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Alabama Shakes announce UK shows
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 24 April 2015
Popular historical re-enactment group Alabama Shakes have announced that they will be playing some of their music that sounds like it comes from ages ago in various live settings around the UK.
The band will play two dates around their sold out headline show at The Great Escape on 15 May, heading to the Academy in Birmingham on 13 May and the Apollo in Manchester on 16 May.
“But what about London?” you may legitimately be screaming at the sky right now. “What sort of band books a UK tour and doesn’t come to London?”
Calm yourself, they have thought of this. They will play the Brixton Academy on 18 Nov. Yes, you’re right, that is a long time after those other dates. However, on the plus side, it means that, come Autumn, everyone outside London can complain that American bands all think that London is the only city worth playing in the UK, having forgotten that the Shakes played in a couple of other places earlier in the year. Everyone can go home happy.
Here’s the video for ‘Future People’, in honour of the future and us feeling that warm glow of superiority:
