NASHVILLE |FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/LATHUM NELSON
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
TO RELEASE ‘VICIOUS CYCLE’ MAY 20
WITH SPECIAL WAL-MART IN-STORE SIGNINGS;
ROCKLINE INTERVIEW SET FOR MAY 21;
JIM BEAM-SPONSORED WORLDWIDE ‘VICIOUS CYCLE’ TOUR LAUNCHING JUNE 12 WITH FREE SHOW FOR U.S. TROOPS IN GERMANY;
CO-HEADLINING EUROPE WITH DEEP PURPLE
AND THE U.S. WITH SAMMY HAGAR
Armed with their biggest radio hit in 25 years, “Red White and Blue,” LYNYRD SKYNYRD will release VICIOUS CYCLE (Sanctuary Records) May 20. The album will be launched with special in-store autograph appearances at a few select Wal-Mart stores and a May 21 Rockline national live radio interview before the group jets off to U.K./Europe for a co-headlining tour of major venues with Deep Purple (June 13-June 29). U.S. fans will get to celebrate the group’s 30th anniversary when the band kicks off their stateside trek July 5 in Hyannis, MA before co-headlining the “Party Of A Lifetime” Tour with Sammy Hagar, starting July 19 in Wisconsin.
The band will sign copies of VICIOUS CYCLE when they meet fans at Wal-Mart stores Tuesday, May 20 in Jacksonville (the band’s birthplace), Wednesday, May 21 in Atlanta, Thursday, May 22 in Charlotte and Thursday, May 29 in Nashville. For details, visit www.lynyrdskynyrd.com.
A patriotic tribute to the blue collar ethics that have immortalized LYNYRD SKYNYRD, “Red White and Blue” has climbed to #29 on Billboard’s mainstream Rock chart (#10 at R&R Rock; #3 at Heritage Rock; #1 at Classic Rock). LYNYRD SKYNYRD will perform the soaringly melodic and gutsy song for American troops when they launch their worldwide tour with a free show at Rhein Main Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany June 12. Frontman JOHNNY VAN ZANT says “We couldn’t think of a better way to start this tour than with a concert for the men and women who defend this country. It’s our way of saying thanks.”
Stateside, the Jim Beam-sponsored “Party Of A Lifetime” Tour will visit amphitheaters, festivals and arenas through mid-August, with LYNYRD SKYNYRD and Hagar flip-flopping closing duties along the way.
In other news, the iconic and much-storied group who’ve sold over 25 million albums will record a Live In Demand Pay Per View and DVD in Nashville July 11 at Amsouth Amphitheatre.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s set list will include their many classics and songs from VICIOUS CYCLE, their first new studio album in four years. The album is distinguished by the three-headed guitar firepower of GARY ROSSINGTON, RICKEY MEDLOCKE and HUGHIE THOMASSON, the emotive vocals of VAN ZANT and the panoramic keyboard work of BILLY POWELL. Founding member ROSSINGTON was given the green light to tour from his cardiologist after a successful open heart operation in late February.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s U.S. tour dates are as follows:
DATE CITY VENUE
Sat 7/5 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
Sun 7/6 Guilford, NH Meadowbrook Farm
Fri 7/11 Nashville, TN Amsouth Amphitheatre
Sat 7/12 Tallassee, AL Monster Mountain
Sun 7/13 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s “Party of A Lifetime” our dates with Sammy Hagar:
DATE CITY VENUE
Sat 7/19 Cadott, WI Rock Fest 2003
Sun 7/20 Green Bay WI Oneida Bingo & Casino
Tue 7/22 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Wed 7/23 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Fri 7/25 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Sat 7/26 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun 7/27 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center
Tue 7/29 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion @ Stone Ridge
Wed 7/30 Marion, SC Carolina Amphitheatre
Fri 8/1 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Sat 8/2 Atlanta, GA Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre
Sun 8/3 Anderson, SC William Floyd Amphitheatre
Tue 8/5 Beaumont, TX SETEC Amphitheatre
Wed 8/6 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphi.
Fri 8/8 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat 8/9 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
Sun 8/10 Selma, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue 8/12 Denver, CO Fiddlers’ Green
Fri 8/15 Concord, CA The Chronicle Pavilion
Sat 8/16 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 8/17 Reno, NV Reno Hilton Amphitheatre
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