The Zombies opened their U.S. tour on Saturday at the Central Park SummerStage with an abbreviated set but played their full show the next night at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville, MD.
With the catalogue of the Zombies along with principals Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, the show was filled with songs from throughout all three careers. The Zombies’ three big hits, Tell Her No, She’s Not There and Time of the Season were, of course included along with the opener, I Love You, which was a hit in the states for People. Blunstone only included one song from his solo efforts, dropping in two from guest appearances he has made over the years. Argent did his big hit Hold Your Head Up along with God Gave Rock and Roll to You from the same group.
The set list:
Main Set
- I Love You (from Holland/Japan-only release I Love You, 1966)
- Can’t Nobody Love You (from The Zombies, 1965)
- Breathe Out, Breathe In (from Breathe Out, Breathe In, 2011)
- I Want You Back Again (single, 1965)
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (from Blunstone’s appearance on Dave Stewart’s single, 1980)
- I Don’t Believe in Miracles (from Colin Blunstone’s Ennismore, 1972)
- Show Me the Way (from Breathe Out, Breathe In, 2011)
- Any Other Way (from Breathe Out, Breathe In, 2011)
- A Rose for Emily (from Odyssey and Oracle, 1968)
- Care of Cell 44 (from Odyssey and Oracle, 1968)
- This Will Be Our Year (from Odyssey and Oracle, 1968)
- I Want Her She Wants Me (from Odyssey and Oracle, 1968)
- Time of the Season (from Odyssey and Oracle, 1968)
- A Moment in Time (from Breathe Out, Breathe In, 2011)
- Tell Her No (from The Zombies, 1965)
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me / Bring It on Home to Me (from The Zombies, 1965)
- Old and Wise (from Blunstone’s appearance on the Alan Parson’s Project album Eye in the Sky, 1982)
- Hold Your Head Up (from Argent’s album All Together Now, 1972)
- She’s Not There (from The Zombies, 1965)
Encore
- God Gave Rock and Roll to You (from Argent’s In Deep, 1973)
- Summertime (from The Zombies, 1965)
