Buffett tops the Ticket news top event of the week chart
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.19.08 under Jimmy Buffet, News
The Ticket News ranking system has the tropical rock music icon and businessman Jimmy Buffett in the top position of the Overall Top Event of the week, in the week that ended on March 16. Buffett will be on cloud nine as he and the Coral reefer’s are getting ready for their much anticipated world tour “Year of Still Here” which will start from Texas on April 21. Jimmy Buffett has pushed down the Musical band ‘Wicked” to the second place to rein his supremacy. Wicked, was topping this chart for a long time.
Jimmy Buffet remained in the first position of the Top Concert Events List last week also. Jimmy Buffet is followed by Eric Clapton in this list. Eric Clapton has climbed three positions to reach the second place in the list last week. Kenny Chesney is in the third position. Attaining the Overall Top event title will give boost to the ticket sale for the upcoming tour of Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reef band. Parrotheads are planning to celebrate as their idol has reached first in two of the most coveted titles. Fans are hopeful that Jimmy will remain in the top list for many more weeks to come.
Jimmy Buffett to perform at Detroit in June
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.17.08 under Jimmy Buffet, News
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reef band that are on a whirlwind summer tour all across the US have recently announced that they will be performing at the Detroit Energy Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan on the 10th of June. The Parrotheads will be in large numbers to witness this mega event at the DTE as it will be the first performance of Jimmy Buffett at Detroit since his performance in 2006. The fan groups of Jimmy Buffett, Parrotheads, are pretty much excited at hearing this latest news and are eagerly waiting for the announcement of the ticket prices. The ticket sales will begin on Friday at 10 am.
Since it will be Jimmy Buffett’s performance in Detroit after a gap of two years, it is expected that the tickets will be sold out in a frenzy and so the fans have decided to camp at the ticket venue to purchase their tickets. A cap of six tickets per buyer has been put by the organizers and hence bulk booking by the fans will not be possible. The Parrotheads will be at the DTE centers in large numbers on June 10th with their party gear on and the last Jimmy Buffett performance at Detroit in September 2006 was on a rainy and chilly night.
Jimmy Buffett announces many more concert locations
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.14.08 under Jimmy Buffet, News
Jimmy Buffett, the versatile singer and a business magnet, has added a few more locations to his “The Year of Still Here” summer tour and many more concert locations are in the pipeline for which the dates and the venues will be publicized later. The latest places added to his concert tour includes Woodlands in Texas on April 21 and about 12 or more locations across the eastern US in September. He has also booked two night stands in places like Mansfield, MA and Bridgeview, IL. He will be performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 3rd and tickets to most of these shows are now on sale for the general public.
Buffett has gone all out in support of his 2006’s “Take the Weather with You” that got the number one position on debut on Billboard’s Country Album countdown. He is presenting the 2006 album in all his concert tours all over the US and the Parrot heads will be thronging at all the tour centers to witness their supreme hero perform live in front of them on the stage. Buffett is also busy with his new restaurant that is getting constructed in Waikiki and is to release his new book, “Swine Not” in May.
Jimmy Buffett requests Parrotheads to party for charity
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.12.08 under Charity work, Jimmy Buffet
The world’s richest entertainer Jimmy Buffet has asked his dedicated fans “The Parrotheads” to give a new aspect to their famous Pre-concert tailgate parties. Jimmy has given the option to make money for charity work of their choice. A group of fans of Buffet are sponsoring a charity program called Frisco Feeding Frenzy. They also have plans to donate money to the National Breast Cancer foundation. The Ozarka plant had donated 1,000 bottles of water to be sold to the Jimmy fans attending the tailgate party on 26th April and the income generated will be given to a man from Winnsboro, who is a victim of lung cancer, for his medical expenses.
Bill Ansel, the parrotheads official tailgate planner announced that all the proceeds of the party will be given to Dana from Winnsboro. Bill has made the tailgating one of the highlights of the Jimmy concerts. The 2007 Tailgate party was attended by 675 people and $2,300 was generated. A major portion was given to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society also received some help from the Parrotheads in the name of Michael French, the Jimmy fan, who was diagnosed with leukemia at the tender age of 8years.
Some personal facts about Jimmy Buffett
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.10.08 under Background, Jimmy Buffet, News
Jimmy Buffett was born as James William Buffett on Christmas Day in the year 1946 and is the son of James Delaney Buffett Jr. and Mary Loraine. Both his parents are no more and he has two sisters, Lucy Ann and Loraine Marie. He spent his childhood in Alabama and did his elementary schooling in St. Ignatius. Jimmy Buffett showed keen interest towards music right from his school days and did his high school at McGill Institute in Mobile, Alabama which is a Catholic school of boys. He attended the Auburn University and this was the place where he first learned to play the guitar.
Jimmy Buffett graduated in 1969 with a BS degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and worked as a correspondent for the leading musical magazine, Billboard in Nashville. Jimmy Buffett got an opportunity to sign with Barnaby records in 1969 and came up with his first of many albums “Down to Earth” in 1970 which only had 200 copies released. He began to subsequently release albums and with each album and world tour and concerts he became a darling to many music lovers all over the world. Jimmy Buffett was a co-owner of the minor league baseball team named Ft Myers Miracle in 1989 and turned out to be a businessman in the year 2000 with a chain of restaurants. Jimmy Buffett, apart from being a singer, song writer is also well known as a book writer, hotelier, TV as well as a film actor.
