SPAC Summer Lineup Swells: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, Parker McCollum Coming to Town

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Three new artists have been added to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s 2026 lineup: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, and Parker McCollum.

Skynyrd and Foreigner will perform together as part of their “Double Trouble Vision” tour. Six Gun Sally, a Southern rock band, will open for the co-headliners on Aug. 23.

Skynyrd is a legendary Southern rock group known for their classics “Free Bird” and “Sweet Home Alabama.” Ronnie Van Zant, the group’s lead singer and songwriter, was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1977. After a decade-long hiatus, the band reformed with Van Zant’s younger brother Johnny taking over vocal duties. Since then, the rockers have been touring off and on, playing at the New York State Fair in Syracuse as recently as Aug. 28, 2025.

Foreigner ranks as one of the best-selling groups of all time, having moved at least 50 million certified units in their nearly 50-year career. The power ballads “I Want to Know What Love Is” and “Waiting for a Girl Like You” are among the best-known songs of the 1980s.

McCollum is a rising country artist who won New Male Artist of the Year from the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2022. His latest eponymous album, released in June 2025, has been regarded as the most personal and introspective of his career thus far. He’ll hit the SPAC stage on Sept. 5.