Soon you’ll be able to waste away on Buffett Beach in Pascagoula, Mississippi:

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant wasn’t wasting away any time signing a bill to honor Jimmy Buffett.

The beach just blocks from the musician’s childhood home in Pascagoula will now carry his name. City leaders said they want the world to know they are proud that the famous singer-songwriter was born in Pascagoula. They say putting Buffett’s name on the beach would boost the city’s tourism market.

Officials told us previously they hope to hold the dedication ceremony for Buffett Beach on May 6, 2017. The city already dedicated a bridge to the singer in September 2015.

On Saturday night, Jimmy Buffett performed at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, VA. The show was the first of 2016, but considered a continuation of 2015’s Workin’ ‘N Playin’ Tour. The I Don’t Know Tour doesn’t kick off until May.

You can view the set list here. A couple highlights were “Silver Wings” for the late Merle Haggard, and “Gypsies in the Palace” for the late Glenn Frey.

Jimmy continues the tour on Tuesday in Birmingham, and then heads to North Carolina for a show in Raleigh and another in Charlotte. View the full 2016 tour schedule and get your tickets now!.

Jimmy Buffett will finally hit one of the coolest venues in the United States: the Red Rocks Amphitheater in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains west of Denver.

Denver, CO
Thursday, October 13th, 2016
Red Rocks Amphitheater

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 22nd at 10am.

“The 75th Anniversary season of Red Rocks Amphitheatre just got better with the return of music legend, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. This is sure to be one of the highlights of the year as we welcome Parrotheads to Colorado’s own concert paradise.” – Tad Bowman, Red Rocks Amphitheatre Venue Director for Denver Arts & Venues.

See all of Jimmy’s 2016 Tour Dates.

Recently North Carolina passed into law a “religious freedom” bill that essentially legalizes discrimination against the LGBT community. Several corporations, sports leagues, and entertainers have criticized the legislation. Paypal canceled plans to expand its campus in Charlotte and Bruce Springsteen canceled a show in the state because of the law.

Jimmy Buffett has two shows scheduled in North Carolina later this month. He released a statement this morning criticizing the “stupid law” but saying that the shows will go on:

As a traveling musician for 40 years, I played many shows years ago, in many states where you could go to prison for 20 years for smoking a joint. It was a stupid law based on stupid assumptions. Time has fortunately reversed a lot of that way of thinking. But now another stupid law, based on stupid assumptions, has sprung up like kudzu in North Carolina, where we are scheduled to play shows next week in Raleigh and Charlotte.

North Carolina was there for me as a performer in the early days and I have always felt a loyalty to fans there that goes deep. Rightly so, a lot of people are reacting to the stupid law. I happen to believe that the majority of our fans in North Carolina feel the way I do about that law. I am lucky enough to have found a job in the business of fun. These shows were booked and sold out long before the governor signed that stupid law. I am not going to let stupidity or bigotry trump fun for my loyal fans this year. We will be playing in Raleigh and Charlotte next week.

That said, as for the future of shows in North Carolina, it would definitely depend on whether that stupid law is repealed. That is up to the good people of North Carolina and there are many, and I am confident that they will see that the right thing will be done. As Forrest said, “Stupid is as stupid does.”

Fins Up,
Jimmy Buffett

The Masters golf tournament started Thursday in Augusta, Georgia and Jimmy Buffett played at a private show on Thursday night.

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