Jimmy Buffet- the perfect businessman
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.07.08 under Artist, Jimmy Buffet
Jimmy Buffet was announced as the 7th richest rock star of 2006 by the Rolling stone magazine. His gross earning for the year 2006 was $56 million that came from his annual musical tour, chain of restaurants, stores and other ventures like Satellite Radio. Buffet is earning a good amount as royalty for the records released by his recording company Mailboat Records. Buffet has collectively named his business ventures as Margaritaville Holdings and the headquarters is presently located at Palm Beach, Florida. Margaretville cafes and stores is a chain of restaurants opened by Jimmy in 1987. Now, the chain has 16 branches and three more branches are coming up within next year.
Another restaurant chain co- owned by Buffet is Cheeseburger in Paradise. The first one was opened in Indianapolis in 2002 and now the chain of restaurants has sprung up in about 40 locations across 18 states in the United States. Another business of Jimmy Buffett is the internet radio station called Radio Margaritaville which started its service in 1999 and is also broadcast as a satellite radio channel on the Sirius network on channel 31. Margaritaville Casino Resort is the latest business venture of Jimmy Buffett that has commenced its work last year and will be ready by the spring of 2010.
Buffet changes his venue from Tinley Park to Toyota Park
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.05.08 under Jimmy Buffet
Buffet is changing the venue of his Chicago area shows to the Toyota Park in Bridgeview after spending almost 17 seasons in the Amphitheatre of the Tinley Park. Buffet will make his debut at the new venue on July 24th. His fans at the South West suburb are waiting for this day. The hardcore fans of Jimmy from the nearby areas of Chicago used to flock to the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy to watch their idol perform. The Parrot Heads are happy about the shift of venue as they will be able to get into Toyota Park easily and it also has ample parking space.
The advantage of choosing Toyota Park is that it can accommodate 28,000 people. The General Manager of the Toyota Park informed that though Toyota is not an amphitheatre, it has 10,000 seats in the main area and 18,000 more seats are arranged in the style of All State Arena. More than 25% of the seating area is covered by high roof. Toyota Park manager is working hard to make this the permanent venue of Jimmy whenever he tours. The Mayor of Bridgeview is optimistic about the show as they were able to manage a crowd of 30,000 people who attended the Eric Clapton concert last year.
Parrot heads getting ready for Jimmy’s tour
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 03.03.08 under Jimmy Buffet
Jimmy Buffet has announced his summer tour dates and parrot heads are waiting to see Jimmy live in action. As Jimmy is planning for some spring time events with the parrot heads and others, Jimmy fans can expect a real treat from him this year. Buffet and Coral reefer band will do the first concert of tour named “The Year of Still Here” in Dallas this April. In May the band will give performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival which is one of the biggest events in the music world. Buffet’s June and July shows are at Philadelphia, East Troy and a two day show at the Toyota Park, in Illinois.
Through this summer tour, Buffet is planning to popularize his 2006’s studio album “Take the Weather with You”. This album has become the second successive NO.1 in Billboard’s country- album chart. He did two or three live recordings in 2007 and the song “live in Anguilla” was performed in Caribbean islands during his recent show there. This will be performed in the Texas stadium when he visits this April. There is another reason for the parrot heads to celebrate and that is Jimmy is going to release his latest literary work in May.
Supermodel to Act in Buffet’s New Video
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.29.08 under Jimmy Buffet, News
Jimmy Buffet, “The Margaretville” singer has selected a supermodel for his new video. the singer has teamed up with the model of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, Brooklyn Decker and made the promos for “Getting the Picture” in St. Barts in the Caribbean Islands. In this new video of Buffet, the stunning beauty, Brooklyn steals the Gentle Singers very attractive guitar. This guitar was signed by Buffet and was used as a prop in the Photographs taken by the Sports illustrated. According to Buffet, for the last six months his guitar was having a goodtime, as it was caressed by some of the most beautiful women in the world.
Buffet is all thrilled with the attention he and his Guitar is getting and he even used his private plane to carry Brooklyn to St Barts for the shoot of his video. The guitar has already travelled around the world and it was handled by Fernanda Motta, Marisa Miller, and Bar Rafaeli for the bikini and nude shots for the illustrated swim suit issue. The guitar which was signed by Jimmy will be auctioned on eBay in order to raise funds for charity work which includes a “Habitat for Humanity Musicians” village and “New Orleans Musicians” Clinic.
Jimmy will play in Citizens Bank Park
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.27.08 under Jimmy Buffet
Jimmy Buffet, the noted singer, author and business man has announced a new tour date to the joy of his fans. People in Philadelphia are going to get a chance to watch the great singer perform with the famous band, coral reefs. The show will be conducted in the home of Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank Park .The Buffet concert is scheduled for June 14th of 2008.The ticket sales for the same is expected to start from Monday, 10th March. Some of the standard songs which are performed in all of the major shows of Buffet include Margaritaville, Son of a Son of a Sailor, Volcano, Cheese Burger in Paradise, fins etc.
Jimmy Buffet and Coral Reefers are a real crowd puller and they make the show more interesting by sometimes throwing references and skits about the venue in which they are performing. Jimmy Buffet has also announced the tour dates for his upcoming performances in Frisco, TX in April, in New Orleans in May, East Troy in July, and in Bridge view etc. The tour is named as” The Year of Still Here Tour” and all the Jimmy fans and Parrot Heads are looking forward to attend this tour, when it reaches their place.