“Hello New York!” welcomed the crowd to the next stop of the Year Of Still Here Tour in New York City.

Returning to New York City for the third straight year, the first set featured a couple of big changes. “USS Zydecoldsmobile,” a duet with Sonny Landreth, took the third spot, bouncing “Fruitcakes” out of the set for the first time all year. The other change saw “We’re Still Here” return in the fifth spot, also knocking out “Miss You So Badly” for the first time all year.

The only change in the second set was Nadirah’s “Makin’ Music for Money” moving back up to the fourteenth spot. Nothing replaced it later on in the set, leaving the second set unusually short.

The First Encore remained rock steady, but after Jimmy finished “Rainy Day Woman #12 and 35,” he called the band back for one more song. “We’re calling an audible here” Jimmy joked before deciding on “Glory Days” to extend the First Encore. This was the first appearance of “Glory” since Houston earlier this year. The second encore was again different, this time with a solo acoustic performance of “Lovely Cruise,” making its first appearance since October 4, 2007 in Honolulu. “See You at Jones Beach!”

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The second leg of the 2008 “Year of Still Here” tour will come to a close with the first stadium show of the year Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Get your tickets now!

Tuesday Night, Jimmy brought the Year Of Still Here Tour back to Clarkston, Michigan.

Returning to Clarkston for the first time since 2006, the first set returned to early tour form with “The Tiki Bar is Open” back in the second spot, replacing “License to Chill” after a one show break. There was no “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” tonight, instead Jake Shimabukuro and Robert Greenidge treated fans to a fantastic version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

The second set saw a few changes as well as “Scarlet Begonias” was played instead of “Bama Breeze.” But the brightest moment of the night came when Jimmy introduced the one and only Greg “Fingers” Taylor as he played his trademark solos on “Son of a Son of a Sailor,” “The City” and of course, “A Pirate Looks at Forty.” “Fingers” had not played with Jimmy since the Bristow, Virginia show last June.

Again the only change in the encores was in the second one, with a solo acoustic performance of the classic “Tin Cup Chalice,” making its first appearance of the tour. It was last played November 3, 2007 in Tampa, Florida which was the last show of that tour.

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The 2008 “Year of Still Here” tour will continue Thursday night with a big show from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Get your tickets now!

Update – The Detroit Free Press has a review of Tuesday night’s show: “Buffett gives Parrotheads and Wings fans a night to remember”

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band’s Year Of Still Here Tour continues tonight with a show from the DTE Energy Music Center in Clarkston, Michigan.

You can listen to the show live on Radio Margaritaville on the web at www.radiomargaritaville.com or on Sirius 31. The pre-show will begin at 7:30 pm ET and Jimmy will take the stage shortly after 8.

You can follow along with the set list and chat with other parrotheads during the show on our Discussion Board.

“Hot Hot Hot in North Carolina!” as Jimmy put it, turned out to be very true for the second stop of the second leg of the Year Of Still Here Tour in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Returning to Raleigh for the first time since 2004 and the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre for the first time since 2002, the first set again featured a few changes, as this time “License to Chill” was played in the second spot, replacing “The Tiki Bar is Open,” which was absent for the first time of the tour. Another change saw an acoustic version of “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” return after “Come Monday.”

The second set continued the changes with “Bama Breeze” sliding into the set for the first time since Tampa in 2007. An especially long second set also saw “Far Side of the World” back in the set after taking a show off. Atlanta’s premiere, “The City,” featuring Mac taking the lead vocal, also stayed in as the set pushed to 27 songs before the encore.

Again the only change in the encores was in the second one, with a performance of the recent classic “Coast of Carolina”, making its debut acoustically with Jimmy and Mac picking their way through a wonderful version. The song itself had not been played since June 6, 2006 in Charlotte.

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The 2008 “Year of Still Here” tour will continue Tuesday night with a show at the DTE Energy Music Center in Clarkston, MI. Get your tickets now!

The Raleigh News & Observer has a preview of Saturday’s show at Walnut Creek: “Jimmy Buffett is coming to town”

Buffett’s show sold out in less than a day when it went on sale in March. Walnut Creek used to be one of Buffett’s most reliable strongholds during the 1990s, when he would sell out two and even three shows a season. He has played there 20 times since 1991, more than any other act.

