Stubhub has released its second annual report on concert ticket sales activity, and Buffett’s 2007 Bama Breeze Tour did very well, despite having far fewer dates than most top performing tours.

Buffett placed 7th on the list of the Top 10 Selling Tours of 2007 (based on total dollar volume of tickets sold), even though he only played 25 national dates, compared to an average of 48 dates for the other 9 tours on the list. In 2006, Buffett ranked number 5 on the Stubhub list.

The average ticket price for a Bama Breeze show was $136, which did not even place on the list of the Top 10 Highest Average Tour Ticket Prices. The highest was Celine Dion with $347, and number 10 on the list was Michael Buble at $195.

Comparing the 2007 Bama Breeze Tour with the 2006 Party At The End Of The World Tour, Stubhub notes that Buffett saw a 30% increase in actual number of tickets sold for 2007, and a 34% increase in total gross sales.

One interesting note that Stubhub mentions: For the second consecutive year, six of StubHub’s Top 10 Selling Tours of 2007 also toured in 1986 or prior (The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, Jimmy Buffett, Bon Jovi, Genesis)

Read the entire Stubhub report here.

According to ThomasCrampton.com, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will play a benefit show in Hong Kong on Friday, January 18th.

From the blog:

Thanks to a chance encounter with Jimmy Buffett in the Paris newsroom of the International Herald Tribune last May, I convinced him to come out to Hong Kong on January 18 to give a charity concert for the FCC Charity Fund.

Jimmy has generously agreed to donate his time and been extremely involved in the event. Held in the Hong Kong Football Club, it is sure to be a great event, so spread the word book your tickets soon!

For more information, visit this site.

Jimmy Buffett can now add another thing to his ever-expanding list of business ventures…. horse racing. Last Mango Stables was formed this summer and the horse Pulaski County debuted Wednesday with a third place finish at the Fairgrounds in New Orleans.

PC, as the horse is more affectionately known, is co-owned by several people, including Payton, Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Mr. Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett.

Read more here or check out Lastmangostables.com.

Navy Admiral Timothy J. Keating, the head of U.S. Pacific Command, used a Jimmy Buffett reference on Tuesday while criticizing China for refusing to allow U.S. warships to take refuge from a storm in Hong Kong.

Adm. Timothy J. Keating, the head of U.S. Pacific Command, and Adm. Gary Roughead, the chief of naval operations, both took sharp exception to the Chinese government’s refusal to allow the minesweepers to come into port when threatened by rough seas.

Read the entire article here.

Bringing in the one hundredth episode of Time After Island Time is Mr. Michael Utley. Mr. Utley has been performing on keyboards for Jimmy Buffett in the Coral Reefer band for 30 years. As the musical director of the Coral Reefer Band, he has been the longest running member.

On this episode, Mr. Utley tell us about the recent trip to Anguilla with Jimmy Buffett and company. In this revealing interview, he talks about the new album, “Jimmy Buffett: Live in Anguilla,” which he produced with Mac McAnally. He talks about how the shows will be changing in a variety of ways, and what is in the future of the band.
We also touch on the recent journey to Paris, and we get a good view from Mr. Utley’s perspective.

Tune into the 100th episode and enjoy the music and conversation, from anywhere in the world on Radio JimmyDreamz.

Monday 1 PM – November 26, 2007
Wednesday 9 AM – November 28, 2007
Thursday 4 PM – November 29, 2007
Saturday 8 PM – December 1, 2007
**All broadcasts are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)*

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