Tickets to the August 23rd Jimmy Buffett show at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ will go on sale Monday, March 9th at 10 am EDT through TicketMaster.

Ticket prices are $66.00 – $226.00.

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!

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.

The Honolulu Star Bulletin has an interview with Jimmy Buffett where he talks about his new song “A Lot To Drink About”, his forthcoming live acoustic album, the new Hawaii restaurant, and touring with Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuru:

The easy-going and loquacious 62-year-old was eager to talk about both his new song and Hawaii business venture.

“The new song was easy to write — I mean, just look around!” he said with a laugh. “All you have to do is open the newspaper. And it’s a work-in-progress. After Michael Phelps was kicked off the Kellogg’s Corn Flakes box, I’m thinking of adding another verse about that in the song. All he did was smoke a little reefer!

“I’ve been a nomad with one foot in the Pacific, and now that I’ve put a place in Hawaii, it’s given me a great excuse to play there.”

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As for recordings, Buffett is planning to release a live acoustic album later this year comprising encores recorded during his most recent tour.

“I know my fan base, Parrotheads who want to add to their collection. Thanks to them I’ve been surviving this long. The idea was, during every show last year, I looked through my catalog and went through the process of picking songs that would sound kind of unique in an acoustic setting. They were the kind of songs that would fit in an encore, where there is a mellowness about them. The audience has already been through a show with a high energy level, so it would be good to let them down gently.”

Out of the 28 songs recorded, Buffett feels he’s put together an interesting selection of originals and covers, “particularly ballads, where I use that little bit of opportunity to do songs that I really like.”

Read the entire article here.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played their first official 2009 gig on Tuesday night at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Maui, Hawaii. The show did not air on Radio Margaritaville, but was recorded should be replayed at a later date.

The 23-song set kicked off with “Migration” and finished with a medley that consisted of “Lover Of Mine”, “Imagine”, and “Everybody’s Talkin'”. Buffett also played his new song “A Lot To Drink About”. View the entire set list here.

Buffett continues his Hawaii swing with a private show on Thursday night at his new restaurant Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber. And on Saturday Buffett and the Coral Reefers will play a show at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu.