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Dead & Company’s Sphere Show Designer Talks Space, Time, Vertigo, Skeletons, and the Future of Live Music
Treatment Studio cofounder Sam Pattinson on working with John Mayer and Dead & Co. to create a wheel-reinventing live-Dead experience in less than six months.
By Alex Pappademas
Style
John Mayer Reflects on His Friendship With Online Ceramics, From Designing Legendary Dead & Co. Tees to Stashing Cash in His Guitar Case
A long, winding conversation between the musician, OC founders Alix Ross and Elijah Funk, and The New Yorker's Naomi Fry.
By The Editors of GQ
Culture
John Mayer and Mickey Hart of Dead & Company Talk About Their Big, Strange Sphere Trip—and the Future of the Band
Mayer goes long on the creative process behind the Sphere show, the influence of Star Tours and Titanic, Egyptian bats, “utilitarian nausea,” the 2001/"Monster Mash" spectrum, and what it's like to play in the world's most science-fictional venue: “I mean, it's a duet, right? There's the band and then there's the Sphere, and we are dueting every night.”
By Alex Pappademas
Style
Inside John Mayer’s Star-Studded Audemars Piguet Launch Party
“It started as a watch that I would have just wanted to have the most,” he told a small group of collectors and friends before the event.
By Oren Hartov
Watches
The Surprisingly Affordable Watches Celebrities Swear By
From Tyler, the Creator's Casio to Bill Murray's Timex, there's an A-list ticker to help you flex on a budget.
By Jeremy Freed
Culture
Dead & Company Sphere Residency Dates Announced
John Mayer will rejoin Bob Weir, Mickey Hart et al for eighteen spring and summer shows in the Eye of the World.
By Alex Pappademas
Style
John Mayer Wore an Epic Royal Oak to Ring in 2024 at a Tokyo Cat Bar
And made Anderson Cooper crack up in the process.
By Oren Hartov
Style
John Mayer Recruited Ed Sheeran to Design a Bold New Watch
“This is what I love about watches,” Mayer told GQ about his latest G-Shock and Hodinkee collaboration.
By Cam Wolf
Style
One of Jay-Z’s Coolest Watches Just Sold for $1.5 Million at Auction
The eye-watering sum is going to a very good cause.
By Oren Hartov
Style
Carmelo Anthony's Early-2000s Grail Proves His Watch Geek Bonafides
Plus: Yet another Tom Brady stunner, an on-wrist look at Lewis Hamilton’s new signature model, and more of the week’s best celebrity watches.
By Oren Hartov
Style
John Mayer and Ed Sheeran Wore Matching Spider-Man Royal Oaks Onstage
The longtime pals sported the divisive Marvel-ified Audemars Piguets while performing together in LA.
By Oren Hartov
Style
Meet the Man Who Turned the Royal Oak Into the Hottest Watch in the World
François-Henry Bennahmias is leaving Audemars Piguet after almost three decades. In an exclusive interview at the watchmaker’s new Los Angeles shop, he reflects on his career, being ahead of the curve, and minting the Royal Oak’s legend status.
By Cam Wolf
Style
Tom Brady Caught the Emoji Rolex Bug, Too
Just a week after John Mayer wore the year’s most talked-about Day-Date, the NFL great hopped on the bandwagon.
By Oren Hartov
Style
Tom Brady Can’t Get Enough of These Rare Arabic-Dial Rolexes
The GOAT stepped out in yet another Middle East exclusive.
By Oren Hartov
Style
The Story Behind John Mayer’s New Emoji Rolex
Here’s how the musician got his hands on one of the year’s rarest—and most controversial—new watches.
By Cam Wolf
Style
John Mayer Wears the Hot Watch Brand of the Moment
Also this week, Will Ferrell shows off a brand-new watch and The Weeknd continues his hot streak.
By Cam Wolf
Style
John Mayer’s New Watch Is Already the Subject of Good Gossip
Mayer knows you can never have enough versions of Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak.
By Cam Wolf
Style
John Mayer Wants His G-Shock Collaborations to Help Democratize Watch Collecting
But after designing three affordable G-Shocks with Hodinkee, Mayer says he’s ready to work on a very different kind of watch next.
By Cam Wolf
Style
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Had a Positively Watchtastic Practice Session
Federer still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
By Cam Wolf
Style
The Apple Watch Gets a Crucial Co-Sign
John Mayer gave Apple’s new model his all-important seal of approval.
By Cam Wolf