But Buffett hasn’t played Walnut Creek since 2002 — or in the Triangle since a 2004 show at the RBC Center. Wilson Howard, who books shows at Walnut Creek for Live Nation, declined to comment when asked why it’s been six years since Buffett’s last Walnut Creek appearance.

Whatever the reason, Parrothead Nation is just glad the hiatus is ending. The local legions have been gearing up for this show for months.

“We’re all very excited,” says Scott Ennis, who is helping to organize a preshow parking-lot party. “We plan to meet at 2:00 Saturday to get in line for the lots, which open at 3:00. It will be an all-day event, lots of Parrotheads there partying. Some are going just for the pre-party, and they’ll listen from the parking lot. Not everybody could get tickets.”

Read the entire article here.

(hat tip to Jahfin for passing this along)

“Happy summertime to you too!” welcomed the crowd to the second leg of the Year Of Still Here Tour in Atlanta, Georgia.

Returning to the Lakewood Amphitheatre for the first time in two years, the first set remained largely the same, the exceptions being a new arrangement for “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes”, as it jumped from the second set into the first set, replacing “We’re Still Here,” which was absent for the first time of the tour, and the second outing of “Cowboy in the Jungle.” The new arrangement for “Changes” featured a slower pace and a prominent acoustic guitar rather than electric.

The second set was shuffled some with “Tryin’ to Reason with Hurricane Season” sliding into the set for the first time and “The City” returning for the first time since September 19, 2006 in Austin, Texas. Other changes saw “Volcano” and Nadirah’s “Makin’ Music for Money” sliding down a few spots each.

The only change in the encores was in the second one, with the first known performance of John Prine’s “Big Old Goofy World” solo on acoustic guitar.

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The 2008 “Year of Still Here” tour will continue Saturday Night with a show at the Time Warner Pavilion in Raleigh, NC. Get your tickets now!

Update – Nelson Hicks of WSBTV.com has a slideshow and video from the show. Check it out here.

After a month-long hiatus, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band are back on tour tonight with a show from the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s the third year in a row that Buffett has played Atlanta.

The pre-show will begin around 7:30 pm EDT and Jimmy will take the stage shortly after 8. You can listen to the show live on Radio Margaritaville on the web at www.radiomargaritaville.com or on Sirius 31.

Also, follow along with the set list and chat with other parrot heads during the show on our Discussion Board.

Last week it was announced that Jimmy Buffett has bought the Trump Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Patriot News reports that the casino won’t open as Margaritaville until at least next summer:

The sale of the Marina is expected to take six to nine months and will require approval by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

That means Parrotheads, the devoted fans of Buffett and the laid-back beach lifestyle made famous by “Margaritaville,” won’t see the new property until at least next summer.

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Billboard has an interview with Jimmy Buffett: “Buffett Busy With Live DVD, Tour, Kids Book”. He talks about how he’s been writing songs, but is not in any hurry to put out a new album:

Buffett is developing albums for younger artists, including Coral Reefer Band backup singer Nadirah Shakoor, for his Mailboat label. And his Year of Still Here Tour starts tomorrow at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta.

As for that next album, the follow-up to 2006′s “Take the Weather With You,” Buffett says that “the time it takes to write a book kind of produces an offshoot of you [wanting] to go back to something else.”

He adds that he’s been “listening to different things that inspire me musically, but I’m in no hurry to do (an album). I am writing songs; it’ll be interesting to see if I wait and get a collection of 12 of them together to do an album or go do four and put ‘em online or something. The delivery systems now … it’s very interesting how you can put stuff out there, so we’ll see what feels like the best way to do it.”

Read the entire article here.

Parrotheads tailgating before the show on Thursday at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia will have a chance to rock out to Buffett’s song on a portable version of “Rock Band” mounted to a golf cart:

The second part of Jimmy Buffett’s tour kicks off in Atlanta June 5. The singer has called on Meridian’s Peavey Electronics to add a little excitement to it.

Peavey makes the game controllers for the popular electronic guitar games and Buffett asked the company to make one for ‘Rock Band’, a game that features several of his songs.

Instead of a standard game controller, Buffett wanted this one to be on a golf cart.

“I’m going to look forward to seeing his face when he sees it in Atlanta Thursday. We’ve had a ball doing it and it pretty much speaks for himself,” said company founder Hartley Peavey.

“Jimmy’s Sharkart”, as it will be called, will be on hand before the concert, as fans tailgate. They’ll get a shot at a high score, and a chance to meet Buffett.