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Battle Studies World Tour
World tour by John Mayer
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated albumBattle Studies
Start dateNovember 5, 2009
End dateOctober 1, 2010
Legs8
No. of shows122
John Mayer concert chronology

The Battle Studies World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American singer John Mayer. The tour spanned across the North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia promoting his fourth studio album Battle Studies (2009).

Background

The tour was announced on November 5, 2009, with tickets going on sale November 21, 2009.[1] 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.[2] The show on August 28 was a co-headline show with Keith Urban.

Opening acts

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

Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
Oceania leg 1
November 5, 2009 Sydney Australia The Metro Theatre —
November 9, 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
North America leg 1
November 16, 2009 Brooklyn United States Music Hall of Williamsburg —
November 17, 2009 New York City Beacon Theatre
November 24, 2009 Toronto Canada Sound Academy
December 7, 2009 New York City United States China Club
December 11, 2009[a] Madison Square Garden
December 29, 2009[b] San Diego Copley Symphony Hall
December 31, 2009[c] Las Vegas The Joint
Europe leg 1
January 13, 2010 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall Lisa Loïs
January 15, 2010 Manchester England Manchester Apollo —
January 16, 2010 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy Glasgow
January 18, 2010 London England HMV Hammersmith Apollo
January 19, 2010 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
North America leg 2[1]
February 4, 2010 Sunrise United States BankAtlantic Center Michael Franti and Spearhead
February 5, 2010 Tampa St. Pete's Time Forum
February 6, 2010 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
February 8, 2010 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
February 9, 2010 Birmingham BJCC Arena
February 10, 2010 Nashville Nashville Arena
February 12, 2010 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
February 13, 2010 London Canada John Labatt Centre
February 14, 2010 Toronto Air Canada Centre
February 16, 2010 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
February 17, 2010 Montreal Bell Centre
February 19, 2010 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena
February 20, 2010 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
February 21, 2010 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
February 24, 2010 Boston TD Garden
February 25, 2010 New York City Madison Square Garden
February 26, 2010
February 28, 2010 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
March 1, 2010 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center
March 2, 2010 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
March 4, 2010 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha
March 5, 2010 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Area
March 6, 2010 Houston Toyota Center
March 8, 2010 Austin Frank Erwin Center
March 9, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center
March 10, 2010 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
March 12, 2010 Columbus Nationwide Arena
March 13, 2010 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
March 15, 2010 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
March 16, 2010 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena
March 17, 2010 Atlanta Philips Arena
March 19, 2010 Memphis FedExForum
March 20, 2010 St. Louis Scottrade Center
March 22, 2010 Kansas City Sprint Center
March 23, 2010 Denver Pepsi Center
March 25, 2010 Los Angeles Staples Center
March 26, 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion
March 27, 2010 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
March 30, 2010 Portland Rose Garden
March 31, 2010 Seattle KeyArena
April 1, 2010 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
April 3, 2010 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
April 4, 2010 Edmonton Rexall Place
April 6, 2010 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
April 7, 2010 Winnipeg MTS Centre
April 8, 2010 Fargo United States Fargodome
April 10, 2010 Chicago United Center
Oceania leg 2
April 27, 2010 Wellington New Zealand TSB Arena Orianthi
April 28, 2010 Auckland Vector Arena
April 30, 2010 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
May 3, 2010 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
May 5, 2010 Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre
May 7, 2010 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre
May 8, 2010 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
Asia leg 1
May 11, 2010 Tokyo Japan JCB Hall —
May 12, 2010
May 13, 2010
Europe leg 2
May 21, 2010[d] Lisbon Portugal Rock in Rio —
May 23, 2010 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena Alberta Cross
May 24, 2010 Birmingham England LG Arena
May 26, 2010 London Wembley Arena
May 27, 2010
May 29, 2010 Landgraaf Netherlands Pinkpop
May 30, 2010 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen —
May 31, 2010 (canceled)
June 2, 2010 (canceled) Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall Alberta Cross
June 3, 2010 (canceled)
June 4, 2010 (canceled) Madrid Spain Rock In Rio —
June 5, 2010 (canceled) Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena Alberta Cross
July 10, 2010 (canceled) Naas Ireland Oxegen Festival —
July 11, 2010 (canceled) Balado Scotland T in the Park —
North America leg 3[2]
July 16, 2010 Charlotte United States Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Train
July 17, 2010 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
July 18, 2010 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Amphitheater —
July 21, 2010 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre Train
July 22, 2010
July 24, 2010 Scranton Toyota Pavilion
July 27, 2010 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Centre
July 28, 2010 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 30, 2010 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
July 31, 2010 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live The Avett Brothers
August 1, 2010 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion Train
August 3, 2010 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
August 4, 2010 Bethel Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
August 5, 2010 Hershey Hershey Park Stadium
August 6, 2010 Mansfield Comcast Center
August 7, 2010 Hartford Comcast Theatre
August 8, 2010 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Center
August 10, 2010 Darien Darien Lake Center
August 11, 2010 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheater
August 13, 2010 Cuyahoga Falls United States Blossom Music Center The Avett Brothers
August 14, 2010 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
August 15, 2010 Noblesville Verizon Center
August 18, 2010 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion Owl City
August 20, 2010 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 21, 2010 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 22, 2010 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl
August 24, 2010 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 25, 2010 Chula Vista Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
August 28, 2010 George The Gorge Amphitheatre —
August 31, 2010 West Valley City USANA Amphitheater —
September 1, 2010 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre Owl City
September 3, 2010 Tulsa BOK Center —
September 4, 2010 Dallas Superpages.com Center —
September 5, 2010 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Owl City
September 6, 2010 Orange Beach Amphitheater at the Wharf
September 8, 2010 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheater
September 10, 2010 Tampa Ford Amphitheatre
September 11, 2010 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
Asia leg 2
October 1, 2010 Manila Philippines SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds Aiza Seguerra
Miscellaneous
  1. ^ The show on December 11, 2009, was a part of Z100's Jingle Ball 2009.
  2. ^ The show on December 29, 2009, was a John Mayer Trio show.
  3. ^ The show on December 31, 2009, was a John Mayer Trio show.
  4. ^ The concert on May 21, 2010, was a part of Rock in Rio.

