NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today that Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform a
special invitation-only show for SiriusXM on Thursday, March
15 at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta. The exclusive
performance for SiriusXM subscribers will
feature Lynyrd Skynyrd playing music from throughout
their career before the band embarks on its two-year
farewell tour, Last of the Street Survivors
Farewell Tour.
"Free Bird," Lynyrd Skynyrd's own Southern Rock
channel on SiriusXM, will launch on Friday, March 2
and run through Saturday, March 31 on channel
30, available on satellite radios and on the SiriusXM
app. "Free Bird" will showcase music from Lynyrd
Skynyrd's extensive Rock & Roll Hall of Fame career,
including its acclaimed rock anthems and live
performances. Additionally, the channel will feature exclusive
stories and insights, and shows hosted by band members
Gary Rossington, Rickey Medlocke and
Johnny Van Zant. The channel
will also include southern rock classics from an array of
artists, including The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall
Tucker Band, 38 Special, Molly
Hatchet, Blackfoot, ZZ Top and many more.
"Very excited to have SiriusXM support Lynyrd Skynyrd's music
and history and to include some of our friends and musical
influences on our own channel! Can't wait to share the music and
our stories with our generations of fans," said Gary Rossington.
"We are excited to bring our subscribers and a national
broadcast audience a great night of music in Atlanta from
the world's ultimate Southern Rock band," said
Steve Blatter, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Music Programming, SiriusXM. "This
special concert, along with Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" channel,
are the latest example of SiriusXM's commitment to providing our
audiences with targeted, timeless music programming and live
performances that we know they will love."
Lynyrd Skynyrd's exclusive concert for SiriusXM in Atlanta will air live on Thursday, March
15 at 9:00 pm ET on "Free Bird," Lynyrd Skynyrd's
Southern Rock Channel, on channel 30, on satellite
radios and on the SiriusXM app.
The 2018 leg of Lynyrd Skynyrd's final tour, Last of the
Street Survivors Farewell Tour, presented by SiriusXM and
produced by Live Nation, will kick off Friday, May 4 in West
Palm Beach, FL at the Coral Sky Amphitheatre and will wrap
Saturday, September 1 in Atlanta, GA at the Cellairis Amphitheatre at
Lakewood.
Subscribers will have the opportunity to win tickets to this
private SiriusXM performance through an invitation sent by
email. Plus subscribers since February
8, 2018 will be able to enter for the chance to win a trip
to Atlanta, GA including airfare,
hotel stay and a pair of tickets to SiriusXM Presents Lynyrd
Skynyrd at the Buckhead Theatre. See Official Rules for complete
details at siriusxm.com/FreeBird.
SiriusXM subscribers will be able to listen to "Free
Bird," Lynyrd Skynyrd's Southern Rock
Channel, on ch. 30, and those with streaming access
can listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at
home on a wide variety of connected devices including smart TVs,
Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers
and more. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/streaming to learn
more.
For more information on Lynyrd Skynyrd, please
visit www.lynyrdskynyrd.com.
About Lynyrd Skynyrd
Original members Ronnie Van Zant,
Bob Burns, Allen Collins, Gary
Rossington, and Larry
Junstrom formed the band in 1964, originally known as My
Backyard, the band changed to its famous name in the early 1970s,
and became popular in the Jacksonville,
FL area, where the original members were from. They signed
with Sounds of the South Records in 1972, and released their
self-titled disc the following year. The album that featured "Free
Bird," arguably the most-recognized single in the Southern Rock
genre, has sold more than 2 million units since its release. Later
down the road the band recorded iconic tracks "Sweet Home Alabama"
and "What's Your Name."
The band's story took a tragic turn in October 1977 when a plane crash took the lives of
Van Zant, Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, and several of their road crew.
The band took a decade-long hiatus before reuniting for a tour and
live album, Southern by the Grace of God. Since
then, the band has toured and recorded extensively, with their most
recent release being Last Of A Dyin' Breed. The band's
current line-up includes original member Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Rickey Medlocke, Mark "Sparky"
Matejka, Michael Cartellone,
Keith Christopher, Peter Keys, Dale Krantz
Rossington and Carol Chase.
The band was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
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