John Mayer has not only borrowed the traditional two-part set style from his part-time gig with Dead & Company, but on this 2019 World Tour, he's also been sprinkling in a Grateful Dead cover at select, lucky cities.
Last night during his first of two (sold out) stops at New York City's historic Madison Square Garden, Mayer ended his first set with a tour debut of Grateful Dead classic "Deal." Mayer had no problems nailing the song, as he's had plenty of experience performing it 35 times with Dead & Company, according to our Setlist stats!
Watch him performing a snippet of the song last night:
Again, much like the Dead, the talented guitarist and singer has been changing up his setlists every night! Last night he opened the first set with "Belief" and the second set with "Emoji of a Wave."
He also weaved in his covers of "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty and "The Beautiful Ones" by Prince. Check out the full setlist below.
Mayer covered one other Dead song on this tour so far - "Fire on the Mountain" during his stop in Providence, Rhode Island.
Make sure to catch Mayer on his current tour, you never know what surprises he'll bring out! Peep the full tour dates below.
07/26 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
07/28 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
07/30 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
08/02 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
08/03 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
08/05 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
08/06 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
08/08 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
08/09 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
08/11 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
08/12 – Indianpolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
08/14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
08/31 – Snowmass Village, CO @ Snowmass Mountain
09/02 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
09/03 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
09/05 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
09/07 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
09/08 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
09/10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
09/11 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
09/13 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum
09/14 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum
