Fall John Mayer Tour Dates Announced
PRNewswire
10/25/2002
Headline Tour To Include Shows With Special Guests
Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Nickel Creek
Tour Begins November 7 In Pompano, Florida
NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Having seen his major label debut album, Room For Squares, certified RIAA platinum in July, Aware/Columbia Records artist John Mayer is returning to the road for a new series of concert dates beginning November 7 in Pompano, Florida, and winding up in Wallingford, Connecticut, where, after tickets sold out in 30 minutes, a second show was added for December 1 (see itinerary following). John's November shows are his first since his critically-acclaimed sold-out U.S. summer run.
Previous John Mayer tours have introduced audiences to up-and-coming new talent including Norah Jones and Charlie Hunter. In keeping with the indie spirit of his music, select shows on John's tour will feature support from "Sacred Steel" guitarist Robert Randolph & the Family Band with other gigs showcasing the "new grass" ensemble Nickel Creek.
Released on Aware/Columbia Records in September 2001, Room For Squares has been one of the biggest new artist success stories of the year. The album steadily worked its way up the charts, driven in part by fan word-of-mouth and the multi-format (Top 40 Mainstream, Top 40 Adult, Modern Adult, AAA, Hot AC) success of the singles "No Such Thing" and, most recently, "Your Body Is A Wonderland," which is a Hot Shot Debut (at #63) on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Room For Squares has SoundScanned more than 1,400,000 copies in the U.S. alone and has spent more than 40 weeks in the Top 200. Inside Wants Out, John's 1999 independent release, was recently released on Columbia Records and debuted at #22 on the Billboard 200 best-selling album chart.
John has enjoyed great critical acclaim for both his live performances and Room For Squares, which earned a "four star" review in Rolling Stone. He's been singled out as one of Rolling Stone's "10 Artists To Watch/The Next Wave" and as a "Breakout Musician" in USA Today. Spin called John Mayer one of the magazine's "Bands To Watch," and in this year's Vanity Fair music issue, John is one of the "Next Big Things." John Mayer was interviewed by Sir Elton John, one of his biggest fans, in the April 2002 issue of Interview magazine.
John Mayer November Tour Itinerary
11/07/02 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre (w/Robert
Randolph & the Family Band)
11/08/02 Lakeland, FL Lakeland Civic Center(w/Robert
Randolph & the Family Band)
11/09/02 Gainesville, FL Univ. Of Florida (w/Robert
Randolph & the Family Band)
11/11/02 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Auditorium, Civic
Coliseum (w/Robert Randolph & the
Family Band)
11/12/02 Indianapolis, IN Pepsi Coliseum (w/Robert Randolph
& the Family Band)
11/13/02 Oxford, OH Miami University, Millett Assembly
Hall (w/Robert Randolph & the Family
Band)
11/15/02 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center (w/Robert
Randolph & the Family Band)
11/16/02 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion at University Of Illinois
(w/Robert Randolph & the Family Band)
11/17/02 Ypsilanti, MI Eastern Michigan Univ., Convocation
Center (w/Robert Randolph & the Family
Band)
11/20/02 Syracuse, NY Oncenter (w/Nickel Creek)
11/22/02 Portland, ME Cumberland Co. Civic Center (w/Nickel
Creek)
11/23/02 Amherst, MA The Mullins Center (w/Nickel Creek)
11/24/02 Kingston, RI Fine Arts Center - University Of Rhode
Island (w/Nickel Creek)
11/25/02 Troy, NY RPI Houston Field House, Hall
(w/Nickel Creek)
11/27/02 Philadelphia, PA The Liacouras Center
11/29/02 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center, Arena
11/30/02 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre
12/01/02 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre
For press materials online, please visit: www.sonymusic/b2b
SOURCE: Columbia Records
CONTACT: Angelica Cob Baehler, Columbia Records, Media, Santa Monica,
+1-310-449-2508, or angelica_cob@sonymusic.com, Tour press, Dana Fiske
Goldstein, +1-212-535-6829, fax, +1-212-988-6359, or dana@ontheroadpr.com, or
Online press, Lisa Linder, Columbia Records, Online & Emerging Technologies,
New York, +1-212-833-6666, or lisa_linder@sonymusic.com
Web site: http://www.columbiarecords.com/
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