We’ve received a list of cities that are likely stops for the 2011 Welcome To Fin Land Tour.

The below list is cities that haven’t already been confirmed. To see confirmed shows, visit the Tour Dates page.

Atlantic City, NJ
Bristow, VA
Camden, NJ
Charleston, SC
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Columbia, MD
Columbia, SC
Columbus, OH
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI
East Troy, WI
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Greensboro, Nc
Indianapolis, IL
Irvine, CA
Jacksonville, FL
Las Vegas, NV
Mansfield, MA
Memphis, TN
Miami, FL
Mountain View, CA
Nashville, TN
New York, NY
Orlando, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
San Diego, CA
Tacoma, WA
Tallahassee, FL
Toronto, ON
Uncasville, CT
Virginia Beach, VA
Wantagh, NY

If this is indeed the list for the 2011 tour, it includes some cities that haven’t been played in years. This might help explain why it’s taking longer for the full tour announcement this year compared to recent years.

(hat tip Bam Bam)

Cincinnati.com is reporting that Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform at the Riverbend Music Center on Tuesday, August 23rd.

Tickets go on sale Monday, March 14th at 10 am.

“For the past 24 years Jimmy Buffett has entertained Cincinnati Parrotheads with an incredible 44 sell-out performances,” said Mike Smith, president of Riverbnd. “It just would not be summer in Cincinnati without Jimmy Buffett and we are pleased to have him back to continue the tradition this year.”

An advertisement in the Dallas Morning News confirms that Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas on Saturday, May 21st.

Tickets go on sale Monday, March 14th at 10 am.

There is usually a TicketMaster presale for the Frisco show. We’ll pass along the details when we get them.

(hat tip Chris M.)

LiveNation confirms that Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform at the Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, May 24th.

Tickets go on sale March 12 at 10 am ET.

(Hat tip Dan)

He’s won CMA’s Musician of the Year award three years running, and now Coral Reefer Mac McAnally’s home state of Mississippi has bestowed even more honors on the singer/songwriter:

First during a ceremony in Jackson, and emceed by Marty Stuart, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Arts Commission presented McAnally with the 2011 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. A bronze cast statue designed by artist Bill Dunlap represents the distinction.

The next day, McAnally became only the sixth artist to be recognized with a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail. The marker was unveiled at the same city park in Belmont, MS where Mac once played as a child. He joins such music luminaries as Jimmie Rodgers and Marty Stuart.

“This is an amazing honor for me to be acknowledged in such a way by the state I grew up in and was inspired by,” McAnally said. “Music is a vital part of life in Mississippi—from the Delta blues to country to Southern rock. It seeps into your very soul. I am proud to have grown up in a state so rich in culture and with such an amazing and deep musical heritage.”

Music was a direct path for young Lyman “Mac” McAnally. Born in Red Bay Alabama and raised in Belmont, Mississippi, he was a guitar and piano prodigy performing in clubs at 13, writing songs at 15 and a Muscle Shoals studio mainstay by 18. He scored his own record deal by the age of 17 and was later touring as a member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, a position he holds to this day. As a songwriter, McAnally has scored numerous #1 hits, including Kenny Chesney’s 2009 #1 “Down The Road.”

Congrats Mac on another well-deserved honor!