Train set to perform John Mayer at Bethel Woods

Train set to perform John Mayer at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts’ Pavilion Stage, 200 Hurd Road, Bethel, Wednesday at 8 p.m. In the 2000s John Mayer was leveraging his two distinct gifts: His guitar skills and his aptitude for classy pop rock songs. Putting those abilities to use both on his solo albums and with the John Mayer Trio, his blues rock band, Mayer earned big chart success, becoming the sensitive singer songwriter of choice for hordes of Americans. In 2009, Mayer performed an instrumental version of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” at Jackson’s memorial service, and in November, Mayer released his fourth studio album, “Battle Studies,” which debuted at number one.Over the course of 15 years, On music history train has made its mark with their Grammy Award winning song “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” and chart topping singles “Meet Virginia” and “Calling All Angels.” Since forming in San Francisco in 1994, the multi platinum selling band has traveled a long, successful and sometimes arduous journey. Following their 2006 release, “For Me, It’s You,” the band took a three year hiatus, and in that time, Train has, for all intents and purposes, experienced an epiphany as a whole. Now, with their fifth album, “Save Me San Francisco,” Train has channeled its early days, revisiting the roots rock sound that has made the band such a tour de force and, in turn, celebrating a super hit on radio with “Hey, Soul Sister”.

Concert Rescheduled to John Mayer

The John Mayer concert wasn't supposed to start until 7 p.m., but the concert still had to be postponed. You can see a video of John Mayer performing a song called "Covered In Rain" on YouTube. On Sunday it was Mayer's Hershey Park Stadium stage covered in rain. So much so, the concert had to be postponed.
"There was water inside the drums. There was water in the piano," said Hershey Park Stadium Spokesperson Melissa Stradnick. "There was water in places the crew didn't even know the water could get to and the crazy part, everything was covered in tarps." Video shot by the road crew as rain ripped sideways through the stage is posted on John Mayer's website, along with a message about the show being postponed until Aug. 5. All the concert gear and instruments have to be dried out and shipped to Cincinnati for a Mayer concert on Tuesday. Clair Brothers from Lititz in Lancaster County, had to move soggy sound equipment. Even the 50-foot video screen on stage has water inside of it. Fans are being used to dry out overhead spotlights that had to be taken apart because they were so wet. Some John Mayer fans who can't make the postponed show are not happy and would rather have a refund. "Hersheypark should have done something to make this situation right, because John Mayer is representing them," abc27 viewer Ashley Campbell said to us in an e-mail. But as with most concerts that are postponed but not canceled - no refunds. "Mother Nature had other intentions yesterday, and it wasn't for a John Mayer concert," said Stradnick. The John Mayer concert with Train is rescheduled for Thursday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. Anyone with questions can call the Hersheypark Box Office at 534-3911.

John Mayer: John Mayer Serves Up More Than Music at Show

John Mayer gave fans heading to his Jones Beach show a hint on Wednesday afternoon that tailgating that night might be something out of the ordinary.
“If you're coming to the Jones Beach show tonight, turn your geo tagging on when you tweet. I wanna talk to tailgaters,” he tweeted at 3:33 p.m. on Wednesday.
Fairfield’s favorite crooners’ surprise came rolling in as fans waited for his show to begin. It was a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream truck and he was scooping out free samples of Heath Bar and Milk and Cookies, Rolling Stone reports.
"We had an idea of catering to the tailgating crowd, and the epitome of the sound of summer is ice cream truck bells," Michael McDonald, Mayer's manager, told Rolling Stone.

Mayer’s heading here for a show on Aug. 7 at the Comcast Theatre, so local fans might want to watch for John’s tweets, because you never know if he’ll do something here.
"It'll pop up a few more times. It gives a random lucky few fans the ability to have that intimate moment (with Mayer) before they're in a crowd of 15,000." McDonald told Rolling Stone – and added that Mayer’s summer vibe is "very light, very airy and trying to have a lot of fun and give people a great night to remember."

