Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform a private show for about 600 people today at the new Margaritaville Cafe at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. The guests include parrotheads, local VIP guests, and 40 radio winners.

The doors open at 4:00 pm ET and the show starts at 5:00 pm ET.

Radio Margaritaville will broadcast the show live on Sirius 31 and on the web at www.radiomargaritaville.com. Carson Cooper will be on with the pre-show at 3:30 pm ET.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed for Barack Obama in Tampa, Florida on Sunday afternoon. 20,000 attended the “Last Chance For Change Rally” at the Ford Amphitheater. A sign outside the event said “I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this concert”.

Here was the set list from the show:

1 – Fins
2 – License to Chill
3 – It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
4 – Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
5- Son of a Son of a Sailor
6 – Volcano
7 – Cheeseburger in Paradise
8 – Come Monday
9 – Brown Eye Girl
10 – Margaritaville

Encore:
11 – Last Mango in Paris (dedicated to Captain Tony)

(Hat tip to SSOB4ever for providing us the set list)

Here are some writeups in the media:

• Fox13 – “Politics in Margaritaville”
• Creative Loafing – “Buffett Rocks for Obama in Tampa”
• Tampa Bay 10 – “Last Minute Push for Florida”

Also, view some photos from the show on Flickr.

The 2008 Year Of Still Here Tour came to an end Saturday night with the second of two shows from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The set list was largely unchanged from other recent shows, but Buffett did debut a cover of Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers.” It was the first known time that Jimmy has performed this song live.

View the entire set list here.

Did you attend the show? Post your comments on our forum.

Jimmy will play a special show for the opening of the newest Margaritaville Cafe at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT on November 8th. Ticket information here.

There are also a few rumors swirling around out there about possible shows in February in Hawaii and Tahiti. The latter is typically mentioned every year and never comes to fruition.

Jimmy Buffett will play a special private show on November 8th for the opening of the newest Margaritaville Cafe at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. Tickets are not being sold for this event, but you can win tickets by listening to the following stations:

• WCTY FM 97.7 (Country) – New London, CT
• WEBE FM 107.9 (AC) – Bridgeport, CT
• WCBS FM 101.1 (Classic Hits) – New York, NY
• WMJX MAGIC 106.7 (AC) – Boston, MA
• WHCN 105.9 (Rock AC) – Hartford, CT
• WWYZ 92.5FM (Country) – Hartford, CT
• RADIO MARGARITAVILLE SIRIUS CHANNEL 31

Be sure to start listening to these stations… Radio Margaritaville began giving away tickets Thursday night.

Miles Hampton just announced that Carson Cooper will give away tickets Friday morning after 8:00 am eastern time on Radio Margaritaville. Listen live on Sirius 31 or at www.radiomargaritaville.com

The 2008 Year Of Still Here Tour continued Tuesday night with a show from the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California… a suburb of San Francisco.

The set list was largely unchanged, though the rarely-played “Coast of Marseilles” finished out the show as the final encore.

You can view the full set list here.

Did you attend the show? Share your comments on our Forum.

The final stop of the Year Of Still Here Tour is Saturday with the second of two shows at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

You can still get tickets for the final show by going to TicketMaster or Stubhub!

Update – The Mercury News has a review of the show here.