Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnally will take part in a benefit for wounded soldiers on Monday night in Washington, DC:

Show Dog Records artist Mac McAnally will be joining other stars including hosts Amy Grant and Vince Gill at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC to play a show which will honor our wounded soldiers. The artist/writer will be playing solo that night as well as being joined by Jimmy Buffett.

The event honors wounded veterans and marks the launch of the nationwide “CHALLENGE AMERICA” initiative and will be held on Monday, June 8th at 8p (ET).”CHALLENGE AMERICA” will work with communities across AMERICA to support the development of recreational and occupational programs for returning injured military and their families. The initiative is an outgrowth of CHALLENGE ASPEN, a non-profit organization that has provided adaptive recreation for people with disabilities since 1995.

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The Jimmy Buffett Today Show concert on May 5th has reportedly been canceled so that the anchors and staff can remain in New York to cover the Swine Flu breakout.

The Key West Chronicle says that “The Today show plans on doing a Key West broadcast at a later date – but as of now, none is scheduled.”

The Key West Chronicle’s Key West Blog has some additional details on Jimmy Buffett’s upcoming concert on the Today Show that we first reported last Thursday:

The Today Show is promoting Key West as an American vacation destination and will be filming an entire 4-hour morning show on our little tropical island.

As part of the production, Jimmy Buffett will play a live 30-minute concert on May 5, 2009 starting at 8:30 am.

The mini concert will be at either the Westin Resort or Mallory Square.

According to New York Magazine, Jimmy Buffett recently performed at the wedding of Netscape founder Jim Clark:

Netscape founder Jim Clark and Aussie supermodel Kristy Hinze (nearly 40 years his junior) tied the knot at Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort on Virgin Gorda. Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber attended while Jimmy Buffett performed.

Read the entire article here.

The Honolulu Advertiser has an article on the private show that Jimmy Buffett played last night at his new Waikiki restaurant: Jimmy Buffett’s At The Beachcomber:

Jimmy Buffett christened his new Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber restaurant in Waikiki in style last night, putting on a nonstop two-hour concert for invited guests and VIPs.

“I refuse to participate in this recession,” Buffett told a cheering crowd, many of whom wore balloon animals in the shape of shark fins and parrotheads.

Dressed in his trademark yellow T-shirt, red board shorts and standing in bare feet, Buffett brought out old standards like “Come Monday,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and “Margaritaville,” played “Dukes on Sunday” with local favorite Henry Kapono and jammed all night alongside ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro and most of his Coral Reefer band.

He also premiered some new songs, basically putting on a full concert preview for fans who also came to town for Buffett’s concert tomorrow night at the Waikiki Shell.

Read the entire article here.

Also, check out the set list from the show here.