Alabama Shakes reunited for the first time since 2017 at a benefit concert in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Wednesday night.

The performance took place during the Tuscaloosa Get Up 3 benefit concert at the Bama Theatre. In addition to performances from Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers and Lee Bains of Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, the band’s Brittany Howard was scheduled to play a solo set. Instead, however, she surprised the audience by inviting her bandmates Zac Cockrell, Heath Fogg, and Ben Tanner onstage to join her.

The quartet played nine songs, including fan-favorites like “Hang Loose,” “Gimmie All Your Love,” and “Hold On.” It marked their first concert together since their 2017 appearance at Osheaga Festival; the band announced an indefinite hiatus shortly after as Howard began to focus on her solo work. Though the benefit concert performance shows that the door on Alabama Shakes isn’t entirely closed, it...