Tonight, Jimmy Buffett takes his 2010 Under The Big Top Tour back to where he began his musical career nearly 40 years ago: Nashville, Tennessee. It’s Buffett’s first time to perform a full show in the town since 2003. When asked recently why it had been so long since he’d been back to Nashville, Buffett said “Well, they closed the great outdoor amphitheater. What a stupid thing that was. I loved that place.”

The fans will probably appreciate being indoors tonight at the Bridgestone Arena though. The forecast for showtime is a 70% chance of thunderstorms.

As always, the entire show will be broadcast live on Radio Margaritaville on the web and on Sirius 31 / XM 55. The pre-show will begin around 7:30 pm CT and Jimmy will take the stage shortly after 8 pm.

Jimmy has been live-streaming video on USTREAM of the soundcheck and portions of the show. So be sure to tune in from 3:00-5:00 and then again during the show.

For Buffett’s return to Music City, The Tennessean has a special feature on his Nashville Connections complete with some rare photos.

Two St. Louis area newspapers have reviews of Thursday night’s show:

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Buffett Brings a New ‘Volcano’ to St. Louis”
Riverfront Times: “Trying to Reason with Parrot Head Season at Jimmy Buffett”

The Dispatch also has a photo gallery from the show. View the photos

Thanks to all of you that came by the BuffettWorld area and said hello. It was great to meet you all!

(photo by Sarah Conard / STL Post Dispatch)

The circus came to town Thursday night as Jimmy and the Reefers moved the Under The Big Top Tour to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri.

Notable additions to the set list this time included “Piece of Work,” “Coconut Telegraph,” and “Bama Breeze.” A medley consisting of “L’Air de la Louisiane” with a verse of “Defying Gravity” in the middle was tonight’s final encore.

View the entire set list here.

Did you attend the show? Share your thoughts on our Discussion Board.

The first leg of the Under The Big Top Tour will conclude Saturday with a show in Nashville, TN. You can still get your tickets now!

The soundheck for tonight’s show in St. Louis was once again streamed live on USTREAM. You can view the songs rehearsed here.

USTREAM will stream more songs tonight during the live show so stay tuned!

Tickets go on sale Friday morning at 10 am PT for the October 16th show at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California (San Francisco area).

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And on Monday, tickets will go on sale at 10 am PT through TicketMaster for the October 21st show in Irvine, California.