EMPIRE CITY CASINO SUMMER CONCERTS FEATURE TRIO OF MUSIC?S BIGGEST NAMES: KENNY ROGERS, TRACE ADKINS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD

EMPIRE CITY CASINO SUMMER CONCERTS FEATURE TRIO OF MUSIC-S BIGGEST NAMES: KENNY ROGERS, TRACE ADKINS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD TAKE THE STAGE New York, June 1?Three legends of music, bringing a fine blend of rock and country music to Westchester County, will take to the stage at Empire City Casino (810 Yonkers Avenue) this summer in a trio of outdoor Sunday concerts featuring Kenny Rogers on July 19, Trace Adkins on August 9, and Lynyrd Skynyrd on August 16. Ticket are on sale immediately (note: Lynyrd Skynyrd on Monday, June 8, at 9:00 AM), and prices start at $39.99 and can be purchased at empirecitycasino.com. Doors open at 6:00 PM; opening acts at 7:00 PM; main events at 8:00 PM. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Empire City will showcase outstanding musical entertainment trackside, outdoors at the casino-s historic Yonkers Raceway location. Here is the schedule, followed by the biographies of the performers: 2015 Summer Concert Series Schedule Date Performer July 19 KENNY ROGERS August 9 TRACE ADKINS August 16 LYNYRD SKYNYRD About Kenny Rogers: Kenny Rogers is known for instantly identifiable sweetly raspy vocals and an extraordinary ability to vividly inhabit each song he performs. The music legend has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and recorded more than 65 albums during his storied 52 years in show business. His long list of timeless classics includes an impressive 24 #1 hits - "The Gambler," "Lady," "Lucille," "She Believes in Me," "Islands in the Stream," and "We've Got Tonight" among them. Two of Rogers' albums, The Gambler and Kenny, are featured in the About.com poll of "The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever", and his Greatest Hits album has sold over 24 million copies worldwide to date. He is the RIAA's 8th best-selling male artist of all time with 1 Diamond album, 19 Platinum albums and 31 Gold albums. p. 2/Empire City Summer Concerts 2015 feature Rogers, Adkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd Rogers has received hundreds of awards for his music and charity work, including three Grammys, 11 People's Choice Awards, 18 American Music Awards, eight Academy of Country Music awards and five Country Music Association awards. Remaining a popular entertainer around the world, Rogers, voted the "Favorite Singer of All-Time" in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People, still loves touring and recording new music. About Trace Adkins: Trace Adkins- trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and turned albums into Platinum plaques, selling over 10 million albums, cumulatively. The Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry is a television personality, actor, author, spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Program, the American Red Cross and has performed seven USO Tours. In his 2007 autobiography, A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck, the 6-6″ oil-rigger recounted his rise to fame, brushes with death and battles with personal demons. He also explains just how the world-s biggest alpha-male handles fatherhood with five daughters. In 2008, Trace-s integrity and wry humor served him well as a finalist on NBC-s The Celebrity Apprentice and prepared him for his return ? on behalf of the American Red Cross ? to NBC-s All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Trace has played a tough as nails biker in the The Lincoln Lawyer, developed and hosted GAC-s ?Great American Heroes?, and has hosted the American Country Awards on FOX for four consecutive years. About Lynyrd Skynyrd: The legacy began some 41 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida, and halted for a decade by the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, including Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines. Since then, the band tragically lost Allen Collins, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson and Hughie Thomasson, yet Lynyrd Skynyrd rocks on with original member Gary Rossington joined by Johnny Van Zant, Rickey Medlocke, Mark ?Sparky? Matejka, Michael Cartellone, Johnny Colt, Peter Keys, Dale Krantz Rossington and Carol Chase. The rock and roll powerhouse continually tours, this summer heading out on their second run with Bad Company. The year 2014 marks the 8th year for their annual Simple Man Cruise, a four day voyage filled with the best music in Southern Rock including an outdoor beach show featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd for the first time in the cruise-s history. And so Skynyrd stands, ?still unbroken.?