Lynyrd Skynyrd to Headline End of Summer Jam

Press Release

July 29, 2005

For Immediate Release

From: Brian Lough
Director, Muncie Downtown Development Partnership
765-282-7897 Brilough@aol.com


Lynyrd Skynyrd to Headline Jam

Muncie, IN -- Legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd will headline this year's "End-of-Summer" Jam.

The concert will be held in the streets of downtown Muncie on Saturday, September 24th. Tickets will go on sale August 15th at 10am through all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com.

The opening act will be rock group Foghat.

Reserved seat tickets are $40, $30, and $25. A limited number of lawn seats will be available for $20.

The Southern rock group with 18 gold and 12 platinum albums, consistently has drawn capacity crowds with every performance given since reforming in 1987, a full decade after the Freebird fell from the sky, taking the lives of founding members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines.

Ronnie's brother, Johnny Van Zant has been fronting the band, keeping rock classics like Sweet Home Alabama, Gimme Three Steps, You Got That Right, That Smell and the rock anthem Freebird alive and well. Two original members, guitar-great Gary Rossington and founding keyboardist Billy Powell support Van Zant.

A recent USA Today readers' poll ranked Lynyrd Skynyrd as the 16th greatest rock and roll band of all-time.

The 70's rock group Foghat will open the evening at 7:00pm with hits like Fool for the City and Slow Ride.

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