Sound & Color – the follow-up to Alabama Shakes’ Gold-certified debut album, Boys & Girls, which earned the group three GRAMMY® nominations, including a nod for Best New Artist – will be released in North America on April 21 by ATO Records. Rough Trade will release the album in the UK/Europe on April 20. See below for track listing.
The band has premiered the album’s searing first single, “Don’t Wanna Fight,” (below) and unveiled the cover of Sound & Color.
The Athens, AL-based band will kick off a North American headline tour with a sold-out, two-night stand at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on March 11 & 12. It was announced today that Alabama Shakes will headline Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO on Sunday, August 16. The evening will feature Very Special Guests Drive-By Truckers. A ticket pre-sale for the Red Rocks show begins on Wednesday, February 11, at 12:00 PM MST at http://alabamashakes.frontgatetickets.com/. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Friday, February 13, at http://www.axs.com/events/270275/alabama-shakes-tickets. Other supporting acts on the tour will include Neko Case (April 11), Songhoy Blues (March 11-15), Promised Land Sound (March 17-21) and Allah-Las (April 8 & April 18). Alabama Shakes will also be performing at many music festivals in 2015, including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Mountain Jam and Field Trip. See below for itinerary or visit www.alabamashakes.com.
Sound & Color – Track Listing
1. Sound and Color
2. Don’t Wanna Fight
3. Dunes
4. Future People
5. Gimme All Your Love
6. This Feeling
7. Guess Who
8. The Greatest
9. Shoegaze
10. Miss You
11. Gemini
12. Over My Head
Alabama Shakes – North American Tour Dates
2/19 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall SOLD OUT
3/11 – New York,NY @ The
Beacon Theatre w/special guest Songhoy Blues SOLD OUT 3/12
– New York,NY @ The Beacon Theatre w/special guest Songhoy Blues SOLD OUT
3/14 – Chicago,IL @ The Chicago Theatre w/special guest Songhoy Blues SOLD OUT
3/15 – Milwaukee,WI @ The Riverside Theaterw/special guest Songhoy Blues
3/17 – Madison, WI @ Overture Center for the Arts w/special guests Promised Land Sound
3/18 – Champaign, IL @ The Virginia Theatre w/special guests Promised Land Sound
3/20 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall w/special guests Promised Land Sound
3/21 – Knoxville, TN @ Historic Tennessee Theatre w/special guest Promised Land Sound
4/2 – Newtown, Australia @ Enmore Theatre w/Charles Bradley
4/3 – Byron Bay, Australia @ Byron Bay Bluesfest
4/4 – Byron Bay, Australia @ Byron Bay Bluesfest
4/8 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre w/special guest Allah-Las
4/10 – Indio,CA @ CoachellaValley Music and Arts Festival
4/11- Berkeley,CA @ The Greek Theatre w/very special guest Neko Case
4/17 – Indio,CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
4/18 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas w/special guest Allah-Las
5/15 – Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape Festival
6/6-7 – Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Music & Arts Festival
6/7 – Hunter Mountain, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival
6/11-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
6/27 – Beuningen, Netherlands @ Down The Rabbit Hole
7/10 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival
8/16 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/very special guests Drive-By Truckers
