The Monkees Twentieth Anniversary Reunion

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 Micky Dolenz And Peter Tork.They,Includes Also
 Michael Nesmith,while not touring supports them.
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 The Link:The Evening With The Monkees  2015. 
 This Is The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Monkees.
 They Were Selected In 1965, But Not Until 1966 
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  In 1985 David Fishof promoting the tour called:
Happy Together Tour included Hermans Hermits,
Gary Puckett And The Union Gap Band, which it's
also true,The Grass Roots were part of this tour.
  Now David Fishof was a man with guts,to go all
the way to Manhattan New York,to ask Peter if he
be willing to be part of The Monkees Twentieth
Anniversary Reunion Tour.Peter originally turned
down the idea.However he agreed to see one show
back stage before making his final decision.Peter
was impressed and traveled to see his band mate
in Nottingham England with David Fishoff.When
David Fishof and Peter talked to Micky about it,
Micky was reluctant at first,since his profession,
as a television and video director in England,was
successful.He was unsure of any interest of seeing
The Monkees in concert.
  David Fishof and Peter went to see Davy Jones
who was taking care of his horses and starring in
Godspell in London.Fishof persisted and then both















Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz  had agreed to have
the reunion.Michael Nesmith  wanted to be at the
reunion,however he had this major problem that
he had to address.He had been producing this film
Square Dance,so he wasn't able to come,but he had
voice genuine support of the reunion,and desired to
play when had time allowed to play with the band
The Monkees.Michael Nesmith said:"I Support the
trio."to Philadelphia Daily News" He's behind us
all the way."
  The Monkees albums showed in record stores in
1985.I should know I bought many in 1985,which
were both Arista and Rhino Records from Spirit 
Records and Tapes in Rancho Cordova California.
  David Fishof asked permission from Columbia
Pictures to use The Monkees name.He recieved the
right to lease The Monkees name for $3,500.00.
  David Fishof was wondering how he was going to
promote The Monkees?Early 1986 MTV agreed to
cross promote The Monkees.The MTV promotion
had started February 23,1986 on the weekend.It
resulteded in and astounding results for MTV.
The Monkees Marathon had amazing results.Just
listen as the MTV General Manager talks:"We've
never recieved this volumn of mail.We were dumb-
founded by the whole thing."The Storm was just
perfect to Ignite The Monkees.Nine of the original
albums of The Monkees were released by Rhino-
Records plus two new ones Monkee Flips,and also
Monkee Business which is a valuable picture disc.
  

















  The Monkees were the biggest grossing sales of
the year.It started in booking small amphitheatres
for six weeks.After MTV heavy promotion,new 
generation of fans were born and a demand for
ticket sales sky rocketed out of control.They had
to use large arenas and stadiums.
   Two Points Need Clarified:1.According To The
Tour Schedule Below,You Notice It Has A Tour
Date Booked On May 24,1986.This No Mistake!
The Monkees Played May 24,1986  In New York.
At Concord Hotel,Kiamesha Lake,New York.In
The Press Conference,They Said  It Would Kick
Off May 30,1986.Another Fact,Michael Nesmith
Wanted To Be At Thet Press Conference,But 
Was Not Able To Make It. He Sent A Funny
Impersonator.He Is With Peter.A Picture With
The Dummy Is Here In Black And White.





















  A Press Conference Was Called On May 28,1986
At The Hard Rock Cafe In New York City.It Was
Announced A 100-Plus City Tour.Two Weeks Of
Rehearsals At Catskill Mountains Resort In The
State Of New York.The Tour Would Kick Off On
May 30,1986 At Atlantic City In New Jersey. 
   Many want the true facts as why you never heard
Davy Jones sing :" That Was Then This Is Now".
The truth is fact:Arista gave a offer to Davy Jones,
to sing on this song.Davy Jones was insulted,as to 
how much he was going to get paid,so he turned it 
down.Both Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz jumped 
at the offer,and started out pratice singing the cool
song,without Davy Jones.Davy Jones would not
sing the song in concerts,instead he had Micky and
Peter sing the song:"That Was Then This Is Now",
then he would come back after that song was over.
Davy said,it wasn't the song,but dealed with money,
the offer was too low.Who knows,he might have 
changed his mind,if he had known the six weeks 
concert, would turn into one that lasted  to the end 
of the year,for over 100 days.However,in 2011,for
the Forty-Fifth Anniversary Reunion Tour, Davy
Did Sing:"That Was Then This Is Now."

