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Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform the first of two shows last night at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Set List along with comments from the show are now available.

Some highlights from the show’s set list included:
"School Boy Heart" (last played June 29, 2006 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT)

Some photos from Tuesday’s MSG show:

The tour continues on Thursday September 20, 2007 with the second show at the Madison Square Garden in New York.

Jimmy Buffett’s handwritten lyrics to the song "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" are being auctioned off by R&R Enterprises Autograph Auctions. The auction closes on September 19th.

A Jimmy Buffett fan who suffered a heart attack while leaving Saturday night’s Gillette Stadium concert (on Sept 8th) will survive thanks to a team effort and the stadium’s medical resources.

The full story in the Attleboro Sun Chronicle: "Quick-acting paramedics save fan"

From the Country Standard Time: "Nashville Songwriters honor Hank Jr., Lester Flatt, Bob DiPiero, Mac McAnallay, Dottie Rambo"

Bob DiPiero, Mac McAnally, Hank Williams, Jr., Flatt & Scruggs and gospel singer Dottie Rambo will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. DiPiero and McAnally were named for the songwriter category. The five new inductees will officially at the 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Oct. 14.

Raised in Belmont, Miss., McAnally was a guitar and piano prodigy who was performing in clubs by age 13. By age 18, he was a session guitarist in Muscle Shoals. He began his recording career in 1977 and has released 10 albums. He wrote hits for Alabama ("Old Flame"), Shenandoah ("Two Dozen Roses"), Steve Wariner ("Precious Thing"), Ricky Van Shelton ("Crime of Passion") and T.G. Sheppard ("One Owner Heart"). He has produced artists from Ricky Skaggs to Chris LeDoux to Sawyer Brown (for whom he also penned the hits "Café on the Corner," "All These Years," "The Boys and Me" and "Thank God For You"). McAnally is a longtime member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer band, has produced Buffett records and has co-written Buffett songs "It’s My Job" and "License to Chill."

From a column in the Boston Globe: Jimmy Buffett played to 114,000 people over his two nights at Gillette Stadium this past week, but he’s not sure if he’ll return to Gillette or to his beloved Tweeter Center next year. "Let’s get through this one first!" he said backstage at Gillette on Saturday, though he said he loved the Gillette experience. Saturday’s show included the encore "Defying Gravity" (which Buffett dedicated to Luciano Pavarotti) and a guest appearance from Cape Verde singer Elo Ferrier. "I’m working on helping him to put out an album," Buffett told us. Buffett also said he has authored a new book called "Swine Not?" (a fable about a pet pig in Manhattan that will come out next spring.) He told us that he’ll spend the next couple of days sailing around New England, per his custom after local shows.

There’s a Jimmy Buffett / Landshark beer reference in today’s Arlo & Janis comic strip:

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed last night at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA. Over 100,000 people attended the two shows in Foxboro.

The Set List along with comments from the show are now available. Jimmy dedicated the final song "Defying Gravity" to Luciano Pavarotti.

Some highlights from the show’s set list included:
First Look was last played on 10/29/2005 in Las Vegas NV
Defying Gravity was last played on 11/4/2006 in West Palm Beach FL

The tour continues on September 18th, 2007 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Radio Margaritaville / SIRIUS 31 has announced that they will be airing a master recording of the Jimmy Buffett concert from Toronto on Wednesday (9/5), which suffered from technical broadcast issues and was not aired in it’s entirety live.

The rebroadcast will debut, Saturday 9/22 at 6pm ET, and be re-aired:
*Tuesday 9/25 8pm ET
*Thursday 9/27 10am ET
*Friday 9/28 12:01am ET

Also; The Honolulu show will be recorded for later rebroadcast and it will not be aired live. Dates and times TBA

Jimmy Buffett enjoyed the day at the US Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York on Friday August 31st, 2007. (thanks to Debbi and Parrot Bay for passing that along to us)
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Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed last night at Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Canada. The last time Jimmy performed a show in Canada was back on June 13th, 2005 at the same venue.

The Set List along with comments from the show are now available. Radio Margaritaville experienced some problems trying to broadcast the show, only the first 11 songs aired on RM.

Some highlights from the show’s set list included:
Heart Of Gold (a Neil Young cover song)
Early Morning Rain (a Gordon Lightfoot cover song)

The tour continues on Saturday September 8, 2007 with the second show at the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA.

The Toronto Sun has a review of the show "Jimmy Buffett breezes into town".

"I told you we were coming back," Buffett said with the elaborate stage setup of a "Bama Breeze" saloon with its ’50s era jukebox and surfboards complementing the vast ocean backdrop.

While the songs often took you to the Caribbean, Buffett made a point of noting his Canadian ancestry from Newfoundland and also mentioning relatives from Nova Scotia.

From the New York Daily News: "Jon Bon Jovi’s star-filled Hamptons party is a rock & roll ball of fame"

Jon Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, were celebrating nothing more than the end of summer when they invited some friends over to their East Hampton spread. But then their friends do include Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters.

But, about 11 p.m., Bon Jovi jumped onstage to join the party band. Pretty soon, people were dancing. Before long, McCartney joined Bon Jovi at the mike – along with Joel, Buffett and Waters.

There’s also an article in the NY Post

Guests at Bon Jovi’s Labor Day party were screaming and cheering when an impromptu band made up of Billy Joel (below) on piano, Jimmy Buffett on guitar and Jon Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd great Roger Waters on vocals took the stage.

The Boston Globe: "Laid-back Buffett gives Gillette crowd an end-of-summer treat"

The Boston Herald: "Crowd finds paradise at Buffett show"

“From Club Passim in Cambridge to Pall’s Mall to Boston Common, to Fenway Park the year the Red Sox won the World Series!” Buffett said, drawing a thunderous ovation. “This has been a good run. Where do we go from here? I think we’ll rent Rhode Island next year.”

The Providence Journal: "Predictable Buffett delights Parrot Heads"