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The Monkees call early halt to comeback campaign
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 10 August 2011
The Monkees have only gone and cancelled the rest of their 45th Anniversary tour. A curt statement on Davy Jones’ Facebook page reads: “It has been determined that the remainder of The Monkees 2011 tour has been cancelled. No reason has been given at this time… We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your continued support of The Monkees”.
After ten years apart, the group hit the comeback trail earlier this year, hoping to seal off some of the more torrid chapters of their 45 year history with a series of triumphant live shows. Well, look how that turned out.
Rumours began to circulate last night that the band’s Micky Dolenz had checked himself into rehab, but a rep told TMZ: “Management had booked a number of dates with the venues without running them by the group first … so we had to cancel the remaining dates. Micky is disappointed but his solo tour is still going strong for the rest of the year. It has nothing to do with any sort of substance abuse whatsoever”.
