The Zombies have announced their 2024 UK tour, Celebrating 60 Years on Tape, which will include a line-up of special guests. 

The band, which hails from St Albans, have had a whirlwind 2023, with the release of their new album Different Game, their first home town festival and a 23-date tour. 

The summer saw them win back their catalogue and perform at festivals such as Wilderness, Wickham & New Day.  

The Zombies' upcoming tour marks the 60th anniversary of their remarkable and influential recording career. 

Culminating at London’s Barbican on June 7, 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.

The 2024 Tour band members are the current line-up of : Rod Argent (keys and vocals) Colin Blunstone (lead vocals), Steve Rodford (drums), Tom Toomey (guitar) and Søren Koch (bass)  

The Zombies formed in 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 #1 hit in America.

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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 100 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. 

The Zombies' 2024 tour will see them perform in Poole, Exeter, Buxton, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Whitley Bay, Edinburgh, Bristol, London and Kendal throughout May and June, with more shows yet to be announced.