Surviving members of 60s pop band THE MONKEES  will perform their first live shows together in fifteen years.

The 12-date US tour, which begins in November, will mark the band's first tour since Davy Jones died in February, at the age of 66.

Band members Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork will perform some of the bands hit songs, including Daydream Believer and I'm a Believer.

Manchester-born lead singer Jones died of a heart attack on 29 February.

The four Monkees members were brought together to star in a US television show in 1966.

The made-for-TV band - widely touted as America's answer to the Beatles - rocketed to the top of the music charts enjoying four number one albums in a 13-month period.



The original band broke up in 1969, when Nesmith quit. In 1995 all four band members reunited for a UK tour and released a new studio album the following year, entitled Justus.

Further reunion tours - without Nesmith - took place in 2001 and 2011, but the last year's tour was cut short over a reported scheduling dispute.