FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/LATHUM NELSON

LYNYRD SKYNYRD:

LIMITED EDITION ‘VICIOUS CYCLE’ CD WITH BONUS DVD

DUE SEPTEMBER 23;

NEW SINGLE ‘THAT’S HOW I LIKE IT’ GOING TO RADIO SEPTEMBER 22

WHILE JIM BEAM ‘VICIOUS CYCLE’ TOUR

KICKS OFF OCTOBER 12 IN IRVINE, CA;

LYNYRD SKYNYRD–set to open their Jim Beam “VICIOUS CYCLE” tour October 12 in Irvine, CA with founding lead guitarist GARY ROSSINGTON, returning after a doctor-ordered rest period–will release a limited edition of theirVICIOUS CYCLE CD packaged with a bonus DVD September 23 (Sanctuary Records). The DVD will include a video of the album’s Rock Radio hit single “Red White and Blue” and a video collage of unreleased, historical footage from the group’s legendary 30-year career set to the music of their classic “Simple Man.”

In addition, the DVD will find behind-the-scenes LYNYRD SKYNYRD interviews, a special photo gallery slide show of the band playing for American Troops earlier this year in Germany and footage from the band’s 2003 European tour. The limited edition VICIOUS CYCLE CD follows LYNYRD SKYNYRD’s recently released THYRTY: THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, which has already been certified/shipped GOLD after two weeks.

The release of the limited edition VICIOUS CYLE CD will be marked by the album’s second single “That’s How I Like It,” which goes to radio September 22. In the chorus of the guitar-crunching rocker, JOHNNY VAN ZANT sings a tribute to simple country life: “Like my women hot and my beer ice cold/A real fast car and my whiskey old/Like a slow drive down a long dirt road/That’s how I like it.”

In other news, LYNYRD SKYNYRD will bring their “LYNYRD SKYNYRD: THE VICIOUS CYCLE TOUR” Pay Per View event presented by Beam & Cola to 70 million households when it debuts Friday, September 19 on both iNDemand cable systems and Dish Satellite Network. Commemorating the band’s 30^th anniversary, “LYNYRD SKYNYRD LYVE” was filmed July 11 before 17,000 heartland fans at the AmSouth Amphitheatre in Nashville. The nearly two-hour event–which was shot in High Definition–will air for approximately three weeks.

Meanwhile, LYNYRD SKYNYRD will be re-scheduling several shows that were missed over the summer on their forthcoming “Vicious Cycle” tour.  For more information, visit www.lynyrdskynyrd.com. Here are the dates:

DATE                       CITY                                         VENUE

Sun     10/12              Irvine, CA                               Taste of Orange

Tue      10/14              Redding, CA                          Redding Rodeo

Wed    10/15              Coarsegold, CA                    Chukchanis Casino

Thu      10/16              Temecula, CA                       Pechanga Casino

Sat      10/18              Las Vegas, NV                      Orleans Arena

Tue      10/21              Phoenix, AZ                           Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Fri       10/24              Dallas, TX                              Smirnoff Amphitheater

Sat      10/25              Tulsa, OK                               State Fair Pavilion

Sun     10/26              Oklahoma City, OK               Zoo Amphitheater

Sat      11/1                Gulfport, MS                           Grand Casino

Fri       11/7                Ft. Meyers, FL                       Teco Arena

Sat      11/8                Kissimmee, FL                      Silver Spurs Arena

Mon     11/10              Clearwater, FL                      Ruth Eckerd Hall

Thurs   11/13              Duluth, GA                              Gwinnett Center

Fri       11/14              Clemson, SC                         Little John

Sat      11/15              Danville, VA                           Carrington Pavilion

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