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Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band will perform Aug. 11 at Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St.

The concert will be Buffetts 27th at the 24,000-capacity amphitheater since it opened in 1989.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. There is a six-ticket limit per customer. Ticket prices have not been announced.

In other concert news, singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco will perform April 29 at the Murat Egyptian Room, 502 N. New Jersey St.

Tickets, $35 and $27.50, go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday.

Tickets for these events will be available at the venues, by visiting www.livenation.com or by calling (877) 598-8703.