The historic Gothic interior of the Union Chapel in Islington provided the perfect sanctuary-like backdrop for Blunstone’s tender vocals. The venue's natural reverb added staggering depth to his iconic falsetto, making classics like "Say you don't mind" and "I Don't Believe in Miracles" feel deeply spiritual. I witnessed several devotees in the front stalls nearest the stage visibly moved and openly weeping with the emotion of many of the songs played, especially those from the debut solo album One Year. The accompaniment of a string section named the Q-Strings elevated these songs in particular.

Some rarely played Zombies songs had an outing from their early Decca period, along with a few timeless classics from their Odessey and Oracle masterpiece, as mentioned by Blunstone pretty much a failure on first release in 1968. It has gained notoriety steadily over the years and continues to gain fans. From that album we were treated to "This will be our year", "Hung up on a dream", and the U.S breakthrough "Time of the season" with added crowd participation.

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Søren Koch

"Old and wise" was the highlight, it left everyone breathless to the very end of the amazing guitar solo by Søren Koch. This song was originally on The Alan Parson's Project Album called Eye In The Sky and hits an emotional high towards the end of the show. With "She's not there" bringing things towards a close what better way to demonstrate Blunstone's under stated and in some ways under appreciated back catalogue. At this venue, at this time and with this singer I could not have been anywhere closer to heaven.

Colin Blunstone - Website

The Zombies - Website

Photographs and review by Dan Reddick