Grammy winner Ne-Yo has a word of advice for drivers: "Watch your speed when driving through Atlanta."

He should know. He uttered those words as he left Cobb State Court on Monday after pleading guilty to failing to get a Georgia license and no contest to reckless driving. As part of a plea deal, Ne-Yo will perform a concert for the Boys & Girls Club in Cobb.

Cobb County police clocked the singer-songwriter's Range Rover at 105 mph in a 55 mph zone when they pulled him over on Feb. 19 on South Cobb Drive and Cobb Parkway. He told police he'd lived in Georgia for a year.

"I was trying to get somewhere in a awful hurry, and I got pulled over," Ne-Yo, who lives in Mableton, told Cobb State Court Judge Roland Castellanos.

Assistant Solicitor Frances Anderson asked Castellanos to impose a $280 fine because Ne-Yo had agreed to the concert and would speak to the youths at the club about the dangers of speeding. But Castellanos didn't go for it, noting the singer's high rate of speed. Anderson then asked for a $1,000 fine, the maximum, which satisfied Castellanos.

Ne-Yo, who appears in the court files by his given name, Shaffer Chimere Smith, will have to pay the fine, perform 24 hours of community service at a nonprofit and attend a defensive driving class.

Castellanos also sentenced him to six months of non-reporting probation. That means Ne-Yo doesn't have to report to a probation officer, which will allow him to maintain his concert schedule.

He just has to stay out of trouble and do everything else the judge told him to do.

"We've got a good guy," Darryl B. Cohen, his lawyer, told the judge.

Cohen assured Castellanos that Ne-Yo has had an operation to cure his "lead foot."

Ne-Yo didn't drive away when he left court.

He got into the back seat of a dark red Range Rover.

Quote of the day

"[Atlanta-based Home executive chef] Richard [Blais] from Bravo's 'Top Chef': Let the other contestants bicker. Season 4's most creative chef continues to whip up intriguing concoctions like white-chocolate wasabi sauce. Yum. We think." —- From the June 6 issue of Entertainment Weekly's "The Must List: Ten Things We Love This Week."

Boys bands of summer, fall

No matter your age, there's a boy band winging its way to metro Atlanta in the coming months to make you feel like a 16-year-old fan once again.

Alas, the ticket prices will run you a bit more than those old allowance-busting copies of Tiger Beat from your childhood.

On Monday, Live Nation concert promoters informed Buzz that recently reunited New Kids on the Block have been booked to play Oct. 29 at Gwinnett Arena. The $77.50, $57.50 and $37.50 reserved seats go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday.

So exactly how old is the targeted demographic for 1980s-era NKOB in 2008?

Well, American Express card holders can score tickets early through Sunday by being a card member.

The Backstreet Boys, meanwhile, featuring Atlanta member Brian Littrell, is booked for Chastain Park Amphitheatre on Aug. 20. The $58.50 and $48.50 tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.

But the oldest boy band coming back to town?

The Macon-birthed Allman Brothers Band has booked a two-night engagement at Chastain for Oct. 10-11. As you may recall, the band was rehearsing in Atlanta this spring, prepping for an ambitious tour when the dates had to be scrapped after Savannah resident Gregg Allman took ill with hepatitis C.

Alas, the boys may be getting a bit crabby in their middle age.

The two nights at Chastain, priced at $93 and $78, are "non-table set-up/no coolers or carry-ins" shows that will no doubt put a crimp in the plans of those chardonnay-sipping chatterboxes who love to regale each other with fascinating business merger transaction tales during "Ramblin' Man."

Celebrity birthdays

Actor Tony Curtis is 83. Game show host Chuck Barris ("The Gong Show") is 79. Singer Ian Hunter is 69. Keyboardist Billy Powell of Lynyrd Skynyrd is 56. Singer Dan Hill is 54. Newsman Anderson Cooper is 41. Country singer Jamie O'Neal is 40. Singers Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez of No Mercy are 37. Actress Lalaine Dupree ("Lizzie McGuire") is 21.

CELEBRITY DOCKET

"Rescue Me" actress Tatum O'Neal, who has publicly battled drug addiction, was released without bail Monday after her cocaine-possession arrest in downtown Manhattan.

The Oscar-winning actress, 44, looked tired but said nothing as she was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance. She entered no plea.

Afterward, her lawyer whisked her into a waiting car. She is due back in court July 28.

Police found two bags of cocaine in her right front pants pocket when she was arrested around 7:30 p.m. Sunday on the Lower East Side, according to a court complaint. Officers saw O'Neal accept the drug from a man during a routine drug sweep, police said. Prosecutors are recommending drug treatment for O'Neal, who detailed her dependency on heroin and cocaine in her 2004 memoir, "A Paper Life." She has since said she is sober.

SICK BAY

On Monday's edition of "Extra," the TV mag reported that "Frasier" actor Kelsey Grammer suffered "a mild heart attack" over the weekend. Said Grammer rep Stan Rosenfield via a statement: "Kelsey is resting comfortably in a Hawaiian hospital and will be released early this week. The actor, who this season starred in the Fox sitcom "Back to You," began experiencing chest pain Saturday after paddle boarding with his wife, Camille.

—- Contributing: Yolanda Rodriguez and news services