Karaoke takes to the street

Tara Daniels and Ashley Short were among 40 or so teens from the Jimmy Fund Clinic who took a VIP trip to Atlanta to watch the Sox against the Braves. The Jimmy Fund takes an annual trip outside Boston to give patients time to watch a game with friends they’ve made at the clinic. . . . Closer to home, Jimmy Buffett was up and at ’em early after his show at the Comcast Center. The primary Parrothead and three friends had breakfast by the window at the Bristol Lounge yesterday. . . . Ben Affleck dined sans family at Olives the other night, enjoying Todd English’s roasted chicken and raw oysters.

Shonda Schilling, wife of former Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and the founder of the SHADE Foundation, kicked off its bowling program in Millis the other day. Every Friday during the summer, SHADE and Ryan Amusements are hosting free bowling at all of their locations to promote their “Limit the Sun, Not the Fun’’ program.

Hollywood hair metal band Steel Panther brought its particular brand of party rock to the Lansdowne Pub Thursday, playing an exclusive show for WAAF listeners. The band, an ’80s-style spoof on the likes of Poison, have a lot of celebrity friends, including Sarah Silverman, Kelly Clarkson, and Avril Lavigne. The other night, Extreme frontman Gary Cherone (right) jumped on stage to rock out with Michael Starr , Satchel, Lexxi Foxxx, and Stix Zadinia.

In the end, Michael Jackson’s 1984 concerts with his brothers - a costly spectacle that was dubbed the Victory Tour - didn’t stop in Foxborough. “It was a disappointment to me and to Michael,’’ Chuck Sullivan, the tour’s improbable promoter, told us yesterday. “Michael knew that Foxborough was where my heart was.’’ Sullivan, who was then vice president of the New England Patriots, agreed to put on the Victory Tour after Don King dropped out. Despite losing millions of dollars in the deal, Sullivan says he has only fond memories of Michael and the Jackson family. “I talked to [Jackson’s father] Joe yesterday,’’ said Sullivan, who lives in New York these days. “Michael is truly the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart of the 20th century.’’ Madonna, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd had all played Sullivan Stadium, but Foxborough selectmen rejected the Jacksons, citing concerns about security, traffic, and “the unknown element of thousands of people showing up without tickets.’’ Some cried racism, but Sullivan says that wasn’t the issue. “They would give me a license for one night, but the show was so costly I needed three nights to make it work, and they weren’t able to do that.’’ Sullivan said he’s “profoundly saddened’’ by Jackson’s death. “That tour was a quarter of a century ago, and I remember each note,’’ he said.

Reminiscing about his hero Michael Jackson, boy bander Michael Bivins said his best memory of the Gloved One was when he introduced him to his other hero - Michael Jordan. The New Edition singer was with Jackson, Macaulay Culkin, and the boy band Another Bad Creation filming the “Black or White’’ video when he learned that Jordan was shooting a commercial nearby. Bivins brought his two idols together, and that blossomed into a friendship - and a collaboration for the song “Jam.’’ Bivins says he has the photo of himself and the other two Michaels hanging in his living room. We caught up with Bivins while he was packing to travel to tomorrow’s BET Awards. He called Jackson’s voice “effortless and timeless and colorless.’’