Jimmy Buffett’s latest Margaritaville Cafe will open next Friday, November 16th at 11 am in Glendale, Arizona, provided it passes its final round of inspections by city officials.

The restaurant is located in the new Westgate City Center, a massive shopping and entertainment plaza in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. Buffett’s Margaritaville will feature patio seating and a balcony overlooking the center’s $5 million Bellagio-like water fountain.

Visit Margaritaville.com for more information on Buffett’s cafes.

The 41st Annual CMA Awards were held Wednesday night in Nashville, and Jimmy did not win the award in the sole category that he was nominated in: Musical Event of the Year for “Hey Good Lookin’,” with Alan Jackson and George Strait.

Taking home the prize in that category were Tracy Lawrence, with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw for “Find Out Who Your Friends Are.” See the full list of winners here.

Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally was nominated as Best Musician, but Jerry Douglas took home that award.

Buffett has been nominated 6 times for CMA Awards, but has won just once, for Vocal Event Of The Year with Alan Jackson for the 2003 hit “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” Watch Jimmy’s acceptance speech from 2003.

The 41st Annual CMA Awards will air live tonight from the Sommet Center in Nashville at 8/7c on ABC.

Jimmy Buffett is nominated with Alan Jackson and George Strait in the “Musical Event of the Year” category for “Hey Good Lookin’”, the live version, from the 2007 album “Live At Texas Stadium.”

Here are the other nominees in the category:

Reba McEntire with Kelly Clarkson
“Because of You”

Tracy Lawrence featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
“Find Out Who Your Friends Are”

Alison Krauss and John Waite
“Missing You”

Vince Gill with Guest Vocalist Alison Krauss
“The Reason Why”

View all the nominees in all the categories here.

“Live In Anguilla” is available in stores today! The 2-CD/DVD combo was recorded from the March 2007 shows on the island of Anguilla.

From Amazon.com:

A Jimmy Buffett concert on a tropical island. Just walk down the beach for a once-in-a-lifetime intimate performance from Margaritaville’s favorite son. That’s what a few thousand fans got to experience at Jimmy’s Caribbean shows on March 23 and 24, 2007. Now everyone else can, too. A double CD and an 82 minute DVD were recorded live at the Dune Preserve, Rendezvous Bay in Anguilla, in Bankie Banx’s backyard and the site of famous Moonsplash Festivals. The CD’s include 30 songs, all of your favorites, plus some special in-concert rarities like Domino College, Waiting In Vain, When Salome Plays the Drum, King of Somewhere Hot, Treat Her Like A Lady, and Distantly In Love. The DVD was recorded in High Definition and is in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound.

Buy this album today at your local store, or order now online through Amazon.com!

You can now check out the album artwork for Buffett’s latest release “Live in Anguilla” in our massive Album Artwork collection, the largest Jimmy Buffett album artwork collection on the net!

The “Live in Anguilla” 2-CD/DVD comes with a booklet in which Buffett talks about the show, and also a write-up from a Anguilla historian. And as always, the artwork contains some great pictures.

You can view all the album artwork and read the liner notes here. Tip o’ the hat to Shane C. for providing us the images.

Haven’t ordered “Live in Anguilla” yet? Get it now!

The 2007 Bama Breeze Tour came to an end on Saturday night with Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band playing the second of two shows from the Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida.

View the set list from the show here.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board. Got pictures? Upload them to our Photo Gallery.

Check back often for announcements of special shows and tour dates for 2008.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played the first of two shows from the Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Thursday night. Florida Governor Charlie Crist introduced Buffett to the 20,000 fans, saying, “He has Florida in his heart and he loves her like I do.”

Buffett and Crist met privately before the show to discuss their concerns over the protection of Manatees. “He said, ‘I just want to thank you for what you did for the manatees,’” Crist said. “And I said, ‘No, thank you. Thank you for doing so much for our state and looking out for our wildlife and our natural estuaries and caring so much about Florida.’” Read more here.

Though there weren’t too many rare songs in the set list, Buffett rounded out the show with a great acoustic rendition of “Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season,” played live for the first time since December 5, 2003 in Key West.

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

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board. Got pictures? Upload them to our Photo Gallery.

The tour continues Saturday, November 3rd with the second of two shows fromTampa, Florida.