the line, “I should be ridin’on=

that train to San Antone…”)

(And when he did “Daydream Believer”…towards the end, he had the audience=

sing the chorus while the band stopped playing. Everybody sounded great!)

He also reminisced on his broadway experiences…especially as the Artful
Dodger. And he did a medley of tunes from Oliver (like “Consider Yourself”=

and “I’ll Do Anything”) and wore a black hat during that piece. Then he
sang “I’ll Love You Forever”, and that’s when I was in heaven. Mind you, I=

was still able to get a great view of Davy where I was sitting, but my
sister was wise in bringing a pair of binoculars. I snatched them from her,=

and when I looked through them…I SWEAR y’all, it was like Davy & I were
face to face!! My eyes, needless to say, NEVER left his while I was
looking through the binoculars. He played a guitar during the song, and
several times it looked as though he was looking right at me while he was
singing it!!

Davy also talked about his childhood, with his father and sisters…and
especially his mother. He mentioned the strong musical background that his=

family had, and he went on to perform one of the songs that were played in=

the house: “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby”. If I remember correctly, he=

wore another hat (straw hat) during that song. At one point, he put on a
long silver-white coat and tinted glasses with some sideburns
attached…looking like Elvis!! *L* He did a lil bit of his moves as he
sang “Crazy Lil Thing Called Love”…and you know where *I* was! Yep, I ran=

down the center aisle again…

Before he went into “I’m Not Your Stepping Stone”, Davy introduced the
members of his band. He acknowledged them for their talents, and even
congratulated one of them for their birthday on Friday (I think). Then he
talked about the time they spent one night, drinking and watching “All in
the Family”. If I remember correctly, he mentioned an episode where Gloria=

(Archie & Edith Bunker’s daughter) had her baby upstairs in a bassinet, and=

the baby was crying. And Edith was trying to tend to the baby’s needs, as=

well as Archie’s…since he was growing impatient with hunger, ready for
supper. Anyway, Davy had the two guys from the band (the one on the
keyboard, and Sandy Gennaro the drummer) share their impersonations of
Archie & Edith. It cracked him up…and the audience was laughing, too.
They were really good!!

Now, you know I couldn’t forget about the Brady Bunch…he had the
audience sing the theme song. And I definitely remember standing at my
seat, waving my hands like I was conducting the song. DAVY SAW THIS AND HE=

WAS DOING THE SAME THING!!

/me swoons…

As a matter of fact, while I was in the center aisle taking pictures
(several feet away), I was able to get his attention. The first time, I
just waved at him…and he waved back with a great big smile. /me swoons
again…

Another time I waved at him was during his Oliver tunes (with his black hat=

on), and he smiled as he pointed at me.

/me gets very dizzy…

When Davy sang “Daydream Believer”, I ran down there AGAIN front &
center…and stayed the whole time, along with some other folks. Towards
the end of the song, the center guard informed us that Davy was going to do=

autographs. So when Davy got through saying goodbye and wishing everyone
well, I made a mad dash to my sister and had her to take out my copy of his=

book!!! My sister kept it in her purse, since hers was bigger than mine. I=

was sooooooooo grateful that I brought that book with me… I started to
take off running to that table of Davy’s merchandise that my sister said,=

“Hey! Don’t you need a pen?” So I snatched that from her and made like a
roadrunner toward the right side of the stage.

Needless to say, there were several others anxiously waiting for him to
come out. (They brought all kinds of things for him to sign. Like, this one=

girl brought the Monkees first LP, and Davy signed the album cover.) And
security WAS ready. In fact, they kept telling us to make a single file
along the table. Otherwise, they said, Davy wasn’t going to come out. Of
course, I was already at the table when I went down there AND I DIDN’T MOVE=

AN INCH, since I was already where I was supposed to be. It took about ten=

minutes or so before Davy finally came from backstage to where we were. And=

I noticed he changed clothes. Well, actually he changed shirts…kind of
like the one that’s on the top of page 386 in his book. (For those of you=

that don’t have a copy YET, he was wearing a longsleeve heather gray shirt=

with some black & white stripes.) I noticed he already had a big black
permanent marker in his hand. (I also noticed that he didn’t have any rings=

on his fingers.) Fortunately, I was able to get a couple of some close-up=

shots while he was signing away.

