Jimmy doing stadium shows next year???

dean_siu · Post by **dean_siu** » August 29, 2003 4:35 pm

I know there was talk a couple of years ago about Jimmy doing some stadium shows across the country....but plans were scrapped due to logistical issues (need for bigger stage, expenses, etc.)

However, the review in the Boston paper today had the following quote:

"If all goes well with Bruce Springsteen's upcoming dates at Fenway Park, look for other entertainers to follow suit. At the head of the list is Jimmy Buffett, who confirmed before last night's Tweeter Center show that he'd love to play Fenway Park next summer."

I wonder if next year concert venues will be different.....Turner Field, the Meadowlands, Dodger Stadium, etc.....what do you all think?

Air M'Ville Cap'n · Post by **Air M'Ville Cap'n** » August 29, 2003 4:39 pm

dean_siu wrote:I know there was talk a couple of years ago about Jimmy doing some stadium shows across the country....but plans were scrapped due to logistical issues (need for bigger stage, expenses, etc.)

However, the review in the Boston paper today had the following quote:

"If all goes well with Bruce Springsteen's upcoming dates at Fenway Park, look for other entertainers to follow suit. At the head of the list is Jimmy Buffett, who confirmed before last night's Tweeter Center show that he'd love to play Fenway Park next summer."

I wonder if next year concert venues will be different.....Turner Field, the Meadowlands, Dodger Stadium, etc.....what do you all think?

Stadium shows would be cool. Maybe Busch Stadium (I highly doubt it)

FluDCoup · Post by **FluDCoup** » August 29, 2003 4:46 pm

Air M'Ville Cap'n wrote:
dean_siu wrote:I know there was talk a couple of years ago about Jimmy doing some stadium shows across the country....but plans were scrapped due to logistical issues (need for bigger stage, expenses, etc.)

However, the review in the Boston paper today had the following quote:

"If all goes well with Bruce Springsteen's upcoming dates at Fenway Park, look for other entertainers to follow suit. At the head of the list is Jimmy Buffett, who confirmed before last night's Tweeter Center show that he'd love to play Fenway Park next summer."

I wonder if next year concert venues will be different.....Turner Field, the Meadowlands, Dodger Stadium, etc.....what do you all think?
Stadium shows would be cool. Maybe Busch Stadium (I highly doubt it)

That would be super awesome to get a show closer than Chicago, or Indy, but I will gladly travel if I have to!

jimminy · Post by **jimminy** » August 29, 2003 4:49 pm

Any show in Fenway would be awesome. Can't believe I have to miss the Boss.

looks@40 · Post by **looks@40** » August 29, 2003 4:50 pm

not much good tailgating around Fenway though, pholks!

TheSecretsInTheCrust · Post by **TheSecretsInTheCrust** » August 29, 2003 5:00 pm

The Boss is playing Dodger Stadium this year as well. It could be fun.....70,000 parrotheads in Qualcomm Stadium....WOW

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » August 29, 2003 5:03 pm

Miller Park has good tailgating, and a closable roof if necessary!

7lords · Post by **7lords** » August 29, 2003 5:09 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:Miller Park has good tailgating, and a closable roof if necessary!

Rephrase that - Miller Park would have GREAT tailgating!

kitty · Post by **kitty** » August 29, 2003 6:26 pm

Buffett, looking for ballpark, hits some singles

By Steve Morse, Globe Staff, 8/29/2003

MANSFIELD -- If all goes well with Bruce Springsteen's upcoming dates at Fenway Park, look for other entertainers to follow suit. At the head of the list is Jimmy Buffett, who confirmed before last night's Tweeter Center show that he'd love to play Fenway Park next summer.

It wouldn't be a stretch, because Buffett regularly sells 40,000 tickets during his two-night Tweeter runs. And to see him belting out "Margaritaville" from the Fenway outfield would be glory days indeed for Parrotheads.

First, though, it was down to business for Mr. B at the Tweeter, where he started slowly but again peaked with the hedonistic, beach-boy showmanship for which he's known. The first set felt like a warmup, but he accelerated his "Tiki bar" theme in the second set and romped home with James Taylor's "Mexico" and the classic oldie "Sea Cruise," along with the expected, wastoid dips into "Margaritaville," "Volcano," and "Fins." By this time, the Parrotheads were in complete, arm-swaying submission.

Surprisingly, Buffett didn't sing Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" or Stephen Stills's "Southern Cross," both staples of his shows for years. But to his credit, he added songs that he rarely plays (such as "Burn That Bridge") and a swinging arrangement of Don Tiki's "Natives Are Restless," which he brought back from a vacation in Hawaii.

