Lynyrd Skynyrd has a busy year on tap. In addition to a previously announced summer run with Foreigner, the band will also play their own headlining shows this fall.
The second leg of tour dates start Sept. 3 in Green Bay, Wisconsin and are presently set to run through Oct. 4 in Highland, California. The shows are on sale and more information, including details about VIP packages, can be found at the group’s official website.
But there’s a lot of miles on the road between now and the fall outing. The first order of business is those Double Trouble Double Vision tour dates with Foreigner. As Skynyrd vocalist Johnny Van Zant tells UCR, they’re looking forward to being back on stage with with the fellow classic rock legends, after sharing the bill with the group in the past in Canada.
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“We were out with ZZ [Top] for a few years, and you know, we were looking for somebody [different] to team up with,” he shares. “My manager called me up and said, ‘Hey, what do you think about Foreigner?’ And I said, ‘Well, you know, years ago when Mick [Jones] and Lou [Gramm] were in the band, we did a whole Canadian run with them.’”…