Category Archives: John-Mayer

MTV News’ Musical March Madness: Lil Wayne Vs. Alice In Chains, John Mayer Vs. Nick Jonas

It’s Musical March Madness! The sprawling bracket — both a parody and a tribute to the NCAA basketball tournament, masterminded by MTV News’ James Montgomery — takes the 65 biggest names in rock, splits them up into four regions, assigns them seeds and puts them up against one another in a single-elimination series of match-ups [...] Continue reading

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Billy Corgan on John Mayer: “He’s Trying to Destroy His Career”

Photo: Bedder/WireImage (Mayer), Mayer/WireImage(Corgan)After reading John Mayer’s controversial recent interviews, Billy Corgan is convinced Mayer is trying to self-destruct. “He’s trying to destroy his career,” Corgan told Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt in an interview outtake from RS‘ revealing new Corgan feature in the new issue, on sale now. “Rather than take a year off or [...] Continue reading

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Lil Wayne, John Mayer And The New Orleans Saints: February’s ’2010 In 30′

By Saimon Kos
The calendar flipped again, which is why it’s time for another installment of “2010 in 30,” where we look back at the month that was. Don’t sell these last 28 days short, because plenty went down during the year’s smallest month. So let’s take a second (or 30, to be exact) and look [...] Continue reading

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John Mayer Chooses Rock Over Drama at Madison Square Garden

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John Mayer the musician has been carefully cultivating John Mayer the brand over the last 10 years. He’s merged his acoustic singer-songwriter persona with his blues-virtuoso alter-ego, developed the logos on his tour T-shirts and spat out streams of 140-character tweets that broadcast his most off-the-cuff musings. But though he clearly knows how [...] Continue reading

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Lady Gaga, John Mayer, ‘American Idol’ And Mardi Gras: This Week’s Deep Cuts

Even though we were only providing news, insight and humor for four days this week (thanks, President’s Day!), there was still a remarkable amount of excellent news tumbling out of the Internet and onto the MTV Newsroom Blog. It was a fantastic batch of stories featuring an eclectic batch of stars, from John Mayer and [...] Continue reading

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On This Ash Wednesday, Let’s Give Up Vampires And Tila Tequila For Lent

By Saimon Kos
With another Fat Tuesday having come and gone, it’s time to shake off your hangover and decide what you’ll give up for Lent. John Mayer might want to take the opportunity on this Ash Wednesday to spend the next 40 days abstaining from any and all media interaction. The general consensus in the [...] Continue reading

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John Mayer’s Playboy Interview Forces A Deep Dive Into His Lyrics

By Joel Hanek
In light of the recent controversial Playboy interview (where John Mayer was apparently auditioning for Howard Stern’s job, should Stern bolt the “shock jock” chair in favor of “American Idol”), fans and critics alike will be eager to hear how he addresses the situation in his music moving forward. But what about his [...] Continue reading

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Mariah Carey’s Michael Jackson Tribute Should Be ‘I’ll Be There’

As MTV News reported earlier, tomorrow’s Michael Jackson tribute will feature (among others) Stevie Wonder, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Mariah Carey. Carey has a history with Jackson, having covered the Jackson 5’s hit “I’ll Be There” on her episode of “MTV Unplugged” back in 1992. The song (and live acoustic video) became a [...] Continue reading

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