Monkees announce tour will cross the US this summer
The remaining members of the band The Monkees will embark on a US tour this summer, according to the group.
Monkees members Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork will kick off their tour July 15 with a performance in Port Chester, N.Y. Band member Davy Jones died in February 2012.聽
The three went on a reunion tour last year after Jones鈥� death and the response, Dolenz told , convinced them that they should keep going.
鈥淭he reaction to the last tour was euphoric," Dolenz said. "It was pretty apparent there was a demand for another one.鈥�
Tour dates run from the Port Chester performance to Aug. 18, when the trio will perform in Portland, Ore. But Dolenz said the tour may continue after their US journey.
鈥淚 can be frank and tell you we are thinking about taking it everywhere," he said. "There's always been interest in Japan, Eurasia and Australia and New Zealand. There's a huge fan base in South America and Brazil in specific, which we've never really tapped into. There's also talk about Europe and the U.K."
The tour will be titled 鈥淎 Midsummer鈥檚 Night with the Monkees鈥� and the three will play their band鈥檚 songs in the order in which they were released. Photos and video footage will also be used to look back on their history.
General tickets will go on sale May 3.
The band came together when producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider came up with the idea for a TV show that followed a band after the success of the Beatles鈥� 1964 movie 鈥淎 Hard Day鈥檚 Night.鈥� The four Monkees members were cast for the show.
鈥淭he Monkees really becoming a band was like the equivalent of Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan,鈥� Dolenz told the later of the band鈥檚 inception.
Today, the group is remembered for hits such as 鈥淒aydream Believer,鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓 a Believer,鈥� and 鈥淟ast Train to Clarksville.鈥�
