Alabama Shakes have shared a new track, “American Dream”, which you can hear below.
“It’s a snapshot of what we’re living through in 2026,” says Brittany Howard. “I look around and wonder how we got to a place where there’s so much strain and so little support. I mean, it shouldn’t be impossible to take off work so you can bring your child to the doctor — that’s actually insane. My hope is that one day people will hear this song and say, ‘Yeah, shit was crazy back then, but we made it through.’”
“American Dream” follows “Another Life“, which marked Howard, Heath Fogg and Zac Cockrell’s first new music for 10 years — and their debut for Island Records — paving the way for their third full-length in 2026 and first LP since 2015.
Shakes tour dates are:
16th April – Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront, Richmond, VA ~
17th April –ExploreAsheville.comArena, Asheville, NC ~
18th April – High Water Festival, Charleston, SC
22nd April – Grind City Amphitheater, Memphis, TN +
24th April – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA +
25th April – Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC +
26th April – St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL •
28th April – Adderley Amphitheater, Tallahassee, FL •
29th April –Sunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca Raton, FL •
30th April – The BayCare Sound, Clearwater, FL •
2nd May – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
24th May – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO #
25th May – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO #
27th May – Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV
29th May – The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA @
30th May– The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA @
12th June – Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa, AL, %
13th June – Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester TN
1st July – Millennium Square, Leeds &
3rd July – Alexandra Palace, London *
5th July – Gent Jazz Festival, Ghent
7th July – Summer Festival, Lucca
9th July – NOS Alive Festival, Lisbon
10th July – BBK Live, Bilbao
11th July – Noches del Botanico, Madrid §
24th July – Dune Peninsula, Tacoma, WA –
25th July – Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR ^
26th July – Freedom Mobile Arch, Vancouver, BC –
28th July – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise, ID –
29th July – Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City, UT –
31st July – Snow King Mountain, Jackson Hole, WY –
1st August – Snow King Mountain, Jackson Hole, WY –
21st August – Ravinia, Highland Park, IL ≠
22nd August – Ruoff Music Center, Indianapolis, IN «
23rd August – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, St Louis, MO «
25th August – Acrisure Amphitheater, Grand Rapids, MI «
26th August – Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH «
28th August –Surly Brewing Co, Minneapolis, MN i
29th August – Surly Brewing Co, Minneapolis, MN i
30th August – Breese Stevens Field, Madison, WI i
1st September – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater, Bridgeport, CT i
2nd September – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY i
4th September – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY >
5th September – Tanglewood, Lenox, MA >
6th September – Concerts on the Green at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT º
15th September – MTelus, Montreal, QB º
18thSeptember – Borderland Festival, East Aurora, NY
19th September – The Woodlands, Dover, DE ^
25th September – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA *
~ With Special Guest Joy Oladokun
+ With Special Guests Mon Rovîa
• With Special Guest Lamont Landers
# With Special Guests JJ Grey & Mofro
@ With Special Guest Nathaniel Rateliff
% With Special Guest The Secret Sisters
& With Special Guest Dove Ellis
* With Special Guest Tyler Ballgame
§ With Special Guest Joel Culpepper
– With Special Guest Billy Allen + The Pollies
≠ With Special Guest Liam Kazar
«Co-Headline with Tedeschi Trucks Band
¡ With Special Guest Hannah Cohen
> With Special Guest Mavis Staples
º With Special Guest Emily King
^ Supporting Zach Bryan