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April 2002

April 30

The Today Show has announced their summer concert line up, and Jimmy is NOT listed. Don't know if he'll be added at a later date.

The Upstate Parrot Head Club is hosting its 2nd Annual Island Fever Food & Music Festival on May 19th, in Spartanburg, SC. Proceeds will benefit the South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind and the Special Olympics.

April 29

The AP has a short story about Jimmy Buffett Writing New Book.

David Templeton of the Post-Gazette has a nice profile of the Washington High School Steel Drum Band, with whom Robert Greenidge will perform on May 10, in his column David Templeton's Seldom Seen: Even masters can't resist high school steel band.

April 28

Parade's James Brady interviews JB in In Step With.

April 27

The Star-Telegram reviews the Dallas show in Buffett is as Buffett does.

The much-missed From The Vault should now be functional again. There's a 100MB/day download limit...

April 26

The Dallas Morning News has a review of last night's show saying "Jimmy Buffet[t] serves fans new tunes and expected favorites."

Last night's Dallas setlist is available.

Don't forget to post your reviews of last night's show on the bulletin board...

The Times-Picayune profiles Sonny Landreth in Slide Rules. Thanks to Guy Brierre

April 25

The Houston Chronicle reviews the previous show in Parrotheads enjoy a bit of paradise.

The Dallas Morning News has a short preview of the upcoming show.

Jim Caple of ESPN suggests "Margaritaville" as an inappropriate tune to be played for golfer John Daly in Who let the prudes out? Thanks to Bryan Ward

April 24

Margaritaville has updated Jimmy's media appearances. CMT will broadcast Jimmy's 1984 ACL appearance this Friday at 9 PM Eastern. Jimmy will be profiled on James Brady's page in this Sunday's Parade Magazine, and he will appear in the May 11-17 edition of TV Guide.

According to Country Music News, 10 years ago today JB held a concert in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to raise money to help separate his Save the Manatees organization from the Florida Audubon Society.

The Palm Beach Post reports that JB is no longer a franchisee for Krispy Kreme (but still is an investor) in Krispy Kreme makes West Palm splash.

Last night's Houston setlist is available.

Don't forget to post your reviews of last night's show on the bulletin board...

April 23

Margaritaville has information about the upcoming New Orleans Jazzfest dates.

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the Bulletin Board: Bathroom Humor -- The Writing on the Wall.

April 22

The News and Record reviews the Greensboro show in Buffet[t] not finished yet.

April 21

The Mobile Register has A Conversation With Jimmy Buffett.

April 20

The GCC has been updated with "Some Day I Will" and "The Tiki Bar Is Open."

Tonight's Greensboro setlist is available.

Don't forget to post your reviews of tonight's show on the bulletin board...

The Ticket Swap has been updated for the added West Coast dates.

April 19

The May 16 appearance of the Peter Mayer Group at the Key West Music Festival has been officially cancelled.

According to Margaritaville, the following dates have been added to the tour: September 24 in Portland, OR, and October 1 in Phoenix, AZ. Both on sale dates are to be announced.

The Shoreline show has been changed to September 26. The on sale date is still April 22. Thanks to Chris Reichel

Last night's Charlotte setlist is available.

Don't forget to post your reviews of last night's show on the bulletin board...

Mac McAnally will play a show at Shank Hall in Milwaukee on Friday, Aug. 23, the night before the Alpine Valley concert. Jim Hoehn will be opening for Mac. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door.

April 18

The Shoreline Amphitheatre concert is confirmed, with tickets going on sale 4/22 at 10 AM.

The David Lee Roth-Sammy Hagar tour will have a vibe that is "a cross between Jimmy Buffett and Limp Bizkit." Thanks to Paul Scott

April 17

Tickets for the San Diego show go on sale 4/20 according to the House of Blues.

Last night's Raleigh setlist is available.

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the bulletin board, Questions That Bother Me So.

Don't forget to post your reviews of last night's show on the bulletin board...

