Lynyrd Skynyrd / Foreigner at Morton Amphitheater, Riverside (Kansas City) MO (2026-08-14)

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What’s Your Name
That Smell
Saturday Night Special
I Know a Little
On the Hunt
Don’t Ask Me No Questions
I Need You
Gimme Back My Bullets
The Ballad of Curtis Loew
Tuesday’s Gone
Simple Man
Gimme Three Steps
Call Me the Breeze (J.J. Cale cover)
Sweet Home Alabama

Encore:
Free Bird

Double Vision
Head Games
Cold as Ice
Waiting for a Girl Like You
Say You Will
Dirty White Boy
Break It Up
Feels Like the First Time
Urgent
Juke Box Hero

Encore:
Long, Long Way From Home
I Want to Know What Love Is
Hot Blooded

SIX GUN SALLY SETLIST

Sittin’ Pretty
Stand up
Piece of My Heart (Erma Franklin cover)
Ain’t Goin’ Down
Somebody to Love (The Great Society cover)
Gypsy Queen
Redneck White & Badass Blue
Fast Train

Make it a Double (or even a Triple)!

Two legendary classic rock bands are interestingly paired up together for a 19-date North American run, which included a recent stop at the new Morton Amphitheater (aka playfully nicknamed ‘The Saltshaker’ or ‘Saltstone’, depending on who you ask)- Southern legends Lynyrd Skynyrd and the UK/US band, Foreigner, who have combined forces and are out on their 2026 Double Trouble Double Vision Tour.

Both bands are still revered on rock radio (especially in the Midwest) and have made umpteen Summer tour runs separately, but this is the first time they’ve been paired together in one package.

Both also clearly understand the summer mission of amphitheater shows- to start a party and to play those memorable hit songs that were the soundtrack of so many in the audience, as they grew up.

We did see younger generations at the show as well, but it was the more seasoned concert goer, that seemed to appreciate the memories these hits brought back- like a three-hour jukebox playlist of what a local rock station like KY-102, would have had in heavy rotation, back in the day.

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While the earlier acts certainly drew their fans, by the time the lights when down for the headliner, it was confidently evident that this was a Lynyrd Skynyrd crowd- happy to take in those numerous hit songs, as well as a few lesser-known ones, that kept the setlist more fresh and interesting.

The current Skynyrd lineup is still fronted by longtime vocalist Johnny Van Zant (who’s been fronting the band since its 1987 resurrection) and features guitarists Rickey Medlocke, Damon Johnson and Mark “Sparky” Matejka, with Medlocke being the most veteran, playing since 1971.

The band worked in tributes and memories from the many previous members, including some vintage video footage that introduced the set as well as was peppered in throughout. A touching tribute to guitarist Gary Rossington (who passed away in 2023) was done during “Tuesday’s Gone,” virtual candles were lit on-screen for the past members lost along the way (16 and counting!). Van Zant nicely gave way to black and white footage of his late brother, Ronnie, to vocally finish the set-ending “Freebird,” one of several band members lost in an infamous and tragic 1977 plane crash.

While the hits were, as always, great to hear live like “What’s Your Name” and “That Smell,” “Saturday Night Special,” and “Gimme Back My Bullets,” it was those lesser-known, like “I Need You” (one of the band’s very few love songs, Van Zant noted) and 1974’s “The Ballad of Curtis Loew,” a timeless fan favorite that had everyone singing along on the choruses, but was never a radio-charting hit.

Even in their advanced ages, there still remained that signature brash Southern confidence on classics like “Gimme Three Steps” and “Call Me the Breeze” that made the band the pride of Jacksonville, FL. “Simple Man” was emotionally dedicated to any former and current Armed Forces personnel, and they still had a “message for Mr. Young” on the main set-closing, “Sweet Home Alabama” (which would have been fun if they changed the title to the same number of syllables title, “Sweet Home Kansas City” for the night).

“Freebird” (which has become the requisite response when anyone asks the crowd for song requests) was extended from its slow burn beginning, into an instrumentally expanded cacophony of guitar wizardry; complete with strobing lights, smoke plumes, and a large spinning disco ball, to end the evening with an exclamation point, that attendees won’t soon forget.​

Foreigner wasted no time in proving that they are still fully active, reaching an energetic new gear, and with some renewed vigor, while also celebrating their five decades plus, as a band. Those trademark riffs and Songwriters Hall of Fame-worthy lyrics, were unmistakable as the band immediately got things going in style- beginning their 90min set, appropriately with “Double Vision.”

Of course, they’re best known with legendary vocalist Lou Gramm singing, and guitarist/keyboardist Mick Jones usually to his right and then it was ex-Hurricane vocalist Kelly Hansen assuming the lead role for two decades, before moving beyond on his own terms. Now, it’s a new chapter as guitarist/bassist Luis Maldonado has taken over the vocal reins, after several years behind his instrument.

The result is a shot of youthful showmanship this band maybe needed to attract younger generations, and Maldonado has already made many songs, sound more like his own. The band does retain enough of the musical legacy of their lineup, to confidently carry the torch as well- including longtime guitarist Bruce Watson (since 2011), newest touring axeman John Roth (known best for the later Winger albums), and bassist Jeff Pilson, who is also music director, and has spent more time in this band, than as a founding member of Dokken.

Predictably, hits like the instantly recognizable “Head Games,” “Cold as Ice” and “Waiting for a Girl Like You” had to be played, but longtime fans also appreciated Say You Will” from the later era when Gramm returned to the group, and the deeper cut, “Break It Up” from 1982’s 4 album, which recently was (re)released as an expanded edition.

“Feels Like the First Time” was introduced by Maldonado as being the first song played at their 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony (yeah, we were there for it), “Urgent” (complete with extended jamming) and “Juke Box Hero” which would close out their main set.

Returning quickly were both the band and the photogs, given a rare chance to come back to shoot the penultimate song of their set, and one of the most anthemic rock ballads of all time, “I Want to Know What Love Is.” As has become their tradition, a local choir was brought in to sing on the number, with the gleeful kids from Liberty High School having the fun privilege on this night.

Between the actual outdoor warmth and excitement from the crowd, it was safe to say they were already “Hot Blooded,” but the band emphasized that point more, on their final song of the evening.

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