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Concert photos: Jimmy Buffett kicks off 2018 season at Verizon Amphitheatre

Jimmy Buffett kicked off the 2018 season at Verizon Amphitheatre on April 17, 2018. Photo: Chuck Holloway/Special to the AJC

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Jimmy Buffett kicked off the 2018 season at Verizon Amphitheatre on April 17, 2018. Photo: Chuck Holloway/Special to the AJC
By Melissa Ruggieri
April 18, 2018

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

Jimmy Buffett has been busy on Broadway with the recent premiere of his musical, "Escape to Margaritaville."

But on Tuesday night, the King of the Parrotheads was on more familiar terrain - a concert stage in bare feet.

Buffett kicked off the 2018 season at Verizon Amphitheatre in Alpharetta with a setlist stocked with fan singalongs ("Fins," "One Particular Harbour," "Pencil Thin Mustache" and, yes, "Margaritaville") that have been staples on his "I Don't Know" tour - and throughout most of his career.

Photographer Chuck Holloway was there to document Buffett's Atlanta-area appearance.

About the Author

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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