Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/guitar player/producer John Mayer will bring his “Battle Studies” tour to the Wachovia Center with special guest, Michael Franti & Spearhead, on Sunday, February 21. Tickets will go on sale exclusively through ComcastTIX on Saturday, November 21 at 10 a.m. This will be Mayer’s first head-lining performance at the Wachovia Center, as he was the support act for two performances by the Rolling Stones at the Wachovia Center on October 10 and October 12, 2005.

Mayer’s latest release, “Battle Studies” is a confessional, relaxed and liberated album recorded in a private home in California where Mayer lived and worked over the course of six months before wrapping at the famed Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. The album was co-produced by Mayer and Steve Jordan and was released on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.

Tickets can be purchased beginning on Saturday, November 21 at 10 a.m. exclusively through ComcastTIX on Saturday, November 21 at ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 1-800-298-4200, or in person at the Wachovia Center box office.

The consistency with which Mayer combines word craft and melody has earned him rarefied status in popular culture as a genuine and respected songwriter and musician. Since his acclaimed debut in 2001 with Room For Squares, each release has earned John Mayer additional accolades. Through 2003's Heavier Things, his work with John Mayer Trio in 2005, CONTINUUM's 2006 release and now, “Battle Studies,” Mayer has established himself as a musician and collaborator who exceeds genre boundaries. The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has earned seven Grammy Awards and sold nearly 12.5 million albums worldwide.

In May 2007, Time Magazine placed Mayer on their Time 100 list of the most influential contemporary thinkers, leaders, artists and entertainers. For two consecutive years, Rolling Stone Magazine featured Mayer on the cover of their annual "Guitar" issue - first with the May 2008 "Living Guitar Legends" issue and then as part of February 2007's "Guitar Heroes" round-ups featuring Mayer with peers and icons alike.

Pairings with a range of artists are a defining trait of the musician whose collaborative streak is well-known. From rock to blues, hip-hop to jazz to country, Mayer has performed and/or recorded with Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Burnett, Herbie Hancock, Dixie Chicks, Jay Z, Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift. In 2005, Mayer famously toured and recorded with power players Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan as John Mayer Trio, whose live album TRY! featured searing blues and rock. As on “Continuum,” Mayer again took the helm as the co-producer of “Battle Studies,” his fourth studio album.

Franti has always dared to say very big things through his music.  Yet for all the wide-ranging excellence of his work, what’s most impressive about Franti as a recording artist and live performer is his ability to inspire. Ultimately, Franti’s music and his dedication to greater understanding on a global level are not two aspects of his life, but very much one and the same.  The Bay Area born Franti has been bringing our world exceptionally powerful, deeply felt music under a variety of names and in a wide range of genres for twenty years. From the intense punk rock of the Beatnigs, to the deeply political rap he made with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy to his joyful and meaningful modern soul music with Spearhead, and now as Michael Franti & Spearhead, this still young man has released an impressive series of recordings that have vividly reflected his status as a musical citizen of this world.  His critically hailed live performances have been tabbed as “some of the best the industry has to offer today.”