{"id":267919,"date":"2026-10-10T04:25:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T04:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/john-mayer-performs-one-off-solo-show-at-mohegan-sun-before-sphere-residency-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T04:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T04:25:42","slug":"john-mayer-performs-one-off-solo-show-at-mohegan-sun-before-sphere-residency-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/john-mayer-performs-one-off-solo-show-at-mohegan-sun-before-sphere-residency-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mayer Performs One-Off Solo Show at Mohegan Sun Before Sphere Residency in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/john-mayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>John Mayer<\/strong><\/a> performed a rare solo show on Friday, October 9, offering fans a glimpse of what to expect from his upcoming residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Mayer, 48, took the stage at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, to kick off a three-night celebration for the casino\u2019s 30th anniversary. Much like his 2023 and 2024 tour, the seven-time Grammy winner sang for the 10,000 fans in attendance with just a microphone, a guitar and a piano rather than having a full band accompany him.<\/p>\n<p>Mayer performed 20 songs during his intimate two-hour set. He opened with \u201cSlow Dancing in a Burning Room\u201d and then ran through hits from his nearly three-decade catalog, including \u201cYour Body Is a Wonderland\u201d and \u201cGravity,\u201d before closing out the evening with a cover of <strong>Tom Petty<\/strong>\u2018s \u201cFree Fallin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohegan Sun\u2019s 30th birthday celebration will also include concerts by country music superstar <strong>Lainey Wilson<\/strong> on Saturday, October 10, and <strong>DJ Cassidy<\/strong> on Sunday, October 11. Cassidy is set to be joined by guests including <strong>Busta Rhymes<\/strong>, <strong>Fat Joe<\/strong>, <strong>Ja Rule<\/strong>, <strong>Jadakiss<\/strong> and <strong>Nelly<\/strong> for the latest installment of his <em>Pass the Mic Live!<\/em> series.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/john-mayers-famous-girlfriends-20121110\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/john-mayers-famous-girlfriends-20121110\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">John Mayer\u2019s Dating History<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJohn Mayer&#8217;s dated everyone from Jennifer Love Hewitt to Katy Perry. Click though to see which lady Hollywood&#8217;s eligible boyfriend thinks has a wonderland of a body and which blonde went as far as to go brunette for him.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mayer\u2019s one-off show on Friday comes less than two weeks after he announced an 18-night Sphere residency for April, May and June 2027, during which he will perform solo, with a band and with his John Mayer Trio that also features <strong>Pino Palladino<\/strong> and <strong>Steve Jordan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese performances will combine immersive sound, visual spectacle and sensory feedback to make each show a unique, unforgettable celebration,\u201d a press release obtained by <em>Us<\/em> teased.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DeTMyNxk3wR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Mayer, who previously performed at the Sphere from 2024 to 2025 as a member of Dead &amp; Company, shared that he has already spent \u201cseveral months\u201d putting together his upcoming concerts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe excitement around the reveal inspires me to go even deeper into creating this show over the months to come,\u201d he wrote via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dd7FJdOpVn0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on September 30. \u201cIt\u2019s never lost on me that I get to work with the most talented people to make beautiful things for a living. I can\u2019t wait for you to see and hear what I\u2019m dreaming up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayer is currently working on his ninth studio album, which will be the follow-up to 2021\u2019s <em>Sob Rock<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/john-mayer-performs-at-mohegan-sun-before-sphere-residency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mayer performed a rare solo show on Friday, October 9, offering fans a glimpse of what to expect from his upcoming residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Mayer, 48, took the stage at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, to kick off a three-night celebration for the casino\u2019s 30th anniversary. Much like his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-267919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}