John Mayer @ Hollywood Bowl

We're going to see John Mayer tonight!!! I'm sooo excited! I got the tickets last March and finally it's here.



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Earlier that day, we went to the kambals to celebrate their dad's birthday. It's supposed to be a surprise party so we're all waiting for him to get there. When he arrived, Darwin was the one taking pictures and he said act surprised... and he did. He's waving his hands and all.. that was funny. We had lunch while watching TFC with the gang. We stayed for awhile then we went home to rest.. but I didnt rest (coz Im too excited), so I prepared the stuff we need to bring like blanket, cushions, bottled water, canned drinks, chips, paper towel, etc. It's an outdoor concert and this is the second time I went to Hollywood Bowl so I know what to expect.

We left at 6ish and the traffic was really bad. It took us an hour to get to the Bowl and it's just a 15 minute drive from the valley. Crazy huh? Ben Folds opened the show and I didnt know that he sang this popular song from the 90s that goes.. "Shes a brick and Im drowning slowly..Off the coast and Im headed nowhere..." He sounds Elton John-ish to me... hehe John Mayer performed at exactly 9:15pm.. He's is just AMAZING!!!

Here's an excerpt from one of the forums I read...

So let's see, here's what I remember hearing Johnny say between the songs:

--No Such Thing
--Belief
--Good Love is on the Way

Here, Johnny starts reading signs from the audience and a girl held up a sign that said "John, let's do body shots together", which Johnny commented about, something to the effect of 'that's got to be the best sign of the night' (they put the sign on the giant screens and showed the girl holding it up).

Johnny then starts the next song by saying "This is a song about finding the right girl to do body shots with":

--I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)

Before the next song, Johnny said something about running out of things to say between songs, so hopefully the songs are getting better.

-- Waiting on the World to Change
-- Dreaming with a Broken Heart
-- I Don't Need No Doctor

Here's a funny one, Johnny said that when they used to come to L.A. they would be a bit anxious/nervous because there would be so many "suits" (record industry executives) in the audience. But since the record industry has thinned out quite a bit (layoffs, downsizing), they don't worry about that as much anymore. (I thought that was really funny!) He then added to the two "suits" that are here tonight, thank you! (which really made me laugh even harder, because he was sucking up in a very sly, but charming way!).

-- Why Georgia

Before the next song, he said that everyone is always trying to figure out what the song is about and that it's about anybody who is trying to get in your sh@t, or take your sh#t, something like that.

-- Vultures
-- Bigger Than My Body

Before the final song, Johnny says that "his body does not have the ability to articulate the degree (something like that ) to which he would like to say thanks, but 'trust me' it's really huge/big (I hope someone else remembers his exact wording):

-- Gravity

Encore:
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-- Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
-- Stop this Train (beautifully done, the whole Bowl was quiet as a mouse for this song)

Before his last song, he said that "forget about sales, videos, whatever, it's really about saying thanks (to fans) for the support over the years, for coming out (to the Bowl) and sitting through lots of traffic". [This is how I know Johnny is practically an L.A. native now, because he knows how much we L.A. folks hate traffic, and if we're willing to put up with Hollywood Bowl post-concert traffic, we must really love the artist performing


-- I'm Gonna Find Another You

I'm trying to remember where he said something about thanks for making him feel like it was 2002 all over again (I think it was before or after "Why Georgia", I just can't remember where).

He also said something about how nice it was to come home (to L.A.) to play these songs he spent lots of time writing and working on here (in L.A.), before he played a song from Continuum (I can't remember which song).

Johnny had a lot of energy, probably because he was in L.A. (home for him). I hadn't seen him since the Trio tour in '05 at the House of Blues (which was fantastic), so I really enjoyed this show.

On our way to Hollywood

18,000 seats... totally sold out!













Vultures - Live in Hollywood Bowl

Setlist:

No Such Thing
Belief
Good Love is On the Way
I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
Waiting on the World to Change
Dreaming With A Broken Heart
I Don't Need No Doctor
Why Georgia
Vultures
Bigger Than My Body
Gravity
-- encore --
Slow Dancing (acoustic)
Stop This Train (solo acoustic)
I'm Gonna Find Another You