Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band wrapped up the July leg of the 2007 Bama Breeze Tour with a show from Alpine Valley in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday night.

Buffett finished out the show with “Stories We Could Tell”, a song that hadn’t been played on tour since July 6, 2004. View the entire set list here.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board.

The tour resumes on August 30th at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT.

The Biloxi City Council has approved plans for the Margaritaville Casino that was announced a couple weeks back. The Sun Herald has the story: “Margaritaville On The Way – $700M resort plans August groundbreaking”

A tropical breeze blew into Biloxi this week when the City Council approved plans for Margaritaville Casino.

Harrah’s, which owns the Grand Biloxi and Casino Magic, is building the $700 million resort on the beach in partnership with Pascagoula-born, world-renowned singer Jimmy Buffett. The resort is targeted to open in 2010.

Read the entire article here.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played for a sold-out crowd in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday night. It was the 23rd consecutive year that Buffett has played Cincy.

Notable songs from the set list included “Fruitcakes”, and the Talking Heads cover “Once In A Lifetime.” View the entire set list here.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board.

The tour continues Saturday night at the Alpine Valley Music Center in East Troy, Wisconsin.

Update – The Cincinnati Enquirer has a review of Thursday night’s show – “Buffett’s repetition OK”.

Also, the Cincinnati Post has a review – “Buffet Country – Parrotheads flock to the party at Riverbend”

The 2007 Bama Breeze tour continued Saturday night at the Verzion Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, IN.

Notable songs from the set list included a new opener in “Coconut Telegraph,” “Domino College,” “Carnival World,” and “It’s My Job.”

View the entire set list here, along with Bamafan’s show notes.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board.

The tour continues Thursday night with a show from Cincinnati.

The 2007 Bama Breeze tour continued Saturday night at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL.

Notable songs from the set list included “I Will Play For Gumbo,” “Nothing But A Breeze,” and “Reggabilly Hill.”

View the entire set list here, along with Bamafan’s show notes.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board.

The tour continues Tuesday night with a show from Indianapolis.

Tickets for the October 4th concert at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu go on sale today at 9 am Hawaii time (2:00 pm CDT).

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Prices are $38.50 lawn, $76 and $126 reserved.

Tickets go on sale this Saturday, July 21st through Ticketmaster for the October 4th concert at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Update – Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. (Hawaii Local Time) Saturday, priced at $38.50 lawn, $76 and $126 reserved.

The Honolulu show that was previously announced here on BuffettWorld now has a date… Thursday, October 4th, at the Waikiki Shell.

View all tour dates that have been confirmed or rumored here.

Jimmy Buffett called Radio Margaritaville‘s program director/afternoon DJ Steve Huntington from Highway 101, near Beullton, California today, while making a solo road trip to Santa Cruz, with surfboards on the roof and his bike tied to the
rear of his rented white VW van. He was retracing steps from his days working the clubs of the California coast.

Buffett discussed getting a stand up paddle surfing lesson from surf god Laird Hamilton in San Onofre, playing Tinley/Chicago with Sonny Landreth who will be there for a blues festival.

He mentioned his trip to Hawaii in October, and a trip “Down Under” presumably to Australia.

He also discussed taking a video crew to the spot in Tahiti where he wrote “One Particular Harbour”.

Hear replays tonight with Miles Hampton(7/11) at 9pm and 11pm ET on Radio Margaritaville/SIRIUS 31, and radiomargaritaville.com.

Update: You can also catch replays of the interview at 7am & 9am with Carson Cooper on Thursday, July 12th.

The International Herald Tribune has a good article on Jimmy Buffett’s business empire: “Spotlight: Margaritaville is Jimmy Buffett’s empire”

Buffett said he owed much of his business acumen to the early days of his career, when, as a reporter for Billboard, the music magazine, he learned that a knowledge of business was a necessity for performing artists. The reason, he said, was that the music industry was not structured to meet the artist’s best interests.

He has also taken a page out of the book of another Buffett: Warren, the billionaire investor and a longtime friend. Jimmy Buffett said he valued the concept of “management in place” that he learned from watching Berkshire Hathaway: Hire competent people, then “just let them do it.”

Read the entire article here.