Lynyrd Skynyrd has 10 new reveals on their calendar, together with six for later in 2026. Wanting additional down the highway, 4 extra dates have already been set for mid-2027.
Their present summer season run with Foreigner, titled Double Hassle Double Imaginative and prescient, continues by way of the remainder of this month. Then the band is switching to headlining reveals into the autumn. This subsequent leg begins in early September in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin, and had been set to final till October.
A pair of reveals has now been added on Nov. 13 and Nov. 15. 4 extra have been additionally wedged into the week of Sept. 16 by way of 24. See an entire record of dates, cities and venues beneath. Take a look at Lynyrd Skynyrd’s official web site for extra info and tickets.
When Does Lynyrd Skynyrd Play in 2026?
Anticipate Lynyrd Skynyrd to shut each evening with a hovering rendition of “Free Chook,” as has change into their more moderen custom. Lengthy-time frontman Johnny Van Zant really did not sing it with the group at first, partly out of grief for his late brother Ronnie, who initially composed and sang the monitor.
Johnny debuted with Lynyrd Skynyrd on Sept. 23, 1987, at California’s Harmony Pavilion as a part of a brief six-week tour meant to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the airplane crash that killed three members of the band, together with Ronnie Van Zant. It become a reunion that continues to this present day.
“Free Chook” was introduced again then as an instrumental. “I am not going to sing this music,” Johnny memorably mentioned in the course of the first reunion present, “as a result of there is just one man who can sing this music.” Individuals within the stands would fill within the lyrics.
It went on that manner for some time – till Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder Gary Rossington modified his thoughts.
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“Once I first began with the band, it was a extremely cool factor to me, I believed, how the group sang it,” Johnny just lately informed UCR, “however he mentioned, ‘You already know what? Your brother was a author and a singer, and he wrote these phrases. He would need you to sing it.’ And from that time on, I have been singing it ever since.”
Apart from Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s will share levels on their remaining dates with Molly Hatchet, 38 Particular, Foghat, Loverboy, Ten Years After and 10cc, amongst others.
Lynyrd Skynyrd 2026 Tour Dates
8/7 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Heart *
8/8 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Heart *
8/11 – Sturgis, SD @ Legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip
8/14 – Riverside, MO @ Morton Amphitheater *
8/15 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit score 1 Union Amphitheatre
8/16 – Shakopee, MN @ Mystic Lake Amphitheater *
8/20 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion *
8/21 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Seaside Theater *
8/22 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Heart *
8/23 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Heart *
8/27 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion *
8/28 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion *
8/29 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP *
9/3 – Inexperienced Bay, WI Capital Credit score Union Park
9/4 – Dyersville, IA Velocity at Subject of Desires **
9/5 – Elkhorn, WI Walworth County Truthful
9/16 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Days of 47 Enviornment
9/18 – Blue Federal Credit score Union Enviornment @ Loveland, CO ***
9/19 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Ford Amphitheater ***
9/24 – Del Mar, CA @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
9/25 – Reno, NV @ Reno Occasions Heart
9/26 – Ridgefield, WA @ Ilani Occasion Heart
9/27 – Umatilla, OR @ Rock the Locks Music Competition
9/29 – Eugene, OR @ Cuthbert Amphitheater
10/1 – Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Vineyard
10/2 – Murphys, CA @ Ironstone Amphitheatre
10/3 – Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Live performance Theater at Palms On line casino Resort
10/4 – Highland, CA @ Yaamava Theater
11/13 – Port Charlotte, FL @ Subject of Dreamz Crossroads Music Competition 2026
11/15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Hondo Rodeo Fest 2026
7/2/2027 – Klam, Austria @ Clam Rock 2027 ******
7/3/2027 – Eisenstadt, Austria @ Beautiful Days 2027
7/16/2027 – Northeim, Germany @ Waldbuhne Northeim
7/17/2027 – Spalt, Germany @ Lieder am See 2027
* = With Foreigner
** = With Shinedown
*** = With 38 Particular
**** = With Loverboy
***** = With Foghat and Molly Hatchet
****** With Ten Years After, 10cc, others
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