It was announced yesterday that Jimmy Buffett would play a show in Hawaii this December, and today he’s added another show that month:

Tulsa, OK
BOK Center
Thursday, December 5th

Tickets go on sale September 28th.

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation announced in March that it would expand the River Spirit Casino along the Arkansas River in Tulsa to include Buffett’s Margaritaville brand, including a 22-story hotel complex, new casino, restaurant, pool area and more.

At the time of the expansion announcement, Buffett said in a press release that he looked forward “to getting back to Tulsa and playing there again real soon.”

(hat tip Billy Ray)

Jimmy Buffett announced back in July that he’d play a special show in Hawaii this December, with fans choosing the set list. The date for this show was confirmed today, though there was no mention about the fan-selected set list.

Honolulu, Hawaii
Waikiki Shell
Saturday, December 14th

Tickets for this show will go on sale this Friday at 9 am HST through TicketMaster.

After all fees, price levels are $48.05 and $149.55.

The area parrothead club in Honolulu has some special hotel accommodations set aside, plus pre-concert tailgating and party info here.

Jimmy Buffett made a surprise visit to his Margaritaville Biloxi Casino on Friday:

Buffett made a quick walk through the property with Margaritaville managers and Mayor AJ Holloway to share his ideas for the hotel that’s in the works. Architects are working on those plans right now. And while there’s no timetable for construction, leaders hope to be breaking ground by the end of the year.

Buffett also stopped to visit with employees and say thanks for all the hard work they do to keep the 24/7 operation running smoothly.

“I had to do a double-take to believe it, but sure enough I was standing in front of Jimmy Buffett,” said employee Emma Roberts. “He was so nice and appreciative of what we do.”

Roberts, a native of Puerto Rico, said she was also pleasantly surprised to learn the songwriter “speaks perfect Spanish.”

Buffett also surprised a few customers before leaving on his seaplane.

Jimmy Buffett’s latest album Songs From St. Somewhere debuts at #4 in its opening week on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 55,000 copies.

The new album is his 11th top 10 set, stretching back to 1978’s “Son of a Son of a Sailor” (which peaked at No. 10). The former Billboard writer (he wrote for this publication in 1969 and 1970) didn’t return to the top 10 until 1994’s “Fruitcakes” (No. 5).

See Buffett’s chart history here.

Here’s the top 5 this week:

1. Luke Bryan – 159,000 (second week)
2. John Mayer – 144,000
3. TGT – 76,000
4. Jimmy Buffett – 55,000
5. Earl Sweatshirt – 49,000

Check out this official music video for “I Want to Go Back to Cartagena”, the bonus track version with Fanny Lu.

Haven’t picked up Songs From St. Somewhere yet? Get it now at iTunes.