John Mayer and Keith Urban will be coming together on August 28 in George, WA at The Gorge to provide a live special performance. Mayer and Urban first met in Nashville while taping a show for “CMT Crossroads.” According to a recent press release, the two collaborated together on several songs.

Summer dates have been added to John Mayer’s 2010 world tour, extending his ongoing outing to support “Battle Studies,” the fourth studio album of Mayer’s released last fall. The summer trek will kick off in Charlotte, NC on July 16 and wrap up two months later in West Palm Beach FL on September 11. The trek’s current spring leg started in early February and will continue in Seattle on March 31. Eight dates remain before the leg wraps up in Chicago on April 10.

During the first week out in stores John Mayer’s latest album, “Battle Studies,” came out swinging. Fans grabbed enough copies of his fourth studio album to push it all the way to the No. 1 position on the US album chart. The first week sales for “Battle Studies” was 286,000 copies and marks the second album of Mayer’s to top Billboard’s 200 chart. According to retail figures of Nielsen SoundScan reported by Billboard, “Heavier Things,” his second studio album debuted in 2003 at No.1 after selling 317,000 in the first week the set was released.

Early next year John Mayer will be hitting the road to begin support for “Battle Studies,” his fourth studio album due to be released later this month. Special guests Spearhead and Michael Franti will be supporting Mayer on the trek that kicks off in Charleston, SC on February 8. The road trip will be covering lots of territory over its run of two months. Before concluding in Chicago on April 10, the tour will hit over 40 cities.

On November 17 John Mayer will be releasing “Battle Studies,” his fourth full length studio album. The set follows “Continuum,” his critically acclaimed release from 2006. “Battle Studies” was co-produced by Steve Jordan and Mayer. He described the album as liberated, relaxed and confession, incorporating the melodies, simplicity and warmth of California rock and pop from the ’70s and ’80s.

It wasn’t just talk on Twitter after all. John Mayer and Taylor Swift really did record a duet together. According to a report from CountryMusicIsLove.com, the upcoming album of Mayer’s will include his collaboration with the teen age country singing sensation. The track’s title is “Half of My Heart.” Back in March John tweeted that he wanted to record a song along with Taylor.

Currently John Mayer is putting finishing touches on his new album, a follow up to “Continuum,” his Grammy winning album from 2006. He will be returning to the stage along with drummer Steve Jordan and bassist Pino Palladino for two shows to end the year. The three musicians are known collectively as John Mayer Trio. On December 29, the three musicians will perform at Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego, and then cap 2009 off with a performance on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas at The Joint. This Saturday, September 26, tickets for the shows will be hitting the box office.

On the inaugural cruise of the Mayercraft, John Mayer had so much fun that he had decided he will do it again. On March 27, 2009, the four night cruise, called Mayercraft Carrier 2, will be leaving Long Beach and then spend one day in the city of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. According to the website for the event, this party on the sea aboard Carnival Splendor’s cruise ship will include theme nights, contests and non-stop music. Guster, the alternative rockers, is the first act to be announced. Many more will participate.

More dates have been added to John Mayer’s upcoming summer tour. It will occur at the same time that he releases his CD/DVD live collection. Mayer’s trek, sponsored by BlackBerry, will kickoff at Summerfest in Milwaukee on July 2. Brett Dennen and Colbie Caillat will be joining John on his first leg. The trek will be visiting cites across the US in addition to Toronto through the first part of August.