The success of John Mayer's third studio album, the platinum-certified CONTINUUM, has prompted the announcement of a full summer tour, which will make stops at arenas and amphitheatres throughout the US beginning June 1st in Ridgefield, WA and continuing through August 8th in West Palm Beach, FL (see full itinerary following). Mayer, who appears on the cover of the February 22nd issue of Rolling Stone magazine as one of "The New Guitar Gods" of contemporary music, recently took a break from winter tour dates to accept this year's Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy for CONTINUUM as well as the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for his single, Waiting on the World to Change, at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, where he performed his current single, the stunningly spare Gravity. Over the past week, sales of CONTINUUM have increased 180%, returning the album to the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 best-selling album chart. As his winter tour comes to a close with a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden (2/28), Mayer will perform on the "Late Show with David Letterman" (3/1) and pay a visit to NPR's "Morning Edition" for a "performance chat" with host Steve Inskeep (airdate to be announced).
Go to http://www.johnmayer.com for on sale dates for John Mayer's CONTINUUM Summer Tour. CONTINUUM Summer Tour Dates:
June 1 - Ridgefield, WA @ The Amphitheatre at Clark County
June 2 - George, WA @ The Gorge
June 5 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
June 6 - Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center
June 8 - Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Event Center
June 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
June 12 - Chula Vista, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre
June 13 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
June 15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Usana Amphitheatre
June 16 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 17 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 19 - Bonner Springs, KS @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 20 - Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 22 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Centre
June 23 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 24 - San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
June 26 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 28 - Chicago, IL @ Charter One Pavilion
June 30 - Cincinnati, OH @ US Bank Arena
July 1- Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
July 5 - Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
July 14 - Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
July 15 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 17 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden
July 20 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Waterfront
July 21 - Hershey, PA @ Hershey Park Pavilion
July 24 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 25 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
July 26 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 30 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
July 31 - Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
August 1- Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 3 - Nashville, TN @ Gaylord Entertainment Center
August 4 - Pelham, AL @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 5 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
August 7 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
August 8 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheatre
CONTINUUM is a pop/rock album showcasing Mayer's diverse influences, rich lyrics, the groove of the guitar-slinging bluesman, and the vocals of the soulful crooner. CONTINUUM earned four stars from Rolling Stone magazine. USA Today wrote that Mayer's "smartly crafted third album combines singer/songwriter pop and sinewy guitar blues," and The New York Times opined, "Mayer has been writing songs again, good ones, with all the leanness and directness that distinguish his strongest work." CONTINUUM was co-produced by John Mayer and Steve Jordan and includes the #1 hit Waiting On The World To Change, and its follow-up single, Gravity. The album features sultry grooves such as I Don't Trust Myself With Loving You, Slow Dancing In A Burning Room, and the Sam Cooke-flavored I'm Gonna Find Another You. Fans of the John Mayer Trio will recognize Vultures and Gravity reworked for the studio by John, Steve, and Pino, as well as a blazing display of fretwork on Jimi Hendrix's Bold As Love. Longtime fans will recognize Heart of Life and Stop This Train as keeping in-step with trademark Mayer material.
A musician and collaborator who exceeds genre boundaries, John Mayer famously toured and recorded with power players Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan as the John Mayer Trio, whose live album Try! was released in November '05. Mayer's other collaborations -- in genres ranging from Rock to Blues, Hip-Hop to Jazz to Country -- have included work with Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, T Bone Burnett, Herbie Hancock, Dixie Chicks, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, and Ahmir ?uestlove. Over the course of his career, John Mayer, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, has sold more than nine million albums including his 2001 breakout, the 4x platinum-selling Room For Squares, 2003's Heavier Things (which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 the week of its release and featured the Grammy- winning Song Of The Year, Daughters), his critically acclaimed work with the John Mayer Trio on Try!, and most recently, the best-selling Grammy-winning CONTINUUM. Room For Squares, Heavier Things, and CONTINUUM have each earned Grammy Awards for John, bringing his career Grammy total to five. Try!, his live recording with the John Mayer Trio, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.
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