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Micky Dolenz, best-known as a vocalist and drummer for the 1960s pop legends, The Monkees, kicks off William Paterson University’s WP Presents! series of performances on Thursday, September 25, 2025. The show, titled “Songs and Stories,” starts at 8 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus.
Dolenz is an actor, singer, director, producer, writer, radio DJ, inventor, and all-around performer. He was a member of The Monkees, who not only achieved great success as a TV show, but also as recording artists, selling in excess of 65 million units, and achieving worldwide success. Their first four albums—The Monkees (1966); More of The Monkees (1967); Headquarters (1967); and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, Ltd. (1967)—all reached the number-one position on the charts and launched three number-one singles: “Last Train to Clarksville,” “I'm a Believer” (both with lead vocals by Dolenz), and “Daydream Believer.” The group's first five albums also went platinum.
He has also released several critically acclaimed solo albums: King for a Day; Remember; And a Little Bit Broadway; and A Little Bit Rock and Roll. The Monkees re-grouped for a 50th anniversary album in 2016 entitled Good Times (Rhino). Dolenz toured in 2019 as part of It Was Fifty Years Ago Today, a celebration of The Beatles White Album with Christopher Cross, Todd Rundgren, and Joey Molland of Badfinger. In 2019, he released the award-winning Dolenz Sings Nesmith on England’s 7a Records.
He has toured extensively on his own and fronting Micky Dolenz Celebrates The Monkees, which was a sell-out at every stop. He also performed at the annual James Burton event, this time in England, which also featured Ron Wood, Brian May and Van Morrison. In 2023, he released an EP, Dolenz Sings R.E.M. (7a Records), featuring four songs from R.E.M., and the book I’m Told I Had a Good Time: The Micky Dolenz Archives-Volume One.
In 2024, Dolenz released his first live album in seven years, Micky Dolenz: Live at the Troubadour, recorded at the famed L.A. club, and debuted his current stage show, Micky Dolenz: Songs and Stories.
Tickets are $75 for Gold Circle, $67 for rear orchestra, $57 for front loge, and $45 for rear loge and accessible seating. There is a 10 percent discount for William Paterson faculty, staff, students, and alumni, as well as senior citizens, and a 15 percent discount for groups of 10 or more. For additional information or to purchase tickets, please contact William Paterson University’s Shea Center Box Office at boxoffice@wpunj.edu, call 973.720.2371 or visit www.wp-presents.org.
