It’s the official start of summer: Jimmy Buffett’s 2009 Summerzcool Tour kicks off tonight with a show from the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia.

You can listen to the show live on Radio Margaritaville on Sirius 31 / XM 55 or on the web for free at radiomargaritaville.com. The pre-show begins at 7 pm eastern time and Jimmy will take the stage shortly after 8.

As in years past we’ll have a live chat on our discussion board for each show. Check it out here.

Grab tickets for this show or for another upcoming show here!

The ticket broker website TicketsNow has listed a show at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, April 16th.

They also have listed, as we previously reported, two shows in Camden, New Jersey on June 18th and 20th.

Keep in mind that these three shows have not been confirmed. View confirmed tour dates here.

Today (Monday, March 10th) is a big day, with tickets going on sale for fives shows. You can use the TicketMaster direct purchase links below to score your tickets:

4.24.08 – St. Louis, MO – TicketMaster Purchase Link
6.05.08 – Atlanta, GA – TicketMaster Purchase Link
6.14.08 – Philadelphia, PA – ComcastTix Purchase Link
9.04.08 – Mansfield, MA – TicketMaster Purchase Link
9.06.08 – Mansfield, MA – TicketMaster Purchase Link

All shows go on sale at 10 am EDT, except for St. Louis which goes on sale at 10 am CDT.

Good luck!

TicketMaster has confirmed that Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will play a show at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, June 5th.

Tickets go on sale this Monday, March 10th at 10 am EDT through TicketMaster.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band continued the 2007 Bama Breeze Tour on Wednesday night with a show from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

“Hula Girl At Heart”, from Buffett’s latest studio album “Take The Weather With You”, was performed live for the first time. Other notable songs from the set list included “Presents To Send You” and “Domino College.”

View the entire set list here, along with Bamafan’s show notes.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board and upload your photos to our Photo Gallery.

The tour continues Saturday night with a show from Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.

Update – WSBTV.com has an article up on the pre-show festivities at the Philips Arena in Atlanta – “Jimmy Buffett, Parrotheads Party Down At Philips Arena”. They have both a photo gallery and a video from the show.