June 10th, 2015Actor Chris Pratt joined Jimmy Buffett onstage at the after party for the Hollywood premiere of ‘Jurassic World’ on Tuesday night. Pratt was assigned backup singing by Jimmy on “Margaritaville.”
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June 9th, 2015
Jimmy Buffett has finished his first batch of 2015’s Workin’ N’ Playin’ Tour dates. The southern and midwest swing featured shows in Austin, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis, and Kansas City.
View the set lists:
Jimmy will kick off another leg of the tour later this month with shows in Bristow VA, Cincinnati, and Chicago. There’s still time to find great seats!
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June 5th, 2015
Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Cafe in New Orleans will close on June 30th, but reopen later this year or early next year in a new location.
Today Margaritaville New Orleans announced that the restaurant, bar and live music venue will move from their current address at 1104 Decatur Street to a new location on upper Decatur. The new venue is currently in the design stage, with construction scheduled to begin later this year.
“We will always have a presence in the city that gave Jimmy his start. Margaritaville has had an awesome 22 year run on Decatur Street and we are not done yet,” said Bret Brown, Margaritaville’s Director of Domestic Operations. “We have made the decision to vacate our current location on lower Decatur before completion of our new property in the interest of making way for another namesake live music venue, BB Kings, to become the next tenant at the historic Storyville Music Hall location.”
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May 29th, 2015Jimmy Buffett was in Houston, Texas on Thursday night for a show at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion as part of the 2015 Workin’ N Playin’ Tour.
Astronaut Terry Virts sent a recorded video message from the International Space Station that was played during the show. Watch it here.
The Houston Chronicle has a review of the show:
Buffett’s latest stop on his “Workin’ and Playin’ 2015” tour was beamed to the International Space Station, where U.S. astronaut and admitted Parrothead Terry Virts has been spending the past six months doing experiments and racking up frequent flier miles.
Virts appeared on a big screen behind Buffett during the show — urging concert fans to get involved in science and read up on the U.S. space program.
He just happened to be wearing a Houston Astros T-shirt. Even in outer space, he was working the room on Earth.
NASA and Buffett’s tech support crew originally hoped to beam Virts’ appearance live during the concert, but the pesky space station was on the far side of the world. So the astronaut’s hello to Buffett fans and Buffett’s thank you — a replay of the full concert — were done on tape.
Buffett opened the show with “Ragtop Day,” “The Great Filling Station Holdup” and “Off to See the Lizard.” He added, “June is almost here, the days are getting longer and I can see the lawn people rocking!”
Read the full review here.
The 2015 tour continues on Saturday night in Frisco, TX. Get your tickets now for one of Jimmy’s summer shows!
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