One-Offs

Check out the latest news blurbs from around the country.

The Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa, Fla., has a new $2.6 million sound wall and there wasn’t a single noise complaint when The Who played March 25th, according to the St. Petersburg Times …

A recent press release from StubHub regarding the Lynyrd Skynyrd tour has apparently not been well-received by the industry folks mentioned as collaborators …

A planned amphitheatre in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates is on target for a 2008 opening, says Jam Productions‘ Jerry Mickelson …

More than 26,000 people have applied for the 1,000 jobs offered at the new MGM Grand Detroit Casino, expected to open this winter …

Elvis’ Army uniform, which was found in the Mississippi Sound after Hurricane Katrina, will be back on display at the Hard Rock Biloxi casino resort in July …

Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a collision near Los Angeles March 27th …

Fox is considering dropping the Billboard Music Awards broadcast after 17 years due to dismal ratings, according to gossip Web site Jossip …

Michael Jackson is reportedly in talks to build a 50-foot-robot replica of himself, to wander around the Las Vegas desert shooting laser beams, as a marketing centerpiece to an elaborate Vegas show …

Police seized 170 hits of LSD at a RatDog performance at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Ashville, N.C., prompting a local councilman to tell the Ashville Citizen-Times the venue "smelled like an Amsterdam hash bar." How did he know?