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Mickey Dolenz and Michael Nesmith announce Monkees farewell tour

The surviving members of the Monkees, Mickey Dolenz and Micheal Nesmith have announced a farewell tour set to start this fall. Ticket details here.

Dates include:

09/11 — Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater

09/14 — Sacramento, CA @ Crest Theatre

09/15 — San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic

09/17 — Riverside, CA @ Fox Performing Arts Center

09/18 — El Cajon, CA @ The Magnolia

10/02 — Chattanooga, TN @ Tivoli Theatre

10/06 — Birmingham, AL @ Iron City

10/07 — Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre

10/08 — Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall

10/10 — Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live

10/15 — Biloxi, MS @ IP Casino Resort and Spa

10/22 — Bethlehem, PA @ The Wind Creek Event Center

10/24 — New York City, NY @ Town Hall

10/28 — Huntington, NY @ The Paramount

10/29 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun

10/30 — Medford, MA @ Chevalier Theatre

11/02 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre

11/06 — Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater

11/09 — Caint Charlse, MO @ Family Arena

11/10 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater

Vintage Woolworth ad, 1971

Video Find: The Band performs "Up on Cripple Creek" on "The Ed Sullivan Show,"

"Here's a new recording sensation for you youngsters..."

Pop Pic: Kurt Russell as Elvis

Video: Artist Bary Windsor Smith talks about his new graphic novel "Monsters"

Marvel provides first look at "The Eternals" in "movie celebration" video - plus list of upcoming "Phase 4" films

"The Eternals," based on the Marvel Comics series created by Jack Kirby is due out Nov. 5 and is directed by Chloé Zhao, who just won an Oscar for Nomadland. Cast members include Gemma Chan as Sersei, along with Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Don Lee, and Kit Harington.

The "Marvel Celebrates the Movies" video includes footage from past and upcoming films with narration by the late Stan Lee.

The upcoming slate of Marvel films includes:

Black Widow July 9
Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings Sep. 3
Spider-Man: No Way Home Dec. 17.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness March 25
Thor: Love and Thunder May 6
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever July 8
The Marvels Nov. 11
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Feb. 17, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3May 5, 2023.

Alan Moore plans five-book fantasy series and short story collection

Alan Moore is on a writing tear two years after he'd announced his retirement from writing comics. More in The Guardian.

Bloomsbury, home to the Harry Potter novels, acquired what it described as two “major” projects from the 67-year-old. The first, Illuminations, is a short story collection which will be published in autumn 2022 and which moves from the four horsemen of the apocalypse to the “Boltzmann brains” fashioning the universe. Bloomsbury said it was “dazzlingly original and brimming with energy”, promising a series of “beguiling and elegantly crafted tales that reveal the full power of imagination and magic”.
The second acquisition is a fantasy quintet titled Long London, which will launch in 2024. The series will move from the “shell-shocked and unravelled” London of 1949 to “a version of London just beyond our knowledge”, encompassing murder, magic and madness. Bloomsbury said it “promises to be epic and unforgettable, a tour-de-force of magic and history”.

...“I couldn’t be happier with the new home that I’ve found at Bloomsbury: a near-legendary independent publisher with a spectacular list and a fierce commitment to expanding the empire of the word,” said Moore. “I have a feeling this will be a very productive partnership.”