Battle Studies World Tour
2009–10 concert tour by John Mayer
Battle Studies World Tour Location Europe North America Oceania Associated album Battle Studies Start date November 5, 2009 End date October 1, 2010 Legs 8 No. of shows122
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
"Chest Fever " (The Band cover)
"Vultures"
"Clarity "
"Why Georgia "
"Machine Gun"
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return) "
"Slow Dancing in a Burning Room"
"Beast of Burden" (The Rolling Stone cover)
"Perfectly Lonely"
"Covered in Rain"
"Stop This Train"
"Your Body Is a Wonderland "
"Good Love Is on the Way"
"Gravity"
"I've Got Dreams to Remember "
"Who Says "
"Waiting on the World to Change"
"Do You Know Me"
"Half of My Heart"
Encore
"Wheel"
"Edge of Desire"
"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
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
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
External links
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