“Billy’s hip had given him dislocation problems and it was determined that a revision was the only possible solution,” said Skynyrd manager Ross Schilling of Vector Management.

Powell will be recovering over the next three to six weeks and will have to wear a hip brace for the next three months.

He is expected to rejoin Lynyrd Skynyrd on tour sometime in July. The band will tour with an interim keyboardist in the meantime.