Getting COVID again, John Mayer shifts tour dates: ‘This one’s got the better of me’

Singer-songwriter John Mayer has contracted COVID-19 for a second time within two months, forcing him to reschedule four dates on his ongoing Sob Rock tour. Mayer performed an acoustic set at Madison Square Garden and later said that the Roots drummer Questlove “stepped in on an hour’s notice to help end the show on such a powerful and definitive note.” Drummer J.J. Johnson, formerly of the Tedeschi Trucks Band and who performs with Gary Clark Jr., helped out with the D.C. show on Wednesday. “This is a bummer for everyone in the band and crew, to say nothing of the question hanging over everyone’s head - mine included - as to how I tested positive on PCR twice in two months.” The “Daughters” and “Your Body Is a Wonderland” musician, who contracted a breakthrough COVID-19 infection in January, said that his first case was “extremely mild,” but “this one’s got the better of me.” His infection earlier this year prevented him from performing at a festival concert in Cancún, Mexico, alongside Dead & Company, a band made up of former Grateful Dead members. “We’ll give you everything we’ve got at these upcoming shows, just as soon as we rest up and regroup,” he wrote Thursday, signing off “with love and appreciation.” Earlier this month, Mayer said that he’s working on new music, namely a tribute song to his dear friend and “Full House” star Bob Saget, who died in January following a head injury. “I have this song that’s my friend, sort of my little collection plate for ideas or thoughts I have about Bob,” Mayer said on the “SiriusXM and Pandora Small Stage Series Show.” “I put it in the plate and keep working on the song.