According to Stereogum.com, Alabama Shakes kicked off the year by teasing their first new music in eight years and announcing a reunion tour. The first show happened on July 15, in Chicago and the show featured debuts of two unreleased songs. At the Salt Shed, the trio played a career-spanning set, which included the never-before-heard tunes “American Dream” and “Another Life,” which will hopefully get a release soon.

Alabama Shakes also performed live debuts of Sound & Color’s “Drive By Baby” and “Someday.” During the performance, Brittany Howard gave a positive speech for the final song, “Always Alright,” by expressing, “There’s more of us, I think, that want to do good things in the world. Live a peaceful life. See things. Achieve things. Love.”

To help capture the magical moment, a fan went on social to film the show with the caption: “Alabama Shakes first live show in 7 years was worth the drive from Indy to Chicago.”

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