Alabama Shakes Announce First Tour Since 2017
Alabama Shakes—the trio of vocalist and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell—performed a shock reunion set in December, and, now, they’ve introduced that they’re happening tour for the primary time since 2017. The band will tour North America in the summertime, with help from Sam Evian, El Michels Affair, Shannon & the Clams, Lee Fields, and others. See all of Alabama Shakes’ tour dates under.
In a press assertion, Brittany Howard mentioned: “Final yr, Heath, Zac, and I began chatting about how a lot enjoyable it might be to make music collectively and tour once more as Alabama Shakes. 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 & Coloration and eight years since we performed a present. However, we didn’t need this to thoroughly be a glance again. We wished it to be as a lot in regards to the future because the previous. So now we have a bunch of recent music that can be launched quickly. We simply can’t wait to expertise that ‘feeling’ after we begin enjoying these first few notes of ‘Don’t Wanna Battle’ or ‘Gimme All Your Love.’”
As Howard talked about, in her assertion, Alabama Shakes shared their second studio album, Sound & Coloration, in April 2015. In accordance with a press launch, the band has been engaged on new materials with producer Shawn Everett.
Since the latest Alabama Shakes album, Howard has launched two solo albums, Jaime and What Now. Learn the 2019 characteristic “Brittany Howard on Her Solo Debut, Her Black Heroes, and Proudly owning Her Greatness.”
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Alabama Shakes:
07-16 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed – Fairgrounds #
07-18 Saint Paul, MN – Minnesota Yacht Membership Competition
07-19 La Vista, NE – The Astro Amphitheater #
07-20 Morrison, CO – Crimson Rocks Amphitheatre #
07-22 Bentonville, AR – The Momentary •$
07-25 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater •$
07-26 Birmingham, AL – Coca-Cola Amphitheater •$
08-08 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater +
08-09 Las Vegas, NV – BleauLive Theater +
08-10 San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit score Union Open Air Theatre +
08-14 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
08-16 Seattle, WA – Local weather Pledge Area +
08-17 Bend, OR – Hayden Properties Amphitheater +
08-20 Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater *
08-22 West Valley Metropolis, UT – Utah First Credit score Union Amphitheatre *
08-24 Kansas Metropolis, MO – Starlight Theatre *
09-04 Milwaukee, WI – Miller Excessive Life Theatre ^
09-05 Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre ^
09-06 Toronto, Ontario – Budweiser Stage !
09-08 Cleveland, OH – Jacob’s Pavillion ^
09-09 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^
09-11 Louisville, KY – Bourbon and Past Competition
09-14 Boston, MA – MGM Music Corridor at Fenway 09-17 Forest Hills, NY – Forest Hills Stadium %
09-18 Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann 09-19 Washington, D.C. – The Anthem 09-23 New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre
09-25 Austin, TX – Moody Middle @
09-26 Houston, TX – 713 Music Corridor @
09-27 Irving, TX – Pavilion at Toyota Music Manufacturing unit @
# with Lee Fields
• with Caleb Elliott
$ with Alanna Royale
+ with Shannon & the Clams
* with Y La Bamba
^ with Sam Evian
! with Bahamas
% with El Michels Affair
@ with Greyhounds
