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==== 45th anniversary tour and Jones's death ==== ''[[An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour]]'' (without Nesmith) commenced on May 12, 2011, in [[Liverpool]], England,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Joyce|title=The Monkees, 1960s American mop-top pop band, will celebrate 45 year reunion with tour through UK|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-02-21/entertainment/28639628_1_band-year-reunion-uk|newspaper=The NY Daily News|access-date=May 20, 2012|date=February 21, 2011|location=New York|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029004112/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-02-21/entertainment/28639628_1_band-year-reunion-uk|archive-date=October 29, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> before moving to North America in June and July for a total of 43 performances.<ref>{{cite news|title=Monkees announce 10-date concert tour|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2011/02/21/Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/UPI-30601298316685/|work=[[United Press International]]|date=February 21, 2011|access-date=May 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226181521/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2011/02/21/Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/UPI-30601298316685/|archive-date=February 26, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Monkees biographer [[Andrew Sandoval]] noted, "Once they hit the stage, the old magic was apparent. For the next three months...[they brought] the music and memories to fans in the band's grandest stage show in decades".<ref name="Sandoval"/> The tour grossed approximately $4 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Nesmith Talks About His Long Journey Into Darkness and Coming Back to the Light|url=https://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2012/02/michael-nesmith-talks-about-his-long.html|publisher=Vintage Vinyl News|access-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502135145/http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2012/02/michael-nesmith-talks-about-his-long.html|archive-date=May 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 8, 2011, the band canceled ten last-minute shows due to what was initially reported as "internal group issues and conflicts",<ref>{{cite news|title=The Monkees cancel Palace show, tour|author=Shannon Fromma|url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/The-Monkees-cancel-Palace-show-tour-1786733.php|work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]]|date=August 9, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211214813/http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/The-Monkees-cancel-Palace-show-tour-1786733.php|archive-date=February 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> though Tork later confirmed "there were some business affairs that couldn't be coordinated correctly. We hit a glitch and there was just this weird dislocation at one point".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|title=Peter Tork: Monkees Canceled Tour Due to a 'Glitch'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/peter-tork-monkees-canceled-tour-due-to-a-glitch-20111011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512132323/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/peter-tork-monkees-canceled-tour-due-to-a-glitch-20111011|archive-date=May 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Jones clarified that "the (45th Anniversary) tour was only supposed to go until July. And it was great, the best time we've had because we're all on the same page now. We jelled onstage and off. But then more dates were being added. And more... Some of these shows were 2{{fraction|1|2}} hours long... The audiences were great. But, let's face it, we're not kids."<ref>{{cite web|last=ERVOLINO|first=BILL|title=Davy Jones and David Cassidy team up at bergenPAC|url=https://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/129248218_Ex_teen_idols_together_at_bergenPAC.html?c=y&page=1|publisher=northjersey.com|access-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013133318/http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/129248218_Ex_teen_idols_together_at_bergenPAC.html?c=y&page=1|archive-date=October 13, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The 45th anniversary tour was the last Monkees tour with Jones, who died of a heart attack at age 66 on February 29, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Davy Jones' Death Caused By Severe Heart Attack|url=https://idolator.com/6205531/davy-jones-death-severe-heart-attack|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710051714/http://idolator.com/6205531/davy-jones-death-severe-heart-attack|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|access-date=March 2, 2012|newspaper=idolator.com|date=March 2, 2012}}</ref><ref name=WPTV>{{cite news|title=Davy Jones, lead singer of The Monkees, dies in Indiantown, according to medical examiner's office|url=https://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_martin_county/davy-jones-lead-singer-of-the-monkees-dies-from-heart-attack-this-morning-according-to-tmz-report|access-date=February 29, 2012|newspaper=WPTV|date=February 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302183131/http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_martin_county/davy-jones-lead-singer-of-the-monkees-dies-from-heart-attack-this-morning-according-to-tmz-report|archive-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref>
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