On New Year’s Eve, check out Radio Margaritaville’s double play of two historic Jimmy Buffett concerts.

At 9:00 P.M. ET, It’s an August 2, 1977 show, recorded in New York City’s Central Park. Then at 11 pm ET, we bring you the re-broadcast of December 31, 1999 – the Millennium Show. Jimmy and the Coral Reefers are at the Universal Amphitheater in Hollywood, California, and they’ve worked up a special entrance and some unique material. Relive the most famous New Year’s performance in recent Jimmy Buffett history, with Radio Margaritaville on the web or on Sirius 31.

Jimmy Buffett’s newest Margaritaville in Panama City, Florida will open February 15th, 2008 during the Grand Opening of the Pier Park development, according to the National Association of Residential Real Estate Investment Advisors.

WMBB.com has a story, with video, of the construction of Pier Park.

The touring bible Pollstar reports that 2007 was a lackluster year for tours, down 15.6% from 2006. They’ve released their Top 20 Highest Grossing Tours for 2007 and Jimmy Buffett came in #17 with $35.6 million.

The Top 5 were The Police ($131.9m), Kenny Chesney ($71.1m), Justin Timberlake ($70.6m), Celine Dion ($65.3m), and Van Halen ($56.7m).

Jimmy came in at #7 on Stubhub’s previously release list.

The The Liquor Licensing Board for the Cayman Islands has ruled that the Margaritaville Cafe on Grand Cayman is no longer on probation. The ruling came at the Board’s quarterly meeting on Thursday. In September, the cafe was placed on probation after members of the Elmslie Memorial United Church, located next door to Margaritaville, complained that loud noise and public drunkenness was disrupting church activities.

Elmslie’s John MacMillan said the church was satisfied with the steps the venue’s management had since taken to curtail noise.

“We have taken a number of steps to become better neighbors and we have met a number of times with the church’s board,” explained Margaritaville Manager Arthur Screaton.

This has included telling DJs performing at the venue to keep music to lower levels. The venue now ensures that the large doors on its balcony are closed while DJs are performing. Speakers on the balcony are also turned off when there is entertainment inside, Mr. Screaton explained.

Mrs. Bodden–Smatt said she had recently visited the venue and noted the impressive changes management had made. “I commend you for that,” she said.

Police also confirmed they had had no complaints about the venue since it was placed on probation.

BuffettWorld would like to wish Jimmy a very happy 61st birthday today! Buffett was born December 25th, 1946 to James Delaney and Mary Lorraine “Peets” Buffett in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Other famous persons who share the same birthday with Jimmy include Sir Isaac Newton (1642), Rickey Henderson (1958), Annie Lennox (1954), Barbara Mandrell (1948), and Humphrey Bogart (1899).

The original Margaritaville in Key West is giving away two tickets to see Jimmy Buffett in ’08 at a concert of your choice!

All orders totaling $50 or more placed through the Key West Margaritaville Store will be eligible.

Order must be placed from December 21, 2007 through midnight December 31,2007 and the winner will be drawn on January 1, 2008

Winner will receive two tickets to one (1) Jimmy Buffett concert of their choice in 2008. Transportation, concessions, and/or any other costs to attend the selected concert are the sole responsibility of the winner.

Margaritaville Enterprises LLC, Buffett’s company that manages his restaurants, merchandise, and other enterprises, will move their corporate headquarters to a newly constructed nearby office complex. The Orlando Business Journal has the story:

Buffett’s Margaritaville Enterprises LLC — which earns an estimated $100 million annually through music, restaurants, casinos, beer, tequila and clothing — recently signed a 10-year lease for 62,502 square feet of industrial space at Crownpointe Commerce Park.

Tom McFadden of Southern Commercial Real Estate Advisors, who represented the landlord, says the Buffett-owned company plans to use the space as its corporate headquarters. The company will build 12,000 to 15,000 square feet of office space and use the remaining space to store merchandise for Buffett’s Parrotthead empire.

The new design for Florida’s Save the Manatees license plates was unveiled today and residents will soon be able to purchase one.

Save the Manatee Club was established in 1981 by Jimmy Buffett and former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham. The Gainesville Sun has the story:

The new plate design was done by Nancy Blauers, a Margaritaville Merchandising Senior Artist who designs “Margaritaville lifestyle” products for Margaritaville stores.

The redesigned plates are available from your local tax collector or at www.buyaplate.com. Last minute gift shoppers may be interested in knowing they can buy a manatee plate gift certificates at any authorized tax collector’s office in Florida.

From the Arizona Republic:

With all the buzz about Super Bowl parties in Scottsdale, NFL agents Eugene Parker and Roosevelt Barnes wanted to make sure the West Valley – home of Super Bowl XLII – wasn’t left out.

The duo’s Maximum Sports Management is throwing “Big Game Bash ’08″ at the newly opened Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Café at Westgate City Center, just a stone’s throw from University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.

Among the celebrities confirmed: former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith, the Cardinals’ own Larry Fitzgerald, Academy Award nominated actor Michael Clark Duncan of The Green Mile fame, pro beach volleyball’s Holly McPeak, softball phenom Jennie Finch and former NFL players Deion Sanders, Curtis Martin and Jerome “The Bus” Bettis.

The Feb. 1 party, which gets under way at 9 p.m., benefits a number of charities, including the Pat Tillman Foundation, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Packages from Home. Tickets are $1,500 each. Details: http://www.msmbiggamebash.com.

This past weekend, Jimmy Buffett was at the bar d.b.a. on Frenchman Street when he took to the stage and performed a few songs. Jacob Brooks of The Bogalusa Daily News writes about the experience:

Around midnight or so, I was feeling the music, dancing, having a good time. I noticed this guy right in front of me. He was an older gentleman, and I didn’t recognize him at first.

When he was on stage, he said he loved New Orleans, which he called the “Capital of the Caribbean.” When people in the audience realized it was him, the cell phone cameras came out and weren’t put away until Buffett left the bar.

Read the entire article here.