The hilarious reason Elton John will "never forgive" The Monkees' Micky Dolenz
5 June 2025, 11:58
The Monkees' Micky Dolenz crossed paths with Elton John at the Troubadour.
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As the Last Monkee Standing, Micky Dolenz has kept the flame alive since the deaths of his bandmates by continuing to play The Monkees' hits on the road.
One of his recent performances was released late last year as Live at the Troubadour, and Dolenz has now shared the story of when he met Elton John on the night the British star-in-the-making had his famous US breakthrough at the venue.
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Dolenz told People: "My friend said, 'You gotta come see this kid. He's this great singer-songwriter from England.' So we went down to the Troubadour.
"My wife at the time had just got back from England. She was English, so she'd go back and forth and she'd always bring me these great clothes from Carnaby Street and all that stuff."
The Monkees star continued: "She brought me this great T-shirt. It was a reproduction of the Andy Warhol [silkscreen] of Marilyn Monroe — the multiple images that he did.
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"I wore that to the show and my friend said, 'Come over to the afterparty at my house and meet Elton'.
"So I go over there and Elton John's in the kitchen leaning up against the refrigerator, drinking a beer… wearing the same T-shirt.
"And, I swear to God, he takes one look at me and he goes, 'Oh f**k!' And he never forgave me."
Dolenz also spoke about hanging out with the likes of Harry Nilsson, John Lennon and Alice Cooper at the same venue, as well as his past meetings with Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix.
