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Associated album
  
Battle Studies

End date
  
October 1, 2010

Start date
  
November 5, 2009

Legs
  
8

No. of shows
  
122 92 in North America 17 in Europe 9 in Oceania 4 in Asia

Battle Studies World Tour was a worldwide tour by American singer John Mayer. The tour spanned across the United States, Canada, Denmark, Australia, and the Netherlands, promoting his 2009 album Battle Studies.

Contents

Background

The tour was announced on November 5, 2009, with tickets going on sale November 21, 2009. Paperless ticketing was used for purchasing and entering the concert. The second leg of North America was announced on March 31, beginning in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 16, 2010. The show on August 28 was a co-headline show with Keith Urban.

Opening act

  • Michael Franti and Spearhead
  • Orianthi (Australia)
  • Lisa Loïs (The Netherlands)
  • Train (July 16–30 & August 1–11)
  • The Avett Brothers (Bristow, Cuyahoga Falls, Tinley Park & Noblesville)
  • Owl City (August 18 – September 11)
  • Alberta Cross (UK & The Netherlands)
  • Aiza Seguerra (SM Mall of Asia, the Philippines)

    • Setlist

    1. "Chest Fever" (The Band cover)
    2. "Vultures"
    3. "Clarity"
    4. "Why Georgia"
    5. "Machine Gun"
    6. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
    7. "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room"
    8. "Beast of Burden" (The Rolling Stone cover)
    9. "Perfectly Lonely"
    10. "Covered in Rain"
    11. "Stop This Train"
    12. "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
    13. "Good Love Is on the Way"
    14. "Gravity"
    15. "I've Got Dreams to Remember"
    16. "Who Says"
    17. "Waiting on the World to Change"
    18. "Do You Know Me"
    19. "Half of My Heart"

    Encore

    1. "Wheel"
    2. "Edge of Desire"
    3. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"

    Tour dates

  • After a sold out performance in Copenhagen, Mayer was forced to cancel his second show there due to illness, this also affected the remaining European shows in Amsterdam, Lisbon & Manchester to be cancelled also.
  • Due to equipment damage from a severe thunderstorm, the concert originally scheduled for July 25, 2010, in Hershey, Pennsylvania was postponed to August 5.
    • Festivals

    References

    Battle Studies World Tour Wikipedia
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