Of course, some people might see Buffett's whole life as a vacation. They'd be wrong. Buffett never repeats the same show from year to year (contrary to popular belief), but instead he works hard to add obscure tunes and to keep the Parrotheads on their hula-dancing toes.

Performing in a jersey, shorts, and bare feet, Buffett kicked his 14-piece band into gear with the opening "Great Heart" by the Afro-pop pioneer Johnny Clegg. Then Buffett made good on his promise to "switch continents" in an instant by springing side trips into the New Orleans-steeped "Gypsies in the Palace," the folk-tinged "Son of a Son of a Sailor" (with video of Buffett climbing the rigging of a Coast Guard tall ship), and a stop in Nashville for his current no. 1 country hit with Alan Jackson, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," with backup singer Mac MacAnally doing Jackson's part and Buffett improvising the lyrics, "It's definitely five o'clock at the Tiki bar."

The Tiki theme was reinforced by a stage filled with Tiki lamps, Tiki idols, costumed dancers, and even a fire twirler.

It was crazy mayhem as usual, right down to the band picking up ukuleles for an island version of his R-rated tune, "Why don't we get drunk." Ah, yes. Can't you just hear it now at Fenway?

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » August 29, 2003 6:29 pm

Thanks for putting the whole article up, Kitty! I can imagine Jimmy at Fenway...way cool!!!!

bumper · Post by **bumper** » August 29, 2003 6:43 pm

no doubt he would fill Dodger Stadium or the Big A and Qualcom to boot.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » August 29, 2003 6:47 pm

Jimmys great anywhere but if we wany real history. Come on Nor. Cal.
singers. CANDLESTICK!!! CANDLESTICK!!!!!

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » August 29, 2003 9:43 pm

But if it came down to a choice between one show at Fenway (with nowhere to tailgate) or two shows at Great Woods, GW would be my choice, hands down

ph4life · Post by **ph4life** » August 30, 2003 1:00 am

Yeah he should play at Qualcomm before it gets torn down

Maybe he'd be the first ever sell out crowd there.

j/k

f2cdlzrd · Post by **f2cdlzrd** » August 30, 2003 2:27 am

TURNER FIELD, TURNER FIELD.....

sirgumby77 · Post by **sirgumby77** » August 30, 2003 3:15 am

I wish he would do Chicagoland Speedway--2 shows there 100,000 plus for each show and being 3 miles away would be the cure for a great tailgate starting at 6am at my place

mason · Post by **mason** » August 30, 2003 3:27 am

TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:The Boss is playing Dodger Stadium this year as well. It could be fun.....70,000 parrotheads in Qualcomm Stadium....WOW

springsteen played pac bell park august 16,....dodger stadium august 17.

"listen to the stories i could tell"

viva las vegas

"no plane on sunday"

elderflowerapplejuice · August 30, 2003 11:37 pm

I just have to say I'm not a big fan of huge venues, I know more people can get to the shows but somehow, to me anyway, it just takes away from the intimate shows JB has been doing. To me it just sounds like a way to make a lot of money doing one big corporate show rather than 2 nights at a regular venue. This is just my opinion, the bigger venue the less interaction of fans and the artist.

"I pity that man but from where stand it looks like the prisoners' me"

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 30, 2003 11:49 pm

elderflowerapplejuice wrote:I just have to say I'm not a big fan of huge venues, I know more people can get to the shows but somehow, to me anyway, it just takes away from the intimate shows JB has been doing. To me it just sounds like a way to make a lot of money doing one big corporate show rather than 2 nights at a regular venue. This is just my opinion, the bigger venue the less interaction of fans and the artist.

"I pity that man but from where stand it looks like the prisoners' me"

I agree with EFAJ--I was just trying to put it into words.

Even though some of the venues aren't that intimate, they are better than stadiums where you couldn't even see the stage without the big screens. And I don't even think the big screens would be big enough

I hope he sticks to the venues he has been visiting---at least in our area.
I don't think I want to see him in the Toyota Stadium

dean_siu · Post by **dean_siu** » August 31, 2003 12:47 am

I agree...I'd much rather see him at a smaller venue (unless I happen to be in the front row at Dodger Stadium

) However, I think the pre-party could be awesome with 50,000 parrotheads instead of only 15-20,000. We'll see....but I think we might be heading towards that direction. If he's seriously considering Fenway Park as an option, you can count on other stadiums being in the mix.

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