Jimmy Buffett comes in at Number 7 on Rolling Stone’s “Richest Rock Stars of 2006.”

Side businesses and endorsements were another lucrative source of income, and the king of that approach is Jimmy Buffett (No. 7, $44 million), who not only grossed $41 million on his annual amphitheater tour but also earned around $15 million from his ten Margaritaville restaurants (which also sell merchandise such as Parrothead hats), a deal with Sirius Satellite Radio and other ventures.

Buffett also owns his own record label, Mailboat Records, enabling him to earn as much as $5 royalty per record sold, as compared to the standard $1 to $2.50. “Jimmy Buffett is a cottage industry by himself,” says Arfa. Says Guerinot, “It’s a lifestyle thing. It’s every thirty-eight-year-old with a BMW spending his seventy-five dollars on a ticket.”

Here’s a look at the Top Ten:

1. U2, $154.2 million
2. The Rolling Stones, $92.5 million
3. Eagles, $63.2 million
4. Paul McCartney, $56 million
5. Elton John, $48.9 million
6. Neil Diamond, $44.7 million
7. Jimmy Buffett, $44 million
8. Rod Stewart, $40.3 million
9. Dave Matthews Band, $39.6 million
10. Celine Dion, $38.5 million

See the rest of the list here.

STLToday.com mentions US Olympic snowboarder Shaun White attending an Oscar party and seeing Jimmy there.

As one of the U.S. Olympians that definitely did not stink, snow boarder Shaun White is living large these days. During a Wednesday visit to ESPN2’s “Cold Pizza” show, White gushed about his invites to the Oscar parties.

“I was all excited. It was insane to just meet some people like that. Even Jimmy Buffett was at the party . . . that was one of those things where I realized everybody’s just normal people and everybody watches the Olympics. It’s such an amazing event. It’s cool to have those people know my name. It was cool because I was in awe to meet them, and it seemed like some of them were just as excited to meet me.”

Read the whole article here.

The Post-Gazette Pavilion website has Jimmy on the main page and a link to a promotional video for the tour.

Click here to watch the video.

The Cincinnati Post has an article on the price of tickets for this year’s show at Riverbend.

Jimmy Buffett, who has likely grossed more than $25 million (by conservative estimates) from the Cincinnati market over the past 25 years, isn’t done yet.

Read the whole article here.

It’s confirmed, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will play the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT on Thursday, June 29th.

Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 am EST through Ticketmaster.

Prices range from $91.00 – $251.00