Parrotheads Can Get Their Fins Up Down Under
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger
In a pre-concert interview with Michael Utley aired on Radio Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett said planning for the 2020 tour is underway and then announced – after a bit of prodding from the long-time Coral Reefer – that it will take place in Australia and New Zealand.
“We were planning next year’s tour today because, well, you have to do that,” Buffett said before a show in Dallas. “And we’re going to where we like to go, and we only go every two years. And it’s not in America. And they speak English.”
With Utley urging him on, and even saying an Aussie city, Buffett said, “yes, Sydney. And New Zealand. And who knows where else.”
Buffett made no reference to falling off the stage in Sydney, which he famously did in back in 2011. This happened at the Hordern Pavilion; he had earlier played two shows at the Sydney Opera House. It is only natural to expect him to again perform at the Opera House in 2020.
Earlier, Buffett told an interesting story about how he got the inspiration to write “Margaritaville.”
He said he was “table singing” at a Mexican restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, where “I sang Mexican songs,” he said. That, he explained, planted the seeds for the song that made him a music legend and set him on a career path that now involves Margaritaville restaurants and resorts as part of a vast empire.
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JB played 2 nights at the Opera House then 1 at Hordern Pavilion and THAT is where he fell off the stage!
Thanks for the information – I had read it was the Opera House. So have made the correction, reflected in the story. Saw on your FB post you were there – what was your reaction when he fell!?
will you be coming back to Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow VA?
PubClub will post Jimmy’s 2020 schedule as announced.
We r interested in the Sydney and New Zealand tour as soon as announced.
Thank you!
Fins Up!
Paris dates?
When are the tour dates and venues in Australia to be announced. I live in Perth and went to the Opera House concert in 2011 and very keen to go again. Also what are the dates in New Zealand likely to be announced.
the tour
Hi…extremely interested in when JB announces his dates for Australia & NZ. We’d love to know asap as we have friends who would travel from the USA to visit & attend hus concert.
Cheers Megan
Fins Up😀
Will definitely be at Sydney concert! Please email me when tickets are released! Cheers & thank you! 👏👍
Would like to know when your plans for Australia jimmy buffet
PubCLub has no plans for Jimmy in Australia but other Parrotheads can use this space to post their plans.
Please keep me posted with his dates in Australia
Jillie Job
Might be on hold now with the wildfires. Will keep updates on this page. Fins Up!
Any news on when and where the Aussie tour will happen?
Not yet Wayne. Will post is when we know it!