r/JohnMayer

I have compiled my “Perfect John Mayer set list”
after buying tickets to the sphere. I realize the trio isn’t on this, but this would be my ideal night in John Mayer paradise.

I will preface this by saying I’ve been a fan for 20 plus years.
Favourite albums are

1. Continuum
2. Battle Studies
3. Room for Squares

Favourite songs of all time:

1. In your atmosphere
2. Neon
3. I don’t trust myself with loving you
4. Clarity
5. Who you Love
6. (Honourable mentions - back to you, heartbreak warfare, and Edge of Desire)

Concert Opener: Heartbreak Warfare
Set 1: full band
Vultures
Rosie
Something’s missing
Back to you
Half of my heart
Who you love
Clarity
closer: gravity

Set 2: acoustic
Opener: Neon
My stupid mouth
Who says
Stop this train
Dear Marie
Closer: In your atmosphere

Set 3: full band
Opener: last train home
Love on the weekend
I don’t trust myself with loving you
Shot in the dark
If I ever get around to living
Wheel
Finale: slow dancing in a burning room

Encore:
Emoji of a wave
Edge of desire
Final finale: A face to call home

Bring on all the criticism!!!!!

How fast did tickets sell out to ALL of his shows at the Sphere? I was casually shopping on the "on sale to the public" and I got "in line" at ticketmasters literally 2 minutes after the tickets went on sale, and there were 33,000 people in front of me already. I clicked on Wednesday night instead of Saturday, then there were only 18,500 people in front of me in line. By the time I had a chance to buy tickets, about 30 minutes later, all that was left were "verified resale tickets". No thanks. I'm just curious, though, did all these shows really sell out before they even went on sale??? The Sphere only holds about 18,000 people and I assume all the people in front of me in line bought at least 2 tickets a piece, so there was no chance for me. How were 33,000 people "in front of me in line" at 4:02 when tickets went on sale at 4:00????

Hi everyone!

I’m a big fan of both John Mayer and Steve Jordan, and I’m hoping to make the trip from the UK to Las Vegas to catch one of John’s upcoming Sphere shows.

I’m particularly keen to see Steve playing with John’s full band, as I’ve never had the chance to see that lineup live. I understand there will also be a John Mayer Trio section, but I’m wondering whether Steve is expected to play during the full-band portion of the show as well.

From what I understand, it’s been confirmed that Sean Hurley won’t be part of the lineup, and Pino Palladino will more than likely be handling the bass duties for the full-band section, as he has on John’s more recent tours. However, I haven’t been able to find any clear information about Steve’s involvement beyond the Trio set.

Has anyone heard anything about whether Steve will be playing with the full band too, or whether this has already been decided behind the scenes?

Travelling from the UK and buying tickets is a pretty significant expense, so knowing whether there’s a chance to see Steve with the full band would really help me decide whether to make the trip.

I appreciate that the full lineup may not have been officially announced yet, but I’d be really grateful for any information, rumours, or insight from anyone who might know more!

Thanks so much!

Hi all!

I recently remembered John saying something about when he told his parents he wanted to be a musical artist and his mom replied with something like "you're good at computers John..why don't you go into that?" ....it was something like that and it was comical and it's old! I've been trying to find it for a while now.

If anyone has any idea about it, please reply with the link here!

Thank you!

Hey everyone!

This project has been in my head for a decade, and I finally got it built: Fan on the Side, https://fanontheside.com

It's twenty years of live John Mayer audience tapes, made by fans and cleaned up so you can just hit play. You don't download anything or unzip a pile of FLACs. Just pick a show and listen. These are from my personal collection, mostly picked up over the years on the fan boards, L-83, and straight from the tapers.

--- ETA: I have ~200 more shows to upload, they'll appear gradually over the next couple weeks---

What I did to the tapes

I built a remastering chain and ran every show through it the same way:

• Cut the low rumble you can't really hear but that eats up headroom. That turned out to be the main reason a lot of tapes sound thin.
• Pulled out the crowd, then blended about 30% of it back in so it still feels like you're in the room.
• Built one EQ curve per show to even out the taper's mic and recorder. It's applied gently, and I never boost the extreme lows or highs.
• Added a touch of stereo width, then set the volume so every show plays at about the same level.

Nothing is added and nothing is cut. Every track plays exactly as the taper cut it, intros and banter included. I listen to every show myself before it goes up, and if you'd rather hear the raw tape, there's a switch that flips to the original at the same spot in the song. The About page has the whole chain with the actual settings, if you're into that.

Other stuff

• Tapers get the credit. Their name is in the player while their show plays, their notes are on the show page, and each one has a page of their own.
• Ways to dig in: an eras timeline, "song journeys" where you can hear a song change over the years, and a library of every show.
• No accounts, no ads, no tracking. You can rate the night and the tape, and that's it.

Right now there are 45 shows from 2000 to 2023 (168 songs, 15 tapers), with more coming.

**If you taped any of these**, every show page has a "This is my tape" button where you can claim it, fix something or add to it. If you'd rather a show come down, email tapers@fanontheside.com and it's done. 15 shows are still marked "taper unknown," so if you know who recorded one, please tell me!

Hope y'all enjoy it.

Tour on sale Friday?

Show at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday?

I dunno. It all feels aligned...