From Billboard:

New York’s Madison Square Garden will be the site of a Sept. 20 benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina, dubbed “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy.” The show will pair a variety of top acts with some of New Orleans’ most notable musicians, including Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint, who were rescued just days ago from the devastated city.

Among the artists set to appear are Elton John, Jimmy Buffett, Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, Lenny Kravitz, Bette Midler, John Fogerty, Loggins & Mussina and Earth, Wind & Fire. New Orleans will be represented by the Neville Brothers, the Original Meters and the Dirty Dozen and Rebirth Brass Bands.

In addition to underwriting the show, Madison Square Garden will donate $1 million to Katrina-related fundraising efforts. All proceeds from the event will benefit like-minded causes. Tickets go on sale Sept. 13.

As mentioned a few days ago on this site, Jimmy Buffett has autographed a Cubs jersey and put it on eBay. 100% of the proceeds from the final sale price will go to the American Red Cross.

Click here to view the item on eBay

Singer Jimmy Buffett is donating 25-thousand dollars to the Hawaii Chapter of the American Red Cross Thursday. Buffett has long been a fan of Hawaii and dreamed for decades of performing a benefit concert in Diamond Head Crater. He decided instead to help out the Red Cross with a donation.

Buffett performed at the Aloha Stadium in 1979 and most recently appeared at the Waikiki Shell in April. He called the donation a small payback for all of the aloha spirit he has received in the Aloha State.

From KHNL

From PRNewsWire:

Jimmy Buffett continues his love affair with the format in 2005 nominated for Musical Event of the Year with Martina McBride for “Trip Around the Sun”. In 2003, Buffett won his first-ever music award when he and Alan Jackson won Vocal Event (now Musical Event) for their party-ode “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” Buffett received his first CMA Award nomination in 1977 when he was nominated for Single of the Year for “Margaritaville.”

The other nominees for Musical Event of the Year:

George Strait with Lee Ann Womack – “Good News, Bad News”
Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack – “I’ll Never Be Free”
Brad Paisley with Sara Evans – “New Again”
Shania Twain with Billy Currington – “Party For Two”

“The 39th Annual CMA Awards” will be hosted for the second year by Brooks & Dunn and broadcast live from New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, Nov. 15 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on CBS.

immy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played the final show from Wrigley Field on Monday afternoon to thousands of parrotheads in Chicago.

Buffett took the crowd through a rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” towards the latter part of the show, sang a tribute to hurricane victims with “City of New Orleans,” and finished the show with Springsteen’s “Glory Days.”

Check out the set lists from both shows here or post comments about the shows on the discussion board.

Billboard has an article about Buffett’s Wrigley shows entitled “Buffett Winds Down Tour At Wrigley Field”.

Midway through yesterday’s two-and-a-half-hour show, Buffett, a longtime Cubs fan, said the idea was hatched appropriately enough “in a bar about seven years ago,” and thanked the city of Chicago and the Cubs for making it happen.

A native of the Gulf Coast, Buffett dedicated a sizeable portion of his set to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, signing a Cubs jersey at the front of the show and announcing that it would be auctioned off on eBay with the proceeds going to the Red Cross.

Crowds totaled over 87,000 for the two sold-out performances. “And you never know,” Buffett smirked at the end of the afternoon, “We might just do it again.”

Read the whole article here.

There are a couple articles in Chicago papers on the upcoming shows at Wrigley Field over the Labor Day Weekend.

Chicago Tribune – Parrotheads flock to Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times – Lake View tunes up for Buffett show at Wrigley
Chicago Tribune – Wrigley State of Mind

Update:
Here is a review of the Indy show from the Noblesville Daily Times -
Parrotheads in paradise.

Parrot Heads In Paradise togther with the Paradise Charitable Foundation has set up the Parrot Heads In Need (PHIN) Fund. This fund is being set up to help those Parrot Heads in the devastated areas.

To contribute visit http://www.paradisefoundation.org/phinfund.cfm.

Portland, Oregon has been listed on Ticketmaster as Thursday, October 27th at the Rose Garden. That sandwiches it between Vegas shows.

No word yet on an On Sale date for Portland or a show date for San Diego.

Check out all dates scheduled on the Tour Dates page.