The last surviving member of The Monkees, Micky Dolenz, is celebrating his milestone birthday with a national tour that blends iconic songs with wild behind-the-scenes stories. He recalls unforgettable moments with legends like John Lennon, Elton John, and Jimi Hendrix, and shares the one piece of advice he'd give his younger self: "Get a good lawyer."

Dolenz spoke to PEOPLE about his tour, his milestone birthday, his friendship with The Beatles, and life after The Monkees. He recently had a surprise party at the Valley Relics Museum in Van Nuys, which was renamed the "Pleasant Valley Relics Museum" in his honor. The party featured a special cocktail, the Micky D, made with Tito's Vodka on the rocks with two or three drops of St-Germain and muddled orange left in the glass.

Dolenz's upcoming tour, Songs & Stories, is a celebration of beloved Monkees classics peppered with anecdotes from his singular life in music. He tells stories about seeing Jimi Hendrix in New York City and inviting him to open for The Monkees, and about his eyewitness account of The Beatles at work on the 1967 masterpiece Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Regarding his setlists, Dolenz says he's not the kind of artist who reinvents himself. "I've stuck with that to this day. It's all the same arrangements. I haven't even changed the key on the big ones. What I discovered is that as long as the audience knows they're gonna get that stuff, then you can do almost anything you want."

Dolenz also talks about the era in the immediate aftermath of The Monkees phenomenon, but before the big resurgence on MTV in the mid-'80s. He's done enough other things in his life, like directing and producing, which meant a lot to him because it happened right after The Monkees.

He released his new solo album, Live at the Troubadour, in November, which is an iconic venue that holds a lot of memories for him. He talks about hanging out at The Troubadour with John Lennon and Harry Nilsson, and about the famous night when they were thrown out after drunkenly heckling the headlining act, the Smothers Brothers.

Dolenz also shares a story about going to London in 1967, just when The Monkees were getting big, and hanging out with The Beatles at their recording studios. He met John Lennon for the first time at Paul McCartney's house, and later introduced Lennon to Moog synthesizers.

If he could go back in time and give a piece of advice to himself the day he was cast in The Monkees, what would he say to that young guy? "Get a good lawyer. I am not kidding. I won't say much more except this: Have you heard the term 'unconscionable bargain'? How about the phrase 'pact with the devil'? Faust? You know the musical Damn Yankees? I'm doing one called Damn Monkees!"