Editing The Monkees (section)

==== 2000s reunions ====
After the 1997 tours, the group took another hiatus until they once again reunited in 2001 to tour the United States. However, this tour was also accompanied by public sniping. Dolenz and Jones had announced that they had "fired" Tork for his constant complaining and threatening to quit. Tork was quoted as confirming this, as well as stating that he wanted to tour with his own band, Shoe Suede Blues. Tork told WENN News that he "couldn't handle the backstage problems"; he added that because he was a recovering alcoholic, he was troubled by the overindulgence in alcohol by other members of the tour crew.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni0068658/|title=Monkees Split In Bitter Battle|publisher=WENN News|date=January 3, 2002|access-date=July 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206045148/http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0068658/|archive-date=December 6, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Tork later stated in 2011 that alcohol played only a small role in his 2001 departure. He added, "I take full responsibility for the backstage problems on the 2001 tour. We were getting along pretty well until I had a meltdown. I ticked the other guys off good and proper... I really just behaved inappropriately, honestly. I apologized to them."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|title=Exclusive: The Monkees Resolve Personal Issues for 45th Anniversary Tour|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-the-monkees-resolve-personal-issues-for-45th-anniversary-tour-20110307|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430174032/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-the-monkees-resolve-personal-issues-for-45th-anniversary-tour-20110307|archive-date=April 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jones and Dolenz went on to tour the United Kingdom in 2002, but Tork declined to participate. Jones and Dolenz toured the United States one more time as a duo in 2002, and then split to concentrate on their own individual projects. With different Monkees citing different reasons, the group chose not to mark their 40th anniversary in 2006.{{cn|date=May 2025}}