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Eric Clapton announces run of US 2025 autumn tour dates
By Liz Scarlett Published
Guitar legend Eric Clapton will play a select number of US shows this September

The real story of the show that brought Eric Clapton back from the brink
By Johnny Black Last updated
By mid-1971 Eric Clapton was a recluse with a heroin habit, until friends including Pete Townshend and George Harrison intervened to save his life

The Eric Clapton albums you should definitely listen to
By Henry Yates Published
Buying guide Eric Clapton's best albums, the cream of his decades-stradling crop

How Eric Clapton helped reinvent the blues with The Bluesbreakers’ landmark Beano album
By Harry Shapiro Published
The epic story of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers’ 1966 blues rock milestone Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

The stars shine on Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 collection
By Hugh Fielder Published
Two nights, four CDs, one six-string feast

"You could make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock ‘n’ roll": John Lennon's eight-page letter to Eric Clapton asking to start a band with him is headed to auction
By Liz Scarlett Published
After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"

Eric Clapton slams the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a "frat boys club"
By Stef Lach Published
Guitar God Eric Clapton says he was suckered into getting involved with the "establishment" Rock Hall

"I want to say thank you for rescuing me from oblivion": Eric Clapton pays tribute to John Mayall
By Fraser Lewry Published
Eric Clapton has paid tribute to John Mayall, describing the late bluesman as his "mentor and surrogate father"
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