Saturday, May 26, 2012

John Mayer Cancels Tour

Vocal issues are to blame, but singer/songwriter still plans to release his Born and Raised album on May 22.
By Jocelyn Vena

<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/mayer_john/artist.jhtml">John Mayer</a>'s road to recovery has hit a snag. Just weeks after revealing his dates for <a href="/news/articles/1680059/john-mayer-tour.jhtml">a spring tour</a>, the singer announced Friday (March 9) that he'd no longer be able to hit the road due to a new spate of vocal problems.</P><P>"During rehearsal on Tuesday, it came to mind that I should see my throat doctor because something didn't feel/sound right. I went in for a visit on Wednesday and a scope of my vocal cords revealed that the granuloma has grown back where it had mostly healed. This is bad news," he wrote on his <a href="http://johnmayer.com/news/news-19004450899/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>. "Because of this, I have no choice but to take an indefinite break from live performing. Though there will be a day when all of this will be behind me, it will sideline me for a longer period of time than I care to have you count down."</P><P>He then went on to describe what the condition is, writing, "A granuloma forms and continues to snowball because it's in a spot where the vocal cords hit together and there's no way to really give it a chance to heal without a good stretch of time and some pretty intensive treatment. In short, it's one giant pain in the ass."</P><P>For now, he says his album, <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2012/03/01/john-mayer-sets-release-date-for-born-and-raised/"><i>Born and Raised,</i></a> is still slated to be released May 22. Earlier this month he released his first single, "Shadow Days."</P><P>"I'm pretty emotionally burnt out at the moment, but please know how hard I tried to resolve this and how disappointed I am that I can't perform this record yet. I'm completely bummed, especially for all of you who started making plans to see a show. Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing," he wrote. "I love this band you were going to hear, I love the guys and girls I work with, and the only thing that stops me from devolving into a puddle of tears is knowing that it's a long life, and the greatest gift in the world is being able to create music no matter what the circumstances. So these are the new circumstances, and I'll find a way to make it mean something. That's all you can ever do."</P><P>In the post, he also revealed that while <i>Born and Raised</i> has yet to drop, he feels inspired to start work on his next album &#8212; but only after he seeks treatment for his vocal condition. "I'm going to begin writing the next album very soon," he wrote. "I feel really vibrant as a writer at the moment and there's no reason not to begin the next album project in the time I would have been touring. Somewhere in all of this is another surgery and a very long chemically-imposed period of silence, so I hope you'll understand that I have to really pick that date carefully."</P><P><i>Share your well-wishes for John's vocal recovery in the comments below.</i></p>

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