Brittany Howard and co. shared a sequence of photographs from the studio final week, apparently confirming that they have been again collectively full-time, and now they’ve rubber-stamped that with information of an in depth headline tour for the summer season.
The band’s first tour in eight years will kick off in Chicago’s The Salt Shed Fairgrounds on July 16, earlier than ultimately wrapping on September 27 in Irving, Texas’ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Manufacturing facility. An artist pre-sale begins on Tuesday (February 11), whereas basic sale is Friday (February 14) – yow will discover yours right here.
“The wait is over…we’re again!” wrote the financial institution on Instagram to announce the tour.
“Final yr, Heath, Zac, and I began chatting about how a lot enjoyable it could be to make music collectively and tour once more as Alabama Shakes,” Howard has stated. “This band and these songs have been such a supply of pleasure for all of us. It’s loopy that it has been 10 years since we launched ‘Sound and Coloration’ and eight years since we performed a present.”
The singer and guitarist additionally teased that since becoming a member of forces once more, the group have recorded “a bunch of latest music that can be launched quickly.”
Alabama Shakes will play:
JULY
16 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed-Fairgrounds
18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Minnesota Yacht Membership Pageant
19 – La Vista, NE @ The Astro Amphitheater
20 – Morrison, CO @ Pink Rocks Amphitheatre
22 – Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary
25 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater
26 – Birmingham, AL @ Coca-Cola Amphitheater
AUGUST
08 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
09 – Las Vegas, NV @ BleauLive Theater
10 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit score Union Open Air Theatre
14 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
16 – Seattle, WA @ Local weather Pledge Area
17 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Properties Amphitheater
20 – Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
22 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Utah First Credit score Union Amphitheatre
24 – Kansas Metropolis, MO @ Starlight Theatre
SEPTEMBER
04 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller Excessive Life Theatre
05 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
06 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
08 – Cleveland, OH @ Jacob’s Pavilion
09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE (Open air)
11 – Louisville, KY @ Bourbon and Past Pageant
14 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Corridor at Fenway
17 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
18 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann
19 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
23 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
25 – Austin, TX @ Moody Heart
26 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Corridor
27 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Manufacturing facility
In December, the band reunited for the primary time in over seven years at a shock present of their native Alabama. Howard had been slated to carry out the gig as a solo act however determined to shock friends by inviting her Alabama Shakes bandmates – Zac Cockrell, Heath Fogg, and Ben Tanner – to the stage.
Elsewhere, Brittany Howard‘s new hardcore band, Kumite, performed their first present in Nashville in January. She was joined on stage at East Nashville’s Basement East by members of Nashville hardcore band Second Spirit.