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Sound Academy Toronto 2,214 / 2,214 (100%) $166,839
Copley Symphony Hall San Diego 2,270 / 2,270 (100%) $120,335
The Joint Las Vegas 3,342 / 3,342 (100%) $507,695
Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam 5,531 / 5,531 (100%) $302,562
BankAtlantic Center Sunrise 9,702 / 10,274 (95%) $575,634
St. Pete Times Forum Tampa 9,992 / 9,992 (100%) $524,300
Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville 10,236 / 10,236 (100%) $511,532
Coliseum North Charleston 7,536 / 7,536 (100%) $420,172
BJCC Arena Birmingham 9,404 / 9,404 (100%) $439,129
The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 10,867 / 10,867 (100%) $566,573
John Labatt Centre London 6,300 / 7,847 (81%) $392,145
Air Canada Centre Toronto 14,966 / 14,966 (100%) $1,143,770
Scotiabank Place Ottawa 5,752 / 6,100 (95%) $379,417
Bell Centre Montreal 6,937 / 6,937 (100%) $467,425
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 7,891 / 7,891 (100%) $395,186
Verizon Center Washington DC 14,262 / 14,262 (100%) $960,255
Wachovia Center Philadelphia 11,993 / 11,993 (100%) $825,977
TD Garden Boston 14,654 / 14,654 (100%) $936,350
Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids 9,010 / 11,268 (80%) $466,774
Bradley Center Milwaukee 5,897 / 5,897 (100%) $355,848
Xcel Energy Center St. Paul 9,832 / 9,832 (100%) $646,668
Qwest Center Omaha 6,730 / 6,730 (100%) $406,220
Ford Center Oklahoma City 10,223 / 12,000 (86%) $585,985
Toyota Center Houston 11,216 / 11,216 (100%) $720,063
Frank Erwin Center Austin 10,531 / 10,531 (100%) $597,068
American Airlines Center Dallas 12,131 / 12,699 (96%) $754,395
New Orleans Arena New Orleans 10,286 / 12,000 (86%) $582,935
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro 8,852 / 8,852 (100%) $492,612
John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville 7,196 / 7,196 (100%) $368,304
Philips Arena Atlanta 13,247 / 13,247 (100%) $802,265
FedExForum Memphis 9,737 / 12,000 (82%) $559,805
Scottrade Center St. Louis 11,598 / 11,598 (100%) $631,809
Sprint Center Kansas City 9,568 / 9,568 (100%) $532,262
Staples Center Los Angeles 14,732 / 14,732 (100%) $1,010,408
Rose Garden Portland 7,241 / 8,343 (87%) $451,761
Rexall Place Edmonton 7,010 / 13,953 (51%) $501,977
United Center Chicago 14,583 / 14,583 (100%) $924,484
Entertainment Centre Brisbane 7,448 / 7,775 (96%) $773,500
Rod Laver Arena Melbourne 11,611 / 12,081 (97%) $983,573
Entertainment Centre Newcastle 3,437 / 5,409 (64%) $311,019
Entertainment Centre Sydney 10,919 / 11,000 (99%) $982,024
DTE Energy Music Center Clarkston 14,896 / 14,896 (100%) $574,716
Woods Center for the Arts Bethel 11,474 / 14,750 (78%) $464,486
Hersheypark Stadium Hershey 11,633 / 12,776 (91%) $396,572
Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles 14,570 / 17,125 (85%) $1,056,575
Amphitheater at the Wharf Orange Beach 9,020 / 9,020 (100%) $493,560
TOTAL 438,477 / 467,393 (94%) $27,062,964

References

  1. ^ a b c "John Mayer Announces "Battle Studies" Tour with Special Guest Michael Franti & Spearhead". vanandelarena.com. SMG. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "John Mayer's 'Battle Studies World Tour' Extends to Summer". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "JOHN MAYER'S "BATTLE STUDIES WORLD TOUR" EXTENDS TO SUMMER TOUR SCHEDULED TO END AT WEST PALM'S CRUZAN AMPHITHEATRE". premierguidemiami.com. Retrieved 2023-07-13.

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