Alabama Shakes have released a new song, “American Dream,” which serves as a teaser for their upcoming third album. Stream it below.
The slow-burning track layers a rumbling bassline and restrained guitar riffs stirring below Brittany Howard’s powerful vocals as she directly addresses the breakdown of, well, the American Dream: “Got the White House pretty and pimped out/ Gun reform/ My body, my choice/ Got the big TV to show you what you didn’t even know you wanted.”
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“It’s a snapshot of what we’re living through in 2026,” said Howard in a statement. “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.’”
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A press release reveals Alabama Shakes’ follow-up to 2015’s Sound & Color will be released as their debut album on Island Records, but no further details have been provided.
“American Dream” arrives after last year’s “Another Life,” which marked the band’s first new single in over a decade.
The trio of Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, and Zac Cockrell is set to hit the road next week, with a North American leg (get tickets here) followed by a string of summer dates across the UK and Europe (get tickets here). Alabama Shakes will then return to the US and Canada in late July for a second North American run through late September. See the full itinerary below.
Alabama Shakes 2026 Tour Dates:
04/16 – Richmond, VA @ Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront ~
04/17 – Asheville, NC @ ExploreAsheville.com Arena ~
04/18 – Charleston, SC @ High Water Festival
04/22 – Memphis, TN @ Grind City Amphitheater +
04/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park +
04/25 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater +
04/26 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre •
04/28 – Tallahassee, FL @ Adderley Amphitheater •
04/29 – Boca Raton, FL @ Sunset Cove Amphitheater •
04/30 – Clearwater, FL @ The BayCare Sound •
05/02 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
05/24 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
05/25 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
05/27 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort
05/29 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre @
05/30 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre @
06/12 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater %
06/13 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
07/01 – Leeds, UK @ Millennium Square &
07/03 – London, UK @ Alexandra Palace *
07/05 – Ghent, BE @ Gent Jazz Festival
07/07 – Lucca, IT @ Summer Festival
07/09 – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive Festival
07/10 – Bilbao, ES @ BBK Live
07/11 – Madrid, ES @ Noches del Botanico §
07/24 – Tacoma, WA @ Dune Peninsula –
07/25 – Eugene, OR @ Autzen Stadium ^
07/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Freedom Mobile Arch –
07/28 – Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden –
07/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre –
07/31 – Jackson Hole, WY @ Snow King Mountain –
08/01 – Jackson Hole, WY @ Snow King Mountain –
08/21 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia ≠
08/22 – Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Music Center «
08/23 – St Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater «
08/25 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Acrisure Amphitheater «
08/26 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center «
08/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Co ¡
08/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Co ¡
08/30 – Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field ¡
09/01 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater ¡
09/02 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall ¡
09/04 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts >
09/05 – Lenox, MA @ Tanglewood >
09/06 – Shelburne, VT @ Concerts on the Green at Shelburne Museum º
09/15 – Montreal, QC @ MTelus º
09/18 – East Aurora, NY @ Borderland Festival
09/19 – Dover, DE @ The Woodlands ^
09/25 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl *
~ = w/ Joy Oladokun
+ = w/ Mon Rovîa
• = w/ Lamont Landers
# = w/ JJ Grey and Mofro
@ = w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
% = w/ The Secret Sisters
& = w/ Dove Ellis
* = w/ Tyler Ballgame
§ = w/ Joel Culpepper
– = w/ Billy Allen + The Pollies
≠ = w/ Liam Kazar
« = w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band
¡ = w/ Hannah Cohen
> = w/ Mavis Staples
º = w/ Emily King
^ = Supporting Zach Bryan
