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An article from Brandweek mentions Corona will sponsor Chesney's upcoming tour: "Corona Goes Country With Kenny Chesney" http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003670371 <em> Chesney fills the void in the marketing mix that was created when Jimmy Buffett was si...

We've received word from a good source that the Jimmy Buffett will perform down under in Australia in either January of February of 2008.

The new Margaritaville restaurant at Westgate City Center in Glendale, AZ is set to have it's soft opening on Friday November 16th.

Jimmy Buffett was nominated for a CMA Award in the category Musical Event for the song "Hey Good Lookin'" with George Strait and Alan Jackson. He lost out to Tracy Lawrence featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney with the song “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”. Mac McAnally (guitar) also rece...

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed the final show of this year's tour last night at Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa FL. The Set List along with comments from the show are now available. Jimmy came back and did one more song after the show had ended and the lights came on. He performed an a...

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed last night at Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa FL. The Set List along with comments from the show are now available. Jimmy did an acoustic version of " Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season " to end the show, the song was last performed on Dec 5...

The Phoenix Business Journal has an article on the new Margaritaville that will open soon: "Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville sails to November opening"

Dezdmona wrote:

phjim wrote:The tour continues on November 1st with a show from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas NV.

I think the November 1 show is Tampa.

Oops! Thanks for the correction.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed last night at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Buffett has perfomed 18 shows at the MGM Grand going back to 1996. The Set List along with comments from the show are now available. The tour continues on November 1st with a show from the Ford Amphitheatre...

The Inverness Courier has an article "Slowing down is not so bad"
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Little Feat are still active and recently recorded a new album with Jimmy Buffett, but Barrere is hoping the full band will soon follow his and Tackett's lead back to Scotland.</em>

Amazon.com lists a June 3rd, 2008 release date for a book by Elizabeth and John Encarnacion titled " The Jimmy Buffett Concert Handbook: The Unofficial Guide ". The paperback book contains 224 pages and will be published by Cider Mill Press. No other details are given, but it is available ...

The Key West Citizen has an article on a new photobook by author Tom Corcoran: ' Key West in Black and White ' <em> There will be an exhibit at the Key West Art and Historical Society's Custom House Museum in association with the release of his new photo book from The Ketch & Yawl Press. The exh...

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed last night at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Buffett has perfomed 17 shows at the MGM Grand going back to 1996. The show included appearances by Jake Shimabukuro and Bill Payne. The Set List along with comments from the show are now available. The tou...

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed last night at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA. Some highlights from the show included: " God's Own Drunk " last played on May 6th 2000 at the Margaritaville Cafe in New Orleans " Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 " (a Bob Dylan cover) ...

From the Tennessean: " Jimmy Buffett likes Exit/In as his new venue of choice " (thanks to Allen for passing that along to us) <em>If Buffett again includes Nashville on his summer concert tour, he has already picked out the venue. Sommet Center? Naah. Ryman Auditorium? Think smaller. Buff...

The Tennessean has an article on Mac McAnally and others being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame : " It's writers' turn to be honored for songs ". <em> At night's end, Buffett inducted his friend, sometimes-producer and Coral Reefer band member McAnally into the Hall. Mc...

Jimmy's sister visited the sunken remains of her grandfather's schooner, the Chiquimula: Lucy Buffett pays visit to shipwreck <em> "It's all legend in our family," said Buffett, whose brother is singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, known for his accounts of islands, ships and seafarers. "...

The Press-Register has an article on the raising of the ship captained by Jimmy Buffett's grandfather: " Work halted on Buffett shipwreck " <em> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday ordered a condo developer to stop digging up the sunken remains of a four-masted schooner once capta...

An article at Hamptons Online compares Buffett and Kenny Chesney: "Buffett and Chesney: Flip-Floppers and Five O'Clock"

BeyondChron.org has an article on trying to stop ticket scalping for the Fillmore show: "Live Nation" Moves to Exclusively Online Ticket Sales <em> Tickets for the show went on sale at 10 AM Columbus Day and were sold out by 5 PM. Tickets can only be picked up at the Fillmore’s will call w...