Parrotheads rejoice! Summer touring favorite Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will be bringing “Margaritaville,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” “Come Monday,” and a slew of other hits to amphitheaters when the singer/songwriter launches “The Year of Still Here” 2008 tour, on April 21 at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, just outside Houston, TX. Dates are confirmed through Oct. 21. All ticket prices include a $1.00 donation to Singing for Change Charitable Foundation, Inc.
A top concert draw, Buffett was the Overall Top Event for the week ending March 16, in TicketNews’s exclusive ranking. Buffett continues to support his country-tinged 2006 studio album, “Take the Weather With You,” which became his second consecutive No. 1 debut on Billboard’s Country Albums chart.
Buffett has created a cottage industry around his Margaritaville brand that includes a chain of 16 restaurants and stores that first opened in 1985; a Cheesburger in Paradise restaurant chain with 40 locations in 18 states; internet radio station Radio Margaraville that also broadcasts on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 31; The Margaritaville Casino resort being built in Biloxi, MS with a projected completion date of Spring 2010; licensed Margaritaville brand products including tequila, footwear, frozen shrimp, frozen chicken, Margaria Mix and blender for margaritas; his own record label, Mailboat Records, which has released albums by Boz Scaggs, Chris Isaak, Dan Fogelberg, and others; Shrimpboat Sound Studios; and a charitable foundation.
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band tour dates:
April
21 – Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
24 – Maryland Heights, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
26 – Frisco, TX – Pizza Hut Park
29 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May
3 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
21 -New Orleans, LA – Margaritaville Cafe (t)
June
5 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
7 – Raleigh, NC – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
10 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
14 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
July
17 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
19 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theater
22 – Burgettstown, PA – Post-Gazette Pavilion
24, 26 – Bridgeview, IL – Toyota Park
29 – Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center
August
24 – Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall (On sale Monday)
30 – Bristow, VA – Nissan Pavilion
September
1 – Bristow, VA – Nissan Pavilion
4, 6 – Mansfield, MA – Tweeter Center
October
16- Chula Vista, CA – Coors Amph.
21- Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amph.
