{"id":72714,"date":"2019-02-05T16:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcmusicreview.com\/staging\/?p=72714"},"modified":"2019-02-05T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T21:14:25","slug":"zombies-are-2019-inductees-to-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-colin-blunstone-celebrates-at-dc-city-winery-on-rare-solo-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcmusicreview.com\/staging\/zombies-are-2019-inductees-to-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-colin-blunstone-celebrates-at-dc-city-winery-on-rare-solo-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombies are 2019 Inductees to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Colin Blunstone Celebrates at DC City Winery on Rare Solo Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost 50 years to the day after The Zombies<\/strong>\u2019 hit \u201cTime of The Season\u201d hit the top of the US Cashbox singles charts, the British band will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this March.  Legendary, and original lead singer, Colin Blunstone<\/strong> will be doing a rare solo tour this February, prior to the ceremony. His Washington, DC, stop will be this Thursday, 7 February at the DC City Winery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Keith Curtis (Photo credit)<\/p>\n

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Keith Curtis (Photo credit)<\/p>\n

Blunstone was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire and it was at St Albans School where he was introduced to the other members of The Zombies. After attracting a large local following, the band\u2019s first well known hit \u201cShe\u2019s Not There\u201d was released on Decca Records.  Only three years later, their final album \u2019Odessey and Oracle\u2019 came out, before Colin began his solo career.  His first album, \u2018One Year\u2019 on Epic Records, launched the hit single \u2018Say You Don\u2019t\u2019 Mind\u2019, and two more albums quickly followed, \u2018Ennismore\u2019 and \u2018Journey\u2019,  which spawned the hits, \u2018I Don\u2019t Believe In Miracles\u2019 and \u2018How Can We Dare To Be Wrong\u2019<\/p>\n

In 2011, as lead singer with The Zombies, Colin recorded a new album called \u201cBreathe Out, Breathe In\u201d, the first Zombies studio album in 9 years. It got fantastic reviews in the UK and the US and the band widely toured in the US and UK, and followed with shows in Holland, Belgium, France, Canada, Israel, and Greece.<\/p>\n

2012 saw a new Colin Blunstone solo album release called \u2018On The Air Tonight\u2019 which again he toured to promote in the UK. The following years were spent mostly in the USA playing live and undertaking a crowd-funding campaign on Pledge Music before returning to the studio to record a new album released under license to Cherry Red label in the UK and Europe. The Zombies featuring Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent continue to tour in Japan, USA, The Philippines, Spain, France and Great Britain.<\/p>\n

Colin and his solo band took to the road again touring the UK and The Netherlands in April 2018. There is even talk of a new album in 2019 with further live dates in Holland and the UK in the spring! \u2013 Stay tuned for more updates on DC Music Review.<\/p>\n

COLIN BLUNSTONE’s REMAINING SOLO TOUR DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n