(During this time, somebody was playing Sting’s “Ten Summoner’s Tales”
over the speakers…and the first song from that CD came on: “If I Ever
Lose My Faith In You”. I already have this (on cassette that I bought
years ago), but NOW it has new meaning…)

Security was reminding the people CONSTANTLY to stay in line, but
unfortunately, many of the fans weren’t very cooperative. One lady, for
example, was able to break through those who were waiting patiently in line=

and got alongside where Davy was…and without saying a word to him, she
just shoved a picture of him in his face for him to sign!! And when he did=

sign it, she snatched the picture and took off…not even saying “Thank
you” to him for his autograph!! I was totally pissed by that…AND SO WAS=

DAVY. He even got on some of the security guards for letting that happen. I=

don’t blame him, either…they deserved it.

Still miffed by that, Davy almost snapped at one of the fans when she asked=

if she could get a hug and/or kiss from him and take his picture. I don’t
fault him for that, either, cuz she was out of line…with the way she
approached him…practically in his face. He said no to her request by
saying, “…Cuz if I do that for you, then I’d have to do that for
everybody else here. And I don’t have time for that…” At that time, all
he did was just sign his name quickly, moving on to next item like some
kind of machine…

It took a while for Davy his breath and for the crowd to get settled. Once=

things became more manageable, he personalized the autographs, you know,
like “For Charlotte…” Believe it or not, I stood there in front of the
table…just a few inches from where Davy was (on the other side of the
table)…waiting patiently. I wanted to wait for the right time, you know,=

and remained orderly while he was signing other people’s stuff. THEN I
SEIZED THE MOMENT:

(BTW, “Fields of Gold” was playing in the background at this time…)

“Hi, Davy. I’m Alicia…” He took the copy of my book, smiling and said,
“Alicia?”

While he opened the front cover, I spelled it out, “A-l-i-c-i-a” Then I
told him, “I really enjoyed the show. You did a GREAT job…”

“Thank you,” he said while he was signing my book. He wrote:
“Alicia
with love
David Jones”

I thought he was through. But he paused and wrote again: “7-8-00”, the
date of the concert! Then I said, “I really appreciate this. Thank you so=

much.”

He gave me my book, and smiled at me while he nodded “You’re welcome.” We=

smiled at each other…OUR EYES MET for a few seconds after that, and then=

I walked away…holding on tightly to the book towards my sister. She
smiled while I gave her a thumbs up. I said, “I saw him and I got it! I’m
good to go…and now I can die a happy woman!”

…Then we left the concert area. I felt really bad that I didn’t stick
around to watch Chubby Checker perform (I COULD have, but really didn’t
want to at the time), but I was still able to hear him sing. He sounded
great! But as they say, “Hindsight is 20/20 vision”. One of my favorite
songs by him is “Limbo Rock”, and I wish had stuck around to hear him do
that one.
*sigh* Oh well…

All in all…ah, man…there are no words I could *possibly* say right now=

to describe how I felt last night. I mean, as I go back in my
mind…going through the events that took place…I keep saying “OH MY
GOD…” and begin to cry. I just thank God that all my dreams came
true…finally! I still found it hard to believe that he was in town.

