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From a press release on Marketwatch.com: “Sun and Skin Care Research, LLC Announces Partnership With Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Enterprises LLC”

Today Margaritaville unveiled Parrot Head Advanced Sun Care, a totally new product line of advanced sun care for the tropical lifestyle. The Original Margaritaville store in Key West Florida became the first store in the world to display the new product line starting today, the rest of the world will follow over the coming weeks and months.

Margaritaville Parrot Head is more than advanced sun care. It nourishes and moisturizes skin the way that the best skin care products do, as it protects it from the sun.

All Margaritaville Parrot Head products contain a unique and proprietary moisturizing base called Aloe Hydrating Complex(tm). This moisturizing breakthrough is further infused with vitamins and other natural ingredients like Olive Squalane, Borage, Hemp, Brazil Nut, Avocado, Calendula, Chamomile, Comfrey and Carrot. Together, these ingredients work to enhance skin’s elasticity and moisture retention, protect against oxidative stress, and have anti-aging properties as well.

Margaritaville Parrot Head will be available in six product lines that are all PABA and Paraben free:

“Floridays” Moisturizing Sunscreen Lotion
“Floridays” Face Ultra Light Moisturizing Sunscreen
“FINS UP!” Sport Sunscreen Lotion and Spray
“Parakeet Kids” Sunscreen Lotion and Spray
“License to Chill” Cooling Aloe Lotion and Gel
“Dedicated To Sunshine” Tanning Oil and Tan Enhancer

Now available at the Margaritaville Online Store

From the Sun Sentinel.com: “Margaritaville hits financing skids”

The fate of the long-anticipated Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort is in peril because of problems obtaining financing, but the city and the developer say they’re optimistic the money will come through.

Developer Lon Tabatchnik is supposed to have financing in place by Tuesday but has yet to raise the $126 million needed for the 17-story, 349-room Jimmy Buffett-themed resort.

But Tabatchnik, city officals say, has received commitments to date from only 26 Chinese investors, which would raise $13 million, far too little to meet Tuesday’s deadline.

To get the project going, he’s now talking to banks for loans and he’s asking the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency to kick in up to $25 million.

From MarketWatch.com: “Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant Biloxi Set to Open May 22”

“I am thrilled,” Jimmy answered, when asked about the opening of Margaritaville Biloxi. “Biloxi has been on my songline for a long, long time. I made my professional singing debut here back in the late 60′s, when I used to drive my Ford Falcon ‘down around Biloxi’ from the school in Hattiesburg, to play weekends at Trader Jons. Before that, I spent many a weekend, as a child of the Gulf Coast, with my family at the Sun ‘n Sand. I have been fortunate to do many things in my career, but coming full circle to Biloxi with Margaritaville, surely is one of the highlights. It is not only fun, to be coming home and bringing our brand of fun to the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” Buffett added, “It is also very gratifying to be able to provide nearly 1,000 new jobs for Mississippians these days. I would just like to personally thank everyone who has had a hand in this adventure, so, let’s let the fin begin.”

From The Sun Herald: “Jimmy Buffett plans to attend”

Five o’clock somewhere will be in Biloxi on May 22 when the ribbon is cut to start the party and open Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant.

Once the VIP celebration gets under way at 5 p.m., the resort opens to the public at 8 p.m. Buffett says he will be in Biloxi that day, said casino president Tom Brosig, but he’s saving some surprises for the opening.

From the Detroit Free Press: “Lionel Richie to open for Jimmy Buffett at Comerica Park”

Comeback king Lionel Richie has been tapped as opener for Jimmy Buffett’s July 28 show at Comerica Park, promoters announced today.

“Tuskegee” is Richie’s first No. 1 album in 26 years.

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for the show, which will include a day of tailgating outside the ballpark. Seat prices have not yet been announced.

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Lionel Richie’s new album “Tuskegee” is available at Amazon.com. Lionel performs with Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band on the song “All Night Long”.

Jimmy Buffett joins Matt Hoggatt on stage at the New Orleans Margaritaville for a totally unscripted version of “Dear Matt Hoggatt”.

New song called “Serpentine” by Jimmy Buffett first played at Jazz Fest on 5/3/2012

“The Wino and I Know” at Jazz Fest on 5/3/2012

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Jimmy Buffett to play Alpine Valley Aug. 25”

Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band sail into Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy Aug. 25, for the singer-songwriter’s annual summertime stop.

