Cyrus to play at Niceville's Mullet Fest

NICEVILLE, FL - Guess who's coming back to the Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival? Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Organizers for the 33rd annual event announced the dates, Oct. 16-18, and the entertainment lineup this week.
   
Cyrus is set to close the festival on Sunday.
   
Once best known for his hit song "Achy Breaky Heart," these days Cyrus is better known as dad to Miley Cyrus, star of the popular "Hannah Montana" TV series and a successful singer in her own right. The elder Cyrus also co-stars on his daughter's show.
   
The news of Cyrus' return to the festival fueled speculation about whether Miley might accompany her father.
   
"I have no information to that effect," Mullet Festival committee member Wanda Cruttenden said Thursday. "Our contract is with Billy Ray Cyrus."
   
Cyrus drew record crowds to the Mullet Festival on Oct. 16, 1992, after being signed to the event two months before "Achy Breaky Heart" went to No. 1.
   
Cyrus' manager initially tried to get him out of the 1992 appearance, but Cyrus went ahead with it as planned and brought an estimated 75,000 people to the festival's opening night.
   
Others scheduled to perform at this year's festival include Chuck Wicks on Friday night and Blake Shelton on Saturday night.
   
Doctor Zarr's Amazing Funk Monster will take the stage Friday and Saturday.
   
For details, visit www.cityofniceville.org  .