Eric Clapton: Last News

Eric Clapton has announced a run of headline shows for spring 2025 – you can find all the details below.The legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist is due to play a live concert at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham on Sunday May 18.He’ll then head to London for three performances at the historic Royal Albert Hall on May 21, 23 and 24.These dates are set to be Clapton’s only UK dates of 2025. His stop in Nottingham will mark his first stop in the city since 2008.Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (December 6) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES 4 UK SHOWS FOR 2025!Eric will return next year to London’s @RoyalAlbertHall for a limited run of 3 shows.

Ed Sheeran has written an open letter to the UK government calling for immediate and long-term funding for music education.The letter, who is co-signed by a number of big names including Elton John, Coldplay, Central Cee, Harry Styles, Dave, Stormzy and Robert Plant, urges Keir Starmer to commit £250million towards music education.Having launched the Ed Sheeran Foundation in January, the initiative highlights five areas that the government can focus on to improve standards: music funding in schools, training for music teachers, funding for grassroots venues and spaces, music apprenticeships and a diverse music curriculum.The letter contains signatures from hundreds of voices across the music industry, civil society and the education sector, and argues for a cross-departmental taskforce at government level, so that music education does not “fall through the cracks”.“Dear Sir Keir Starmer, we are writing collectively as artists, civil society and industry, appealing to your personal belief in music and the promise of opportunity for all under Labour,” the letter begins.It goes on to argue that the music industry brings £7.6billion into the UK economy each year, but says “the next generation is not there to take the reins” as many young people cannot afford to learn an instrument.“Last year was the first in over 20 years without a UK global top 10 single or album in the charts,” the letter continues. “The time to act is now.

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Eric Clapton has announced details of a new US tour. Check out the details below.The guitar icon is set to kick off a run of live shows across North America later this autumn, comprising six dates across the US.It kicks off on September 8, when Clapton will take to the stage at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for an opening night.

Eric Clapton just announced he’s mapped out a brief 2025 arena tour this September in support of his bluesy 2024 album “Meanwhile.”He’ll be joined by Jakob Dylan’s The Wallflowers at all shows.Near the end of the six-concert run, ol’ Slow Hand is slated to stop into New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Friday, Sept. 19.This NYC one-off will be his first gig in the Big Apple since 2022 when he played back-to-back shows at MSG as part of his ‘US Tour 2022.’For those that have yet to see the former Cream/Blind Faith/Derek and the Dominos/Yardbirds/John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers guitarist live, he typically plays acoustic and electric tracks at each show.

MTV Unplugged will be coming to Paramount+ in the US, it has been revealed.Launched in 1989, the series staged special performances from popular performers in an acoustic setting. It aired regularly from 1989-1999, and then less frequently in the ‘00s, often billed as MTV Unplugged No. 2.0.

Eric Clapton special, titled Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later. Find all the details below.Clapton’s episode of MTV Unplugged was filmed at Bray Studios in Windsor, Berkshire in 1992.

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Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later 90-minute MTV Unplugged special is set for premiere in select U.S. and UK theaters on Monday, Jan. 27 and Tuesday, Jan. 28, ahead of its streaming release on Paramount+ Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Ethan Shanfeld Eric Clapton‘s 1992 “MTV Unplugged” performance will soon grace the big screen, as well as launch on Paramount+. With bonus content of Clapton discussing the inspiration behind songs right before he took the stage, the 90-minute special will premiere in select cinemas in the U.S. and U.K.

AC/DC, Ringo Starr, James Taylor, Santana and Heart are all operating at the height of their rock and roll powers.Frankie Valli, Earth Wind and Fire, War, America and Ozark Mountain Daredevils dominate the Top 40.Somehow, a half century later, they’re all still going strong.In fact, a large number of artists that broke big before 1980 — sorry, ’80s music isn’t classic rock to us just yet — have continued their never-ending tours.However, some of our throwback favorites like Tommy James and the Shondells, Al Stewart, Grand Funk Railroad, Foghat and Iggy Pop are flying under the radar only having booked a few off the beaten path gigs this year.That’s where we come in. Our team got curious, dug in and found all the huge stadium runs, small casino treks, international jaunts, Las Vegas residencies and more from our favorite classic rock heroes that broke before the advent of MTV.And, trust us, we searched far and wide. No stone got unturned on this list.