 

The Monkees Songs Schedule for the tour 1986




   Last Train To Clarksville,A Little Bit You Me,-

   A Little Bit You,(I'm Not) Your Steppin' Stone,
      Cuddly Toy,Goin' Down,I Wanna Be Free,
      Your Auntie Grizelda,She,Cripple Creek, 
   For Pete's Sake,That Was Then This Is Now,
                          Shades Of Grey,
   Look Out(Here Comes Tomorrow),No Time,
   Daydream Believer,Zilch,Randy Scouse Git,
   I'll Love You Forever written by Davy Jones
   sang here first time,on Pool It Album 1987.
   MGBGT written by Peter Tork sang here
   first time.Valleri,I'm A Believer,  
                                   Encore
   Listen to The Band,Pleasant Valley Sunday,
        Three Songs Performed But Dropped
           Take A Giant Step,Star Collector,
                  Sometime In The Morning
                    
               The 1986 Official Tour Dates 
  May 24 Concord Hotel,Kiamesha Lake,NY     
  May 30 Tropicana,Atlantic City,NJ
  May 31 Tropicana,Atlantic City,NJ
  June 1  Tropicana,Atlantic City,NJ
  June 3 Warner Theatre,Erie,PA
  June 4 Stanley Theatre,Utica,NY
  June 5 Samuel Clemens Theatre,Elmira,NY
  June 6 Great Arena,Great Adventure,
  Jackson,NJ
  June 7 State Theatre,Cleveland,OH
  June 8 Woodlands,Wilkes-Barre,PA
  June 10 Newport Music Hall,Columbus,OH
  June 11 Newport Music Hall,Columbus,OH
  June 12 Santa Teresa Country Club,
  Santa Teresa,NM
  June 13 Fort Bliss Army Base,El Paso,TX
  June 14 Civic Auditorium,Omaha,NE
  June 15 Nebraska Land Days,
  North Platte,NE
  June 17 Cotillion Ballroom,Wichita,KS
  June 18 Sandstone,Kansas City,KS
  June 19 Riverfront Amphitheatre,
  Hannibal,MO
  June 20 Steamboat Days,Burlington,IA
  June 21 Civic Center,Des Moines,IA
  June 22  Arlington Stadium,Arlington,TX
  June 24  Bayfront Arena,
  Corpus Christi,TX
  June 25 Sunken Gardens,San Antonio,TX
  June 26 Frank Erwin Center,Austin,TX
  June 27 Southern Star Amphitheatre,
  Houston,TX
  June 28 Civic Center,Beaumont,TX
  June 29 Audubon Zoo,New Orleans,LA
  July 1 Mud Island Amphitheatre,
  Memphis,TN
  July 2 Starwood Amphitheatre,
  Nashville,TN
  July 3 Civic Center, Albany,GA
  July 4 Robarts Arena,Sarasota,FL  
  July 5 Ruth Eckerd Hall,Clearwater,FL
  July 6 Flagler Greyhound Track, 
  Miami,FL
  July 8 Wolftrap Park,Vienna,VA
  July 9 Civic Center,Pittsburg,PA
  July 10 Blossom Music Festival,
  Cuyahoga Falls,OH  
  July 11 Chautauqua Insttute,
  Chautauqua,NY
  July 12 Ontario Place,Toronto,
  Ontario,Canada
  July 13 Ottawa Congress Center,
  Ottawa, Ontario,Canada
  July 14 Fingerlakes Center,
  Lake Canandaigua,NY
  July 17 Jones Beach Theatre,
  Wantagh,NY
  July 18 Warwick Musical Theatre,
  Warwick,RI
  July 19 South Shore Music Circus,
  Cohasset,MA
  July 20 Oakdale Music Theatre,
  Wallingford,CT
  July 21 Performing Arts Center,
  Saratoga Springs,NY
  July 25 Great Arena,Great Adventure,
  Jackson,NJ
  July 26 Jones Beach Theatre,
  Wantagh,NY
  July 29 Club Casino,Hampton Beach,NH
  July 30 Club Casino,Hampton Beach,NH
  July 31 Wolftrap Park,Vienna,VA
  August 1 Pier Six Pavillion,Baltimore,MD
  August 2 Garden State Art Center,
  Holmdel,NJ 
  August 3 Mann Music Center,
  Philadelphia,PA
  August 5 Pine Knob MusicTheatre,
  Clarkston,MI
  August 6 Pine Knob Music Theatre,
  Clarkston,MI
  August 7 Poplar Creek Music Center,
  Hoffman Estates,IL
  August 8 Riverband,Cincinnati,OH
  August 9  Mulligans Hollow,
  Grand Haven,MI
  August 10 Wisconsin State Fair,
  Milwaukee,WI
  August 12 Civic Center,Peoria,IL
  August 13 Powell Hall,St.Louis,MO
  August 15 Douglas County Fair,
  Waterloo,NE
  August 16 Brown County Fair,
  Aberdeen,SD
  August 17 Hall County Fair,
  Grand Island,NE
  August 19 Sioux Empire Fair,
  Sioux Falls,SD
  August 20 Carlton Celebrity Center-
  Theatre,Bloomington,MN
  August 21 Carlton Celebrity Center-
  Theatre,Bloomington,MN
  August 27 Red Rocks Amphitheatre,
  Denver,CO
  August 29 The Lagoon,Salt Lake City,
  UT
  August 31 Marriots Great America,
  Santa Clara,CA
  September 1 Marriots Great America,
  Santa Clara,CA
  September 4 Pacific Amphitheatre,
  Costa Mesa,CA
  September 5 Greek Theatre,
  Los Angeles,CA
  September 6 Greek Theatre,
  Los Angeles,CA
  September 7 Greek Theatre,
  Los Angeles,CA
  September 8 Hilton Hotel,Las Vegas,NV
  September 15 Memorial Coliseum,
  Phoenix,AZ
  September 17 Dane County Arena,
  Madison,WI
  September 18 Market Place Arena,
  Indianapolis,IN
  September 19 Oklahoma State Fair,
  Oklahoma City,OK
  September 20 Veterans Stadium,
  Philadelphia,PA
  September 21 Valley Forge Music-
  Faire,Devon,PA
  September 23 Bloomsburg Fair,
  Bloomsburg,PA
  September 24 War Memorial Arena,
  Buffalo,NY
  September 25 Civic Center,Hartford,CT
  September 26 Sullivan Stadium,
  Foxboro,MA
  September 27 Trump Plaza,
  Atlantic City,NJ
  September 28 Westbury Music Fair,
  Westbury,NY
  September 29 Broome City Arena,
  Binghamton,NY
  September 30,LandmarkTheatre,
  Syracuse,NY
  October 8 Civic Center,Pittsburg,PA
  October 9 Cambria War Memorial-
  Coliseum,Johnstown,PA  
  October 10 Ressalaer Polytechnic-
  Institute Fieldhouse,Troy,NY
  October 11 Patriot Center,Fairfax,VA
  October 12 Scope Convention Center,
  Norfolk,VA
  October 14 Brendan Byrne Arena,
  Meadowlands,Secaucus,NJ
  October 15 Civic Center,Baltimore,MD
  October 16 Richmond Coliseum,
  Richman,VA
  October 17 Dean Dome,University Of 
  North Carolina,Chapel Hill,NC
  October 18 The Omni,Atlanta,GA
  October 19 O,Connell Center,
  Gainsville,FL
  October 22 Superdome,New Orleans,LA
  October 23 Jackson Coliseum,Jackson,MS
  October 24 Mobile Municipal Auditorium,
  Mobile,AL
  October 25 Barton Coliseum,Littlerock,AR
  October 26 Louisiana Tech,Ruston,LA
  October 29 Chattanooga Arena,University-
  Of Tennesee,Chattanooga,TN
  October 30 Civic Coliseum,Knoxville,TN
  November 1 Roberts Stadium,Evansville,IN
  November 2 Rosemont Horizon,Rosemont,IL
  November 4 Kiel Auditorium,St.Louis,MO
  November 5 Civic Center,Peoria,IL
  November 6 Five Seasons Center,
  Cedar Rapid,IA
  November 7 La Crosse Center,La Crosse,WI
  November 8 Duluth Arena,Duluth,MN
  November 10 Fort Wayne Coliseum,
  Fort Wayne,IN
  November 11 Athetic Center,Notre Dame-
  University,South Bend,IN
  November 12 Brown County Arena,
  Green Bay,WI
  November 14 Centennial Hall,Toledo,OH
  November 15 Wing Stadium,Kalamazoo,MI
  November 16 Silverdome,Pontiac,MI
  November 17 Richfield Stadium,Cleveland,OH
  November 20 The Centrum,Worcester,MA
  November 21  Cumberland Country -
  Civic Center,Portland,ME
  November 22 Bangor Auditorium,Bangor,ME
  November 23 Civic Center,Providence,RI
  November24 Utica War Memorial,Utica,NY
  November 25 Rochester War Memorial,
  Rochester,NY
  November 28 Civic Center,Roaoke,VA
  November 30 Charlotte,Charlotte,NC
  December 1 Civic Center Arena,Charleston,WV
  December 3 Stabler Arena,Bethehem,PA
  Some of the earlier shows Peter Performed, 
  "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Pork"
  before Pleasant Valley Sunday.
  Peter sings For Pete Sake He Wrote And 
lead on:Only Shades Of Grey.
  Listen To The Band,Showcase  the trio,
and introduces each member of the eight-
piece back up band.

