Lynyrd Skynyrd are going strong and feeling the love with their new album, Last Of A Dyin' Breed -- which is their best charting studio set since 1977's Street Survivors collection. Last Of A Dyin' Breed debuted at Number 14 -- a marked improvement on 2009's Gods & Guns, which just made it into the Top 20 when it peaked at Number 18.

 

Guitarist Rickey Medlocke told us that over the past 40 years, Skynyrd has essentially become a genre unto itself: "I think that Lynyrd Skynyrd is actually a well-rounded, accepted band, and it's just kind of funny -- I think I got reprimanded here not too long ago when I said that all the country bands wanted to be Lynyrd Skynyrd, so, y'know, I'm sorry I said that but I meant it. How about that! The deal is I think we set the standards in a lot of stuff, the band did years ago, and still does today." 

 

September 7 - Scarborough, ME - Scarborough Downs (with ZZ Top) 

September 8 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center 

September 9 - Big Flats, NY - Tags Outdoor Amphitheater 

September 13 - Pikeville, KY - Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center 

September 14 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center (with ZZ Top) 

September 15 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis (with ZZ Top) 

September 16 - Sevierville, TN - Smokies Stadium (with ZZ Top)

September 21 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre 

September 22 - Mitchellville, MD - Six Flags America 

September 26 - Wenatchee, WA - Town Toyota Center 

September 27 - Kent, WA - ShoWare Center 

September 28 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheater 

September 29 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center 

October 4 - Fresno, CA - The Big Fresno Fair at Paul Paul Theatre 

October 5 - Stockton, CA - Stockton Arena 

October 6 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery 

October 7 - Valley Center, CA - Open Sky Theater at Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort 

October 24 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall 

October 25 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Casino Hollywood 

October 26 - Orlando, FL - UCF Arena

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