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“I threw a party for John Lennon one night, and he sat there at the Moog for four hours making flying saucer sounds”: They set the boyband template, but also introduced the world to the synth

People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players

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Micky Dolenz insists Monkees tour won't be 'a memorial' show

The Monkees last surviving member Micky Dolenz is hitting the road in 2026, but he insisted it's time to "take off the black armband" and focus on the music.

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“Tommy's got his guitar. I'm snapping my fingers. Tommy just started out; ‘Here we come, walking down the street’, 'cause that's what we were doing”: Bobby Hart on the evolution of the Monkees theme

Hart, who has died, wrote many of the band's hits with Tommy Boyce

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Legendary Monkees songwriter dead

Bobby Hart - one half of the Boyce and Hart songwriting duo, who penned some of The Monkees' hit songs - has died aged 86.

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Legendary songwriter who created some of The Monkees’ biggest hits dead

Bobby Hart created hits such as Last Train to Clarksville and I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone

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24 People Who Left A Mark In History And Are Actually Still Around, Much To The Surprise Of Folks In This Online Group

Numerous commenters on Reddit pointed out 35 famous people, who made history and still are our contemporaries.

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Five Great Reads: Micky Dolenz, postcards from a tram, and the meaning of life

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

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"They said, ‘Thank you, but no thank you - it’s not a Monkees song.’ He said, ‘Wait a minute, I am one of the Monkees! What are you talking about?’": Micky Dolenz explains Mike Nesmith's "frustration" at being in The Monkees

“I knew what he was going through. He was frustrated because he was misled"

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‘It was not a boyband!’ Micky Dolenz on the madness of being in the Monkees

He was in one of the biggest groups in the world – all without playing a note. As the last surviving Monkee turns 80, he remembers 60s fame – and what happened when the band broke free

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“I didn’t have to learn every rhythm and tempo to be at the standard of a studio musician. I learnt what I had to learn and I think I did pretty well": The Monkees' drummer Micky Dolenz says he had the musical chops that his role required

"I was a guitarist and for the audition I played Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry," he explains

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“I threw a party for John Lennon one night, and he sat there at the Moog for four hours making flying saucer sounds”: They set the boyband template, but also introduced the world to the synth

People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players

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“Some friends helped me get back on my feet. I hadn’t been on stage in a few years and I was scared about performing after losing my hearing”: Former Incubus bassist Ben Kenney returns to the stage for the first time since undergoing brain surgery

In the wake of the surgery, Kenney stepped down from the band and was officially replaced by Nicole Row

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Hey, Hey, The Monkees Are Coming to ‘Retro Night’ on AXS TV

Nostalgia-fueled lineup launches April 7

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The Monkees' drummer wants the FBI to quit monkeying around and hand over files

The last surviving member of The Monkees, a rock band that formed in 1966, is suing the FBI. Micky Dolenz wants the government to hand over any files on him and his deceased bandmates.

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The Monkees' Micky Dolenz is suing FBI over redacted records years after investigation

Micky Dolenz, who is best known for having been a member of music group The Monkees and starred in their own TV series, is suing the FBI for any records that the agency holds on the band

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The Monkees v. the FBI

The last surviving member of the Monkees seeks his unredacted FBI file, which describes the band as "beatnik types"

The Guardian - US

Monkees’ Micky Dolenz sues FBI over ‘secret dossier’ on band

FBI holds redacted file on 1960s quartet but documents provide few clues as to why band was of interest to federal agents

Los Angeles Times

The FBI had a file on the Monkees, and now Micky Dolenz is suing to find out why

The FBI kept a file on the Monkees, and now the beloved California pop band's last surviving member wants to know why.

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Hollywood publicist Dan Harary talks 50 years of celebrity encounters in new memoir

Dan Harary’s life has been filled with celebrity encounters.

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Monkees' Micky Dolenz on facing his mortality after the devastating death of his bandmates

Micky Dolenz, the sole remaining member of the Monkees, says he doesn't think he's "really processed" the death of his three bandmates within a decade, but he now savours every day

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Rockers on Broadway drops a charity album of 12 live tracks

A clutch of live performances by Tony- and Grammy Award-nominated artists — including Micky Dolenz, Paul Williams, Michael Cerveris and LaChanze — have been collected into a benefit album for arts education

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Hey, hey, it's The Monkees - the 1960s band were at Newcastle Arena 25 years ago

A full three decades after they'd achieved massive but fleeting worldwide success, The Monkees kicked of an 11-date UK tour at Newcastle Arena on March 7, 1997

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