The Monkees

The Monkees were an immensely successful, particularly in 1967, of actors and musicians who played a rock group on a television show and produced albums. Three were American, while one (Davey Jones) was British.

A quartet, their television show last merely three seasons (58 episodes), but their songs influenced a generation. The band broke up in 1970 but then reunited many times afterwards, usually without all four members performing together at the same time.

20th Reunion tour

In 1986, three of the four Monkees did a 20th year reunion tour that was one of the highest grossing tours in music that year. The fourth Monkee, Michael Nesmith, was supportive but cited other commitments and only occasionally joined the events while praising them.

MTV ran a marathon of the television episodes in early 1986. "We've never received such a volume of mail," MTV's general manager Tom Freston described to Rolling Stone magazine in September of that year.

30th Reunion tour

Though less successful than the 20th Reunion tour, the 30th Anniversary tour in 1996 played to many audiences with success and also appeared on Jay Leno's Tonight Show. Again it was three members of the quartet without Nesmith.

Farewell Tour

In September 2021, Michael Nesmith & Micky Dolenz performed a farewell tour after 55 years of the Monkees. Davy Jones (1945-2012) and Peter Tork (1942-2019) had passed away. Michasel Nesmith passed away in December 2021 of natural causes.