NASHVILLE |FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/LATHUM NELSON
LYNYRD SKYNYRD TO BE HONORED
JUNE 6 AT 2004 FLORIDA HEROES AWARDS;
‘LYNYRD SKYNYRD LYVE’ OUT JUNE 22 ON SANCTUARY RECORDS;
MORE ‘VICIOUS CYCLE TOUR’ DATES CONFIRMED AS THE BAND BREAKS RECORDS ON THE ROAD
LYNYRD SKYNYRD will be honored by The Florida Chapter of the Recording Academy Sunday, June 6 at the 2004 Florida Heroes Awards in Coral Gables, Florida. The Florida Heroes Awards will pay tribute to the Jacksonville-formed group for their great accomplishments in music. The much-storied American band–who have sold over 25 million albums–celebrated their thirtieth anniversary last year.
The event takes place two weeks before the June 22 release of their new LYNYRD SKYNYRD LYVE double live album on Sanctuary Records. The powerful disc features 19 songs from the band’s triumphant show before 17,000 heartland fans last year at the AmSouth Amphitheatre in Nashville. Highlights include the addition of a string section on such classics as “Tuesday’s Gone,” “The Way” and “Free Bird,” plus a horn section on several tracks, including “What’s Your Name” and “Call Me The Breeze.”
Always a major live attraction, LYNYRD SKYNYRD–GARY ROSSINGTON (guitar), JOHNNY VAN ZANT (vocals), BILLY POWELL (keyboard), RICKEY MEDLOCKE (guitar), HUGHIE THOMASSON (guitar), MICHAEL CARTELLONE (drums), EAN EVANS (bass)–have added more “VICIOUS CYCLE TOUR” dates, confirming U.S. stops through mid-September. Meanwhile, the band’s sold-out May 26 concert at Vienna, Virginia’s historic Filene Center at Wolf Trap shattered the 33-year-old amphitheatre’s records for merchandise and concession sales.
DATE CITY VENUE
Thu 6/03 Portsmouth, VA Ntelos Pavilion
Sat 6/05 Valdosta, GA Wild Adventures
Wed 6/09 Clio, MI Clio Amphitheatre
Thu 6/10 Orilla, Ontario Casino Rama
Sat 6/12 Big Flats, NY Tags Summer
Sun 6/13 Burgettstown, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Fri 6/18 Skullbone, TN Skullbone Park
Sat 6/19 Birmingham, AL City Stages
Sun 6/20 Pensacola, FL Civic Center
Thu 7/1 Muskegon, MI Heritage Park
Sun 7/04 Bottineau, ND Wildrose Amphitheatre
Wed 7/7 Livermore, CA Wente Winery
Thu 7/8 Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery
Sat 7/10 Las Vegas, NV Aladdin Theatre
Sun 7/11 Pala, CA Pala Casino
Thu 7/15 Walker, MN Moondance Jam
Sat 7/17 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless
Sun 7/18 Comstock, NE Second Wind Ranch
Fri 7/23 Morton, MN Jackpot Junction
Sat 7/24 Stillwater, MN Town Square
Sun 7/25 Twin Lakes, WI Country Thunder
Fri 8/6 Louisville, KY Waterfront Park
Sat 8/07 Greenville, WI Lions Park
Tue 8/10 Manchester, VT Hunter Park
Thu 8/12 Hamburg, NY Erie County Fair
Fri 8/13 Lewisburg, WV State Fair
Sat 8/14 Rome, GA Ridge Ferry Park
Wed 8/18 Cleveland, OH DTE Energy
Thu 8/19 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Center
Sat 8/21 St. Louis, MO UMB Pavilion
Sun 8/22 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy
Wed 8/25 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook
Fri 8/27 Cohasset, MA South Shore
Sat 8/28 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod
Tue 8/31 Allentown, PA Allentown Fair
Fri 9/3 Westbury, NY Westbury Music Fair
Sat 9/4 Danville, VA Carrington Pavilion
Fri 9/17 York, PA York Fair
Sat 9/18 Montclair, NJ Yogi Berra Stadium
For more information, visit www.lynyrdskynyrd.com.
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