Lynyrd Skynyrd will play Pinnacle Bank Arena on Oct. 6, one of the Southern rock band’s 15 concerts on its “Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour.â€
The two-year tour will, indeed, be the last for the band that was put together in Jacksonville, Florida, in the late '60s, taking its name by mocking a high school gym teacher, Leonard Skinner.
Discovered by producer Al Kooper, Lynyrd Skynyrd broke through in 1973 with “Free Bird†and “Sweet Home Alabama,†the signature songs off the album “Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd.â€
By 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd had added “Simple Man,†“Gimme Three Steps,†“What’s Your Name†and “Call Me The Breeze†to its repertoire and was one of the top touring bands in the country.
In October 1977, the band’s plane crashed in Mississippi. Singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his older sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, were killed. Other band members suffered serious injuries and, after the crash, Lynyrd Skynyrd went on hiatus for a decade.
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In 1987, the band reformed with Van Zant’s younger brother, Johnny, on vocals. Originally intended as a one-time tribute tour, the band continued to perform and record for three decades before announcing its final tour. Lynyrd Skynyrd last played Lincoln at Pinewood Bowl in 2014.
“This farewell tour has already been the perfect end to an incredible run and we are not even halfway through the tour yet,†Gary Rossington, the only remaining original founding member of the group, said in the release announcing the show. "There’s still lots of road to go and lots of fans to see one last time.â€
Jamey Johnson, the heir to the outlaw country tradition who's played a sold-out Bourbon Theatre show last year, will open for Lynyrd Skynyrd in Lincoln.Â
Tickets for Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Lincoln show are $26 to $347 and go on sale at 10 a.m. June 15. Tickets will be available at the arena ticket office, and by phone at 800-745-3000.
The Lynyrd Skynyrd concert is the 13th concert to have been held or announced for the arena this year.