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."