It’s the official start of summer: Jimmy Buffett’s 2009 Summerzcool Tour kicks off tonight with a show from the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia.

You can listen to the show live on Radio Margaritaville on Sirius 31 / XM 55 or on the web for free at radiomargaritaville.com. The pre-show begins at 7 pm eastern time and Jimmy will take the stage shortly after 8.

As in years past we’ll have a live chat on our discussion board for each show. Check it out here.

Grab tickets for this show or for another upcoming show here!

Jimmy Buffett called into Radio Margaritaville last week and chatted with Steve Huntington about the upcoming tour:

Listen to the recent Radio Margaritaville interview from Jimmy, as he drives up the east coast to rehearse for the SUMMERZCOOL tour! He talks with Steve about the upcoming tour, brand new songs to be debuted this summer and Hawaii journals that are coming soon.

Listen here at Margaritaville.com

The long, cold winter has ended and it’s finally that time of year: the start of Jimmy Buffett’s 2009 Summerzcool Tour!

This year Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will kick things off Thursday at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta (buy tickets now). There will be four other dates in April (Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Tampa), and then Buffett will break until mid-May.

View all tour dates here and get tickets here!

As in years past, all shows will be broadcast live on Radio Margaritaville on the web or on Sirius 31/XM 55. And be sure to join us for live chats during the shows on our discussion board.

Jimmy Buffett used his Twitter stream Wednesday to send out an April Fools’ joke. The message read:

After a long discussion with Big Orange Finance Company, we have no choice but to cancel the Summerzcool tour.

Big Orange Finance Company is a reference to a recent South Park episode in which Stan tries to return a Margaritaville machine to The Big Orange Finance Company.

Are you on Twitter? You can now follow BuffettWorld by clicking here.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played their last show in Hawaii for the tour on Saturday night at the The Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii. The show did not air on Radio Margaritaville, but was recorded and should be replayed at a later date.

The 26-song set was similar to the first two set lists in Hawaii but this time “Stars on the Water” replaced “I Will Play for Gumbo” and “Lover of Mine” moved up into the main set between “Southern Cross” and “Margaritaville.” The biggest surprise of the night came during the second set as Jimmy premiered another new song, “I Feel Like Goin’ Surfing in a Hurricane.”

View the entire set list and the set lists from the previous two Hawaii shows here.

Buffett and the band will be off until April 16 when the Summerzcool tour starts in Atlanta. There’s still time to Get your Tickets for the first show of the tour!