Guitarist Gary Rossington, the last surviving founding member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died, the band announced on their official Facebook page Sunday evening. He was 71. "It is with ...

The members of Lynyrd Skynyrd are not ruling out recording new music more than a decade after their last studio album. In a June 2025 interview with Classic Rock, lead singer Johnny Van Zant revealed ...

The band released a statement on Facebook about Rossington’s death. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty like he always does,” the statement said.

Surviving a plane crash that killed three of his bandmates, Gary Rossington was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last remaining original member until his death in March 2023. Recently, his bandmates revealed what ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic rock anthem will live on forever, if only so the joke of yelling to play “Free Bird” at random artists and musicians can continue for eternity. The song, which came out in 1973 ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd have signed a new record deal and will release their first album since 2012 this summer, showing that the band has managed to overcome a number of devastating tragedies ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd are well-known for their hit rock songs, but fans will be shocked to learn the band was named after a PE teacher from Florida who despised his long-haired students. The band, which was ...

The band has chosen to cancel its tour after Gary Rossington's heart attack. — -- Gary Rossington, one of the founding band members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, has suffered a heart attack, prompting the ...

In extended retrospect, it takes careful perusal of Lynyrd Skynyrd's timeline to discern the significance of the band's ...

Second Helping: The American Lynyrd Skynyrd Show will be rocking out on June 13, 2026 at 7 PM. This tribute band has received ...