A chorus lyric from Alabama’s classic hit “Mountain Music” — “like grandma and grandpa used to play” — has come true. In our 2024 interview, Alabama frontman Randy Owen spoke fondly about the mix of fans at the band’s concerts now.

“It’s really refreshing to see that grandma and grandpa handed down their musical tastes to their grandkids,” Owen said. “And those grandkids come into the show to see Alabama play live.”

This summer, longtime and new fans alike will soon get another chance to see Alabama onstage. The Country Music Hall of Fame band — known for songs like “Mountain Music,” “40 Hour Week,” “The Closer You Get” and “Song of the South” — have announced an Aug. 23 concert at Huntsville’s Orion Amphitheater.

A press release bills the Orion show as the “only Alabama stop on this year’s tour.”

Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday via axs.com. As of publishing, ticket prices were not available.

In February, the band announced June Jam, their iconic fundraising hometown concert rebooted in 2023, would not return this year. Reasons cited include: “The economy in the region at this time, availability of guest talent and the moving of a large festival, Rock the South, to Cullman, Alabama, 80 miles away from its traditional dates in July to now June.”

The Fort Payne-founded group is led by Owen and his cousin, bassist/backing vocalist Teddy Gentry. 2023 was the first June Jam without Owen and Gentry’s cousin Jeff Cook, Alabama’s beloved guitarist, who died in 2022 at age 73.

The opening act for Alabama’s upcoming Orion Amphitheater concert will be pop-rock band Exile. Founded in Kentucky, Exile are known for their 1978 chart-topper “Kiss You All Over,” cowritten and produced by Mike Chapman, best known for producing classic Blondie and the Knack hits.