Courtesy of The MonkeesThere will be a lot more Monkee business to look forward to in 2020, as The Monkees‘ surviving members — Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith — have announced dates for another tour, as well as plans for the release of the group’s first live album.
The “An Evening with The Monkees” trek will kick off April 3 in Vancouver, Canada, and currently is plotted out through an April 26 concert in Nashville.
Tickets and VIP packages for the shows go on sale to the general public this Friday, November 15. For most of the performances, people purchasing tickets will receive a CD or digital copy of the new concert album, The Monkees — The Mike & Micky Show Live, which will be released on April 3.
The album features 24 performances recorded in March 2019 during Nesmith and Dolenz’s recent The Monkees Present: The Mike and Micky Show tours. The songs on the record span The Monkees’ 50-year-plus career, and include many of the band’s classic hits, along with fan favorites, rarities and a couple of tunes from the group’s 2016 album, Good Times.
Among the rare gems are two early Monkees songs that they never performed live during their 1960s heyday are “St. Matthew” and “Auntie’s Municipal Court.”
The Monkees — The Mike & Micky Show Live was produced by the band’s longtime archivist Andrew Sandoval and mixed by Nesmith’s son, Christian, who also plays in The Monkees’ touring band.
Here’s the album’s track list:
“Last Train to Clarksville”
“Sunny Girlfriend”
“Mary, Mary”
“You Told Me”
“For Pete’s Sake”
“The Door into Summer”
“The Girl I Knew Somewhere”
“You Just May Be the One”
“Birth of an Accidental Hipster”
“St. Matthew”
“Porpoise Song”
“Circle Sky”
“Me & Magdalena”
“Papa Gene’s Blues”
“Randy Scouse Git”
“Tapioca Tundra”
“Take a Giant Step”
“Auntie’s Municipal Court”
“(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”
“Goin’ Down”
“Daydream Believer”
“Pleasant Valley Sunday”
“Listen to the Band”
“I’m a Believer”
And here are the dates for the 2020 “An Evening with The Monkees” tour:
4/3 — Vancouver, BC, Canada, Commodore Ballroom
4/4 — Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre
4/7 — Sacramento, CA, The Crest Theatre
4/8 — San Jose, CA, San Jose Civic
4/10 — Riverside, CA, Fox Performing Arts Center
4/11 — El Cajon, CA, The Magnolia
4/14 — Phoenix, AZ, Celebrity Theatre
4/16 — Dallas, TX, Majestic Theatre
4/19 — San Antonio, TX, The Tobin Center for Performing Arts
4/20 — Austin, TX, ACL Live at The Moody Theatre
4/22 — Birmingham, AL, Iron City
4/24 — Lake Charles, LA, Golden Nugget – Grand Event Center
4/25 — Biloxi, MS, IP Casino Resort & Spa*
4/26 — Nashville, TN, Schermerhorn Symphony Center
* = ticket bundle not offered for this show.
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