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"Oh God, it was so embarrassing!" Why watching their support act Jimi Hendrix get booed off stage every night was mortifying for The Monkees
By Paul Brannigan published
In 1967, The Monkees took the Jimi Hendrix Experience on tour as their support act. Their fans were not ready

“Colin Moulding was deemed the good-looking one who wrote the singalong stuff, so he mostly got the A-sides. And because I was the weird specky one, I used to get the B-sides”: XTC’s Andy Partridge looks back and forward
By Rob Hughes published
Prog-pop mastermind on the power of failure, writing for the Monkees and more

Monkees' singer/songwriter Michael Nesmith dead at 78
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Songwriter, Monkees guitarist and country rock pioneer Michael Nesmith has died, his family confirm

Micky Dolenz on the time Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees
By Scott Munro last updated
Micky Dolenz reflects on how he came up with the idea of getting The Jimi Hendrix Experience to support The Monkees

Monkees bassist Peter Tork dead at 77
By Fraser Lewry published
Peter Tork, the eldest member of made-for-TV pop group The Monkees, has died
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