Detroit Free Press — Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd announced today they are reprising last year's "Rock and Rebels" tour, hitting 22 cities on a summer amphitheater jaunt. more info

Idolator — Today, the Oklahoma state legislature announced that "Do You Realize??," the 2002 hit by professional hallucinogen-abusers and occasional rock band Flaming Lips, would be the state's official rock song! This new honor sits perfectly next to their sta... more info

Idolator — The text-heavy Guitar Hero: Metallica box art is out, and it features a big fat booboo: Someone left a last "Y" out of Lynyrd Skynyrd's name! Sure, we've all misspelled Linyrd Skynyrd in our day, but it's not that hard: wherever you would put a nor... more info

Rolling Stone — The cover has been unveiled for the anxiously awaited Guitar Hero: Metallica, and the artwork pumps up the contributions of all the bands not named Metallica featured in the game, like Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, Queen, and Lynyrd… Skynrd (c... more info

The Newsroom — Learn how they got their name and other interesting facts of this most critically acclaimed Southern Rock group. more info

Totally Fuzzy — CTV said...ANY MAJOR LOVE MIX 2009:1. Donny Hathaway - A Song For You 2. Carpenters - I Won't Last A Day Without You 3. Ben Kweller - Sundress 4. The Weepies - Happiness 5. Mindy Smith - Falling 6. John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves7. The Moldy Peach... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mike-floyd said...... some more weird experimental psych stuff by:- FLOWERS OF DISGUST - ButtHouse (USA 1998)(mp3-zip, 28 tracks, 65 min, 73,8 MB)Enjoy!http://homemade-lofi-psychedelic.blogspot.comFlash said...Hampton Hawes - Yardbird Suite, Like Som... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty In memory of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell, the musician responsible for the famous introduction to the band’s “Free Bird” (and to honor last night’s great effort by the Arizona Cardinals in the Sup... more info

Rolling Stone — To celebrate the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Gaines and his legendary intro to the band’s “Free Bird,” this week’s Rock List is dedicated to Bird Songs. Whether it’s about an eagle, a pigeon, a double-crested cormorant…... more info

Scotsman.com — LYNYRD Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell, who played on the hit Sweet Home Alabama and survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, has died at 56. more info