This wasn't supposed to be a permanent thing for Lynyrd Skynyrd. As a short six-week tour got underway at the Concord (Calif.) Pavilion on Sept. 23, 1987, the intention was simply to commemorate the ...

For decades, the exact spot where Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane went down was hidden swallowed by the swamp. Then, piece by piece, ...

A horrific plane crash took the lives of members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, their road crew and both the pilot and co-pilot on Oct. 20, 1977, irrevocably altering the course of the Southern rock outfit, their ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd's career was abruptly halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crashed, killing Van Zant, ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd endured one of the worst tragedies in music history on Oct. 20, 1977, when a plane carrying the band and their entourage crashed in Mississippi, killing several members of the group.

When the band first started playing live in their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida in the late ’60s, they called themselves My Backyard. Then they were known as The Noble Five and The One Percent ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Johnny Van Zant is grateful for fans' prayers and support after his youngest daughter, Taylor, was hospitalized last week. On Sunday, Van Zant shared an update video about her ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On Oct. 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 airliner took off from Greenville, South Carolina. There were 24 passengers inside the charter flight that Thursday evening including, crew and ...

"Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does," the wrote in a statement on social media Sunday Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE ...

If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you combined the energy of a SEC tailgate, a classic rock concert, and a ...

Role in band: Lead singer. Years in band: 1987-present. Notable: Van Zant, 57, upholds the legacy of his late brother, Ronnie Van Zant, the original frontman of Skynyrd. Ronnie was killed in a 1977 ...

Gary Rossington, founding member and guitarist of the iconic Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died. He was 71. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost ...