July 11th is the new date for the CMT Presents Jimmy Buffett & Friends Live From the Gulf Coast concert. The originally scheduled date ten days prior was cancelled due to Hurricane Alex. This means the originally scheduled lineup will be modified. Both Kenny Chesney and the Zac Brown Band can’t appear.

Kenny Chesney tweeted, “Hate that I can’t get to Gulf Shores to sing w @jimmybuffett, Mac McAnally @zacbrownband! Gonna be great music!” Despite the drop in big name acts and no guaranteed lineup for Sunday, the show seems to have gained a boost in popularity after Jimmy Buffett appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper.

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I’m in the middle of watching the Texas/Alabama National Championship Game, and when Colt McCoy got hurt, a major spike on Twitter happened. It’s actually pretty incredible how much information gets disseminated on Twitter before the networks have any …