The Zombies - Announce massive 2024 UK tour!!!

May - June 2023

Tour, UK

Legendary band goes back out on the road!!!

2023 has been a whirlwind year for The Zombies, they released a new album ‘Different Game’ to widespread critical acclaim. They also curated their first ever home town festival and started the year with an twenty three date tour that received stellar reviews for their Sold Out!!! UK shows. The Summer saw them win back their catalogue and perform at festivals such as Wilderness, Wickham and New Day. The Zombies have just announced their 2024 UK tour, 'Celebrating sixty years on Tape' – from ‘She’s not There’ to ‘Different Game’, marking the anniversary of their remarkable and influential recording career. Culminating at London’s Barbican on June 7th, the band will be joined on stage by an amazing line up of special guests, including Paul Weller, Irwin Sparkes (Hoosiers) and Sarah Brown with others to be announced in the new year.

Photo by Alex Lake

Expect plenty of surprises on the night for another first of its kind show for this iconic band, whose career has now spanned over six Decades. The 2024 Tour band members are the current line-up of : Rod Argent (Keys / Vocals) Colin Blunstone (Lead Vocals), Steve Rodford (Drums), Tom Toomey (Guitar) and Søren Koch (Bass) The Zombies formed in the historic Cathedral city of St Albans in 1961 with Argent and Blunstone, alongside Chris White (Bass), Paul Atkinson (Guitar) and Hugh Grundy (Drums). Their first single ‘She’s not There’ on Decca Records, rocketed to the top of the charts in 1964 on both sides of the pond.

They were the second UK band following The Beatles to score a No.1 hit in America, infiltrating the airwaves with sophisticated melodies, breathy vocals, choral back up harmonies and jazzy keyboard riffs. The original line-up disbanded just prior to achieving their greatest success – the Worldwide chart topping single ‘Time of the Season’, from their swan song album ‘Odessey and Oracle’, ranked in the top one hundred of Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest albums of all Time'. To this day, generations of new bands have cited The Zombies’ work as Pop touchstones, and the band continues to be embraced by new generations of fans.

Photo by Alex Lake

Following the break up of the original band, lead singer Colin Blunstone went on to develop an acclaimed solo career, while Rod Argent (Writer / Keys / Vocals) rocked arenas in the 1970’s with his eponymous band Argent, but the legend of The Zombies continued to take on a life of its own. By the start of the new Millennium, Blunstone and Argent were inspired to resurrect The Zombies, which has led to several critically acclaimed new albums and two decades of worldwide concert performances. In 2019 the original line-up was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.

The Zombies 2024 UK tour dates Below:
'Celebrating sixty years on Tape'

May
21st - Poole, Lighthouse
22nd - Exeter, Corn Exchange
24th - Buxton, Opera House
26th - Manchester, RNCM
27th - Leeds, City Varieties
28th - Birmingham, Town Hall
30th - Whitley Bay, The Playhouse

June
01st - Edinburgh, Queen's Hall Edinburgh
04th - Bristol., St. Georges
07th - London, Barbican Centre
14th - Kendal, Brewery Arts Centre

+ more shows to be announced shortly.