LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Saturday, June 25, 2016 - 8pm Show
NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY. NO I-PADS.
The legacy began some 41 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida, and halted for a decade by the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, including Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines. Since then, the band tragically lost Allen Collins, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson and Huey Thomasson, yet Lynyrd Skynyrd rocks on with original member Gary Rossington joined by Johnny Van Zant, Rickey Medlocke, Mark “Sparky” Matejka, Michael Cartellone, Johnny Colt, Peter Keys, Dale Krantz Rossington and Carol Chase.
And so Skynyrd stands, “still unbroken.” “People may say, ‘they need the money,’ well I don’t think any of us need the money,” Van Zant says. “It’s just that we love the music, it’s bigger than the money, it’s not even about that any more. We have to make a living, sure, but it’s about the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and what it stands for, what the fans are all about. There’s nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music.”
Adds Rossington, “We’re still standing, still keeping the music going. We wanted to do the guys who aren’t with us any more proud, and keep the name proud, too.”
With a catalog of over 60 albums, sales beyond 30 million worldwide and their beloved classic American rock anthem “Sweet Home Alabama” having over two million downloaded ringtones, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Lynyrd Skynyrd remain a cultural icon that appeals to all generations.
Tickets are $70, $55 or $35 plus tax, an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop) and a $1 charity fee which will be donated to The Skynyrd Foundation. Tickets are on sale in the Gift Shop and online.
Gates open at 6:30pm and the concert starts at 8pm. Reserved seating is provided in Tier 1. Tier 2 will be general admission within the section with chairs provided. Guests in the Tier 3 general admission section are welcome to bring a lawn chair. Seating is not provided in Tier 3. No outside coolers or beverages allowed. Per the Iowa Smokefree Act, smoking is not allowed on the concert grounds.
Concert open to all ages.