John Mayer is canceling his upcoming U.S. tour and will take an indefinite haitus from live performing.
The Grammy winner, who was diagnosed with a granuloma on his vocal chord last fall, writes on his blog that he found out on Wednesday that the granuloma "had grown back." He writes, "This is bad news."
Mayer went on to explain the condition, writing a "granuloma forms and continues to snowball because it's in a spot where the vocal cords hit together and there's no way to really give it a chance to heal without a good stretch of time and some pretty intensive treatment."
He will still release the album, Born and Raised, on May 22, but he will be taking an indefinite leave from singing. His tour was supposed to begin on April 9. And he was supposed to appear at New Orleans's Jazz Fest at the end of April. That won't be happening. His album's first single, Shadow Days, debuted this week and is available on iTunes.
Mayer, 34, blogs that he knows he'll face "another surgery and a very long chemically-imposed period of silence, so I hope you'll understand that I have to really pick that date carefully."
He adds, "I'm completely bummed, especially for all of you who started making plans to see a show. Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing. I love this band you were going to hear, I love the guys and girls I work with, and the only thing that stops me from devolving into a puddle of tears is knowing that it's a long life, and the greatest gift in the world is being able to create music no matter what the circumstances."
