Article on the upcoming Houston show

April 19th, 2007

The Houston Chronicle has an article on what it took to get Buffett to come to Minute Maid Park for a show.

Jimmy Buffett’s concert Saturday night at Minute Maid Park took six months to negotiate, but the ball really started rolling three years ago when the Houston Astros hired Jay Lucas to run their communications department.

Astros president of business operations Pam Gardner “mentioned that the team was interested in getting a show or two at Minute Maid,” Lucas said. “The first person I thought of was Jimmy Buffett. He hadn’t played Houston in a long time. When you check out the way he packs concerts all over the country, I figured if you’re looking for someone to play here, he’s the one.”

Lucas called Buffett’s management and said, “We’d like to have Jimmy play Minute Maid Park. What do we have to do to get him here?”

…While Buffett had played several baseball stadiums in the past, including Wrigley Field in Chicago and Fenway Park in Boston, he was not looking to do a baseball stadium this year.

This article is a great read, especially for those of you who will be attending the show. Read the entire article.

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Buffett Makes “Most Requested Event” List

April 10th, 2007

Jimmy Buffett was the 4th most requested event for the 1st quarter of 2007 according to Ticketmaster.

Ticketmaster’s Top 10 Most Requested Live Acts were:

1. The Police
2. Kenny Chesney
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Jimmy Buffett
5. Bob Seger
6. Keith Urban
7. John Mayer
8. Gwen Stefani
9. Rod Stewart
10. Tool

Read the entire article here.

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Gillette Stadium Tailgating to Start Later

March 29th, 2007

The Sun Chronicle has an article on tailgating at September’s Gillette Stadium shows: “Margaritaville opens a little later”

Jimmy Buffett fans expecting to tailgate to his Gillette Stadium debut concerts in the morning won’t be welcome in Margaritaville. The Gillette parking lots won’t open until 3:30 p.m., four hours before showtime, selectmen said Tuesday night.

Selectmen voted to license the two sold-out shows, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. 8. Selectmen voted after discussing the parking issues with Police Chief Edward O’Leary, stadium official Dan Murphy and Stadium Advisory Committee Chairman George Bell II.

“I think we’ve gone out of our way,” Selectmen Vice Chairman James Thrasher said. “The public understands we’re not licensing the lots to open until 3:30 p.m.”

Bell said the parking lots might need to open early because “this is a crowd that arrives really early, potentially early morning.”

Read the entire article here.

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Jimmy In Anguilla!

March 23rd, 2007

At about 11 am, surprising many visitors on the beach, Jimmy and the Beach Band started their acoustic set at a boat shaped bar on the
beach!!! Jimmy Buffett live from Anguilla on Radio Margaritaville on SIRIUS
tonight during the Buffett Buffet after 7pm ET.

You’ll hear Miles Hampton play two songs, indicating that Jimmy will indeed go
deep into his songbook for this concert Saturday 3.24.06 which will be released
as a future DVD. ‘Banana Republics’, and ‘Stranded On A Sandbar’. This is
totally raw…unprocessed audio!!! The mix is 1 ambient mic.

1. Site where Jimmy played on the beach
2. Concert production site
3. Bankie Banx pauses during preparations

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Buffett’s Tour Sells Most Tickets in ’06

January 1st, 2007

According to StubHub, the ticket re-marketer, its first annual concert industry ticket report on sales activity across music events during 2006, The Rolling Stones “A Bigger Bang” tour was the biggest selling tour of the year in terms of gross dollars. Jimmy Buffett’s “Party at the End of the World” tour sold the most actual tickets for a concert series.

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