Before John Mayer played a single note at July Fourth’s “WaWa Welcome America!” Festival, some of Philadelphia had already heard his performance on North Broad Street.

Mayer held a final dress rehearsal to an invite only crowd at the Liacouras Center while broadcasting the performance on SiriusXM Tuesday night.

Those that were invited to the rehearsal received the free tickets by entering a lottery on SiriusXM’s website. Jared Jones, a fan of Mayer and a former Temple student, found out about the ticket lottery via Mayer’s Facebook page and won tickets the day of the event.

“I’ve always loved John Mayer,” Jones said, “so of course going I had the highest of expectations and he did not disappoint.”

Mayer mostly played songs from his latest albums “Born and Raised” and “Battle Studies,” the former being the album he will promote in his coming national tour starting Saturday. Mayer also played the new songs “Paper Doll” and “Dear Marie” from his album, “Paradise Valley,” which has yet to be released.

“[Mayer’s] guitar skills continue to amaze me,” Jones said, “the show was amazing.”

Mayer will perform in the Philly area again on August 23 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ.