Lynyrd Skynyrd News

Lynyrd Skynyrd considers its new album, "God & Guns" -- due out Sept. 29 on Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records -- to be "a tribute to the past and to the future of this band, too," according to frontman Johnny Van Zant.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Drummer Artimus Pyle has very little nice to say about the current state of his old band, Lynyrd Skynyrd .

Kid Rock interacted with and played to the audience, sounding genuinely appreciative of Milwaukee, its motorcycles and its beer.

WHO: Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd. WHAT: Rock. WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. WHERE: PNC Bank Arts Center, Garden State Parkway, Exit 116, Holmdel; 732-203-2500; or livenation.com. HOW MUCH: $26.25 to $150.25. Other bands can call themselves Megadeth, Slaughter House, the Grateful Dead.

"Man, do not write this," said Bruce Finkelman, owner of the Empty Bottle on Western Avenue.

It's no doubt a sign of our current economic uncertainty that two acts that would have been separate headliners a few years ago are now touring together.

NH definitely has had more than its share of rain again so far this summer and now it is Southern Breeze who is about to blow into Concord this Friday night.

Allow Rocks Off to let the cat out of the bag for a second: this evening at the Woodlands, Lynyrd Skynyrd will close with "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird." Taking nothing away from either song - they are, after all, a serious rebuke to Dixie-haters and Southern racists alike disguised as a poolside party anthem and the American "Stairway to ...

It looms on the concert calendar like a call to arms. Saturday at Ford Amphitheatre: Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Kid Rock opens at Cruzan Amphitheatre More photos Where: Cruzan Amphitheatre When: June 27 Our take: It's tough to list everything Kid Rock does in a live performance.

Contemporary Christian rock band Third Day will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 at the St.

Submitted by Laura Capitano on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 11:22. I thought my status as a journalist in Lynyrd Skynyrd country might help me score an interview with the media-averse Kid Rock, but no dice.

Oct. 11: Contemporary Christian rock band Third Day will perform at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. The band has garnered 25 No.

Barry Beckett, a keyboard player who helped shape the sound of 1990s country by producing such acts as Kenny Chesney, Lorrie Morgan, Neal McCoy and Hank Williams Jr., died this week at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn., according to The Florence Times Daily in Alabama.

Check out The Birmingham News' album playlist of a dozen "oldies but goodies" by acts coming to City Stages 2009.

Barry Beckett, a keyboardist and producer who worked with artists ranging from Dire Straits to Kenny Chesney , died overnight Wednesday at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn., following a lengthy illness.

This is one concert where it's OK to shout out "Free Bird"! Lynyrd Skynyrd is coming to Birmingham for City Stages , and while the long-haired Southern rockers have recorded more than 60 albums and cut hundreds of songs, they know the songs that fans really want to hear include classics such as "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama." "It's like ...

June 11 1952 The legendary Donnie Van Zandt, younger brother of the late Lynyrd Skynyrd founder Ronnie Van Zant, older brother of present Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant, and the founder of .38 Special is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

Artist Biography: Lynyrd Skynyrd By Stephen Thomas Erlewine Lynyrd Skynyrd was the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger.

Courtesy photo The World Classic Rockers rocked the house at the Cannery Casino & Hotel in March.