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==Reunion performances==

Because the band split before the album was released, they never performed any of the songs onstage. However, due to the surprise success of "Time of the Season", several "fake" versions of the Zombies were created by unscrupulous promoters in 1969 to cash in on public demand to see and hear the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zom.thefondfarewells.com/imposter.htm|title=Imposter Zombies Page|access-date=6 June 2016}}</ref>

The original five-piece line-up reformed briefly in 1997 for the launch party of the ''Zombie Heaven'' boxset. They performed "[[She's Not There]]" and "Time of the Season" at London's [[The Jazz Café|Jazz Café]]. In 2001, Blunstone and Argent resurrected the Zombies as a recording and touring unit with ex-Argent and [[the Kinks]] bass guitarist [[Jim Rodford]], his son Steve Rodford on drums and Keith Airey on guitar. The Blunstone-Argent lineup toured for several years, performing a number of songs from the album. There was one final reunion of the original five members in 2004 at a benefit gig for Paul Atkinson, and though Atkinson was very ill, he insisted on performing with them. Atkinson died later that year.

In March 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album's release, the four surviving members performed ''Odessey and Oracle'' in its entirety for three shows at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]] in London. They were joined by Keith Airey, [[Darian Sahanaja]] and various friends. The Zombies were insistent on recreating the sound as authentically as possible, hence the extra singers, Sahanaja filling in organ and Mellotron parts via use of a [[Memotron]], and Argent himself playing an original mellotron on a couple of numbers. Argent also tracked down a Victorian pump organ dating from 1896 so they could recreate White's "Butcher's Tale", the original organ having long since been given away or sold by White.

{{Anchor|Revisited}}The 40th anniversary concerts were sold out and critically acclaimed.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} One of the shows was recorded, filmed, and released on CD and DVD as ''Odessey and Oracle (Revisited)''. The reunion was so successful that they decided to reprise the show on a short four-date British tour in April 2009, playing in [[Glasgow]], Bristol, [[Manchester]], and ending on 25 April at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, which Argent stated would be the very last time the album would be performed on stage, at least until the songs are reverted to [[public domain music|public domain]]. This ended up not being true as the surviving members once again reunited to perform the album in its entirety across America in 2015.

In 2016, the band announced that they would do a final tour to commemorate the album's 50th anniversary the following year. They are also planning a coffee-table book about the making of the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/zombies-announce-last-odessey-oracle-north-american-tour-w445373|title=Zombies Announce Final 'Odessey & Oracle' North American Tour|website=Rolling Stone|date=18 October 2016|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, the surviving original members performed the album in its entirety on a string of dates supporting [[Brian Wilson]], including a stop at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on 12 September and one at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on 26 September 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=2019-05-07|title=Brian Wilson, Zombies Plot 'Something Great From '68' Tour|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-zombies-north-american-tour-dates-832033/|access-date=2021-05-17|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>