Paul McCartney and the Eagles are among the A-list acts who will pay tribute to the late Jimmy Buffett at an all-star tribute concert scheduled for April 11 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett, as the show is advertised, will also feature Jon Bon Jovi, Jackson Browne, Brandi Carlile, Kenny Chesney, Sheryl Crow, Eric Church, Jack Johnson and Pitbull, organizers announced Monday. Also appearing will be Zac Brown, Jake Owen, Scotty Emerick, Caroline Jones, Mac McAnally, Jake Shimabukuro and Buffett's former backing band the Coral Reefer Band, along with additional artists yet to be revealed.
Buffett, an ironically literate songwriter whose success with hits like 1977's “Margaritaville” laid the foundation for a lifestyle empire that would eventually make him a billionaire, died in September at age 76 of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form. of skin cancer. After his death, his family reported that he lived with the disease for four years, during which he continued to perform; His last performance came in July in Rhode Island.
“Equal Strain on All Parts,” the last studio album Buffett recorded, came out in November and included an appearance by McCartney on the song “My Gummie Just Kicked In.”
Tickets for next month's tribute concert, a performance by Live Nation and Hewitt Silva, go on sale Friday.
