Lynyrd Skynyrd: 2010 UK Tour

American rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd will return to the UK next year to play a series of live dates.

This will be the first time the band have played in Britain since the release of their successful album "God & Guns" earlier this year.

The UK tour dates are as follows:

03/04 - Birmingham, LG Arena
03/05 - Cardiff, International Arena
03/06 - London, HMV Hammersmith Apollo
03/08 - Manchester, Apollo
03/09 - Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium

Tickets go on sale Friday 13 November priced £40 adv in London and £38.50 elsewhere.

Thanks for the report to Gigwise.com.

Comments

[greenhell1]

Hmm, bit pricey.

[dec666]

But It Is Lynyrd Skynyrd. IM Hoping To Go TO THe Manchester Show If Ive Got The Money.

[Wildchild92]

Hm, I wonder if they'll play Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama, they're probably the only songs most people seem to know by this band...

Forgive my assumptions. I'm sure it'd be a good gig though!

[The_lizard_king]

I'm seeing them thursday, my dad got free tickets.

[J_Producer]

Wildchild92 wrote:

Hm, I wonder if they'll play Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama, they're probably the only songs most people seem to know by this band...

i would eat my right testicle if they didn't play those songs dude. but they've got a shed load of awesome songs! tuesdays gone, comin home, mr saturday night, gimmie back my bullets, simple man etc etc etc i wanna go but its damn expensive for a bunch of smaller venue dates..

Forgive my assumptions. I'm sure it'd be a good gig though!

[J_Producer]

and like 70% of them are dead now so...

wish it wasn't so expensive

[FearOfTheDuck]

I swear theres only like 2 original members left

[nemayasleads]

Only one original member, but I wouldn't mind seeing Ricky Metlock anyway.

[Krieger91]

..i thought they all died in a plane crash...but i've been reading a lot about them...

FearOfTheDuck wrote:

I swear theres only like 2 original members left

Not since Billy Powell died last winter. Now there's only 1 original member left.

[guitar67]

Gary Rossington is the only original from the albums of the 70's. Although, Ricky Medlock was an original before they made it big, but left to form Black Foot before Skynyrd released heir first album in '73.

[EREV777]

ewwww they're so old now

[flaphead325]

This is not Lynyrd Skynyrd, it's just a bunch of feelingless professional musicians leaded by the old Gary Rossington with he's friend Rickey Medlocke who just imitate Allen Collins (RIP), and Ronnie Van Zandt (RIP) 's brother on the vocals. They just got another guy to fill Billy Powell (RIP) and he sounds really bad in concert.

They really suck and what theyre doing is like raping Ronnie by the way they can, even if he's dead.

Plus the original members alive are Gary Rossington, Ed King, and Artimus Pyle, don't forget him because he use to be really kickass, and he contributed to the live sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd (the real one this time).

[I am wet]

They were really good when i saw them two weeks before the album came out. REALLY GOOD!

[GDrock!]

I'm confused.. isn't the singer and lead guitarist dead??? forgive me if i am wrong..

[This_Kidd]

I thought their new album was terrible. 12 songs about how good it is to be an American, or being a Southern-American, or about being a Christian, gun-toting American. Can they not sing about anything other than being a bloody American?

I don't see this new band as Lynyrd Skynyrd, just some cover band doing everything they can to imitate the old group as best they can. Sure old Skynyrd sang a few songs about being american but when an Artist makes a whole album you've just got to think he's a bit of a narrow-minded twat.

[klmmjs]

40 pounds isn't expensive to see these live. check out what other people charge..

[Cheeseman Jay]

Hopefully going to the Birmingham date. Should be awesome as I love the new album

[macfries]

flaphead325 wrote:

This is not Lynyrd Skynyrd, it's just a bunch of feelingless professional musicians leaded by the old Gary Rossington with he's friend Rickey Medlocke who just imitate Allen Collins (RIP), and Ronnie Van Zandt (RIP) 's brother on the vocals. They just got another guy to fill Billy Powell (RIP) and he sounds really bad in concert.

They really suck and what theyre doing is like raping Ronnie by the way they can, even if he's dead.

Plus the original members alive are Gary Rossington, Ed King, and Artimus Pyle, don't forget him because he use to be really kickass, and he contributed to the live sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd (the real one this time).

why would they be feelingless? because they are professional musicians??

[mercedesisbenz]

id pay 10 bucks tops for this. Id expect them to be playing for free at an outdoor daytime family festival around the 4th of july though, wouldnt really wanna pay to see them, especially at this point where they're just a nostalgia act.

[Ledforthehead]

I wonder if they'll replace the final member and still keep the name with no original members. They might as well, they came this far doing it.

[FearOfTheDuck]

klmmjs wrote:

40 pounds isn't expensive to see these live. check out what other people charge..

I paid £50 for AC/DC, only £10 more for a real band

Checked.

[Right-Wing Dick]

Rickey Medlocke is a world class musician and will rock. He loves to rock. He will rock you.
I used to see Blackfoot frequently back in the day, and they were incredible. Their best is their first album, No Reservations. Blackfoot rocked. Skynyrd country rocked. I think its a shame that Blackfoot never got the audience they deserved. I think its a shame that Skynyrd
is now doing this right-wing bizarro sheit. I saw them on Fox News Channels'
Mike Huckabee show, who is a former minister who ran for the Republican Presidential Nomination last year. It was a gun lovin' God fearin' hootenanny I tell ya whut. All I could do was shake my head in sad disbelief.

[Wildchild92]

FearOfTheDuck wrote:

klmmjs wrote:

40 pounds isn't expensive to see these live. check out what other people charge..

I paid £50 for AC/DC, only £10 more for a real band

I paid £179 for Bon Jovi at the Wembley arena next year...

[MotörHeadFan22]

Sweet, sadly they're not coming anywhere near me :[

[navarreguitaris]

Just saw them on Friday night.
Great show. Got free tickets too. haha

[Freebird79]

They should really call it quits. They only have one original member for **** sakes.

[tegdim86]

I just don't understand people coming on here to moan about how they should give up because of the different line up of the band etc! Sure they are not as good as the original, but at least they are still out there doing it, and providing a product for people who want to see or purchase it. If you don't like it im sure you won't buy the cd or see them, but surely you've got better things to do with your time than go on a forum and be negative about them.