Eric Clapton News

Warner Bros. to release exclusive vinyl editions for National Record Store Day

Oct 31, 2011, 13:42 GMT

Warner Bros. Records has announced the release of several vinyl titles on November 25th - exclusively in honor of 2011's second annual Record Store Day. The label will offer vinyl titles from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iron and Wine, Tom Petty, The Black Keys, and Eric Clapton. ... more

Great Performances: Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 3, Bill Murray hosts for PBS

May 20, 2011, 5:51 GMT

A no miss event on PBS June 6, as actor Bill Murray hosts a star-studded Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 3 on PBS' Great Performances on Monday, June 6 at 9 p.m.

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Manic Street Preachers snub Eric Clapton

May 16, 2009, 8:00 GMT

Manic Street Preachers turned down the chance to duet with Eric Clapton. ... more

In Pictures: 'Eric Clapton in Concert at the Liverpool Echo Arena'

May 15, 2009, 20:40 GMT

We have added a new set of pictures from the event 'Eric Clapton in Concert at the Liverpool Echo Arena'. ... more

Eric Clapton could perform in North Korea - reports says

Feb 26, 2008, 15:57 GMT

London - British rock guitarist Eric Clapton has been invited to perform in Pyongyang next year as part of North Korea's current efforts to build cultural bridges to the outside world, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. ... more

Eric Clapton's sotted sex life

Nov 23, 2007, 12:30 GMT

Eric Clapton didn't have sober sex until he was 30. ... more

Eric Clapton's mother marriage

Nov 2, 2007, 12:30 GMT

Eric Clapton wanted to marry a woman just like his mother. ... more

Album Review: Eric Clapton – ‘Complete Clapton’

Oct 17, 2007, 12:19 GMT

Although that disc is called the ‘Complete Clapton,’ I’d think that moniker would be best used on a giant box set. This collection is quite the grand one, but it seems a bit wrong to call a two disc set “complete” when the man has undoubtedly done much more work. ... more

Pattie Boyd looks back on life as musicians’ wife

Oct 13, 2007, 10:18 GMT

One could easily label her their ‘muse’ but Pattie Boyd was married not only to Beatle George Harrison, but also to Eric Clapton.
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Eric Clapton's thug past

Oct 12, 2007, 8:30 GMT

Eric Clapton used to be a shoplifting thug. ... more

Eric Clapton opens up in new autobiography

Oct 7, 2007, 12:39 GMT

In a recent review in USA Today, the reviewer describes this book as one which Clapton, “tracks his meteoric rise with Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and The Dominos and as a solo artist but also chronicles a careless love life and heavy intake of heroin, cocaine and booze.” ... more

Eric Clapton set to release new collection ‘Complete Clapton’

Sep 20, 2007, 23:40 GMT

After a busy year filled with a world tour, an epic guitar festival and a highly-anticipated autobiography, comes the ultimate career CD retrospective for the artist known as Slowhand. ... more

AMD returns to the Crossroads with Eric Clapton

Jul 30, 2007, 12:45 GMT

AMD has announced it will again chronicle Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival this year as it did in 2004, this time using multi-core AMD Opteron(tm) processor-based digital audio workstations (DAWs) and adding notebook PCs into the mix for smaller stages. ... more

Cream reunion in the works?

May 25, 2007, 0:50 GMT

Cream bassist Jack Bruce has said the iconic rock band could be joining the reunion wagon. In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Bruce said he had agreed to join guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker for one or more shows sometime this year. ... more

Eric Clapton's rehab concert

Mar 30, 2007, 13:00 GMT

Eric Clapton is gathering some of the world's most legendary guitarists for a July concert to raise money for his Crossroads rehab centre. ... more

Eric Clapton hits the road in 2007

Dec 19, 2006, 19:43 GMT

Guitarist Eric Clapton has announced plans to hit the road in 2007 for a tour that will the rock legend across North American from the end of Febuary to the beginning of April. ... more

DVD Review: Cream: Classic Artists

Dec 7, 2006, 16:21 GMT

Cream was the hot band from the swinging sixties and to remind us of that fact Image Entertainment brings out this nice two-disc set. It’s a documentary about the band as well as a CD of unreleased audio tracks. ... more

Album Review - John Lee Hooker – ‘Hooker’

Nov 11, 2006, 18:10 GMT

When John Lee Hooker died in 2001, the world lost one of the greatest bluesmen that we will ever know. Without doubt, John Lee Hooker was the master of blues rock mixed with a bit of “boogie,” and now ‘Hooker’ is the definitive collection of his work. ... more

Album Review: Robert Randolph and the Family Band – ‘Colorblind’

Sep 20, 2006, 15:05 GMT

Robert Randolph and the Family Band’s ‘Colorblind’ is an album filled with 11 tracks of guitar driven rock that will remind fans of styles ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder with even a little Led Zeppelin thrown in for good measure. ... more

Clapton going deaf

Sep 12, 2006, 11:11 GMT

Eric Clapton is going deaf - because of his own rock concerts. ... more

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sam Moore returns with ‘Overnight Sensational’

Aug 16, 2006, 14:43 GMT

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Award winner Sam Moore - the voice so identified with his classic hits 'Hold On! I'm Comin', 'I Thank You,' and of course 'Soul Man' - recently completed an astonishing new solo album project 'Sam Moore: Overnight Sensational' which will hit store shelves August 29th from Rhino Records. ... more

Clapton won’t be rocking Moscow’s Red Square

Jul 31, 2006, 10:50 GMT

Rock icon Eric Clapton announced on his website that his planned Moscow concert has been canceled after Russian officials withdrew a permit for the singer to hold the event in the city’s legendary Red Square. ... more

Grammy-winner Bhatt teams up with Clapton

Jun 12, 2006, 7:00 GMT

Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) It was in 1994 that Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, the virtuoso musician and creator of Mohan Veena, won the Grammy Award along with guitar guru Ry Cooder. Twelve years later, Bhatt is again set to create ripples by teaming up with legendary British guitarist, singer and composer Eric Clapton. ... more