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On This Day, March 5, 2023: Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington dies at 71

On This Day, March 5, 2023...Gary Rossington, guitarist for Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away at the age of 71.Rossington, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 2006, was the last remaining original member of ...
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Donna Summer, Lynyrd Skynyrd songs get chart boost from the winter Olympics

Donna Summer's classic track "MacArthur Park" has returned to the Billboard charts thanks to the winter Olympics.The song was used by American figure skater Alysa Liu for her long program when she won the gold medal. Thanks to the exposure, the song has landed ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd launches #FreeBirdMoment contest

Lynyrd Skynyrd is giving folks a chance to win a VIP experience to one of their concerts simply by living their iconic tune "Free Bird."The band is asking fans to share their best #FreeBirdMoment, with the grand prize being VIP tickets to their upcoming ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Free Bird’ featured in Budweiser Super Bowl LX commercial

Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic tune "Free Bird" is featured in Budweiser's latest Super Bowl ad.The company revealed the new ad, featuring a Clydesdale and a bald eagle, on Good Morning America on Monday.The 60-second spot opens with a classic baby Clydesdale horse, which has been ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd to play the 2026 Rock the Country festival

Lynyrd Skynyrd is set to play the 2026 Rock the Country touring festival.The mostly country festival will take place over eight weekends this summer, with the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers confirmed for the Ashland, Kentucky, stop. Skynyrd will perform July 10, with ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd & Foreigner team up for 2026 Double Trouble Double Vision Tour

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner are teaming up for a 2026 tour.The Double Trouble Double Vision Tour will consist of 19 co-headlining dates next summer, kicking off July 23 in Atlanta and wrapping Aug 29 in Rogers, Arkansas."The energy the band has felt knowing we'll ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd marks Veterans Day with video for ‘Red White and Blue’ featuring Donnie Van Zant

Lynyrd Skynyrd is paying tribute to our nation’s veterans with the Veterans Day release of a new live video.The clip is for the track “Red White and Blue” featuring 38 Special founding member Donnie Van Zant. Donnie is the brother of Skynyrd’s current frontman Johnny Van Zant and ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd drops video for Ryman performance of ‘Gimme Three Steps’

Lynyrd Skynyrd has shared a new music video for their classic track “Gimme Three Steps.” It captures their live performance of the song at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville during the band’s 50th anniversary concert, which took place in November 2022.The Ryman concert was filmed before ...
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Fore! ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ leads to streaming bumps for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, Tom Petty

Some big-name musicians guest star in the new Netflix streaming hit Happy Gilmore 2, but it's the big names on the movie's soundtrack who are reaping the benefits.While Bad Bunny, Post Malone and Eminem all appear in the film, the soundtrack features a number of ...
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Johnny Van Zant on a possible new Lynyrd Skynyrd album: We will leave that door open for the future

When Gary Rossington, the last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away in 2023, the band decided to continue on, and it turns out, that could mean new music in the future.The band recently announced a new label deal with Frontiers SRL and in ...
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