Lynyrd Skynyrd have signed a new record deal ahead of their global tour with the group still going strong after 46 years and a string of tragedies including a devastating plane crash.

On October 20, 1977, six of the 11 members of Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a plane crash over Mississippi. Tragically, rock stars dying in an aviation crash is not an uncommon occurrence, as it has also ...