About a week & a half before this came about, that’s when I was terribly
sick with an upper respiratory infection. When I got out of bed to check
my email, I read a posting on ‘monkeesalert’ that he was going to be at
Six Flags. I did a double-take when I saw “Fiesta Texas” right after
that…cuz that place is just about 30 minutes from where I live!! I was
like, “No way…It couldn’t be…”

And then, when I checked Six Flags’ website…as well as Davy’s Dream
Web…IT WAS TRUE!!! When I turned on the radio (to my favorite oldies
station, of course), I got confirmation when I heard them announcing the
event (playing “Valleri/Daydream Believer” and “The Twist” in the
background)!! Even though I was feeling miserable physically at the time, I=

got a rush… Hope & joy was coursing through my veins, and I was
determined to make it there…

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT I ALWAYS REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF MY=

LIFE, AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT…

Peace, luv & ev’rything else!! :o)*
~Alicia Jones aka DLB

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Monkees in TEXAS!! More monkees in California!

April 3, 2011 by raj
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New concert dates include Texas and more dates in California and Idaho
according to Pollstar.com:

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Reviews:
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From: mndream

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Micky on TV Now!!

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Micky will be singing the national anthem before tonight’s New York Mets
game at Shea Stadium. 7:pm eastern on FOX sports network

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California Tour Dates Announced – Germany too?

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From: Deidre Corwyn

Tickets on sale Saturday and Sunday!

There is a new Monkees date for August 18 – The Filmore, San Francisco,CA
The Filmore tickets go on sale, Sunday, July 15, at 10 AM, probably PDT.
The show starts at 9pm.

{from the Orange Co. Register, the local newspaper}:

At the Sun Theater in Anaheim: The Monkees, August 24th, $50, on sale at
10AM Monday. (This is a dinner theatre according to what was posted.)
Ticketmaster has these tickets going on sale on Saturday at 10 AM — it
doesn’t indicate if that is PDT, but I suspect it is.
Show starts at 8pm.

+++++++++++++++++++++

From: dave jones

EEEEEK! Here they come! They will be comin’ to my town!

This is in this morning’s (Friday 13th) Orange County Register:

Also at the Sun Theater in Anaheim: The Monkees (minus
Mike Nesmith), August 24th, $50, on sale at 10AM Monday.

This is the 1st I’ve heard of it mentioned anywhere. But if
tix go on sale in 3 days, it must be confirmed.

Gee, I don’t have to drive to another state this time! I live
5 miles from the Sun theater!!! EEEEEK!!! (front row,
front row, front row). It’s a dinner theater, so I’ll be eating
with the Monkees again! There’s just something about
the guys and food that go well together…

TODJ

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From: “Estrella Lee”

The Sun Theater has a web site at sun-theatre.com that has phone
numbers for tickets. Also pollstar.com has listed a Monkees date for
The Fillmore (www.thefillmore.com) in San Francisco on August 18 at
9:00 p.m.

Estrella
http://members.tripod.com/~s3tar/monkees/

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From: BB

Germany tour dates?

Well – we have heard rumors. One of us works in the music business, and she
got a promoter’s flyer from a friend who works in a box office, and it said
that a Monkees date was in preparation for 11/4.
the promoter is Karsten Jahnke (www.karsten-jahnke.de – for any of you who
understand German), and the reply to our mail/guestbook entry was that
they’re working on it, and we should be patient for a while longer. That’s
as much info as we have, no venues, no cities.
I can keep you up-to-date on this if you want!

Thanks for the quick reply. 🙂

greets,
Birgit

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Friday July 13, 5:55 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
This August, BRAVO Unveils an 8-Part Anthology of the Music That Defined a=

Century
“POPULAR SONG: SOUNDTRACK OF THE CENTURY” Shakes, Rattles & Rocks Onto
BRAVO On Sunday, August 12

NEW YORK–(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)–July 13, 2001–For eight weeks this summer,=

BRAVO will bring viewers on a century-long journey through the history of
popular music via the U.S. Television Premiere of POPULAR SONG: SOUNDTRACK=

OF THE CENTURY, an 8-part series featuring contemporary and archive
interviews and performances from the most well-known names in music – a
total of almost 150 writers, performers and producers who have individually=

and collectively made an indelible mark on the history of modern music.