  Then May 30,1986 Atlantic City,New Jersey
the tour started.There were three opening acts:
Hermans Hermits,The Grass Roots and also,
Gary Puckett And The Union Gap Band. The
group,The Monkees,had a eight- piece backing
band,with horn section,providing support for
The Monkees.Peter played rhythm,lead guitar,
and banjo.Micky had a stand-up electric drum
kit at the front of the stage.Davy played  many
percussion music instruments.Micky did play
guitar on Pleasant Valley Sunday at most of 
the shows.
  "That Was Then This Is Now,"released by
Arista Went Platinum during the tour.A real
video of "That Was Then This Is Now"was
filled at the Great Arena in Jacksonville in 
New Jersey on July 25,1986.The video then
received heavy air play on MTV catapulting
it to number #20 on the Billboard Charts.
  MTV then airs The Monkees twice a day for
a week.By April they were on three times a
day.Micky and Peter acted as guest VJ's on
MTV in early May.Then another marathon
was in June.
  On June 22,1986 Michael Nesmith disguised
himself at Arlington Stadium,Arlington,Texas
tour date of The Monkees.You'll notice that it
is copper.Michael said:"I thought they did a
great job."He said this to a Texas newspaper.
Michael then says:"As a matter of fact,I called
Micky the next day and told him,I thought it
was sensational." 
  During the summer 1986-1987 syndication of
The Monkees in the United States by all of the
television stations was happening.When this
cool video of:" That Was Then This Is Now,"
debuted on MTV in early August, then there
was Monkeemania,that skyrocketed out of
control.Monkeemania was like a Tornado.
  The Monkees performed at the 1986 MTV
Video Music Awards with backing band.
  More tour dates being added for fall.
  MTV brought The Monkees,Davy,Micky,
and Peter to host another extended airing
of The Monkees for October. 
  The presence of The Monkees on MTV,
and the success of the single,with the cool
popularity of the tour,caused seven of the
nine albums to hit the Billboard Chart,all
with the Then And Now Of The Monkees
Collection.By the end  of the 1986 year,
Rhino Records sold over two million cool
dollars in The Monkees back catalogue.
   If you've been watchful, I told you that
two tour dates are in copper.You might be
wondering about September 7,1986...
   Don't keep me in suspence any longer! 
   The Monkees were playing at the Greek
Theatre in Los Angeles.Well Spill Your
Guts! They did their numbers,to the songs.
They went through show doing a great
job.When they get ready for the final set.
Michael walk slowly out on to the stage and
toward the other Monkees,then all four hug
at the center stage while the crowd wildly
cheer seeing at four of The Monkees back
together.Encore with Michael is his compose
song Listen To The Band,and also Peter's
favorite song,Pleasant Valley Sunday,that
is a cool way to end this show.The pictures

     Here Is MTV after reuniting with band
The Monkees,while performing at the Greek
Theatre September 7,1986 for the final set.

The Monkees 

     Here is Michael With The Monkees and
rehearsing the songs fo the shows.
   Remember Michael said he wanted to part
 of the reunion,twice he proved at this tour.
    He was working the film Square Dancing
which kept him from attending the reunion
tour of the band The Monkees.

    

                                                                         














                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

   The Monkees Twentieth Anniversary Tour
was originally six weeks,which was to be a 
small low key affair across the United States
in the summer of 1986.Instead it Skyrocketed
Out Of Control!Tour Dates Were Piling Up
Like Cash! From Six Weeks To About Eight
Months! That Is Serious Cash From Concerts,
Record Sales,Magazines,Videos,T Shirts,and
Posters,Inflatable Chairs,Beach Balls And
More.Did You Know The Monkees Played
Softball Against MTV.Want To See Pictures?
  December  the tour would come a close.But
the final two tours were December 1,1986 at
the Civic Center Arena,Charelston,WV and
December 3,1986 StablerArena,Betheham,PA
were to be in retail stores.It never happened.
At the 1987 Heart And Soul Concert Tours 
and mail order by Rhino Records.The album
was issued as Live! on CD and could be bought
at merchandise booths during the 1996 tour.
   Below September 7,1986 Greek Theatre in
Los Angeles All Four Of The Monkees Are 
Together.Davy Jones,Micky Dolenz,Peter Tork,
And Michael Nesmith Together Again Twenty
Years Later Reunion Of The Monkees!