Monkees at The Greek Theatre 1986

All four Monkees reunited at the Greek (Photo by Henry Diltz)

THE GREEK THEATRE

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

With Special Guest Michael Nesmith
(September 7, 1986)

(Photo by Stan Brick)

"Nesmith walked slowly out onto the stage and toward the other Monkees, who comically feigned incredulity. Then all four embraced at center stage while the
capacity crowd cheered wildly."

-Stan Becker of Rhino Records, on the super-charged atmosphere of the Greek Theatre concert, 9/7/86

THE SET LIST

The Monkees at the Greek Theatre

Last Train to Clarksville
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
Cuddly Toy
Goin’ Down
I Wanna Be Free
Your Auntie Grizelda
She
Cripple Creek
For Pete’s Sake
That Was Then, This Is Now
Shades of Gray
Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
No Time
Daydream Believer
Zilch / Randy Scouse Git
I’ll Love You Forever
MGBGT
Valleri
I’m a Believer
ENCORE WITH MICHAEL NESMITH:
Listen to the Band
Pleasant Valley Sunday

The Monkees performing "Goin' Down" at The Greek Theatre (audience recording)

(Photo by Stan Brick)

Five days short of the 20th anniversary of their television show debut, Mike joined Micky, Davy and Peter for an encore performance on the last night of a three night stand for The Monkees in Los Angeles in September 1986. Due to ongoing business commitments, Nesmith, who led the Pacific Arts Corporation at the time, was unable to commit to the 20th Anniversary Tour. He had been privately and publicly supportive of the reunion and had expressed interest in joining the trio when their schedules permitted. The appearance of all four original Monkees performing on the same stage for the first time since 1968 generated a lot of publicity and was widely covered by news outlets. MTV was present for the show and filmed the encore.

The Monkees sang “Listen To The Band” first, with Mike handling lead vocals. During the song the other three Monkees introduced the backing band to Mike. The final number was a rousing version of “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” complete with Nesmith handling the lead guitar riffs as he had done on the original studio version nineteen years earlier.