A compelling history of the popular music which has been the soundtrack of=

the past 100 years, from the songs sold as sheet music on Tin Pan Alley at=

the turn of the 20th century to the billion dollar pop industry of today.
………….

PART EIGHT, the final chapter to POPULAR SONG: SOUNDTRACK OF THE CENTURY,
goes back to the beginning to recap the various stages of popular music,
culminating with the experimental and diverse hits of the late Seventies,
Eighties and Nineties.

Within three years of the Beatles conquering America, Tin Pan Alley was
back in business in the guise of the ultimate manufactured pop act – The
Monkees. Formed to appear in a television show about a struggling band, The=

Monkees became a teen sensation. Within the mix of music that emerged in
the Seventies was a plethora of teen-oriented acts like The Osmonds, The
Jackson 5, Bay City Rollers and Mud.

The Eighties marked the peak for songwriters Stock, Aitken and Waterman,
who had seven records in the
Top 20 and, in a six year period, clocked over 100 hit singles. Their
music, which became the trademark of most Eighties tunes, was unashamedly
commercial, upbeat and danceable, instant and disposable.
This final installment of POPULAR SONG: SOUNDTRACK OF THE CENTURY features=

interviews and performances from Bananarama, the Bay City Rollers, Boy
George, David Cassidy, Neil Diamond, Carole King, George Michael, Kylie
Minogue, Michael Jackson, The Monkees, Phil Oakey, Donny Osmond, Spice
Girls, Robbie Williams and producers Don Kirshner, Jonathan Kin and Mickie=

Most.

Bravo, The Film and Arts Network, offers critically acclaimed American and=

international films as well as performing arts, including dance, theater,
classical music and jazz. Bravo is seen in more than 52 million homes
nationwide.

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From: “Twiggy Git”

Hey dude, i’m not sure if i’m sending this to the right person or place,
but theres an article about the monkees westbury show 7-15-01 at the
following address:

http://www.news12.com/CDA/Articles/View/0,2049,5-5-10069-21,00.html

hope its useful info

-Twiggy Git-

(ed: this is a very nice video interview of Davy with some live show footag=
e)

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From: Estrella Lee

The episode of “The Brady Bunch” titled “Getting Davy
Jones” will re-run twice on Wensday, July 25, (9:00 pm
EDT and 12:00 am EDT) and once on Saturday, July 28
(10:00 pm EDT) at Nick-at-Nite. This is where Marcia
promised to have Davy Jones sing at the prom, with a
pretense that she could easily do so because she’s his
fan club president.

Estrella
http://members.tripod.com/~s3tar/monkees/

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From: Kim

Monkees
Pilot Episode
30 min.
In the series pilot, the group auditions for the Sweet Sixteen Party—and=

Davy falls for a sweet 16-year-old. Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork.=

Rudy: Bing Russell. Vanessa: Robyn Millan. Russell: Richard St. John. Jill:=

Jill Van Ness.

Cast: Richard St. John, Jill Van Ness, Peter Tork, Bing Russell, Robyn
Millan, David Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith
Rating: TV-G
Category: Comedy

Show times
DateTimeChannel
Friday, 27 (check your local listings–mine has 8:30 am edt)
Screen Gems Network

Rating: TV-G
Category: Comedy

Show times
DateTimeChannel
Monday, 23 5:00 PM EDT
(check your local listings)UPN

Invisible Mom 2
95 min.
A 12-year-old orphan (Justin Berfield) is accepted into a loving family
headed by a mother (Dee
Wallace Stone) with a talent for vanishing into thin air. Karl: Barry
Livingston. Olivia: Mary
Woronov. Bernard: Micky Dolenz.

Cast: Dee Wallace Stone, Justin Berfield, Barry Livingston, Mary Woronov,
Micky Dolenz
Rating: PG
Content: Violence
Category: Movie, Comedy
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Release Year: 1999

Show times Date Time Channel Saturday, 28 8:00 AM 75 SHO

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From: Amanda Laws

Hey Monkees fans, Monkeegirl from Monkeegirl.com here to tell you that if
you havent seen it yet, the Smash Mouth video for thier cover of “Im a
Believer” is now airing.

