Alabama Shakes have teased their first new music in eight years, and have shared details of a 2025 festival gig.
Posting a series of pictures on Instagram of them in the studio, the band wrote: “Working on some exciting stuff!”
Drummer Steve Johnson does not appear in the pictures. He was arrested on charges of child abuse in March 2021, but was then dismissed in December 2021.
This would be their first new music since “Killer Diller Blues,” their Grammy-winning contribution to Music From The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
In addition to teasing new music, Alabama Shakes have confirmed they will be playing Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in St Paul, headlining the Friday alongside Hozier. Also billed to play are Fall Out Boy, Weezer and Green Day.
In December, the band reunited for the first time in over seven years at a surprise show in their native Alabama. Brittany Howard was actually slated to perform at the gig as a solo act but decided to surprise guests by inviting her Alabama Shakes bandmates – Zac Cockrell, Heath Fogg, and Ben Tanner – to the stage.
Alabama Shakes played:
‘Hang Loose’
‘Shoegaze’
‘Be Mine’
‘Joe’
‘This Feeling’
‘Gimme All Your Love’
‘Hold On’
‘I Ain’t the Same’
‘Always Alright’
Alabama Shakes previously played at the last two Tuscaloosa Get Up benefits back in 2012 and 2013 respectively. This performance marked the first time the band had performed together since August 2017 when they played at the Osheaga Festival before going on an indefinite hiatus.
This month, Brittany Howard‘s new hardcore band, Kumite, played their first show in Nashville.
Howard was joined on stage at East Nashville’s Basement East by members of Nashville hardcore band Second Spirit. Together, they became Kumite and played live for the first ever time.
Last year Howard released her solo album ‘What Now‘. In a four-star review of the LP, NME shared: “[The album] is informed by emotional malaise and confusion, but if anyone has the answers on how to navigate our own journeys, you’d do well to turn to Howard.”