The show is at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 12, with an eight-ticket-per-customer limit. Ticket price information wasn’t available Friday morning.

Tickets will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com and phone charge at (800) 745-3000.

From the Detroit Free Press: “Jimmy Buffett to play Comerica Park on July 28”

Parrotheads, prepare your party hats: A time-honored summer ritual will have a new home in Detroit, as Jimmy Buffett heads to Comerica Park for a blowout concert July 28.

The show, which will be formally announced today, will be the first-ever Detroit performance by the popular tropical rocker, after decades of dates at DTE Energy Music Theatre, the former Pine Knob.

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. May 12 via www.Tickets.com, the Comerica Park box office and charge-by-phone (866-668-4437). Prices will be announced in coming days.

Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnnally performed an acoustic show at the New Orleans Jazz Festival yesterday. The set list from the show is now available. It included the debut of a new song called “Serpentine“.

NOLA.com has a review of the show: “Jimmy Buffett dug his unplugged set at the New Orleans Jazz Fest”

At the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Thursday, Jimmy Buffett demonstrated that before “Margaritaville,” “Come Monday” and “Changes In Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” were singalongs, they were songs. He and a skeleton crew returned those and more to their original, mostly acoustic, form at the Fair Grounds.

His Thursday show was in that spirit. Seated center stage, surrounded by an arsenal of stringed instruments, Buffett showed up for work barefoot, in shorts, a purple polo shirt, sunglasses and a baseball cap. At his side was Mac McAnally, a member of the Coral Reefer Band and an acclaimed country songwriter and instrumentalist. Lafayette’s Sonny Landreth, another frequent collaborator, alternated electric and acoustic slide on some songs; a percussionist also helped out.

With the Coral Reefer Band, he generally closes out a Saturday at Jazz Fest. There was far more available real estate at the Acura Stage for the unplugged, weekday Buffett show than last year’s fully amped, weekend show. He reveled in the change in latitude, if not attitude: “It’s great to be playing ‘locals Thursday’!”

Jimmy Buffett will release a new live CD called “Welcome to Fin City/Live from Las Vegas Oct. 2011″ on June 19, 2012 (you can pre-order the CD from Amazon.com)

Editorial Reviews from Amazon.com: Margaritaville / Las Vegas breaks the Guiness Book of World Record for the largest Margarita The Margaritaville Casino opened in the Flamingo Hotel, next to the Restaurant and Store And, Jimmy performed 2 incredible Saturday night shows at the MGM, which have been captured in Audio, Video, and Blu-ray. We have taken the best of both shows, and made 2 great packages for Father’s Day, 2012 Both packages contain the same audio and video songs.

Look for another date to be added to The Lounging at the Lagoon Tour:
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
Alpine Valley Music Theatre – Elkhorn, WI
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 08:00 PM
an official announcement will be coming soon

THQ’s Jimmy Buffett inspired world, Margaritaville Online, made headlines over the weekend when it took home the ‘Best Social / Casual Game’ award at the Canadian Videogame Awards. Since launch in January, Margaritaville Online has helped bridge the gap between the music and the videogame industries, which is now being followed by the recently announced/launched Facebook and Online games for Grateful Dead and Jay-Z’s ‘Empire’, both based around their music and life stories. These musicians and video game companies have created a new way to experience music and games using iconic songs and lifestyles as the backbone to the storyline.

Since launch, Margaritaville Online has seen great success and some impressive data points include:

– # of countries playing MVO: 210 (based on FB country codes)
– Total player hours played since launch: 2,997,137 hours (341.9 years)
– # of objects hacked (bamboo): 12,877,842
– # of objects smashed (barrels/crates/rocks): 68,349,432
– # of objects netted: 14,279,550
– # of times players have dug: 4,684,060
– # of times players have changed outfits: 618,291

Additionally, the minigames have had some extensive playtime – check out the below:

- Total played since launch: 2,599,862
- Hammock Time: 591,890
- Limbo: 312,414
- Pirates: 1,349,381
- Steel Drum: 139,136
- Tile Puzzle: 207,041

From TicketMaster:
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
MGM Grand Hotel – Las Vegas, NV
Sat, Oct 20, 2012 08:00 PM and
Sat, Oct 27, 2012 08:00 PM

Onsale to the General Public: Sun, 05/06/12 10:00 AM PDT

American Express card holders:
Start: Tue, 05/01/12 10:00 AM PDT
End: Sun, 05/06/12 05:00 PM PDT

Price Range: US $69.25 – US $211.00