LYNYRD SKYNYRD is headed to Sin City. The Hollywood Reporter says the Southern Rock legends are opening a theme restaurant called Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer this fall inside the Excalibur Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The restaurant will look like Hell House, which is what the band called the broken down shack in Jacksonville, Florida where they lived and rehearsed in the early days.
When Paul McCartney marries Nancy Shevell, reportedly in August, his brother Mike will be his best man. This will be the third time Mike has stood up for his older brother -- after Macca's 1969 wedding to Linda and 2002's mistake of saying "I do" to Heather Mills. A spokesman for Paul says, "Mike is Paul's right-hand man. They go everywhere together. They know what makes each other laugh and share the exact same sense of humor."
Paul's wedding to Linda was delayed because Mike was late, having played a show with his band The Scaffold the night before in Birmingham. When Paul married Heather, Mike hummed Thin Lizzy's "The Boys are Back in Town" as he and Paul entered the church.
This year's Elvis Presley box set zeroes in on the year 1956, when the man from Memphis became a nationwide phenomenon. Due September 27th from RCA/Legacy, Young Man with the Big Beat combines studio recordings, out-takes, alternate takes, interviews and rare live performances in a five-disc set packed with an 80-page book that follows Presley's timeline throughout that historic year.
The real find is a recently discovered December 1956 concert with 10 songs. There are four more from his from ground-breaking engagement at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas that year.