Photo by @Daniel, via @JohnMayer on IG


After covering “Fire On The Mountain” at the Rhode Island stop of his solo tour, John Mayer continued the Grateful Dead favorites at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, playing “Deal” and even tossing in signature, acoustic take on Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin'”

“Well that was something special,” Mayer wrote after the show via Instagram. “An unforgettable night at @thegarden. Pretty moving stuff. Thank you NYC. You’ve helped take this tour to a new level.”

The show opened with Mayer’s Continuum cut “Belief,” which was followed up with “Love on the Weekend,” off his 2017 LP The Search for Everything.

Later in the first half, Mayer offered his Grammy-winning hit “Waiting on the World to Change,” and eventually closed with Battle Studies‘ “Edge of Desire,” which he segued nicely into the aforementioned version of “Deal.”

Set two began with the acoustic portion of the evening, with unplugged takes on “Emoji of a Wave” and “In Your Atmosphere,” before Mayer invited frequent collaborator David Ryan Harris to sit in on “Free Fallin’.”

After picking up his electric guitar once more, Mayer played seven more originals from across his solo career, and closed the set with “Dear Marie.”

He encored his first of two nights at MSG with a pairing of “Gravity” and 2018’s hit “New Light.”

Mayer will return to MSG on Friday, July 26. For tickets and more information visit his official website.

Check out the full setlist – as it appears in our Box Scores section – below:

John Mayer
July 25, 2019
Madison Square Garden, New York City

Set I: Belief, Love on the Weekend, Who Says, I Don’t Trust Myself, In The Blood, Waiting on the World to Change, Whiskey Whiskey, Changing, Edge of Desire> Deal

Set II: Emoji of a Wave*, In Your Atmosphere*, Free Fallin’*+, Helpless, Something Like Olivia, Still Feel Like Your Man, If I Ever Get Around To Living, Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, Age of Worry, Why Georgia, Dear Marie

Enc: Gravity, New Light

Notes:
*acoustic
+ with David Ryan Harris
^tour debut