Even though Parrothead Cruise 2007 is sold out you can still win your way aboard! There are plenty of entries available for the Parrothead Cruise Raffle. In addition to helping out a worthy cause, you could be joining the phlock on our “Cruise to St. Somewhere.”

You and 450 of your closest Parrothead phriends will set sail on the Carnival Legend on Friday, March 16, 2007. We’ll depart Ft. Lauderdale, Florida visiting St. Maarten, St. Lucia and St Kitts, returning on Saturday, March 24, 2007. We’ll have a great lineup of Parrothead enterainment and activities, and you can always count on a few surprises. Best of all, it’s a party with a purpose: All Parrothead Cruise 2007 proceeds go to fund Breast Cancer research and awareness.

We are holding a raffle to win a Private Balcony Stateroom for two, including all taxes and fees. We will sell a maximum of 250 tickets for the raffle.

Tickets are only $50 each, or five for $200.

Want to enter the raffle? Visit the website at www.parrotheadcruise.com.

Jimmy Buffett will play a concert at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, September 19th at 8 pm with the proceeds going towards Kinky Friedman’s gubernatorial campaign.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Paramount box office, at www.gettix.net or at (866) 443-8349.

Tickets will go for $300, $200 and $100 and are limited to four per customer.

And according to a June 7th article in the Dallas Star-Telegram, Buffett will play a second fundraiser show, also in September.

The landmark Katrina benefit concert DVD “From The Big Apple To The Big Easy” comes out on DVD today. Pick it up at your local store or buy it now through Amazon.com.

On September 20th, 2005, Madison Square Garden hosted FROM THE BIG APPLE TO THE BIG EASY, New York City’s Concert for the Gulf Coast, to support the long-term relief and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina. The live concert featuered New Orleans musical legends joined onstage with many of music’s biggest names.

Check out the full track listing here, including the several songs that Buffett performed at the concert.

100% of net proceeds from the sale of this DVD will continue to raise money and awareness for those victims.

Radio Margaritaville debuted the new Buffett song “Bama Breeze” on Monday, and has played it a few times since. The members of our discussion board who have heard it really like it.

Check out the lyrics for “Bama Breeze” here.

Look for this song on Buffett’s new album, slated for release in October. And tune in to Radio Margaritaville to listen to this great new song yourself.

Tickets go on sale today at 10 am PDT for the two October Las Vegas shows at the MGM Grand. Prices range from $68.25 – $210.00.

Ticketmaster purchase links:

October 21st show
October 28th show