In my opinion, the song has been ruined by this cover, but you might not
think the same. Watch for it, I just seen it on Nickalodean, it may show up
on VH1 and MTV

-Monkeegirl

~Amanda
Purple Butterfly Productions
http://www.amandasdesigns.com
http://www.pbpwh.com
*(=A8=A8`=B0v=B0=B4=A8=A8)*
(_.^._)

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Reviews
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From: “Britt …”

Boston Concert Review

Last night I went to the free Boston concert at the Hatch Shell. It was the=

most unbelievable night of my life! I thought I’d have a better spot on the=

lawn, seeing as we got there 6 hours early, but we (me, my mom, my friend
and her family) were still quite a ways back. I also thought the concert
would only be so-so seeing as it was a free one. I should have known
better. I mean, it’s the Monkees we’re talking about! I had gone to the
Lowell, MA, Wallingford, CT, and Uncasville, CT concerts in March, but this=

one took the cake. The guys seemed exceptionally happy and goofy, and just=

in an all around great mood (but who wouldn’t be when over 100,000 people
show up to see you?). The sound was also incredible. The only thing was
that on Higher and Higher, when Pete plays the banjo, you couldn’t hear the=

banjo at the beginning. That was the only downfall all night, though. They=

cut out the part of the show where they all sit on stools and play songs
like What Am I Doin’ Hanging ‘Round? and Papa Gene’s Blues, and Davy didn’t=

sing his medley of show tunes, but it really didn’t take away from the
performance at all. I was so impressed. And the excitement in the crowd was=

wonderful, too. Natural did not join them for this concert, but instead an=

extremely talented group named Beatle Juice opened. Seriously, if you
closed your eyes you would swear you were listening to John, Paul, George
and Ringo. I would pay to see Bealte Juice any day; that’s how impressed I=

was. While the show was so incredible, the thing that made the night most
special for me was all the wonderful people I got to meet. Monkees fans are=

the nicest people in the world!!! 🙂 My mom and I got off the T and had no=

idea how to get to the Hatch Shell, but we saw a man and woman carrying a
cooler and chairs and asked if they were going to the concert. They said
yes and that it would be okay if we followed them in. When we got there and=

staked out our spot, my mom asked these two nice women, Leslie and Leona,
who were sitting in front of us where the best place to get food would be
(we didn’t realize there were vendors). Well we got to talking and they
invited us up to their blanket. They were the sweetest people! They offered=

me their food, they took pictures with their digital camera and sent them
to me, and they made the 6 hours pass extremely quickly. I’m so happy I got=

to meet them! Where else besides a Monkees concert can a 17 year old make
friends with women in their 30s? My friend Anna and her family met us at
about 5:30 and sat with us. But then Anna’s mom decided it wasn’t right for=

two huge fans like Anna and me to be sitting where we were, so she helped
us get up to about 50 feet from the stage. The two people who let us stand=

on the edge of their tarp there were so kind, also. They didn’t have to let=

us there, they could have asked us to go back to our own stuff, but they
welcomed us. And not only that, the man, Jim, was taking awesome pictures
with his digital camera and offered to send them to me! Geez, I invaded
their space and they send me pictures! (The pictures are excellent, by the=

way!) When the show ended (do they really HAVE to end? I could have stayed=

there the rest of my life and been the happiest person in the world), my
mom and I waited for about an hour by the Charles River so that we wouldn’t=

have to fight through the crowd to get on the T. When we finally got on, we=

stood near a party of women who had all gotten backstage. Sherri, the
keyboardist Dan’s, sister was one of the women, and she was very nice. She=

claims to have taught Dan everything he knows! 🙂 The other women were so
kind, also. I talked with Jane for about a half hour (her idol as a child
was Micky, and he’s my favorite, and she also bought his Oh No Zone
painting, my favorite piece of art. Unfortunately I do not have the money
or the room to buy it.) I didn’t want the concert to end, I didn’t want the=

