JD Spradlin announced just now on Radio Margaritaville that three more tour dates have been added for early 2012:

Miami, FL
Saturday, January 28th
American Airlines Arena
On Sale Now -> TicketMaster | TicketNetwork

Jacksonville, FL
Tuesday, January 31st
Veterans Memorial Arena
On Sale Now -> TicketMaster | TicketNetwork

Charleston, SC
Thursday, February 2nd
North Charleston Coliseum
On Sale Now -> TicketMaster | TicketNetwork

These dates will be part of the Welcome to Fin Land Tour.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band closed out the 2011 Welcome to Fin Land Tour in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Opening the show with Viva Las Vegas, Buffett played a mostly standard show, but ended with the Bruce Springsteen classic “Glory Days” before playing “Defying Gravity” as the finale.

View the full set list here.

Buffett played nearly 30 shows on the Fin Land Tour this summer, making a few stops at places he hadn’t been in several years (Virginia Beach, Cuyahoga Falls, Phoenix, Denver). Go to our archives to relive the tour.

For those of you already wondering about next year, the spring and summer dates are usually announced in January or February. Buffett sometimes plays a few shows in January or February too. Last year it was Australia and New Zealand, while in years past it’s been Florida.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band wrap up the 2011 Welcome to Fin Land Tour tonight in Las Vegas with a show at the MGM Grand.

On Thursday night he performed in Phoenix for the first time since 2009 (view set list). A couple of area newspapers have reviews of the show:

• “Jimmy Buffett at Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion”
• “Jimmy Buffett brings Welcome to Fin Land to Phoenix”

Be sure to tune in to the Vegas show tonight on Radio Margaritaville at 8pm PDT!

(photo Maria Vassett/Special for Arizona Republic)

On Oct. 14th at 5 O’clock in the evening Margaritaville broke the World Record for the largest margarita ever made as verified by Guinness World Records. The event was part of the Grand Opening festivities for the new Margaritaville Casino at Flamingo in Las Vegas.

Halfway through the ceremony celebrating the new World Record, Jimmy Buffett surprised fans by coming out and raising a glass of Lucky Rita with the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team along with Flamingo’s Rick Mazer and Margaritaville’s Tamara Baldanza in front of more than 1,000 Parrotheads and onlookers.

“Much appreciation for these great wounded warriors, who I’ve worked with for a long time. Gentleman, thank you for coming out. We’re going to have a good time this weekend. Let the FIN begin,” said Buffett.

Lucky Rita is now on sale to the public allowing guests a taste of history and an opportunity to contribute to a great cause. For every gallon of Lucky Rita sold, Margaritaville will donate $5 to the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team. More than a margarita, Lucky Rita is a concoction with a cause.

“I am thrilled we have expanded our relationship with Margaritaville,” said Rick Mazer president of Flamingo Las Vegas, “and now together we have opened the first-ever Margaritaville Casino.”

After six months of planning, the mixing of the colossal 8,500 gallon beverage, appropriately named “Lucky Rita,” began its first pour on Oct. 11, 2011. Lucky Rita took an estimated 300 work hours to mix the concoction.

The Flamingo Las Vegas confirmed today that Jimmy Buffett will be on hand this Friday as the Lucky Rita world record margarita is topped off and the first drink is poured from it.

So be sure to come out on Friday to celebrate and see Jimmy at the grand opening ceremony! Then stick around the next day to see him perform at the MGM Grand!

Meanwhile, watch the progress on Lucky Rita live here.

Get more details on the world record attempt here.

To celebrate the grand opening of the Margaritaville gaming area at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, Jimmy’s crew is attempting the world record largest margarita.

Starting today, workers will begin to fill the 31 ft. tall tank dubbed Lucky Rita. You can watch live around the clock at www.margaritaville.com/luckyrita.html

When full, Lucky Rita will contain 8,500 gallons! What’s the recipe?

• 2,125 gallons Margaritaville Gold Tequila
• 708 gallons Margaritaville Triple Sec
• 5,667 gallons Margarita Mix
• 22,267 limes

The official Lucky Rita and Margaritaville Grand Opening ceremony will be held on October 14th with the final pour intended to set the world record for the Guinness Book. Then from October 14th through the 23rd, over 181,333 margaritas will be served, coinciding with the 7th annual Margaritaville street party.

Jimmy Buffett’s official website has received a makeover. A beautiful Caribbean background dominates the main page and a countdown to the grand opening of the Margaritaville Casino in Las Vegas sits at the top right.

Surf over and take a look now at www.margaritaville.com.

Here’s a quick tour of how the Margaritaville.com site has changed over the years. How far back do you remember?

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Take a look at some photos of the new Margaritaville gaming area inside the Flamingo Las Vegas, posted by Margaritaville Las Vegas on Facebook. How cool are the lime lights?

Mac McAnally’s new live album drops in a week and you can watch a couple videos from the show that the live recordings were taken from.

Go to www.margaritaville.com to see Mac perform “Bound to Get Down” and “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.”

Here’s the track listing:

1. It’s a Crazy World
2. New Orleans Intro
3. Blame It On New Orleans
4. Down the Road Intro
5. Down the Road
6. Down by the River
7. Dark Ages Intro
8. Dark Ages
9. Pop Top Hop Intro
10. Pop Top Hop
11. Miracle
12. Cafe on the Corner Intro
13. Cafe on the Corner
14. Opinion on Love Intro
15. Opinion on Love
16. All These Years Intro
17. All These Years
18. This Time Intro
19. This Time
20. Bound to Get Down
21. Little Blue Phil
22. On Account of You
23. Last Man Standing
24. Back Where I Come From Intro
25. Back Where I Come From
26. It’s My Job
27. I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Go to www.macmcanallystore.com to pre-order Live in Muscle Shoals for $15.00.

Recorded live from the Norton Auditorium at the University of North Alabama during the W.C. Handy Music Festival, Mac put together an incredible band of musicians consisting of fellow Coral Reefers and Muscle Shoals/Nashville session friends in which they captivated the audience.

The album will be released October 11th.

After years of deals being made and deals falling through, you’ll finally be able to drop a coin in a Margaritaville slot machine today as the Margaritaville gaming area at the Flamingo casino opens in Las Vegas.

The 15,000-square-foot “casino within a casino” features 22 gaming tables, 220 slot machines and a centerpiece “5 O’clock Somewhere” bar. Palm trees double as pillars, tiki huts poke from the ceiling and a giant margarita blender decorates an entrance.

Friday, staff put the finishing touches on the $10 million casino. Workers swept up dust as dealers in Hawaiian shirts and bikini-clad cocktail servers toured the floor.

The mini-casino links the main Flamingo casino floor with the resort’s 8-year-old Margaritaville restaurant. Caesars staff oversaw gaming decisions, and Margaritaville officials designed the space.