Following their surprise December reunion, Alabama Shakes have officially announced their first tour in eight years. The band—Brittany Howard (vocals/guitar), Zac Cockrell (bass), and Heath Fogg (guitar)—ended their long hiatus with a Tuscaloosa benefit concert and later confirmed their return with a spot at the Minnesota Yacht Club festival.
Now, the group has unveiled a full-scale summer reunion tour, set to begin July 16 in Chicago and spanning the U.S. before concluding September 27 in Irving, Texas.
“Last year, Heath, Zac, and I started chatting about how much fun it would be to make music together and tour again as Alabama Shakes,” Howard said in a statement. “This band and these songs have been such a source of joy for all of us. It’s crazy that it has been 10 years since we released Sound & Color and eight years since we played a show. But we didn’t want this to be just a look back—we wanted it to be as much about the future as the past. So we have a bunch of new music that will be released soon. We just can’t wait to experience that ‘feeling’ when we start playing those first few notes of Don’t Wanna Fight or Gimme All Your Love.”
The band has been in the studio with longtime producer Shawn Everett, working on their first album since 2015’s Grammy-winning Sound & Color.
The tour will feature Shannon and the Clams, The Budos Band, El Michels Affair, and Y La Bamba as opening acts on select dates.
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