Updated On: 07 January, 2022 11:23 AM IST | Washington | ANI
Mayer is the second Dead and Company band member to have to bow out of the shows. Earlier, drummer Bill Kreutztmann had announced he would not be making the festival, either, citing a doctor`s advice

John Mayer. File pic
American singer-songwriter John Mayer will not be performing as a frontman for his group Dead and Company at the Playing in the Sand festival, after testing COVID-19 positive just before he was to head to Mexico for the performance.
An Instagram statement from the band read, "Today, just prior to leaving for Mexico, as per his physician, @JohnMayer tested positive for COVID-19 and will be unable to perform at the upcoming `Playing in the Sand` event in Riviera Cancun January 7-10."