Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played the final show of the 2008 Year of Still Here Tour on Saturday night in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Arena. The set list and comments from those who listened to the show are now available. During the second encore Jimmy performed a cover of Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” and ended the show with the song “Lovely Cruise”.
Some noteworthy comments from Jimmy during the preshow interview on Radio Margaritaville:
- “We will be back next year”
- “I’m working on a few songs”
- “Still trying to get out the the Pacific in February” (for a show in Honolului and Tahiti)
- “I’m going to the beach … surfing, fish and cruising around” (during his time off)
- November 8th is the official last show of the year at the Mohegan Sun Margaritaville. It’s a Five o’clock Somewhere show”. It will be broadcast live on Radio Margaritaville
- “The Year of Still Here was a pretty dam good year … thanks to everyone for listening … we are not going anywhere”
- Nadarih Shakoor’s new cd “Nod to the Storyteller” has sold out on the Mailboat Records site (there are still copies available on Amazon.com. She plans on touring many of the Margaritaville restaurants in the Caribbean in support of the new album.
(thanks to Chuck for sending along the photos)