Jimmy Buffett has mapped out additional spring and summer dates on his “Under the Big Top” tour in support of his latest studio album, “Buffet Hotel.”
The trek is set to kick off later this week with a Feb. 20 show in Jacksonville, FL. New dates include a pair of shows each in Mansfield, MA (6/17, 19), near Boston, and Camden, NJ (8/7,10), in the Philadelphia metro area. Buffett currently shows dates lined up through a Sept. 2 and 4 pair of appearances in Bristow, VA.
Jimmy Buffet will be sailing in for an Indianapolis concert on May 15th at Verizon Wireless Music Center. Buffet has been making stops in Indianapolis for years. I remember the days when he would come to Indianapolis for two days, but unfortunately we’ve been downsized to just one day. None the less Jimmy Buffet puts on one hell of a show, I’m a parrot head sorry to bias, I can’t wait for him to be at Verizon this summer. Other tour dates are below.
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“Buffet Hotel,” the 63-year-old singer/songwriter’s latest studio release and first since 2006′s “Take the Weather With You“, surfaced late last year. In a press statement, Buffett said he was inspired to write the album’s music during a recent trek to West Africa to attend the “Festival In The Desert,” an annual music fest that takes place near Timbuktu, Mali.
“I actually didn’t go to the desert with the pre-conceived notion of returning with an album,” Buffett said. “I went looking for stories. … The story that sparked the song ‘Buffet Hotel,’ which eventually turned into the title track and name of this album, began the minute we set foot on the patio of the infamous Hotel De La Gare Buffet in the Bamako train station, better known as Le Buffet Hotel.” The Buffet Hotel is a colonial-era train station/hotel where the music scene flourished in Mali after its independence in 1960.
Produced by Coral Reefers Mike Utley and Mac McAnnaly, “Buffet Hotel” contains 12 new songs plus a 24-page booklet, “Lost In The Sahara – A Desert Memoir From Jimmy Buffett.” In the booklet–which contains liner notes for each song–Buffett describes his West African adventures that inspired the album.
February 2010
20 – Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
23 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
25 – Orlando, FL – Amway Arena
27 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – BankAtlantic Center
May 2010
15 – Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center
17 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
20 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 2010
17, 19 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center
22 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 2010
7, 10 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
12 – Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
14 – Bridgeview, IL – Toyota Park
September 2010
2, 4 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