April 16

Jimmy will play Shoreline in Mountain View, CA on October 22. Tickets go on sale April 22. Other dates include San Diego September 28 and Irvine, CA on October 3 and 5. (This is not confirmed, yet.) Thanks to Robert Nessler

Margaritaville will be posting the pictures of each concert's Hokey Pokey winners.

R Scott Bryan's (Peter Mayer's percussionist) upcoming appearances are listed on the bulletin board.

April 15

The Tennessean reviews Saturday's show in Chorus of Parrot Heads makes Buffett show hard to critique.

April 14

The Raleigh News & Observer has a nice profile of Jimmy entitled Tropical Son.

Last night's Nashville setlist is available.

Don't forget to post your reviews of last night's show on the bulletin board...

You can vote in the new poll to your left on the 2002 setlist...

The April 22 issue of People reviews Far Side of the World. Ralph Novak's bottom line: "Satisfying fare for fans."

The GCC has been updated with 10 new songs.

The Western Massachusetts Parrot Head Club Inc.'s 7th Annual New England PHC Convention "Stars on the Water" in March was a huge success. They raised enough money to grant two children's wishes. The WMPHC Inc. gave the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Western & Central Mass a check in the amount of $12,079.80! 

April 13

Margaritaville's concert contest this year is the "Parrot Head Costume / Dance Contest." The contest will be held at the plaza stage at each venue with the performing band each night at 7pm. Winners will be selected from a Hokey Pokey competition while being judged on costume and dance creativity. The Coral Reefer Dancers will serve as judges. Those selected each night will join Jimmy on stage during a song.

The Eastern Shore of Virginia Blue Crab Music Fest on July 27, 2002 will include former CRB member Fingers Taylor as well as current Reefer Mike Utley.

The Travel Channel's show "Florida Keys: Unlocking The Mysteries" has a segment on The Blue Heaven Restaurant in Key West, even mentioned the song by Mr. Buffett. It talks about it's AAA restaurant rating, its past as a bordello, the cock fighting it had hosted, along with grave for the former fighting champs and Hemingway's refereed sparring matches. It's about a 5 minute piece which is 20 minutes into the show. Thanks to Bo Baber

April 12

The bulletin board has been updated! We are still working out a few bugs, so please bear with us through the transition.

For the week ending March 31, Jimmy's new single, "Savannah Fare You Well", received 32 plays on radio, according to stations monitored by Broadcast Data Systems. Buffett's 25-year-old "Margaritaville" got 391.  Still, Buffett's new album, Far Side of the World, debuted on the Billboard chart at number 5, which was his best showing in six years. Thanks to Drew Warren

April 11

You can read a short review of the Breakers Palm Beach show in Parrotheads can't get a Breakers. Thanks to Jim Hayward

UPI reports that Jimmy thinks his experience making Don't Stop the Carnival helped him with his newest album.

St. Somewhere will be playing Buffett tunes on one of the sidestages prior to the show. Apparently, Club Trini will not be making their usual pre-show appearances.

April 10

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the Bulletin Board, Far Side of the World.

Jimmy Buffett appears on The Best of the Today Show Concert Series, Volume 2. It cannot currently be found in stores, but you can buy it direct from NBC online for $13.98 plus $3.95 shipping and handling. Thanks to Mike DeGraba

The Irvine shows are no longer listed on Ticketmaster's website. We don't know why. If anybody has any more information about the shows, please let us know.

April 4

Ticketmaster has listed two dates for Irvine Meadows in Irvine, CA: Thursday, October 3, and Saturday, October 5. The on sale date for both is April 22 at 10 AM

Jimmy said last night that he will tour the West Coast in September and early October. His stops should include Portland, Irvine, San Diego, Shoreline in Mountainview, CA, Phoenix, and Hawaii.

The 1978 SNL episode featuring Jimmy is set to be broadcast on E! April 10 at 7:00 pm.

The setlist from last night's West Palm Beach benefit show has been posted.

Yesterday's cartoon Mother Goose & Grimm finds Grimm awake at 2 a.m. wondering, "What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?" Thanks to Katie Yeomans

April 2

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the bulletin board, Heroes In My Hometown.

April 1

Rehearsals have started for the summer tour.

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