John Mayer’s time with Columbia Records is coming to an end after 20 years.
The 44-year-old musician announced he was leaving the label in a message he shared with his 5.5 million Instagram followers on Friday.
The news comes eight months after the release of Mayer’s last album on Columbia Records titled Sob Rock in July.
Changes: John Mayer’s time at Columbia Records is coming to an end after 20 years; Mayer pictured in February
He began by revealing that he had “a wonderful personal and creative relationship” during those 21 years together, but now he “decided not to renew my recording agreement with Columbia Records.”
Mayer continued, “As hard as it is to say goodbye, I’m excited to find new ways to make music, both my own and with other artists.”
The blues lover ended the post by saying, “I love music more than ever and I believe some of my best work is yet to come.” With gratitude and enthusiasm, John.
The announcement came in the form of a letter to fans on Instagram, in which some of the comments on the post were disabled.
Announcement: The 44-year-old musician announced he is leaving the label in a post he shared with his 5.5 million Instagram followers on Friday.
Mayer’s first release with Columbia was his debut studio album, Room For Squares, which was released in June 2001. It peaked at number eight on the US Billboard 200 and earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Your Body Is A Wonderland. .
To date, Room For Squares has become his best-selling album, with approximately 4.5 million copies sold in the US.
He will release six more records while exploring different musical directions, including incorporating a more bluesy sound, ahead of his latest release with Columbia, Sob Rock.
Mayer’s first release with Columbia was his debut studio album, Room For Squares, which was released in June 2001 and spawned the hit Your Body Is A Wonderland.
Goodbye Colombia: The guitarist’s latest release, Sob Rock, was released in July 2021.
The Sob Rock tour was temporarily put on hold when he and his band members tested positive for COVID-19.
Late last month, after contracting the virus for the second time, Mayer postponed four shows.
“Dragon. Several more members of the group tested positive for Covid today, and I was one of them,” he said in a February 24 post.
“This means we have to reschedule the next four shows that we have already rescheduled and posted above.”
Health Issues: Mayer announced on February 24 that he had tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in the postponement of four concerts; The Connecticut native plays at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Waiting On The World To Change singer told fans affected by the cancellation that he was “very sorry for making you change your plans.” It’s a bummer for everyone in the band and crew, not to mention the question that hangs over everyone, including mine, about how I tested positive for PCR twice in two months,” Mayer said, adding that this is his first happening. was very soft, but this one got the better of me.
The Daughters artist ended his post by saying, “We will give you everything we have for these upcoming shows as soon as we rest and regroup. With love and gratitude … me.
Mayer changed the format of his recent show at New York’s Madison Square Garden after drummer Steve Ferrone and backing vocalist Carlos Ricketts tested positive for the coronavirus, People reported. As a result, the guitarist played an acoustic set, and later Questlove joined him.
Mayer also recently played at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. with a sore throat, all the while soothing his vocal cords with a cup of tea next to him during an acoustic set, the publication reported.
Rescheduled shows: The Waiting on the World To Change singer told fans affected by the cancellation he’s ‘very sorry to have made you change your plans’
The Daughters artist was spotted at a show in Los Angeles earlier this month.
He told concert goers, “After the last two years, I am not canceling shows. We are not canceling the show here. I mean, if it’s that thing and you have it – well, I get it. Anything other than that… if it’s just me and I have to hit the guitar with my right hand and my left hand is in a sling and I’m telling you stories, I’m not canceling the show.”
The music artist revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that the concert “was another exercise in spirit and love” under difficult circumstances.
“A big thank you to our old friend #JJJohnson for sitting on the drums to make some sets feel loud and proud,” he said. “Thank you all for enduring the blows. I’m more confident than ever that I have the biggest fans.”
Mayer had previously tested positive for COVID-19 in early January as he had to pull out of playing at the Playing in the Sand festival in Mexico.
The Sob Rock tour is expected to resume on March 11 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The postponement of these four dates includes the rescheduling of the February 25 concert in Pittsburgh to May 5; March 1 concert in Belmont Park, New York rescheduled to May 7; and the show, which was scheduled to take place on March 4 in Boston, was rescheduled for a couple of shows on May 9 and 10.
On the rise: The Sob Rock tour is expected to resume with a concert on March 11 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.