No crowd like Big Red

Lincoln, Neb. — Drummer Tommy Lee has played plenty of stadium shows with his band Motley Crue. But none was quite like his performance with the University of Nebraska marching band before 77,881 red-clad football fans.

“Oh yeah, it’s real different,” Lee said of Saturday’s halftime show at the Baylor-Nebraska game in Memorial Stadium.

Lee is in Lincoln filming a prospective NBC-TV reality show in which he takes classes at Nebraska, including chemistry and the history of rock ‘n’ roll. If the show makes the cut, it is scheduled to air on NBC in July.

He tried out for the marching band’s drum line earlier in the week.

Lee, 42, joined the band in the stands in full uniform, playing along with other drummers, and took part in the band’s Latin music halftime show.

He also came out of the stands twice to use a hand-held compressed-air cannon that shoots hot dogs into the stands. “It’s awesome, dude,” Lee exclaimed after his first shot. “You can launch a wiener.”

Good ol’ boys for ‘Hazzard’ sequel

Burt Reynolds and Willie Nelson are in final negotiations to join Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson in the big-screen version of “The Dukes of Hazzard,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Reynolds, most recently in theaters with the hit comedy “Without a Paddle,” would play the evil Boss Hogg, a role played in the original 1979-1985 CBS show by the late Sorrell Booke.

Country music legend Nelson would play Uncle Jesse, stepping in the shoes of the late Denver Pyle. Knoxville and Scott will play his good ol’ boy nephews, Luke and Bo Duke, respectively, with Simpson on board as their sexy cousin, Daisy Duke.

Reynolds’ upcoming films include a remake of “The Longest Yard” and “Cloud Nine” and “Instant Karma.”

Bluegrass memorial

Clintwood, Va.– Bluegrass icon Ralph Stanley didn’t need to say a word.

His eyes said it all Friday as he gave a tour of memorabilia on display in the new Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center, which details his 50-year career.

The museum opened to the public Saturday, but Stanley, some of his friends and Gov. Mark Warner were among those who previewed its contents a day early.

“Words don’t express how honored I am to have this in my name,” said the 77-year-old Grammy Award winner.

Stanley performed with his brother, Carter, who died in 1966.