Last year, Alabama Shakes reunited to begin their first tour in eight years and shared their first new music in over 10 years, and now they’ve announced their third album, and first in over a decade. I Must Be Dreaming, the follow-up to 2015’s Sound & Color, is due out August 28 via Island. They produced it with regular collaborator Shawn Everett, and Brittany Howard says “There’s a double meaning” to its title. “It could be saying, ‘I must be dreaming, because the world is so fucking crazy right now.’ But it could also mean, ‘I must be dreaming, because the world is so incredibly beautiful.’ Both those things can be true at once.” See the cover art and tracklist, and watch a trailer for the album below.
I Must Be Dreaming includes Alabama Shakes’ 2025 single “Another Life” this year’s “American Dream,” and they’ll release a third new single, “I Feel Hope Coming,” this Friday (7/10). “This younger generation makes me feel hopeful because they can see through all the political lies—that song’s about holding onto that hope, and refusing to give up,” Howard says.
Guitarist Heath Fogg adds, “I’m really happy that song exists. It came from such a joyful moment of collaboration, and exemplifies everything I love about this band being reborn.”
Alabama Shakes are on tour now, and will be in NYC this fall to play Radio City Music Hall on September 2 with Hannah Cohen. See all dates below.
ALABAMA SHAKES – I MUST BE DREAMING TRACKLIST
Tea Time
Another Life
Garden
I Feel Hope Coming
Time
Friends
Easy
How Love’s Supposed To Go
Waist Deep
American Dream
Tied To You
ALABAMA SHAKES: 2026 TOUR DATES
7/7 Lucca, IT Summer Festival
7/9 Lisbon, PT NOS Alive Festival
7/10 Bilbao, ES BBK Live
7/11 Madrid, ES Noches del Botánico•
7/24 Tacoma, WA Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park+
7/25 Eugene, OR Autzen Stadium^
7/26 Vancouver, BC Freedom Mobile Arch+
7/28 Boise, ID Idaho Botanical Garden: Outlaw Field+
7/29 Salt Lake City, UT Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre+
7/31 Jackson Hole, WY Snow King Mountain+
8/1 Jackson Hole, WY Snow King Mountain+
8/21 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival=
8/22 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Music Center#
8/23 Maryland Heights, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater#
8/25 Grand Rapids, MI Acrisure Amphitheater#
8/26 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center#
8/28 Minneapolis, MN Surly Brewing Festival Field%
8/29 Minneapolis, MN Surly Brewing Festival Field%
8/30 Madison, WI Breese Stevens Field%
9/1 Bridgeport, CT Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater%
9/2 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall%
9/4 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts@
9/5 Lenox, MA Tanglewood@
9/6 Shelburne, VT Concerts on The Green$
9/15 Montreal, QC MTELUS$
9/16 Ottawa, ON CityFolk Festival
9/18 East Aurora, NY Borderland Music Festival
9/19 Dover, DE The Woodlands^
9/25 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl*
9/26 Dana Point, CA Ohana Festival
• with Joel Culpepper
+ with Billy Allen + The Pollies
= with Liam Kazar
# with Tedeschi Trucks Band
% with Hannah Cohen
@ with Mavis Staples
$ with Emily King
^ with Zach Bryan
* with Tyler Ballgame