Set List: Jimmy Buffett @ Moody Theatre, Austin, TX

Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band kicked off their 2012 Lounging at the Lagoon Tour on Wednesday night at the Moody Theatre in Austin, TX with a set list of old favorites and a few from deep in his catalog.

All the hits were included but there were also nods to work that Buffett has done with other artists throughout his career including Alan Jackson (It's Five O'Clock Somewhere), the Zac Brown Band (Knee Deep) and, his latest collaboration, All Night Long from Lionel Richie's album Tuskeegee.

The set list:

Main Set

• One Particular Harbour (from One Particular Harbour, 1983)
• You'll Never Work in Dis Business Again (from Floridays, 1986)
• It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (with Mac McAnally) (from the Alan Jackson album Greatest Hits 2, 2003)
• Growing Older But Not Up (from Coconut Telegraph, 1981)
• Son of a Son of a Sailor (from Son of a Son of a Sailor, 1978)
• Come Monday (from Living & Dying in 3/4 Time, 1974)
• Knee Deep (from the Zac Brown Band album You Get What You Give, 2010)
• Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (from Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, 1977)
• Swingin' Hula Girl (from the Blue Hawaiians album Savage Night, 1999)
• Volcano (from Volcano, 1979)
• Sea of Heartbreak (from License to Chill, 2004)
• Cheeseburger in Paradise (from Son of a Son of a Sailor, 1978)
• Give Henry the Receipt (Nadirah Shakoor) (from the Nadirah Shakoor album Nod to the Storyteller, 2008)
• Piece of Work (with The Beach Band) (from License to Chill, 2004)
• Pencil Thin Mustache (with The Beach Band) (from Living & Dying in 3/4 Time, 1974)
• Southern Cross (with The Beach Band) (from Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 1999)
• Mermaid in the Night (with The Beach Band) (from Off to See the Lizard, 1989)
• Margaritaville (from Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, 1977)
• A Pirate Looks at Forty (from A1A, 1974)
• Who's the Blonde Stranger? (from Riddles in the Sand, 1984)
• Why Don't We Get Drunk (from A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, 1973)
• All Night Long (from the Lionel Richie album Tuskegee, 2011)

Encore

• Jolly Mon Sing (from Last Mango in Paris, 1985)
• Gulf Coast Highway (from Evangeline album Evangeline, 1992)
• Scarlet Begonias (from License to Chill, 2004)
• Brown Eyed Girl (from One Particular Harbour, 1983)
• Fins (from Volcano, 1979)

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Interview: Yusuf Talks About His New Show, Cat Stevens' Moonshadow, and Previews Production Numbers

Paul Cashmere and Noise11.com had the privilege of talking with Yusuf Islam (the former Cat Stevens) about his show Moonshadow which opened Thursday night in Melbourne, Australia.

Yusuf has been living in Melbourne developing the stage show for it’s world premiere. Here, he also previews three songs from the show for the cameras.

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Neil Young Releases 40-Minute "Silent" Film to Accompany Americana

It seems that the four promo clips for Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Americana using vintage film clips were all leading up to this.

Today, Young released a forty-minute silent-style film to accompany the release of the album, coming on June 5. Directed by Young's alter-ego, Bernard Sharkey, the film follows an author as he looks for the right illustrations for a book he is writing on American songs. The songs, including the previously released shorts, are interspersed between the newly shot footage which has a piano accompaniment.

The illustrations shown in the film are by designer/illustrator Shepard Fairey and will be available for viewing at Perry Rubinstein Gallery in Los Angeles for the next two months.

To see the full film, go to NPR.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Have Big Plans for New Music on Vinyl

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been busy making small hints about their next project which appears to be a series of vinyl and digital releases of b-sides and other previously unreleased music.

A total of 18 sides are planned for release over the next six months although titles and a schedule are not known. It is known from Twitters by both Flea and Chad Smith that there will be a total of ten b-sides from their latest release I'm With You.

The details, as we know them, were floated out over the last four days with lead singer Anthony Kiedis first telling a Grand Rapids crowd "We gotta storm of seven inches coming out over the next six months. Keep one eye open."

That was followed by tweets from Smith and Flea:

Chad Smith (Sunday):

Hi! Over the next 6 months at least 10 more IWU b sides I promise!

7 inch vinyl and digital...stay tuned

Flea (Tuesday):

yes we have been writing stuff while touring. We are also going to put out 18 new songs over the next 6 months on 7 inch and digi

Stay tuned for more details.

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