T ride to end because I loved talking to everyone, I just didn’t want the
night to ever end. It was magical, that’s the only word to describe it. I
had really wanted to get backstage to see the guys, but you know what,
meeting all those other awesome people made up for it. I made actual
friendships, which I think is way more valuable than any autograph could
ever be. I got home a little after midnight and expected my excitement to
be over, but then my brother told me about a phone call he had gotten from=

my aunt earlier that day. My cousin, who waitresses on the Cape, was
Micky’s waitress that afternoon! I guess when she found out it was him she=

ran back into the kitchen, called her mom, and said “I have to say
SOMETHING to him for Britt (me :)), but WHAT do I say?” I still haven’t
heard if she ended up talking to him, but who the heck cares? I’d be happy=

just to wait on him! I better stop writing now because this is definitely
long enough. I just want to thank the Monkees for being awesome, and the
Monkees fans for being even better! Thank you so much!

Britt

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From: “ginger fitts”

Boston Concert

Ok, Brad…I hate to rain on the parade, but in my opinion this was not one=

of the guys better show! Bad venue choice!
I would rather pay 40.00 for a good seat and be surrounded by like minded
people. So my friends and I decide to do the shell and we got there at
10:00 AM, got a good spot mind you, but it went downhill from
there. People trying to squeeze in front of you, some guy tried to get his=

wife into the handicap section cause she was pregnant, that was a
no-go! By the time the show stared, I was whooped, then had to stand
through the whole thing! The Monkees were not at their best I have to be
honest, it was a very mechnical performance and very very fast
paced!!! Davy’s tea party joke fell flat! But the worst was yet to
come! We had a drunk guy who’s wife tried to horn in on our spot and we
kicked her out, well this guy started to fight with the boys in back of us=

and my friend’s husband started to get into it, cause she kept being a
b…. and deflating all the kids beach balls. So durring the fight a
mentally handicap lady was with her friends and got her leg hurt! I shoved=

through the crowd to get the police and the medics who came quickly and got=

her out! They were super! After that, I could have cared less about the
show I was so angry at what happened! Like I said, I’d rather pay buck for=

a good seat! So on the way home we decided we wouldn’t go again,
especially after Davy looked at his watch durring the show! Was he late
for a date? All I can say is I hope for better this friday in Gilford, at=

least that’s home for me and fouth row I hope to get some dynamite
pictures! so, If you don’t wanna print this, I’ll understand, but if you
think of the other reviews I’ve written you gotta know this was an off
night for the guys…thought the bootleg t-shirts were better than the ones=

they were selling! Out of 8 monkees shows I’ve seen I’m glad there was
only one bad apple in the bunch, and it was free!

ginger

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From: “Erica Davies”

Boston Concert

Vickie, Michelle, my mom and I went to the free Boston concert yesterday.
We arrived in Boston around 11:50, and then proceeded to get lost trying to=

find the Boston Common Parking Garage. After finding it, we went into
Cheers to use the bathroom. An employee saw our signs and tee shirts and
started to quiz us. He asked us what Peter’s and Micky’s full names are.
He was very impressed that Vickie and I knew the answer. After getting
lost, we found the Hatch Shell around 1:00. We found a place to sit near
the sound system area. My mom and Michelle left us, to go walk around
Boston. Vickie and I decided to go walk around and try to find
Monkeestock. We couldn’t find it, but found someone to ask about getting
backstage passes. We were told that they had already been given out. We
went back to our area and had lunch, before walking around some more. We
met some really nice people that were sitting in front of us. I don’t know=

their names, but if they’re on this list, hello from the Jacuzzi Girl. An
old couple tried to convince us that we didn’t need all the space that we
had. We told them that we had been there since 1 and would be dancing all=

