Freddy and the Fishsticks (aka Jimmy Buffett and a condensed version of the Coral Reefers) will perform at the New Orleans Margaritaville Cafe on Thursday, May 1st at 9:30 pm.

Tickets are priced at $200 and will be sold online with proceeds going to charity. On sale date is not yet known.

Jimmy and a smaller combo have performed under the moniker at various small venue shows in the past.

Did you miss Jimmy’s performance live on Radio Margaritaville Wednesday afternoon from the Glendale, Arizona Margaritaville? Well, you’re in luck because you will have three chances in the coming week to hear the replay:

Sunday, April 13 at 11am ET
Monday, April 14 at 8pm ET
Wednesday, April 16 at 11pm ET

Note: “Son of a Son of a Sailor” was interrupted by a sound system outage there, and will not
be in the replay.

View the set list from the show here.

Arizonians were treated to a special performance on Wednesday night at the Margaritaville Cafe in Glendale, Arizona. Jimmy Buffett and Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally played an afternoon acoustic show to celebrate the opening of the restaurant.

Buffett mentioned during the show that they would end the 2008 tour in Hawaii.

The set list was largely “Songs You Know By Heart”, but a great acoustic version of “Stories We Could Tell” finished off the night. View the entire set list here and Bamafan’s show review here.

Did you attend the show? Share your thoughts on our Discussion Board or post your photos in our Photo Gallery.

Update – The Arizona Republic has a story on the show: “Buffett opens ‘Margaritaville’ to cheering crowd”. The article includes a great slideshow of pictures from the show.

The 2008 tour kicks off Monday, April 21st with a show from Houston, Texas.

Jimmy Buffett and Coral Reefer Mac McAnally will play a show at the new Margaritaville Cafe in Glendale, Arizona today to celebrate the grand opening.

The show will be broadcast live on the web at www.radiomargaritaville.com and on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 31.

Miles Hampton will DJ the pre-show from the cafe beginning at 6pm EDT (3pm local). Jimmy and Mac will take the stage at 9pm EDT (6pm local). Gates open at 4pm local time.

You can follow along with the set list and chat with other parrotheads during the show on our discussion board.

The East Valley Tribune has some more info on the April 9th concert at the Glendale, Arizona Margaritaville Cafe:

While the show is free, fans will need a ticket to get into the gig, and pairs of tickets can be won beginning Tuesday, April 1, through these media outlets: Margaritaville.com , New Times , KNIX 102.5, MIX 96.9, KEZ 99.9, KFYI 550, XTRA 910, 944 Magazine and Radio Margaritaville. Tickets can also be won at the Glendale Margaritaville location, as the restaurant will be drawing to give away 60 tickets daily.

Doors for he Glendale show open at 4:30 and Buffett, who will be accompanied by longtime backing guitarist Mac MacAnally, play at 5:30.

Read the entire article here.

Update – Radio Margaritaville will broadcast the show live! Join Miles Hampton for the pre-show from 6pm – 9pm eastern time. Jimmy will then take the stage for an intimate, free concert.

Radio Margaritaville will be giving away tickets on the air: Tickets are available free by phoning Radio Margaritaville on Thursday April 3, 2008 after specific announcements to call in are made during the Noon, 2pm, 5pm, 7pm and 10pm Eastern hours. The toll free line to call is 1-866-557-2776. The first ten callers who respond and can be verified will win a pair of tickets.