'I want to help out!' John Mayer returns to the stage two years after throat surgery... in surprise appearance at charity fundraiser

It's been two years since he took to the stage.
So fans were shocked when John Mayer made a surprise appearance at a charity fundraiser.
The soulful singer performed at the Livingston Town Proper benefit concert in Montana, in aid of  firefighters that saved his home and others from a summer wildfire.

He's back! John Mayer performed at a Montana concert Wednesday night to benefit firefighters - the first time in two years since throat surgery

The sold-out event raised more than $100,000, and John's first song of the night was If I Ever Get Around to Living.
'I just want to help out like a neighbour,' John told Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
The 35-year-old pop and blues musician has embraced Montana after buying a home there last year.
John's performance was triumphant in that it marked the first time that he sang live on stage following throat surgery two years ago.

Completely healed: John, pictured leaving Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills on January 12, had two surgeries for a throat inflammation but says he's all better now and ready to tour again

John tweeted a picture of himself singing Speak For Me, adding the message: 'And we're back.'
While the Pine Creek fire raged across Paradise Valley, the singer was in Los Angeles undergoing treatment for a granuloma, an inflammation of tissue in his throat that had prevented him from singing since April 2011.
After he was sent a picture of how the flames were encroaching upon his PIne Creek property, he said he felt guilty talking to the people who raced to clear out his things.
'It’s my house,' John revealed. 'I want to help save it. I want to be the guy on the front porch with a bucket of water.'
Fortunately his home was spared, and he made a vow to someday help the people who helped him.

Triumphant: John, pictured here before his granuloma surgery in 2010, has embraced Montana after buying a home there last year

A second granuloma was found after his latest album, Born and Raised, was released in May 2012 and John had to cancel his planned tour.
Now the singer-songwriter is back and in full swing.
'I’ve made it here and I’ll never leave,' John told Wednesday night's audience.
The concert also featured performances by Zach Brown and Clay Cook of the Zac Brown Band, and John's current band members David Ryan Harris, Sean Hurley and Aaron Sterling.

Going strong: John has been dating singer Katy Perry since last year; they were spotted enjoying a romantic dinner date at Osteria Mozza in Hollywood on January 5

Little Jane and the Pistol Whips and Ben Bullington - all Livingston residents - opened the show.
The Daughters singer intends to do what he wanted to do a year ago - promote his fifth solo studio album.
'The record still holds up for me as something I want to play through for people,' John said. 'I love it. It speaks to who I am and there’s still what I want to experience.
'I’ve still yet to have some of these three minute and 30 second songs open up on stage.'
John - who has been romantically linked to singer Katy Perry since late 2012 - maintains that his granuloma is completely healed.