Music lovers stream into MPAC in Morristown, NJ this Saturday, June 5, 2026 evening for an outrageous concert of ’60s music presented by the stars of the 2026 Happy Together Tour: The Cowsills, The Vogues, Ron Dante, The Fortunes, Gary Puckett, Jason Scheff, The Troggs, and The Association.
Inside the MPAC auditorium, the members of the Happy Together Band — bassist Greg Smith, drummer Chris Camilleri, keyboardist Manny Focarazzo, and musical director/guitarist Godfrey Townsend — take the stage for tonight’s performance.
The Cowsills — siblings Susan, Paul, and Bob Cowsill — make their entrance and Paul announces, “We have a great 2026 Happy Together tour show for you!” as the group opens tonight’s concert with a bouncy rendition of “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things” (aka “The Flower Girl”).
Flower girl Susan Cowsill plays her guitar with style on this 1967 hit.
Bob recalls, “In 1968, this song was a hit,” as the trio segues into a lively version of “Indian Lake,” and the siblings follow up by singing and playing the TV theme song they recorded in 1969 — the theme from Love, American Style.
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Concertgoers cheer and Paul acknowledges, “This next song was our last hit,” as The Cowsills end their set with a high-energy rendition of their 1969 smash, “Hair,” which has music lovers singing along before standing and applauding.
The Vogues — Elliot McCoy, Troy Elich, and Royce Taylor — take the stage and launch into their 1966 hit, “Five O’Clock World.” Lead singer Troy Elich gets the audience clapping along on this tune which was used as the opening theme for TV’s The Drew Carey Show.
Music lovers cheer as The Vogues move on to their 1968 million seller, “My Special Angel,” before beautiful vocal harmonies on their 1968 Top Ten hit, “Turn Around, Look at Me,” bring concertgoers to their feet.
Elich exclaims, “Let’s go back to the very beginning!” and The Vogues end their set with their 1965 hit, “You’re the One.” The crowd sings along with Elich and Co. on this happy-go-lucky tune which inspires cheers, applause, and another standing ovation.
Ron Dante takes the stage performing the upbeat 1969 hit, “Tracy,” where, backed by the band, he sings, “Come with me/Don’t say no/Hold me close/Tracy, never let me go.”
Dante explains, “That last song was done by the very first group I sang lead for called The Cuff Links, but for the past seven years I‘ve had the honor of being the lead singer of The Turtles with Mark Volman.” Here, Dante segues into a spirited rendition of The Turtles’ 1968 smash, “Elenore,” where music lovers sing along with Ron on the song’s “Elenore, gee, I think you’re swell” coda.
Dante reveals, “In 1969, this group I sang lead for had the #1 record of the year which outsold The Association, The 5th Dimension, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles.” Here Dante delivers a sparkling performance of his hit with The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar,” which has the audience cheerfully singing along before following up with whistles, cheers, and avid applause.
The Fortunes — drummer Glenn Taylor, guitarist Michael Smitham, bassist Eddie Mooney, and keyboardist Chris Hutchison — take the stage and Mooney announces, “Good evening America! We’ve come all the way from the UK!” before opening tonight’s set with the group’s 1971 hit, “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again.”
After Mooney reveals, “This next song was a huge hit in the UK and Europe,” he and the band step into “Here It Comes Again” before segueing into their 1965 smash, “You’ve Got Your Troubles,” which has concertgoers singing along on the well-known, “You’ve got your troubles, I’ve got mine” refrain.
Mooney invites the crowd to “make noise, clap your hands, and stamp your feet” as he plays bass and sings lead on a a rockin’ rendition of The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” which has audience members moving and grooving at their seats before standing and cheering for The Fortunes.
Following a short intermission, Gary Puckett — the original lead singer of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap — makes his entrance and opens with a powerful rendition of his 1968 hit, “Lady Willpower,” where concertgoers sing along with him on the tune’s “Lady Willpower/It’s now or never” refrain.
“Let me hear you sing this one as well!” says Puckett as he slips into 1968’s “Over You” and the audience happily joins him in crooning the song’s tuneful “I guess there’s just no getting over you” chorus.
Puckett also invites the crowd to join him on his 1968 hit, “Woman Woman,” and they sing along with Gary on the well-known “Woman, woman/Have you got cheating on your mind?” refrain.
Puckett concludes his portion of the show with 1968’s “Young Girl” where he has the audience chiming in on the tune’s “Young girl/Get out of my mind” chorus. As concertgoers applaud, Puckett thanks the audience and responds, “God bless you all!”
Jason Scheff — long time lead singer for the band, Chicago — takes the stage and the audience claps along to the opening strains of Chicago’s 1972 million-seller, “Saturday in the Park.” Music lovers sing along with Scheff as he croons the famous “Saturday in the park/I think it was the Fourth of July” lyric.
Fans cheer and Scheff responds, “Thank you so much! It’s so great to be out on this tour!” before launching into “If You Leave Me Now.” Singing with ease and style, Scheff cries, “If you leave me now/You’ll take away the biggest part of me,” to enthusiastic audience applause on this 1982 Chicago ballad.
After telling the crowd about how he sang the next song at the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Scheff leads a high-energy version of Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4,” where concertgoers clap, dance, and sing along with Scheff before standing and cheering at the conclusion.
The Troggs — bassist Martin Andrew and guitarist Jason Feddy — take the stage singing with attitude on their 1966 pop-rocker, “With a Girl Like You.”
Concertgoers croon, “It’s written on the wind, it’s everywhere I go/So if you really love me, come on and let it show,” along with the duo while Feddy plays bass on The Troggs’ melodic 1967 ballad, “Love is All Around.”
Feddy asks, ”Are you ready to get wild?” before pouncing into “Wild Thing,”where music lovers animatedly sing along on the song’s “Wild thing/I think I love you/But I want to know for sure” lyric of this iconic 1966 rocker prior to standing and cheering for the British twosome.
The members of The Association — Paul Holland and Jules Alexander — take the stage and get music lovers’ toes tapping to the group’s #1 hit from 1966, “Windy.”
Expertly backed by the Happy Together Tour band, the duo segues into the 1967 Association smash, “Never My Love,” about which Holland reveals, “You may not know that that song was the #2 most-played song in the last hundred years, second only to ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling!’”
After Holland invites concertgoers to use their cellphone lights to sway to the music of “Cherish,” audience members happily sing along with the duo on the song’s well-known “Cherish is the word I use to describe” lyric.
Holland and Alexander conclude their segment of the show with the rockin’ 1966 Association hit, “Along Comes Mary,” which gets audience members leaping to their feet as the duo takes a bow together.
Ron Dante returns to the stage to suggest, “It wouldn’t be Happy Together without this last song!” and the crowd stands, dances, and sings “I can’t see me lovin’ nobody but you for all my life” with Dante on The Turtles’ 1967 chart-topper, “Happy Together.”
At the conclusion, Dante exclaims, “We love you all! Thank you for coming!” before, one at a time, the performers return to the stage to do a snippet of one of their hits, after which everyone joins in on a full cast reprise of “Happy Together” and music lovers stand and cheer while the musicians take a final group bow.
To learn more about the 2026 Happy Together Tour, please go to happytogethertour.com. For info on upcoming concerts at MPAC — including Straight No Chaser on June 26; Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers on July 24; Orleans, Firefall, Pure Prairie League, and Atlanta Rhythm Section on August 19; and Air Supply on September 20 — please click on mayoarts.org.
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