I got the best John Mayer concert tickets ever when I was a member of Local-83, we’re talking second row seats, and I don’t see how I’ll be able to get those again if anyone and everyone has access. It’s worth the membership fee to have exclusivity.

Dear JM supporters,

we are sure all of you are as concerned as we are about the pre-sales for the upcoming John Mayer tour. When Mick Management announced they were dissolving the Local-83 fan club, they stated: “There won’t be a fan club anymore, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get access to the same things you did before.”

Some action is needed to make our feelings known. We came up with the idea to send a message to Mick Management, Sony Music, as well as John Mayer himself that we, as fans, need to have what they promised: Tickets for fans first. So far, Mick Management’s solution has been to send out mass emails containing a website and password for a pre-sale to the 50,000+ people on the johnmayer.com mailing list. There were approx. 10,000 people in L83. See the difference?

Local-83 might not have been perfect, but it was at least a place where we could get a shot at better tickets first and that is all we are asking for.

The thing that gives us exclusivity and power is money. The almighty dollar speaks volumes. 10,000+ people willing to pay 25 dollars a year in dues for fans first ticket pre-sales should mean something to management. Other bands and musicians are able to provide such services, so why would Mick Management deny such an opportunity to Mayer’s fans? Surely the membership fee can be used to maintain a fan club.

What you would be signing below, is simply your willingness to give an amount of money, $25 in yearly dues, just like L-83, to get on a list that would have first shot at the pre-sales. Lets face it, most of us paid that money year after year, because we knew the pre-sales for tickets were at least a chance of getting much better seats than the alternative general sales. Nothing can be guaranteed. We would have the same shot as we did with L-83..but isn’t that better than 50,000+ people and what they are giving us now? Look you run the numbers…that amount of money sitting there untapped? That is going to be hard to ignore.

What you are signing is just a willingness to do this, not a promise. We are not asking you for money! We simply want to send a message to Mick that there is a significant amount of us out there willing to give them yearly dues for an exclusive, fans first, pre-sale for Mayer tickets.

But time is important. If we don’t do this now we will not be in any position to get tickets for this upcoming tour. So now we need you to do two things:

1. Go to the website below and sign the petition with your name and a short comment statement: http://petitions.tigweb.org/jmpresales

2. Go to Mick Management’s twitter account [http://www.twitter.com/mickmgmt] and John Mayer’s twitter account [http://www.twitter.com/johncmayer] and tell them we want the same chance for good seats that we have had in the past. (Please do not send more than one tweet to each. Any more will just aggravate them and defeat the purpose.)

In a couple of days we will forward the signed petition to Mick Management. Additionally we will post it as an open letter to the management on MSM and TryJM. We will continue to forward new signatures as we receive them. Please do not hesitate: We need to convince John Mayer and his management that we are willing to put our $25 membership fee where our mouth is in order to get first shot at good seats!

Please join us – bitching about tickets is one thing, but if we have any chance of changing this: We need to put up a united front and tell them what we want!

Thank you,
Debbie (poster on MSM) and Katharina & Susi (from TryJM).

In the spirit of the holidays and ultimate luxury — Bloomingdales is auctioning six opportunities to win the music event of a lifetime including the chance to sail the seas with rocker John Mayer! Ship off from Southern California with three of your lucky friends and meet John Mayer on his “Mayercraft Carrier 2,” a floatable party ship that sails the seas stocked with parties, performers, jam sessions and good times.

This experience includes roundtrip airfare for four to Los Angeles, California where you’ll stay at The Leading Hotels of the World’s luxuriously intimate Casa del Mar, a hacienda-style beachfront hotel set on the edge of the Sea of Cortez, on both the eve of your cruise and the night of your return. The Mayercraft Carrier 2 sets sail on March 27 for a four-day voyage of fun, sun and plenty of jawdropping perks—like the guitar of Mayer’s that he’ll sign and give to you to take with you wherever you roam! As if this experience wasn’t fabulous enough—it gets better, because 100% of the proceeds benefit Musicians On Call, an organization that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities.

For more information visit www.bloomingdalesholidayauction.com. The minimum bid is $25,000 and all bidders must be pre-qualified through Kompolt.

I know it’s been a million days since I last updated the site but I’m here now! So here’s the news, HDNet is broadcasting John Mayer’s live concert special “Where The Light Is: Live from Los Angeles” this Sunday, October 12, 2008. Check your local listings!

VH1 Classic and MHD will exclusively broadcast the U.S. 2-hour premiere of the “Hard Rock Calling Festival” on Friday, August 1 beginning at 9:00PM ET/PT. The two-day festival which was filmed live on June 28 and 29 in London’s legendary Hyde Park served as the setting of The Police’s final UK performance. The festival also featured headliner Eric Clapton, along with John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, The Bangles, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Jason Mraz, and KT Tunstall.

In other news…

– You can still catch John Mayer on his summer concert tour, dates and ticket information are on our Tour Dates page.

Here are some links to reviews of some of John’s shows this summer. If you have links to reviews I’ve missed, send ‘em to content@johnmayerfans.com.

John Mayer woos, wows huge crowd of admirers at Shoreline via Bay Area News Group

Music review: Despite pop baggage, Mayer gets down via Sacramento Bee

Review: John Mayer, a barnburner in Camden via Philly.com

John Mayer Concert in Wheatland via Roseville

John Mayer brings blues sounds to Summerfest via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Guitar hero, pop star merge via Ohio.com

John Mayer writing his own kind of cool via The Providence Journal

This summer, music fans across the country can enjoy the Mile High Music Festival in Colorado, no matter where home is! On July 19th-20th, AT&T blue room will be webcasting exclusive live coverage of the event starting at 5 PM ET.

This year’s lineup features such artists as Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, The Black Crowes and Colbie Caillat, and more!

In addition to great live video of the concert, fans can join the AT&T blue room Twitter channel to stay up to date on news and behind-the-scenes info, straight from the ground at the Mile High Music Festival.

Visit the AT&T blue room at 5PM on July 19th to enjoy the live webcast of this year’s Mile High Music Festival!

So that being said, if you come across reviews of John’s concerts from his current tour please feel free to send us the links so we can post them. The links must be real concert reviews, not articles or blog posts about his personal life.

In other news…

– If you have quotes from John, things he’s said during his shows, as always send them to us!

– Still need tickets? Check the tour dates page for more info!

In addition to the DVD there’s also a CD available of the live concert. I’m most excited about getting a clear copy of the song “In Your Atmosphere.” Up until now I’d only had a copy of a recording from one of his club shows taped a looong time ago.

Check out the track listing on our Mayer CDs & DVDs page, plus information on how to purchase your own copy.

John Mayer covers George Harrison and Duffy at Glastonbury (via NME)