and Jesus Christ Superstar (Russian versions), and other projects at The Stas Namin Music and Drama Theater. In 2009 the band celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a grand show with special guest-stars, and actively started the new creative life. The Flowers recorded two albums "The Best of Flowers" at the Abbey Road studios. In 2013 they released two albums with the brand new songs – Homo Sapience and Flower Power. In autumn 2014 the Flowers are planning the 45th Anniversary tour that includes 45 cities in Russia, and in 2015 – a world tour. That will be a farewell tour of the legendary rock-band. 2009—2013: The Modern period In 2009—2010 the band recorded double albums Back to the USSR (covering all their 1970s songs), and Window to Freedom (containing the songs prohibited in the 1980s) at the legendary Abbey Road Studio. Following the anniversary show of 6 March 2010 a DVD was released titled The Flowers, it was the first time that the band hit the stage after more than a twenty-year break and started touring on a regular basis again. In 2012 the band delivered a great show at Crocus City Hall where, in addition to well-known hits and prohibited songs of the 1980s presented a modern, completely new repertoire. The show was released on two albums – Homo Sapiens and Flower Power. 2009: Back to the USSR album In 2009 The Flowers recorded a double album Back to the USSR that was dedicated to its 40th anniversary and included the best twenty four songs created from 1969 to 1983. Most of them were well-known hits but also some were recorded for the first time. The album was produced in London at the legendary Abbey Road Studio. Back to the USSR features not only members of The Flowers but also guest musicians, ex-members of the band and even deceased musicians represented on the album by their songs and samples taken from old records. 2010: Anniversary show – The Flowers 40 Years On 6 March 2010 The Flowers celebrated their 40th anniversary in Moscow at Crocus City Hall. The Flowers anniversary show featured various ex-members of the band including Yury Fokin, Konstantin Nikolskiy, Vladimir Chugreyev, Alexander Slizunov, Vladimir Semyonov, Vladislav Petrovskiy, etc., friends of the band (Andrey Makarevich, Yury Shevchuk, Garik Sukachov, Nikolai Noskov, Alexander Marshal, Dmitry Revyakin, Julia Chicherina, Evgeniy Khavtan, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oscar Feltsman, etc.), and even the