John Mayer summer tour in Charlotte

John Mayer's 2010 U.S. "Battle Studies" summer tour is set to begin on Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina and features supporting acts Train, Guster, Owl City, the Avett Brothers and one gig co headlined by country singer Keith Urban.
Mayer ended his European tour in June due to an undisclosed illness. Check out the dates of John Mayer's "Battle Studies" tour, which runs from July 16 to September 11.
To announce his tour, the 32 year old singer currently posted a videotaped parody of basketball player LeBron James' highly publicized and watched announcement on ESPN, in which he said he would leave the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat.
"After giving it a lot of thought and careful consideration, I have decided that I'm going to play for Cleveland," Mayer said, mimicking James' words.
"So as not to offend my fans in South Beach, I would also like to announce that I'll be playing for Miami," he added. "I'm also going to be playing for New York City, so as not to leave my friends across the water in New Jersey out from watching my immense display of talent, I'm going to be playing for New Jersey.

Check out Mayer's tour dates and his videotaped parody below.

July 16 - Charlotte, NC, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

July 17- Raleigh, NC, Time Warner Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek

July 18 - Virginia Beach, VA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

July 21 - Wantagh, NY, Nikon Theatre @ Jones Beach

July 24 - Scranton, PA, Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

July 25 - Hershey, PA, Hershey Park Stadium

July 27 - Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center

July 28 - Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Center

July 30 - Camden, NJ, Susquehanna Bank Center

July 31 - Bristow, VA, Jiffy Lube Live

August 1 - Burgettstown, PA, First Niagara

August 3 - Homdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center

August 4 - Bethel, NY, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

August 6 - Mansfield, MA, Comcast Center

August 7 - Hartford, CT, Comcast Theatre

August 8 - Saratoga, NY, Saratoga PAC

August 10 - Darien Center, NY, Darien Lake PAC

August 11 - Toronto, ONT, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

August 13 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center

August 14 - Tinley Park, IL, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

August 15 - Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center

August 18 - Phoenix, AZ, Cricket Wireless Pavilion

August 20 - Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre

August 21 - Wheatland, CA, Sleep Train Ampthitheatre

August 22 - Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl

August 24 - Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

August 25 - Chula Vista, CA, Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

August 28 - George, WA, The Gorge Amphitheatre (Co-headline with Keith Urban)

August 31 - West Valley City, UT, USANA Amphitheatre

September 1 - Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre

September 3 - Tulsa, OK, BOK Center

September 4 - Dallas, TX, Superpages.com Center

September 5 - Woodlands, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

September 6 - Orange Beach, AL, The Amphitheater at the Wharf

September 8 - Atlanta, GA, Aaron's Amphitheatre @ Lakewood

September 10 - Tampa, FL, Ford Amphitheatre

September 11 - West Palm Beach, FL, Cruzan Amphitheatre

John Mayer: How to Fake a Sportsgasm

John Mayer doesn't like sports but he follows 'em anyway and according to the rocker, his anti athletic demeanor may stem from violent runins with jocks way back in the day.

Mayer was out in NYC yesterday and when we asked about LeBron James, dude BS'd for a little while before finally admitting, "I play music ... we don't like sports ... we got beat up by guys like LeBron James."He also told us he's sick of "faking" interest just to fit in with other "alpha males."And even though he talks a big game, John also told us, "Whatever the next sport is, I'll pretend like I know that too."
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In Scotland John Mayer Cancels Performance

At a music festival in Scotland John Mayer has canceled his appearance this weekend due to "unforeseen circumstances". The rocker was due to perform in Balado at T in the Park, Scotland on Sunday, July 11 alongside big names including Jay-Z, Eminem and Muse. But Mayer has now canceled his show without further explanation. A spokeswoman for the festival tells the Daily Record, "Due to unforeseen circumstances, John Mayer has been forced to cancel his appearance at this year's T in the Park." Mayer scrapped his European tour in May after he fell sick with a mystery ailment. He later bounced back from illness to play a surprise show in New York last month. He returned to a stand up comedy club and reportedly managed to put on an impressive show.

John Mayer Gives Stand Up Comedy

At stand up comedy John Mayer has reportedly taken another shot, offering up a 10 minute set at New York's Comedy Cellar night club. At stand up the set was Mayer's second attempt. He was booed off stage at the same club in 2006. According to one audience member the Grammy winning, multi platinum selling songwriter was visibly nervous before taking that stage. The unnamed source told People Magazine that Mayer looked "actually nervous right before he went on and kept checking his notes that he brought onstage."Mayer made headlines for his first stand up routine, during which he reportedly made repeated sexist and racist remarks. Comedy blogger Jason Pinter caught the set and told Stereogum that even Mayer's fellow comedians were unimpressed. "It was so bad, that the comedians following Mayer made fun of him. Not just 'tee hee' kind of ribbing, but, 'Can you believe that guy can hold a job' kind of ribbing," Pinter said.