North Carolinians were in need of a good time after tornadoes killed more than 20 people in the state over the weekend. On Tuesday night, Jimmy Buffett delivered with his Welcome to Fin Land Tour stopping at the Time Warner Cable Pavilion in Raleigh.

As promised, Buffett played a few more songs from this week’s featured album Volcano, including the first known performance of “Lady I Can’t Explain”. He also did “Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants”, “Sending The Old Man Home”, and “Survive” as the final encore.

The only two songs from Volcano that haven’t been played yet are “Boat Drinks” and “Dreamsicle.”

Other notable songs from the set lit included “School Boy Heart,” “Coast of Carolina,” and “Last Man Standing.”

View the entire set list and Justin’s show notes here.

The tour continues on Thursday in Charlotte before heading back to Florida on Saturday for a show in West Palm Beach. View the full tour schedule here and get your tickets now!

The 2011 Welcome to Fin Land Tour continues tonight as Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band take the show to the Time Warner Cable Pavilion in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The show will start shortly after 8 pm ET and you can listen live on Radio Margaritaville on Sirius 31 / XM 55 or on the web for free at radiomargaritaville.com. Be sure to tune in at 7 pm ET for the pre-show.

We’ll have a chat going on our forum if you’d like to follow along with the set list and chat with other parrotheads during the show.

See the full tour schedule here and get tickets now!

If there were any doubts about Jimmy’s health from that scary fall in Australia last January, they were quickly erased as Jimmy performed an energetic show in Tampa to kick off the 2011 Welcome to Fin Land Tour.

The set list contained more gems than usual. Buffett started the show off with “The Wino and I Know” a song that he hadn’t played with the full band since 2003. The third song was “Off to See The Lizard”, and Buffett added an extra verse on his fall:

I had problems with my brain
When I took that big stage dive
I had an ass like Kim Kardashian
But at least I’m still alive
Stitches in my elbow
Stitches in my head
So I healed up by the ocean
Not in some hospital bed
Whirling whirling song lines in my head

So I took off for Hawaii
Saw the acupuncture man
I ate a lot of grilled fish tacos
But retiring ain’t the plan
On a beach down in Jamaica
Found a bottle in the sand
When I opened it and read the note
It said “Welcome to Fin Land!”

Other notable songs included “Havana Daydreamin,” “Life is Just a Tire Swing,” “Peanut Butter Conspiracy,” and “The Great Filling Station Holdup.”

Halfway through (there was no intermission) Buffett said that they plan to play some songs they haven’t played in a while. He then said that they’d feature an album every week or so, and this week it’s Volcano. So Jimmy and the band played “Stranded on a Sandbar,” “Volcano,” and a great rendition of “Treat Her Like A Lady.” He said that they’ll play the full album by the end of the week.

The up-beat version of “Floridays” was in the first encore, and “Lovely Cruise” was the finale.

View the full set list here along with Justin’s show notes.

The Welcome to Fin Land Tour continues on Tuesday in Raleigh, NC. Find tickets to that show and others here.

It’s officially Jimmy Buffett Day in Florida! What better day to kick off the 2011 Welcome to Fin Land Tour? And what better place for the opening show to be than the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre in Tampa?

The concert will be streamed live on Radio Margaritaville on the web or Sirius 31 / XM 55. Pre-show begins around 7:30 pm ET, and after a short set from Ilo, Jimmy and the band will take the stage shortly after 8.

The show will also be shown at Landshark Landing at the Margaritaville Hotel in Pensacola:

LandShark Landing Beach Bar will show a live stream of Jimmy Buffett’s concert in Tampa! The concert will be shown on a special giant 20′ screen on the beach outside LandShark Landing. All guests are invited to bring chairs and blankets to sit on while they enjoy the concert. There will be preferred seating for guests staying at the Margaritaville Beach Hotel, as well as Parrothead Club members with a badge.

There will be pre- and post- concert entertainment by Captain Josh (3:30p.m. – 6: 30 p.m. and 10 p.m. – midnight), a beach cookout and drink specials! No outside coolers, food and/or drinks will be allowed.

Buffett will continue the tour on Tuesday in Raleigh, Thursday in Charlotte, and Saturday in West Palm Beach. See the full tour schedule here and get tickets now!

Ilo Ferreira, a gifted singer/songwriter/guitarist, was discovered performing in a club in his native Cape Verde by Jimmy Buffett, Chris Blackwell, and Tom Freston, while they were vacationing in West Africa. They were immediately captivated by Ilo and his talent.

“Gather People Together” is Ilo’s debut album and he wrote many of the songs that appear on this CD. Recorded in Cape Verde, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the U.S., the musicians featured include several members of Buffett’s band, the Coral Reefers – Mac McAnally, Ralph MacDonald, Robert Greenidge, Peter Mayer, Jim Mayer – and Jimmy himself.

Track List

1. I’m Home Again
2. Cara De Crocudill
3. Lifeline
4. Back to You
5. Call My Name
6. God Knows That
7. Dze Bo Me
8. They Won’t
9. Pau Ne Tchuck
10. Gather The People
11. Maré (Bonus Video)

Ilo will be touring with Jimmy this spring and summer. The album was produced by Tony Brown, Mac McAnally, Chris Blackwell, and Will Kimbrough. There are 10 songs, in English and Portuguese, plus the bonus video of the song Maré.

Pre-order the album now at Amazon.com. It will be released on April 19th.