Battle Studies World Tour

Battle Studies World Tour

World tour by John Mayer
Location	Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Battle Studies
Start date	November 5, 2009
End date	October 1, 2010
Legs	8
No. of shows	122
John Mayer concert chronology
Continuum World Tour (2007–08) Battle Studies World Tour (2009–10) Born and Raised World Tour (2013–14)

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

• Michael Franti and Spearhead ^[1]
• Orianthi (Australia)
• Lisa Loïs (The Netherlands)
• Train (July 16–30 & August 1–11) ^[3]
• The Avett Brothers (Bristow, Cuyahoga Falls, Tinley Park & Noblesville) ^[3]
• Owl City (August 18 – September 11) ^[3]
• 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

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	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

• 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.

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. "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. "John Mayer's 'Battle Studies World Tour' Extends to Summer". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
3. "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.

External links

• Official website