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The big news rocking the Rockblog’s world today is the announcement of a Lynyrd Skynyrd European tour in 2009.

The Southern rockers have announced a dozen tour dates around Europe for late May and early June next year.

The 2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd European tour dates are:

May 20 - Kuopio Arena - Kupio, Finland
May 21 - Ice Hall - Helsinki, Finland
May 23 - Spektrum - Oslo, Norway
May 25 - Palladium - Cologne, Germany
May 27 - Auditorium - Glasgow, UK
May 28 - NIA Academy - Birmingham, UK
May 30 - Apollo - Manchester, UK
May 31 - Brixton Academy - London, UK
June 2 - Freilichtbuhne Killisberg - Stuttgart, Germany
June 3 - Palasharp - Milan, Italy
June 4 - Sportzentrum Tagerhard - Wettingen, Switzerland
June 6 - Azkena Rock Festival - Vitoria–Gasteiz, Spain

Tickets for the UK dates go on sale this Friday, November 28th.

Good ol’ southern rock tours are rare enough in the UK, and a Lynyrd Skynyrd tour is even rarer. I’ve been listening to the Whiskey Rock-A-Rollers in the car a lot over the last couple of weeks, so seeing the newly announced tour dates this morning was pretty damn exciting.

This will be the one show next year where I can get drunk and shout “FREEBIRRD!” without people giving me strange looks. Can’t wait.

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