night. They said to go dance near the stage. We said we couldn’t because=

there wasn’t any room for us near the stage. After a lot of arguing, they=

finally left. They were so rude to us.
Sometime after 6, my mom and Michelle came back. About 10 minutes before
the concert started, I spotted a Monkeestock sign. So, Vickie and I made
our way to Andrea, Steph, Michelle, and Becky. I really enjoyed meeting th=
em.
Beetlejuice came onto the stage around 6:50. About an hour later, the
Monkees came onto the stage. Vickie and I spent the entire concert
dancing. Well, she did most of the dancing. I danced some, but spent a
lot of time jumping and waving my dork sticks in the air. I did a lot of
screaming and singing. Some how, I left the concert with a voice. We
decided to wait for the crowd to thin out before leaving. Vickie and I
went back over to Andrea, Steph, Becky and Michelle, to see how they liked=

the concert. They of course loved it. Andrea, Vickie and I did the Monkee=

walk for a bit, until we ran out of room. We talked a little more, before
Vickie and I had to go help pack our stuff.
I can’t believe how rude the people in Boston/Massachusetts are. The only=

nice people that we met were from out state. Everyone else was rude to us,=

including the old couple and all of the drivers.
Leaving Boston was horrible. We got lost. To make things worse, we
couldn’t find a place to go to the bathroom. We even went to so called 24=

hour McDonald’s. We found out that the drive through window was open 24
hours and not the rest of it. We eventually found a little cafe called
Caffe di Calabria. They let us use the bathroom, so we bought pizza there.
We ended up having a 12am dinner, but we didn’t care. Around 1am, we were=

back on the road to home. We got home around 2am.
Other than the Massachusetts/Boston drivers being mad at us for driving
slow in Boston, we had a great afternoon and evening.
Erica

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From: Debbie Ahern

Cape Cod MA concert

I went to the concert at the Melody Tent in Hyannis,
Cape Cod, Massachusetts on July 13!! It was a moment
that I had waited almost 30 years for; to see The
Monkees in person. And I must say, I was far from
disappointed. The concert was absolutely wonderful!!
I sang, I cried, and I danced. When I got home after
the concert, I pulled out a video tape and, once
again, sat and watched it for hours! Mickey, Peter,
and Davey still sound and look great. Made me feel
like a kid again. Thank you, thank you, thank you for
a wonderful show!

Deb Ahern

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From: AQUARIANBELIEVE

Westbury concert

The Westbury concert was great. Mickey’s voice actually sounds better than
in the 60’s. Peter continues to be everyone’s cuddly friend. Davy is as
cute as ever. Keep those little shuffles in there. It’s great fun to see
these three again. It’s even more fun because it was live. Thanks for a
fantastic evening to all the Monkees there.

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From: Vickie Berryhill

My Boston,MA Concert Review

Hello Brad,
Well, I didn’t think it could be done, but it was!!! I flew to Boston
last week to see Erica Davies and her family. We went to see the Monkees
twice in one week!! The first one was on my birthday(July 10)in
Portland,ME. What a birthday that was! WONDERFUL!!!! Erica and I already
sent you our review of the Portland show. We then went to Boston on
Saturday(July 14) to see these great guys!! They never disappoint me. I
went to see them in Tunica,MS(I am from southwest Mississippi) in March and=

they were SUPERB!! I didn’t think the Portland show could be better than
that, but it WAS!! And it just kept getting better. Even the Boston concert=

was better than the first two. These three concerts that I have been most
fortunate to attend have been the best entertainment I have had ever!!
Thanks MONKEES, You ARE the GREATEST, and I love ya’ll. I have been a fan=

since 1966.
The band is wonderful also. Yes, I love them too. They are such talented=

people. I have talked to Aviva twice. She is very nice as well as the
others. I love the Monkee Overture that they play. It really gets your
heart pumping, that is , if it already isn’t.
The day was starting out bad. It started to rain around 2:00 or so. It=

