THE MONKEES – AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2019

The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show Australia & New Zealand 2019   General On Sale: On sale now!    The Monkees Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz will tour Australia and New Zealand  in June 2019, performing all their hits with The Monkees spanning more than 50 years.  As well as all of those marvellous Mike and Micky hit singles, this will be the first time Mike has appeared in Australia or New Zealand since the release of his 1977 “Live At The Palais”.   “Last Train to Clarksville”, “Listen To The Band”, “Mary Mary”, “Different Drum”, “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”, “The Girl I Knew Somewhere”, “I’m A Believer”, “Good Clean Fun”, “D.W. Washburn”, “Circle Sky”, “Randy Scouse Git”, “Papa Gene’s Blues, “Take a Giant Step”, “What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round”… and that’s less than half of what you’ll get to singalong to on the night.   Platinum VIP M&G package includes: Meet Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz Photo with Mike and Micky on your own camera or phone Limited edition A3 Thick Card Poster signed by Mike and Micky Admission to Soundcheck featuring fan faves and deep cuts not included in the normal set. Monkees guitar pick Official commemorative Monkees VIP Laminate STRICTLY LIMITED TO 30 ONLY PER SHOW   Gold VIP Soundcheck package includes: Admission to Soundcheck featuring fan faves and deep cuts not included in the normal set Limited edition A3 Thick Card Poster Monkees guitar pick Official commemorative Monkees VIP Laminate   "I love being on stage with Micky,” says Nesmith. “We’ve been collaborating for over 50 years, so it’s hard to believe it’s never been just the two of us. I’m excited to dust off some tunes that I haven’t played for a long time too. These are going to be some fun shows.” "Right from the get-go, I admired Mike's songs. When we used to get together around the campfire to sing in the early days, we were always doing his songs,”says Dolenz. “We always had such a great a vocal blend; he was the one who encouraged me to write songs of my own. I've always been a big fan and now we finally get to do the Mike & Micky show that we riffed on back when we were shooting The Monkees."   The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show is a unique concert experience. Times may change but infectious pop hits and wonderfully charismatic characters stay in our hearts and memories forever.   Saturday June 8 Christchurch – Isaac Theatre Royal  Sunday June 9 Auckland – Great Hall Monday June 10 Wellington – Michael Fowler Wednesday June 12 Brisbane – QPAC Saturday June 15 Melbourne – Palais Sunday June 16 Perth –Astor Theatre Tuesday June 18 Sydney – Sydney Opera House     Further information “The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show” is the latest chapter in Monkee-mania, a saga that began in 1965 when four young men were cast in a television show about a struggling rock band that was inspired by the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night.   Few could have predicted the impact The Monkees would have on music and pop culture at large, one that still reverberates more than 50 years later.   Formed in Los Angeles for the eponymous television series, the quartet of Dolenz, Nesmith, Tork and the late Davy Jones brought a singular mix of pop, rock, psychedelia, Broadway and country to their music. The Monkees’ first single, “Last Train to Clarksville,” was released in 1966 and quickly headed for the top spot of the Billboard charts, where it would ultimately sit for 13 of the 78 weeks it remained in the Top 200. (Two decades later, in the midst of a new burst of Monkee-mania, The Monkees popped back onto the charts, bringing the total number of weeks to 102.)   By the time the series aired its final new episode in 1968, The Monkees had seen three further albums top the charts — More of the Monkees, Headquarters, and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.All were released in 1967, staggeringly enough, racking up several more hit singles, with “I’m A Believer,” “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone,” “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You,” “The Girl I Knew Somewhere,” “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “Words,” “Daydream Believer,” “Valleri,” and “Tapioca Tundra” all finding their way into the Top 40. The final tally: 16 million albums and 7.5 million singles sold in a mere 2 1/2 years.   After the series’ two-season run, the group went on to star in the cult feature film Head (co-written by Jack Nicholson) and a TV special (33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee) while also continuing to record new material. But as the ’60s gave way to the ’70s, the members of The Monkees eventually gave in to their individual musical interests and went their separate ways . . . for a while.   In February 1986, after MTV broadcast a marathon of “The Monkees,” Dolenz, Jones, and Tork reunited for a 20th anniversary tour, with Nesmith joining them onstage for the Los Angeles date of the tour. In 1996, all four members of the group reunited for a new album (Justus) and TV special (“Hey, Hey, It’s the Monkees”).   In the wake of Jones’s death on February 12, 2012, the surviving members of the Monkees reunited and performed a series concerts. The shows were received so triumphantly that Dolenz, Nesmith and Tork returned the following summer for a tour dubbed, “A Midsummer’s Night With the Monkees.”   To celebrate the Monkees’ 50th anniversary in 2016, the surviving members of the band recorded the critically acclaimed album Good Times. Much like the Monkees’ early albums, it featured tracks written for the band by a group of gifted songwriters, including Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), Andy Partridge (XTC) and more. To support the album, Dolenz and Tork launched a successful tour that featured Nesmith beaming in remotely via Skype for a few songs during some of the shows.   The Monkees wind up 2018 with the release of Christmas Party, their first ever holiday album.  The collection features newly recorded versions of classic Christmas songs including “Silver Bells”, “The Christmas Song” and “Wonderful Christmastime” along with new songs written for the band by Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey, Rivers Cuomo, Andy Partridge and album producer Adam Schlesinger.