Editing The Monkees (section)

==== The Mike and Micky Show, ''Christmas Party'', and Tork's death ====
On February 20, 2018, a new tour was announced as "The Monkees Present: The Mike and Micky Show", their first tour as a duo; Tork was unable to participate due to health problems (a fact that was not revealed until after his death). Though the pair played Monkees music and promoted the tour under the Monkees banner, Dolenz and Nesmith respected Tork's absence by insisting that the shows be billed as a separate duo rather than being billed as official Monkees shows. Nesmith stated, "There's no pretense there about Micky and I being the Monkees. We're not."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/monkees-micky-dolenz-mike-nesmith-announce-tour-w516902|title=Monkees' Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith Announce First Tour as Duo|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=February 20, 2018|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623033127/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/monkees-micky-dolenz-mike-nesmith-announce-tour-w516902|archive-date=June 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The tour was cut short in June 2018 due to Nesmith undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery following a health issue that had persisted since early in the tour. After a month-long stay in the hospital, he and Dolenz announced March 2019 as make-up dates for the missed shows,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/the-monkees-mike-nesmith-health-issue-band-cancels-tour-dates/|title=The Monkees' Michael Nesmith Suffers 'Minor Health Issue', Band Cancels Last 4 Tour Dates|website=People|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623033029/https://people.com/music/the-monkees-mike-nesmith-health-issue-band-cancels-tour-dates/|archive-date=June 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and the tour was later extended to include Australia and New Zealand.

The Monkees released a Christmas album, ''[[Christmas Party (The Monkees album)|Christmas Party]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/article/the-monkees-to-release-christmas-party-their-first-ever-holiday-album|website=Rhino.com|title=The Monkees To Release Christmas Party, Their First Ever Holiday Album|date=September 20, 2018|access-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224041551/https://www.rhino.com/article/the-monkees-to-release-christmas-party-their-first-ever-holiday-album|archive-date=December 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> on October 12, 2018. The album features a mix of holiday standards and original songs written by contemporary artists. In addition to newly recorded material from the three surviving Monkees, two previously recorded songs featuring vocals from Jones were also included.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-monkees-christmas-album-rivers-cuomo-peter-buck-726429/|title=The Monkees Made a Christmas Album With Rivers Cuomo and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=September 20, 2018|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195927/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-monkees-christmas-album-rivers-cuomo-peter-buck-726429/|archive-date=September 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tork died of cancer on February 21, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47319788|work=[[BBC News]]|title=Monkees musician Peter Tork dies at 77|date=February 21, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221175249/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47319788|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>