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Veterans of British rock, The Zombies were as popular in the 60s as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks and Small Faces.

Their hits “Tell Her No,” “She is Not There,” “Time of the Season,” and “Summertime” were unlike anything previously heard in British rock. This year the band decided to reunite again to mark the 40th anniversary of the album “Odessey & Oracle,” released before the group broke up in 1968. Four surviving original members (guitarist Paul Atkinson died in 2004) participated in a three­night series of concerts at Shepherd’s Bush Empire Theater in London in March. Now they are on tour, which is going to bring them to Ukraine. In Kyiv they promised not only to perform their best songs, but to tell about the music life of the 1960s.

“The Zombies, still led by original keyboard wizard Rod Argent and featuring the smoked­silk vocals of Colin Blunstone, is the finest British­invasion­era band still touring…” The Washington Times wrote in 2007.

The Zombies, formed in 1961 in St. Albans, United Kingdom, consisted of keyboardist Rod Argent, guitarist Paul Atkinson, drummer Hugh Grundy, bassist Paul Arnold and talented singer Colin Blunstone. Their album “Odessey & Oracle,” comprising 12 songs by the group’s principal songwriters, Argent and Chris White, is now considered one of the best of its time and is ranked 80th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Interesting that the word “odyssey” in the title was misspelled by cover designers and there wasn’t time to change the mistake.

NATIONAL AVIATION UNIVERSITY CULTURE AND ARTS CENTER (1 Kosmonavta Komarova, 406­7901). Sept. 12. 7 p.m. Tickets Hr 100 to Hr 260.