stopped some and then started back up again. Of course, the big MONKEES
fans that we are, we just sat there. We weren’t going anywhere. NO, not
us!! Well, it finally quit,thank goodness!! It was pretty weather by the
time they came out. They started singing about 7:50 Sat. night. I was one=

happy woman, amongst many others. We were throwing beach balls around and
signing them. This was a free concert at the Hatch Shell in Boston. I was
told that it was the biggest concert held there so far!! Way to go guys!!
We all danced and sang along with them. SUPER MUSIC!!!! One of my
favorites was Randy Scouse Git. I just loved the dialogue before and after=

the song too. These guys sure know how to entertain, don’t they! They all=

sang some of their own music. I thouroughly enjoyed my week of
MONKEEMANIA!! I hope I haven’t left out anything. This is one week I will=

never forget as long as I live. Those of you who are planning to go to an
upcoming concert… I wish you a grand experience like I had. HAVE
FUN,MONKEE FANS/FRIENDS!!!!!!!! Vickie Berryhill

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From: “Kelly Lidji”

Dewey Beach Show

almost all the Shoe Suede Blues shows that come around. So we actually
are friends with Peter. (I still can’t get over that) About a year and a=

half ago I became his massage therapist when he comes to town. (That’s
what I do for a living)
So, Peter had left us passes for before and after the show. It is very
cool to watch the sound checks. They kid around a lot and it’s very
obvious they have a great respect and admiration for each other.
The Bay Center itself holds a few hundred people, and by the time the show=

started the place was packed. I mean PACKED. Nicki, my Mom, my sister
Maggie and myself were pressed right up against the stage. Myself directly=

in front of Peter, of course. The stage itself was raised of the floor only=

about 2 feet. So they were practically on top of us. Close enough to see
all their dental work. Hee Hee.
Natural was great, they seemed more confident and polished since I saw them=

at the 9:30 Club in DC in March. Their harmony is great.
The Monkee show itself is practically indescribable. They sounded amazing=

and looked unbelievable. Mickey was wearing these great leather
pants. Davy had a wonderfully cut long coat. Peter had on his amazing red=

outfit. The long coat with the red pants and shoes. The set list was
slightly different then the spring tour. More active, with less quiet
music. Though, during both Davy and Mickey ballad solos, Peter was dancing=

offstage with the tour manager. Very fun to watch.
It was the drummer, Sandy Gennaro’s birthday. And at one point, all of the=

band, came out with pie plates of shaving cream and COVERED him with
it. It was a riot. They had to stop and clean the stage.
During the whole show the heat kept rising, so by the time it was over it
was about 120 degrees at least.
Unfortunately all shows must end. And after their encore people began to
clear out. We gathered ourselves together to go backstage. This turned out=

to be a room off the banquet halls kitchen. Just the four of us, our
friend Bonnie and her 2 friends, and Peter. It was great. He stayed
talking with us for quite a while about the tour and when we would get
together again. Very sweet. He is really the kindest, most gererous,
giving man I have ever known. After he finally had to leave we went outside=

and found Eric the trumpet player. He just might be the cutest and
sweetest guy in the world. What a doll. Then we found Marc from
Natural. Hubba Hubba. Also very sweet.
We took the most amazing pictures of the whole show. (Not surprising
considering the subjects, and where we were standing) All in all it
couldn’t have been much better!

Cool, huh?
Kelly

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From: PJFCFP

I just came back from the Monkees Concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Ne=
w
Jersey. I am 44, and I took my 9 year old son. He knew more of the words to
the songs than I did.

Anyway, it was the best all around show, the total performance, I have seen
in many, many years. These guys are not a bunch of has-beens reuniting for =
a
few bucks, they are truly great performers who give the audience more than
bargain for.

They’re back !!! And they’re better than ever !!! And by the way, these guy=
s
have managed to really bridge the generation gap, especially after watching
50 year olds dancing next to 15 year olds at the same concert. That’s a gif=
t
for any group.

Pat Flanagan
Point Pleasant, New Jersey