![]() Saturday, June 30 – PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, North Carolinaįriday, July 6 – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia Saturday, June 23 – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, New Yorkįriday, June 29 – Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Raleigh, North Carolina ![]() Saturday, May 26 – Glen Helen Amphitheater, San Bernardino, Californiaįriday, June 22 – PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey Saturday, May 19 – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, Californiaįriday, May 25 – Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California Saturday, May 12 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented by Huntsman, Houston, Texasįriday, May 18 – Ak-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, May 5 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, Floridaįriday, May 11 – Starplex Pavilion, Dallas, Texas Lynyrd Skynyrd: Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tourįriday, May 4 – Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida Ticket prices for the San Diego show range from $25 to $199.50, plus service charges. local time.Ī pre-sale will be available for Citi cardholders starting Tuesday at 10 a.m. Tickets for the July 20 concert in Mansfield, MA, go on sale at 11 a.m. local time, in all but two cities, at and by phone at (800) 754-3000. Tickets for the “Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour” tour go on sale Feb. Will the flag be prominently featured on Skynyrd’s farewell tour? We’ll see. Six years later, the Confederate flag has become even more contentious. And let’s give a loud raspberry to a once-mighty band that has brought hypocrisy to a new low. Let’s hear it for the tortured logic that suggests legal slavery was ever an acceptable state’s right. ![]() The Confederate flag means something more to us: Heritage not Hate.”Īs I wrote in a subsequent Union-Tribune commentary about Skynyrd and the flag: “I only stated my opinion that the Confederate flag, at times, was unfairly being used as a symbol by various hate groups, which is something that we don’t support the flag being used for. We still utilize the Confederate (Rebel) flag on stage every night in our shows, we are and always will be a Southern American Rock band, first and foremost. We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage the Civil War was fought over States rights. In an online “clarification,” Rossington said: “Myself, the past and present members (that are from the South), are all extremely proud of our heritage and being from the South. Three days later, following online blowback from some fans, Skynyrd reversed course and did a complete 360, announcing the divisive flag would still fly on stage at its concerts. We didn’t want that to go to our fans or show the image like we agreed with any of the race stuff or any of the bad things.” “Through the years, people like the KKK and skinheads kinda kidnapped the Dixie or Southern flag from its tradition and the heritage of the soldiers. “We just had it in the beginning because we’re Southern and that was our image back in the ‘70s and late ‘60s,” Rossington told CNN at the time. In 2012, the band announced that would no longer fly a large Confederate flag on stage at it concerts. It remains unclear what the stage backdrop will be for Skynyrd’s farewell tour. It’s been a true honor to try and fill in my brother’s footsteps for the past 31 years, keeping the music and his spirit, alive.” Lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant added: “We’ve been blessed by these great songs and the messages they carry to the fans. I’m certain they are looking down from above, amazed that the music has touched so many. In a statement released Thursday morning, guitarist Gary Rossington - the only original member still in the group’s lineup - said: “It’s hard to imagine, after all these years, the band that Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins and myself started back in Jacksonville, would resonate for this long and to so many generations of fans.
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