Stubhub has released its annual concert ticket report and Jimmy Buffett’s 2008 Year Of Still Here Tour made a couple of their lists.

Buffet comes in at number 9 on the list of the Top 10 Highest Grossing Tours. Here’s the full list:

1. Madonna
2. Jonas Brothers
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Bon Jovi
5. Coldplay
6. Kenny Chesney
7. AC/DC
8. Hannah Montana
9. Jimmy Buffett
10. Billy Joel

Buffett was at number 7 last year, and at number 5 in 2006.

What might come as a surprise to some parrotheads, Jimmy does not make the top 10 list for highest ticket prices. The highest average ticket price on Stubhub for 2008 was Madonna at $306. In the number 10 spot was Michael Buble at $189. Jimmy Buffett’s average price was $121 (last year the average Stubhub price was $136 for Buffett).

An interesting note that Stubhub mentions:

For the third consecutive year, six of StubHub’s Top 10 Selling Tours of 2008 also toured 20 years ago or more (Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Joel)

See the report here.

The second part of Jimmy’s diary about his recent trip to the Outer Banks is now up at Margaritaville.com, including more photos.

In it, Jimmy discusses a wrecked surfboard, a morning sightseeing flight over the coast, and much more. Read it now. And stay tuned for the final part in the series.

Congratulations to Wayne-O for winning this week’s caption contest, and with it winning a copy of Buffett’s Christmas album “Christmas Island”.

Here was the photo:

And here was Wayne-O’s winning caption:

“I’m not joking coach! I will play for GUMBO!!!”

Out of 432 votes cast, Wayne-O received 120 votes (28%). Runner up was Derek with “Hey Coach, I got a great new play for you….we set up FINS to the Left and FINS to the right, then we run right up the middle for the touchdown!”

Here are the full results:

• “I’m not joking coach! I will play for GUMBO!!!” – Wayne-O (120 votes, 28%)
• “Hey Coach, I great new play for you….we set up FINS to the Left and FINS to the right, then we run right up the middle for the touchdown!” – Derek (109 votes, 25%)
• “I told that Nun back in Mobile that there’s more than one way of becoming a SAINT!” – Timmy (93 votes, 21%)
• “Hey Coach! I told you we should have stopped at Margaritaville AFTER the game, not before!!!” – Andrew (55 votes, 13%)
• “Coach of Somewhere Hot?? Yeah, that’s a good one Sean!!” – Chris Austin (55 votes, 13%)

View all of the captions that were submitted here.

Congratulations to Wayne-O for winning this week’s caption contest! Thanks to everyone who entered and to everyone who voted.

This week we showed you the below picture and asked you to provide your own caption for it. We’ve compiled five of our favorites and want you to vote on your favorite. This week’s voting carries more weight than usual… the winner will receive a copy of Jimmy Buffett’s Christmas album: “Christmas Island”.

Here was the picture:

Two weeks ago we reported on Jimmy Buffett’s attendance at a University of Florida football game. Buffett joined head coach Urban Meyer (pictured right / AP photo by Mark Humphrey) and the team in the locker room after the game. In today’s edition of the Miami Herald, they expand on Meyer’s love of Buffett’s music and escapism:

At heart, Meyer — one of the country’s best college football coaches — is a fan of Jimmy Buffett. That’s right. Meyer is a Parrot Head. He even owns an official pair of Margaritaville flip-flops.

”Urban doesn’t just like Jimmy Buffett, Urban wants to be Jimmy Buffett,” said Shelley Meyer, Urban’s wife.

“To Urban, Jimmy just has the greatest life because he gets to be laid-back. That’s Urban’s dream, just to be relaxed and have fun.”

There will be no relaxing for Meyer in the next few days. His Florida Gators, ranked No. 2 in nation by The Associated Press with an 11-1 record, play No. 1 Alabama on Saturday in Atlanta for the Southeastern Conference championship.

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The playful side of Urban Meyer can be traced back to a warm summer day in Cincinnati where he was a college player and worked part-time at the Timberwolf Amphitheater. That’s when Meyer met Buffett.

”He really loves the guy,” Shelley said. “We have every Buffett CD ever made and from February to August they literally play nonstop.”

Read the entire article here.