The Zombies will kick off a four-week North American tour in October in support of their seventh studio album Different Game.
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Following the recent release of Different Game, earlier in 2023, The Zombies played a series of shows at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, in March, along with a sold-out five-week tour in their native UK.
“There are bands that I revere and adore, but many of them all seemed to stop — at least in terms of having the same enthusiasm and energy for creating new stuff,” said founding Zombies member, keyboardist and chief songwriter Rod Argent in a press release. “That’s the reason I’m in this, to carry on with the creation of new music, because that’s so enticing. It’s so lovely. And to be 77 years old and to be told the other day that the algorithms show the main audience on streaming is between 22 and 37. That’s ridiculous, quite ridiculous, but again, very satisfying.”
Argent and co-founding singer Colin Blunstone keep The Zombies going, along with guitarist Tom Toomey, bassist, Søren Koch, and longtime drummer Steve Rodford.
In March 2023, The Zombies also premiered their documentary, Hung Up On A Dream, at SXSW, and will release it later in the year.
The film, directed by musician and filmmaker Robert Schwartzman, chronicles the British rockers’ formation while in school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England in the early 1960s. It follows the group through their rise as The Zombies with hits like “Time of the Season,” “Tell Her No,” and “She’s Not There,” and the band’s further ascent as inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
“The soundtrack of my life is The Zombies’ timeless [1968] album ‘Odessey and Oracle,'” said Schwartzman in an earlier statement. “It inspired me to start writing songs and chase the dream of being in a band.
“Flash forward, now I get to tell these stories on the screen, bringing together my passion for music and film, all set to the backdrop of one of my favorite recording artists, The Zombies. Their story has to be told, the music is too good to not give fans and audiences a better perspective of their career to this point. I can’t express how happy I am to be on this journey with them.”
The Zombies 2023 North American Tour:
Sunday, Oct 1 – Massey Theatre – New Westminster (Vancouver), BC
Monday, Oct 2 – Washington Hall – Seattle, WA
Tuesday, Oct 3 – Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
Thursday, Oct 5 – Palace of Fine Arts – San Francisco, CA
Friday, Oct 6 – Alex Theatre – Glendale (Los Angeles), CA
Saturday, Oct 7- Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach (San Diego), CA
Monday, Oct 9 – Lensic Performing Arts Center – Santa Fe, NM
Wednesday, Oct 11 – Boulder Theater- Boulder, CO
Friday, Oct 13 – Fitzgerald Theater – St. Paul (Minneapolis), MN
Saturday, Oct 14 – South Milwaukee PAC – Milwaukee, WI
Sunday, Oct 15 – Old Town School of Folk Music – Chicago, IL
Tuesday, Oct 17 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Toronto, ON
Wednesday, Oct 18 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak (Detroit), MI
Thursday, Oct 19 – Brown County Music Center – Nashville, IN
Friday, Oct 20 – Ludlow Garage – Cincinnati, OH
Sunday, Oct 22 – MGM Northfield Park – Northfield (Cleveland), OH
Tuesday, Oct 24 – The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
Thursday, Oct 26 – The Cabot – Beverly (Boston), MA
Friday, Oct 27 – Adler Hall at the NY Society of Ethical Culture – New York, NY
Sunday, Oct 29 – Keswick Theatre – Glenside (Philadelphia), PA
Photos: Alex Lake / Courtesy of The Bloom Effect
