THE MONKEES ’87: YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW PETER TORK
(It’s late afternoon, Sunday, November 16, 1986. It’s cold and raining in Pontiac, Michigan, where the Monkees are scheduled to play tonight. The last time they were in Michigan, they played an outdoor venue on a beautiful summer evening.
THE MONKEES ’87: YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW PETER TORK
Bill Holdship
(It’s late afternoon, Sunday, November 16, 1986. It’s cold and raining in Pontiac, Michigan, where the Monkees are scheduled to play tonight. The last time they were in Michigan, they played an outdoor venue on a beautiful summer evening. Tonight, they’re playing the Pontiac Silverdome, a cavernous, enclosed stadium where the Detroit Lions frequently bang heads. The last entertainer to perform there was Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band. I'm skeptical, but—as I shall later see—the Monkees manage to pull it off with flying colors.
I'm scheduled to interview the Monkees at the Troy Hilton, spending a half hour with each of them in their hotel rooms. The Monkees may have lived and loved together in that house on your TV screen during the '60s, but it’s apparent in 1986 that the Monkees are really separate individuals who just get together nightly to form an incredibly entertaining musicalcomedy group. Since the tour began, each Monkee has had his own tour bus. Micky and Davy travel with their families, while Peter is on the road with his girlfriend, Jennifer. I'm supposed to interview the latter Monkee first.