Eric Clapton, The Edge and Brian May, as one of the greatest players of all time, both for his solo work and for his time leading the band Taste in the 1960s.The County Donegal native played in Belfast many times over his three-decade career and now he has been immortalised with a bronze statue outside the city’s Ulster Hall on Bedford Street, with a ceremony being held to mark its unveiling.“He’s finally here!” announced the venue on X on Saturday (January 4). “Today we’re celebrating the legacy of Rory Gallagher with the unveiling of a new statue of the legendary guitarist outside Ulster Hall.”He’s finally here! Today we’re celebrating the legacy of Rory Gallagher with the unveiling of a new statue of the legendary guitarist outside Ulster Hall.

Two signed Oasis guitars are being put up for sale by a Falkirk councillor who hopes the cash will definitely maybe help to fund a very special project.

John Lennon‘s famous 1971 letter to Eric Clapton suggesting they form a new band is heading to auction soon – find out more below.The eight-page letter, dated September 29 1971, was drafted by Lennon and includes several deletions and markings – the final version that was sent to Clapton has not been seen by the public, and it is currently unknown how much the final differs from the draft.The letter is set to go on auction via International Autograph Auctions Europe SL on December 5. Registration for bids are now open, and bids are expected to €100,000 and €150,000.The 1971 letter – which also went on auction in 2012, though for a far less €22,728 – comes after Clapton had performed with Lennon and Yoko Ono for a short stint in the Plastic Ono Band in 1969 prior to The Beatle‘s official split.

George Harrison in the early days of The Beatles has sold at auction for $1.27million (£1.01million).The Resonet Futurama guitar was purchased by Harrison at a music store in Liverpool in 1959 and he went on to play it at at least 324 Beatles shows.The Nashville auction house Julien’s had listed the expected price between $600,000 and $800,000, but the eventual price tag makes the instrument the most expensive guitar owned by Harrison ever to be sold at auction.The Futurama went on to feature on some of the band’s earliest studio visits, including the 1961 Tony Sheridan single ‘My Bonnie’ that Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney all played on in their first ever commercial recording session. Harrison also used the guitar to write and record ‘Cry For A Shadow’ with Lennon in 1961.The item was sold as part of an auction titled ‘Played, Worn & Torn II’ that ran on November 20 and 21.

James Bond theme, has died aged 87.The British session musician passed away last Thursday (November 14) after suffering with Alzheimer’s disease according to his son, Kevin Flick.The Bond theme tune was originally recorded in 1962 for the first movie Dr. No, with Flick playing the famous riff on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier.

Jeff Beck are set to go up for auction in January.The huge selection of axes owned by the former Yardbirds and Jeff Beck Group musician will be going under the hammer with the auction house Christie’s, it was announced on Friday (November 15).Beck died suddenly at the age of 78 in January 2023, after contracting bacterial meningitis. He replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds in 1965, before forming his own group with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and others, and going on to have a long and successful solo career.There will be a total of more than 130 items in the Jeff Beck collection, the auction for which will run from January 15 to 22.

used to date rock star Eric Clapton. On Friday, she posted a video on her Instagram account, revealing her health news.“A few months ago, I did a menopause talk for a company and they offered me a health scan in return, which I thought I was going to ace,” she explained in the video. “It turned out I had a benign brain tumor called a colloid cyst, which is very rare,” McCall added.The TV host said that the tumor occurs in “three in a million” people.

Passengers on a Glasgow bus were left gobsmacked after a woman suddenly broke into song during the journey. The heartwarming moment was captured on video by Michelle Hilling on the number six bus from the city to East Kilbride on Friday, November 1.

Mk.gee is the latest guest on Saturday Night Live, where he performed ‘Alesis’ and ‘ROCKMAN’. Watch the performances below.In the variety show’s latest episode, hosted by comedian Bill Burr, Mk.gee played the two tracks – one taken from his 2024 album ‘Two Star and the Dream Police’, the other a non-album single released in recent weeks – while backed by his live band.The multi-instrumentalist has enjoyed propulsive traction since the release of his debut album in February – yet, his career already began with co-signs from Frank Ocean and collaborations with Dijon and Omar Apollo since his 2020 EP ‘A Museum of Contradiction’.Earlier this year, Mk.gee made his live television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live with a performance of ‘Are You Looking Up’.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Will the last remaining true classic-rock guitar-god frontman turn out the lights? And then, naturally, put on a big light show? David Gilmour may not have sole rights to that title (Eric Clapton preceded him in passing through L.A. just two weeks ago), but there is not a lot of competition for the place he holds in rock culture.