We thought that if John Mayer wouldn't play Singapore, we would head to Brisbane or Melbourne. But as it turned out, he had planned to stop in Asia, and Singapore was on the list. The Indoor Stadium is a great venue- plenty of parking available, conscientious traffic ushers and wardens, and super convenient. We sucked it up and bought bloody pricey tickets to John Mayer's concert. We had them front row seats. AT LEAST. Everyone ditched the seats immediately when the lights dimmed. Why sit when we could stand and groove?!
As much of a douchebag as John Mayer is (I'm not even commenting on his love interests), I enjoy his playing and his songs. His last album 'The Search for Everything' was released in 2017, and then he simply wrote singles. The single this year 'Guess I Just Feel Like' (2019) felt a little lame though. I can't quite decide what the hell 'New Light' (2018) is, the music video is so bad that it's so funny. At least he's kept to being mouthy and hasn't gone racist or done a Ryan Adams.
John Mayer brought a whole band. What a good line-up. We were also there for Pino Palladino and Aaron Sterling, and all that gear plus guitars. J sent us a photo of six snare drums on standby. LOL What a parade of guitars. That PRS Silver Sky made me drool just a little. The friends loved it. We spied Rene Martinez doing guitar tech for John Mayer, and S waited the whole night till the end of the show to snap a proper photo of him. Heh.
Along with many other songs, 'Slow Dancing in a Burning Room' became an extended version with plenty of guitar solos. Ahhhh, we all wanted to go home to practice harder on the riffs. Hahaha. John Mayer is truly delightful on the guitar. It was a huge 2.5-hour party with the friends. What a superb gig.
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