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"Monkees singer Micky Dolenz has revealed that the band will not attend the funeral of their colleague Davy Jones.  Dolenz said he shared the sentiments of Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith that Jones&amp;#039;s intimate service, allegedly taking place today (March 7), would &amp;quot;be degraded&amp;quot; by their presence.   &amp;quot;The family wants to keep it very, very low-key and very, very private,&amp;quot; he told Billboard. &amp;quot;And you can imagine as soon as one or two or any of us were to show up, it would very quickly be degraded.&amp;quot; Memorial concerts for Jones, who suffered a fatal heart attack last Wednesday (February 29) at the age of 66, have been tipped to take place in New York, London and Los Angeles.  Dolenz said that although he had been &amp;quot;communicating&amp;quot; with Nesmith about such events, he wasn&amp;#039;t sure if they would come to fruition at present.  &amp;quot;I can see us getting together to do a memorial concert,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;But right now I can&amp;#039;t imagine anything else happening.&amp;quot; Paying tribute to Jones last week, Dolenz said: &amp;quot;Over the years our families and he and I... bonded. After 47 years working with people like that... he was like my brother, we were like siblings.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Monkees discussing tour before Davy Jones death, says Peter Tork &amp;gt; Monkees&amp;#039; Michael Nesmith on Davy Jones death: &amp;quot;I will miss him&amp;quot; See Davy Jones&amp;#039;s career in pictures below: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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