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Mini doc recounts Jimi Hendrix Experience’s gig opening for The Monkees

A new mini documentary is giving fans a look at Jimi Hendrix’s rise to fame in the U.S.  From The Monkees To The Hollywood Bowl features previously unseen footage recounting the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s stint as openers for The Monkees in July 1967, a performance that was not embraced by The ...
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The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz paying tribute to R.E.M. with new EP

You don’t often think of R.E.M. when you hear The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz, but that’s about to change. Rolling Stone reports that Dolenz will release a tribute EP to the Athens rockers, Dolenz Sings R.E.M., on November 3. It features the just-released cover of the Out of Time track “
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The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz: It’s “weird … being the last man standing”

With Michael Nesmith’s passing in 2021, Micky Dolenz is now the last surviving member of The Monkees. Ahead of his upcoming tour, in which he plans to play their 1967 album, Headquarters, the first one they had control over and played instruments on, he's really missing his bandmates, particularly Nesmith.  “It ...
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Upcoming Micky Dolenz tour to spotlight new super-deluxe edition of The Monkees’ ‘Headquarters’

Micky Dolenz plans to celebrate the 55th anniversary of The Monkees' third album, Headquarters, on his upcoming tour. But ahead of that, the album will get the super deluxe treatment this month. Due out November 18, Headquarters: Super Deluxe Edition features four CDs, plus a 7" vinyl single ...
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Micky Dolenz launches lawsuit to gain access to The Monkees’ FBI file

The Monkees may not seem like a very subversive band, but in 2011 it was revealed the FBI had a file on the 1960s pop legends that included an informant's observations about a concert, suggesting the group was delivering left-wing political subliminal messages to the audience.
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Bob Rafelson, ‘Monkees’ co-creator and ‘Five Easy Pieces’ director, dead at 89

Bob Rafelson, the director, producer and writer best known for co-creating The Monkees TV series and helming the 1970 film Five Easy Pieces, "died peacefully, surrounded by his family" Saturday evening at his home in Aspen, Colorado, his former personal assistant, Jolene Wolff, tells
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Felix Cavaliere says his shows with The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz offer a “happy, uplifting” night of music

Rascals singer/keyboardist Felix Cavaliere and The Monkees' Micky Dolenz will perform together this Friday in New York City and Saturday in Lynn, Massachusetts, the latest in a series of joint 2022 "Legends Live!" concerts ...