Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, is pregnant by the husband she divorced four years ago, according to reports. Musician Danny Keough and Lisa Mane split up in 1994, with Keough getting a £1 million settlement. Then Presley, 30, married pop star Michael Jackson who at the time faced child sex charges. The marriage lasted just 22 months.

Early 1980s Los Angeles new wave stars Missing Persons will have a live album titled Late Nights/Early Days issued at the beginning of next year. Previously available only in Japan, the disc will come out on Designer Fruit, the label run by the group's former guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and his current Duran Duran bandmate Nick Rhodes. Nile Rodgers' company, Sumthing, is distributing the release. Meanwhile, Cleopatra Records is putting together a remix collection of vintage Missing Persons material. The album includes contributions from ex-Stray Cat Slim Jim Phantom, Anthony Resta ("Mental Hopscotch”) and TV Mania (a.k.a. Cuccurullo/Rhodes re-interpreting the hit “Destination Unknown.”)

Paul McCartney may not be able to handle life in the spotlight alone. The former Beatle reveals that he's still so overcome by sadness over wife Linda's death that he may never again perform live. “I might not be able to get up on stage again,” McCartney tells the British tabloid The Sun. “I don't know whether I can go up there and sing, thinking about Linda.” McCartney tells the paper that Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde has invited him to perform in a series of concerts next year that will promote Linda's animal rights causes, but he isn't sure he'll be up to it, saying he'll “play it by ear.” “If I can manage it, then I will,” McCartney says. “But I've said that if I can't do it, she'll just have to forgive me.” McCartney reveals he always carries Linda's wedding ring in his pocket, and admits he's “cried more this year that I have in my whole life.”

Jeff Watson, guitarist for Night Ranger, couldn't have been thrilled when he discovered a vest of his had been stolen from his dressing room during a concert in Wyoming last summer on the bands reunion tour. But his disappointment must have paled in comparison to the surprise he must have felt when he later received a postcard—from the vest itself. The Mann Independent Journal reports that Watson had received several Polaroid photos of a woman covered up by the vest at tourist attractions across the U.S. Along with the pictures are letters written from the vest's point of view. Updates have come from Seattle's Space Needle, a Boston exhibit on the Titanic and from Late Night With Conan O'Brien in New York. Most recently, the vest has traveled overseas—Watson received a postcard from London saying, “Oy, matey. I've just made it over the ‘pond,’ and enjoying it very much. Next stop, the Continent. Always yours, the Vest.”

Today a British High Court ruled against Smiths singer Stephen Morrissey. Morrissey had appealed a 1996 decision stemming from charges that he and guitarist Johnny Marr had taken more than their fair share of band profits from drummer Mike Joyce and bassist Andy Rourke. More than a decade after the band split up, the matter has still been pursued by Joyce; Rourke already settled out of court. Should the decision stand, Morrissey and Marr could have to shell out 1 millions pounds or so, not including legal fees. Morrissey has the option to appeal the decision once again, this time with the House of Lords, the final appeals court for England and Wales.

U2's Edge has been reticent to give too much away for fear of starting a rumor mill. I'm [nervous] about that—after what happened with Pop....the way people started making judgments even before they ever heard it.” The Edge projected a wrap date of sometime in the summer of 1999, but “we don't want to set a firm deadline because we don't want to get into the same trap that we did last time. We made a mistake of establishing a deadline too far in advance with Pop. The last month turned out to be a real scramble to get it out before the PopMart tour.” He continued, “We might have wanted another week to just sit back and relax with it...so that we wouldn't have had to deliver it to the record company the day it was finished, which is what we ended up doing.” The band currently has a new album in the works with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois as well as the tour that will likely follow its release.

INXS might not be entirely gone. Their manager Martha Troup has said that more than 40 unreleased songs by INXS exist and might still be issued. Currently there is a hold on the posthumous release of Michael Hutchence's solo material.

Less than a week to go before Tuesday's release of his double-disc greatest-hits collection, Ladies & Gentleman, The Best of George Michael, and he's already back in the hot seat. According to a spokesperson for the Beverly Hills District Attorney's office, the singer was to have completed 80 hours of community service by Tuesday, as per his sentencing in May over a lewd conduct charge. But because Michael had not completely served out his sentence, his attorney approached Judge Charles Rubin on Thursday to try to extend the deadline until sometime in February. The judge, who had a copy of the video in the courtroom, didn't grant the full request, but did extend the deadline to December 21st. During an interview that preceded the new video premier for “Outside”, Michael told an audience of his fans and spectators that police committed entrapment in arresting him, since they used an undercover officer who fooled him into thinking he was interested in engaging in a sex act with the singer. “I got followed into the restroom. I didn't know it was a cop, obviously. He started playing this game — ‘I’ll show you mine and when you show me yours, I'll nick you,’” Michael claimed during the interview. Police have said that the singer was arrested after committing an unspecified lewd act in a public area. It was the new video that made the boldest statement on his recent troubles with the law. Scenes in the video seem to make light of his arrest and conviction. Partially set in a public restroom that becomes a dance club when urinals disappear and disco balls descend from the light fixtures, the video features Michael dancing in a policeman's uniform while a host of couples kiss in various outdoor locales, including the roof of a building, on board a ship and on a golf course.

Aerosmith has pulled out of plans to continue their tour through January and February, putting a string of at least fifteen dates in limbo. Pollstar reports this week that the band's management has indicated that frontman Steven Tyler may need a rest. Concert dates scheduled after January 4th will reportedly be postponed until March or April, according to the report.

Pressed for the most important figure of the 20th Century, few of us would name They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh. However the TMBG guitarist now sees his name being bandied about next to Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler in a serious online poll designed to determine the Person Of The Century. The poll, being conducted by Time magazine's website has logged votes for historical figures like Gandhi, Billy Graham, Winston Churchill, and Ronald Reagan, as well as Flansburgh and a few other surprises. "He's behind, I think number one is I believe Jesus Christ, number two is Adolf Hitler, number three is the wrestler Ric Flair, and Flansburgh is at number four,” his TMBG partner John Linnell told the MTV Radio Network recently. “And then behind him are some very serious notables.” “If I find that Ric Flair, I'm gonna kick his ass,” Flansburgh barked. I'm warning you Ric Flair; it's me, Jesus and Hitler. There's no room for you. Get out.”