Jason Mraz Biography for 2005

April 24: Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, NY
April 25: Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY
April 27: Illinois State University, Normal, IL
April 28: SUNY/Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
May 5: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

April 28, 2005: Acoustic performance of "God Rests in Reason" on Real Magic TV
(this song appears on "Selections for Friends")

May 2005: "Wordplay", the first single from the Mr. A-Z album makes its radio debut

June-July 2005: Mraz crosses North America with Alanis Morissette on her "Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Tour"
June 7: Hummingbird Centre, Toronto, Ontario
June 8: Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI
June 10: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
June 11: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
June 14: Philadelphia, PA
June 15: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
June 17: Wang Center, Boston, MA
June 18: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD
June 21: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
June 22: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
June 24: Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami Beach, FL
June 25: Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
June 26: Bob Carr Performing Arts Center, Orlando, FL
June 28: Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA
June 29: Jones Hall for Performing Arts, Houston, TX
June 30: Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX

July 2: Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
July 3: Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO
July 5: Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO
July 8: Arlene Schnitzer Hall, Portland, OR
July 9: Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
July 10: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
July 12: Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA
July 13: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
July 15: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA
July 16: Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
July 17: Orange County PAC, Costa Mesa, CA

July 26: Mr. A-Z album released and debuts at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart

July 30: Jason Mraz performs "Wordplay" on the Today Show
Interview on the Today Show

August 19: Performs on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"
August 25: Performs on "Jimmy Kimmel Live"

August 27-28: Home Depot Center, Carson, CA (opening for Dave Matthews Band)
September 12: Humphrey's by the Bay, San Diego, CA
September 16: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
September 20: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
September 21: Centennial Hall, Tucson, AZ
September 23: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
September 25: Zilker Park, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX
PBS Austin City Limits performance of "Did You Get My Message" available on CD/DVD

September 27: Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
September 28: The Pageant, St. Louise, MO
September 30: University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

October 1: Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL
October 3: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
October 4: Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario
October 5: Capital Music Hall, Ottawa, Ontario
October 6: Spectrum De Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
October 7: RIT Gordon Field House, Rochester, NY
October 8: Georgetown University, Washington DC
October 9: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
October 11: University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
October 12: Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
October 16-17: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
October 19: House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
October 20: Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
October 21: The Rave/Eagles Club, Milwaukee, WI
October 22: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
October 24: Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
October 27: SOMA, San Diego, CA
October 29: Hard Rock Hotel/The Joint, Las Vegas, NV

Jason Mraz is joined by Tristan Prettyman on several dates of the tour
They perform duet "Shy That Way"

"Shy That Way" appears on Tristan's debut album, "Twentythree", released August 2005.

Tristan comments on the song in an interview in November 2005: "We wrote that song about three years ago... When we wrote that song we had only known each other for not even a year. We were so shy around each other... We found songwriting as a medium. We were like, okay, we don't really talk, I don't really know you, but let's write a song together... I think recording it was a little more difficult, now, because we're dating now, so it was like, well, we're not really shy anymore..." (Their relationship ended in 2006)

November 5-6: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA (acoustic)
November 7: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (with Tristan Prettyman)
November 8: Warfield Theatre, San Fransicso, CA (with Tristan Prettyman)
November 10: Hult Center for Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
November 11: Big Easy, Spokane, WA
November 12: Roseland, Portland, OR
November 13: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA (with Tristan Prettyman)
November 14-15: The Commodore, Vancouver, BC (with Tristan Prettyman)
November 16: Big Easy, Boise, ID
November 18: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV (opening for The Rolling Stones)
November 20: Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA (opening for The Rolling Stones)
November 22: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT (opening for The Rolling Stones)
November 24: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO (opening for The Rolling Stones)

Performs "Life is Wonderful" at Borders Books in San Diego

November 26: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA
November 27: Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZ (opening for The Rolling Stones)
November 28: Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie, TX
November 29: Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX

December 2: Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL
December 3: Mizner Park Amphitheatre, Boca Raton, FL
December 4: House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL
December 6: Saenger Theatre, Mobile, AL
December 7: Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL (with Tristan Prettyman)
December 8: PAC @ Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA
December 9: War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN
December 10: The Norva, Norfolk, VA
December 13: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC (with Tristan Prettyman)

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