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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Lynyrd Skynyrd Tap Styx, Charlie Daniels & More For 2020 Simple Man Jam

Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced a four-day Simple Jam festival, the lineup for which was recently revealed.

To be held between Thursday, August 20 and Monday, August 24, the "Lynyrd Skynyrd and Frynds Simple Man Jam: A Family Reunion" will take place at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida in partnership with Sixthman, with whom the band has previously collaborated to create the Lynyrd Skynyrd Cruise experience.

Included in the list of performers are the likes of STYX, Blackberry Smoke, .38 Special, Shooter Jennings, Drivin N Cryin, Black Stone Cherry, Charlie Daniels Band, and Bishop Gunn, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.

Individual tickets to the four-day extravaganza cost $1,399 and attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy not only the music, but also "beautiful scenery, wild activities, fun theme nights, and so much more," according to the official website of the festival.

Meanwhile, Skynyrd is gearing up to begin the fourth leg of their "Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour," which launched in May of 2018 and is scheduled to wind to a close with a show at the Country Thunder Iowa on June 13, 2020. They will also be accompanied by Travis Tritt on select dates of the tour.

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New Orleans Jazz Fest Reveals Star-Studded 2020 Lineup

The Who, Foo Fighters, Lizzo and The Black Crowes have been confirmed as headliners for this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

The festival takes place on April 23-26 and April 30-May 3 at the New Orleans Fair Grounds.

Other A-listers to perform at the 2020 festival include Dead & Company, Stevie Nicks, Lionel Richie, The Lumineers, Erykah Badu, Lenny Kravitz, The Avett Brothers, The Beach Boys, Norah Jones and Wu-Tang Clan.

General tickets are on sale now, including four-day weekend passes. Single-day tickets will be available in-person starting January 21.

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Meat Loaf Accuses Hotel Of Negligence After Falling Off Stage

Meat Loaf has filed a lawsuit against a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, alleging his fall from a stage during a horror convention held there last May has left him seriously injured and unable to perform.

According to the complaint against the hotel and the horror convention, Meat Loaf suffered severe neck, collarbone and shoulder injuries that have prevented him from performing since.

The rock icon spent 12 days at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Grapevine, then an additional 30 days in a Nashville hospital.

The lawsuit filed in Tarrant County district court names the Hyatt hotel chain and Texas Frightmare Weekend as defendants and seeks unspecified monetary damages.

According to the lawsuit, the bottom of the curtain was pooled on the back of the stage and had been draped in such a way that it looked like there was something beneath it "if a participant were to step on this part of the curtain."

"In setting up the stage, the defendants hung curtains from a tall frame at the back edge of the stage," the lawsuit said. "The curtains came past the bottom of the stage where participants were walking and hid where the stage ended."

There was no railing, warning tape or any other sort of safety barrier at the back of the stage to prevent someone from falling off, the lawsuit alleges.

Meat Loaf, who goes by the legal name Michael Lee Aday, claims that the defendants profited off his fame but did not provide a safe environment at the May convention at the hotel.

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