Jimmy Buffett is launching a virtual tour of concert replays, starting tonight on Radio Margaritaville and on Margaritaville.tv

Margaritaville is a state of mind, and Parrotheads can rejoice over the news that Radio Margaritaville (Ch. 24) is about to take them on a musical vacation during the Nothin’ But Time virtual tour. Make yourself a frozen drink, put on your best Hawaiian shirt, and join in from the comfort of your home as the channel travels back to some of Jimmy Buffett’s very best performances from the past 30 years. Starting March 6, tune in every Saturday at 8pm ET and PT to follow the Nothin’ But Time virtual tour around the country.

Schedule:

• March 6: Pensacola, FL (2013)
• March 13: Vancouver, BC (1993)
• March 20: Columbus, OH (1998)
• March 27: San Diego, CA (2003)
• April 3: Eugene, OR (2017)
• April 10: Dallas, TX (1994)
• April 17: San Francisco, CA (2007)
• April 24: Houston, TX (1995)
• May 1: Atlanta, GA (1996)
• May 8: Toronto, CA (2019)

Jimmy Buffett heads back out on the road tonight for the first show of the 2019 Son of a Son of a Sailor Tour. He’ll play at 8pm MDT at the Taco Bell Arena in Boise, Idaho.

You can watch the show live on Margaritaville TV or listen live on Radio Margaritaville.

Buffett will play Sacramento on Saturday and then take about a month off before getting the tour in full swing.

Do you have your tickets yet to see Jimmy this summer? Get your tickets now!

Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnally will join Buzz Brainard on his Music Row Happy Hour program on SiriusXM’s The Highway from Margaritaville Nashville on Friday night.

Tune in on The Highway or Radio Margaritaville.

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Longtime Radio Margaritaville DJ Carson Cooper has died at the age of 58 after an illness, according to the Tampa Bay Times:

Longtime radio personality Carson Cooper, who was the honeyed voice of one of public radio’s signature shows, NPR’s Morning Edition on WUSF–FM 89.7, died Saturday after a long illness, the radio station reported Tuesday. He was 58.

Mr. Cooper, an award-winning radio fixture in the Tampa Bay area for three decades, had been WUSF’s Morning Edition host since 2000, but had been off the air since February dealing with a health issue. He also had hosted the WUSF show Florida Matters since its inception in 2006, but had stepped back from that since last summer.

When the station in June announced that Jessica Meszaros would be taking over as host of Morning Edition, JoAnn Urofsky, WUSF’s general manager, held out high hopes that Mr. Cooper would return.

“This was a surprise because we did hope he would return to the air,” Urofsky said. “He was still a staff member. He really wanted to come back to work.”

Urofsky said Mr. Cooper’s family had not yet figured out what kind of memorial services will be held, and the station will have a remembrance for him on air, “because everybody has stories they want to share. He was so terrific.”

He had a side gig that also started in 1999 as a host and programer of Jimmy Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville, now on Sirius satellite radio. The station, created by Buffett, plays a range of reggae, tropical country and a variety of world music and classic singer-songwriters from the ’70s and ’80s.

Read more about Cooper in the full article.

SiriusXM will broadcast tonight’s hurricane relief concert:

Sometimes when bad things happen, good people come together to do great things. First responders acted swiftly to aid those injured during this terrible hurricane season and supported those who lost so much. Now, music’s superstars are joining in to raise money for 2017 Hurricane victims with the Trying to Reason Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, taking place Sunday, Nov. 19 in Tallahassee, Florida.

In this one-of-a-kind live performance, Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, and The Coral Reefer Band will hit the stage alongside special guest Jake Owen as well as opening act Caroline Jones.

This historic event sold out in 11 minutes, making it the fastest sell-out in Tucker Civic Center’s history. So, if you weren’t able to snag a pair of tickets, fear not! You can still hear the performance LIVE on SiriusXM’s Radio Margaritaville (Ch. 24) and No Shoes Radio (Ch. 57) starting 7:45 pm ET/4:45 pm PT.