Laid back beach bum troubadour Jimmy Buffett will play a free show in Glendale Wednesday, April 9, at the grand re-opening of his Margaritaville restaurant at the Westgate City Center, 6751 N. Sunset Blvd, Glendale.

Parrotheads, get ready: Jimmy Buffett is coming back to the Valley. The “Margaritaville” singer-songwriter and his Coral Reefer Band will perform May 14 at Cricket Wireless Pavilion.

Heads up, Parrotheads! On April 12, singer/ songwriter/ author Jimmy Buffett will bring his Coral Reefer Band to the Cricket Pavilion in west Phoenix.

January 21, 2005

They sound like something out of a Roger Corman horror flick from the ’50s. They are known as “Heads,” those ardent fans of bands like the Grateful Dead (Deadheads), Phish (Phishheads) and Dave Matthews Band (Daveheads).

They sound like something out of a Roger Corman horror flick from the ’50s. They are known as “Heads,” those ardent fans of bands like the Grateful Dead (Deadheads), Phish (Phishheads) and Dave Matthews Band (Daveheads).

April 10, 2005

Craig "Treetop Flyer" Broadhearst remembers exactly where he was when he first heard Jimmy Buffett. "I heard Jimmy’s music for the first time at a bar called Down the Hatch in Ponce Inlet," Fla., remembers Broadhearst, a 45-year-old ("wanna-stay-25") aircraft technician who lives in Ahwatukee Foothills.

During his 33-year recording career Jimmy Buffett has worn many sombreros. He started in Nashville, Tenn., as a wannabe country singer in the early ’70s, moved to Key West, Fla., became a beach bum and had a huge hit with “Margaritaville” in 1977, was a washed-up one-hit wonder by the mid-’80s, became a popular concert attraction in the ’90s and was back on the charts — the country charts — with his 2004 disc “License to Chill.”

Day four of the Jodi Arias murder trial had compelling testimony from the man Arias visited after killing Travis Alexander.

The Tuscan Oven, Westgate City Center’s newest restaurant and nightclub, will have a New Year’s Eve party.

Day five of the Jodi Arias tria l included testimony from two police detectives.

For Parrotheads — those colorful aloha-shirted fans of Jimmy Buffett — it doesn't take much to get a party started. But when the king Parrothead himself is in town, as Buffett was at Cricket Pavilion Tuesday night, it's kind of like a birthday and Christmas rolled into one.

Downloading music from cyberspace is easier thanks to a new development by Limelight Networks, a Tempebased company that makes systems used by legitimate online music distributors.

Downloading music from cyberspace is easier thanks to a new development by Limelight Networks, a Tempebased company that makes systems used by legitimate online music distributors.

There are plenty of options for Super Bowl revelry - most extravagant and expensive.

Sean Combs, aka P. Diddy, has been added to the all-star Super Bowl party lineup.

Limelight Networks isn’t living up to its name, so far.

Limelight Networks isn’t living up to its name, so far.