The legendary Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd announced 13 new tour dates for their 2022 North American tour called “Wheels Keep on Turnin’ Tour,” a reference to the lines of their hit “Sweet Home Alabama.
The tour started started last April, 7 months after guitarist Gary Rossington, who were part of the band’s classic line-up had to do an emergency heart surgery.
The shows will have ex-Eagles guitarist Don Felder, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws, Dave Mason and Devon Allman Project as the opening acts in some dates.
All the Lynyrd Skynyrd 2022 tour dates, including the new ones:
May
- 13 – Pomona, CA – The LA County Fair
- 14 – Fresno, CA – Chukchansi Park – Don Felder as opening act
- 21 – Fort Campbell, KY – Division Parade Field
- 28 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Margarita and Music Festival
- 29 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Motor Speedway
June
- 3 – Crownsville, MD – The Let’s Go Music Festival – The Outlaws as opening act
- 4 – Wantagh, NY – Jones Beach Theater – The Outlaws and the Devon Allman Project as opening acts
- 10 – Middletown, NY – Orange County Fair Speedway – The Marshall Tucker Band as opening act
- 11 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center
July
- 1 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion – Don Felder and The Outlaws as opening acts
- 2 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater – The Outlaws as opening act
- 3 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater – The Marshall Tucker Band and The Outlaws as opening acts
- 8 – Atlantic City, NJ – Ocean Casino Resort Ovation Hall
- 9 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater – Don Felder and the Marshall Tucker Band as opening acts
- 15 – Hammond, IN – Festival of the Lakes
- 16 – Moline, IL – Taxslayer Center
- 17 – Kettering, OH – WTUE Birthday Bash, Fraze Pavilion
- 22 – Youngstown, OH – Covelli Center – Marshall Tucker Band as the opening act.
August
- 6 – Billings, MT – Magic City Blues Festival
- 7 – Sturgis, SD – Sturgis Buffalo Chip
September
- 16 – Allegan, MI – Allegan County Fair
- 18 – Pryor, OK – Born & Raised Music Festival
22 – Concord, CA – Bone Bash, Concord Pavilion - 23 – Sparks, NV – Nugget Event Center
- 25 – Puyallup, WA – Washington State Fair
- 26 – Airway Heights, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino
Formed in Jacksonville, Florida back in 1964, Lynyrd Skynyrd spent five years touring and changing their line-up before chosing their name. From 1973 until 1977 they released 5 albums that became the most famous Southern Rock albums in history and gave the world hits like “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird”.
On October 20, 1977, their chartered airplane crashed, killing vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines and seriously injuring the rest of the band. The group returned in 1987 with Ronnie’s brother Johnny Van Zant that remains until today the group’s vocalist.