The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival was held last week in Austin, Texas and Jimmy Buffett, from his house in St. Barts, helped demo a new service called StageIt that lets artists broadcast live shows from anywhere and earn money from the viewers.

Artist/ entrepreneur Evan Lowenstein wowed SXSW with his new company StageIt, which allows artists to broadcast themselves with live interactive performances and make money with direct to fan contact. To prove the point, Jimmy Buffett playing from his house in St. Barts directly from his laptop to the StageIt party in Austin, TX. So cool!

Looks like the ticket brokers were right. LiveNation is confirming this morning that Jimmy Buffett will return to Toronto this summer:

Toronto, ON
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 16th

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 25th at 10 am ET.

The site lists a Live Nation / Mobile App Presale starting Thursday, March 24th at 10 am ET. We’re not sure what’s involved. If you know details, please let us know so we can share with others.

(hat tip Gregg)

Tickets go on sale this morning at 10 am for Jimmy Buffett’s show at Alpine Valley:

East Troy, WI
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Saturday, June 25th
LiveNation | TicketNetwork

With Alpine going on sale, all confirmed shows have now gone on sale. View the Welcome to Fin Land Tour Dates.

He’s made cameos in several movies, but could a television sitcom guest appearance be in Jimmy Buffett’s future?

The producers and writers of NBC’s Thursday night show ‘Parks and Recreation,’ starring SNL alum Amy Poehler, want Jimmy to play the father of one of the characters:

Cast member Aziz Ansari aimed high and shared his desire for Usher to be revealed as Tom’s brother — preferably making his grand entrance by being lowered dramatically in from the ceiling. When talk turned to the oft-mentioned but elusive Mayor Gunderson, Poehler admitted that she would love for Bill Murray to play the part. There was also talk of Jimmy Buffett being brought in to portray Leslie’s father — executive producer Michael Schur revealed that there’s still a note in the writer’s room that simply reads ‘Jimmy Buffett’, since they’re still aspiring towards him.

Another couple of shows go on sale this morning at 10 am eastern time through LiveNation:

Burgettstown, PA
First Niagara Pavilion
Tuesday, June 21st
LiveNation | TicketNetwork

Bristow, VA
Jiffy Lube Live
Saturday, August 27th
LiveNation | TicketNetwork