09 Mar John Mayer Cancels Tour; Needs More Vocal Cord Surgery

John Mayer. Photo: ContactMusic.com

John Mayer was to start a new tour in promotion of his new CD, “Born And Raised” but he just revealed he has to cancel the tour for more vocal cord surgery.

Mayer had vocal cord surgery last year to remove granuloma that had grown on his throat.  After tour rehearsals Tuesday, John went to his doctor as something didn’t/feel sound right to him.  The doctor revealed that the granuloma had grown back where it had healed.

John released a statement saying that he has to cancel the tour and does not know when he will be able to perform live again.  He will take an immediate break from touring and live performing.  He advised that this is having an emotional toll on him but still plans to release “Born And Raised” on May 22nd, and plans to write and record more new material.  In the future, he will have more vocal cord surgery, but did not announce a timetable for it.

Here is a portion of John’s Statement:

During rehearsal on Tuesday, it came to mind that I should see my throat doctor because something didn’t feel/sound right. I went in for a visit on Wednesday and a scope of my vocal cords revealed that the granuloma has grown back where it had mostly healed. This is bad news. Because of this, I have no choice but to take an indefinite break from live performing. Though there will be a day when all of this will be behind me, it will sideline me for a longer period of time than I care to have you count down.

I want to explain this a bit more in-depth than I have in the past, because I know there’s some confusion as to what this condition is; a granuloma forms and continues to snowball because it’s in a spot where the vocal cords hit together and there’s no way to really give it a chance to heal without a good stretch of time and some pretty intensive treatment. In short, it’s one giant pain in the ass.

Okay, so here’s the plan… Born and Raised will be released as scheduled, but because I don’t make a very good anything-other-than-a-musician, I’m going to begin writing the next album very soon. I feel really vibrant as a writer at the moment and there’s no reason not to begin the next album project in the time I would have been touring. Somewhere in all of this is another surgery and a very long chemically-imposed period of silence, so I hope you’ll understand that I have to really pick that date carefully.

I’m pretty emotionally burnt out at the moment, but please know how hard I tried to resolve this and how disappointed I am that I can’t perform this record yet. I’m completely bummed, especially for all of you who started making plans to see a show. Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.

For the full statement, click HERE.

We know people who were due to attend the show and understand the situation but are saddened by the news.  Get better John.  Looking forward to hearing the new material.-DocFB

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