<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Eric-clapton ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/eric-clapton Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:53:55 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Hello Old Friend: Clapton heads out to Midwest for September US tour ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/hello-old-friend-clapton-heads-out-to-midwest-for-september-us-tour 6jZogkDVVrwPcVG2FhCjMD Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:53:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Clapton chose pure blues, and he hated it when the volume went up. He actually said to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, ‘You’re too loud!’ Because he’s a purist”: ’60s icon Donovan salutes a golden generation of guitar heroes ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/clapton-chose-pure-blues-and-he-hated-it-when-the-volume-went-up-he-actually-said-to-jimmy-page-and-jeff-beck-youre-too-loud-because-hes-a-purist-60s-icon-donovan-salutes-a-golden-generation-of-guitar-heroes afgy5gwEMK8CANnKavGpne Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:26:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was a great hero to all of us, and because he wore glasses this even allowed John Lennon to wear his in public and not have to whip them off if there was a girl passing by!”: Paul McCartney salutes a rock ’n’ roll legend ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/he-was-a-great-hero-to-all-of-us-and-because-he-wore-glasses-this-even-allowed-john-lennon-to-wear-his-in-public-and-not-have-to-whip-them-off-if-there-was-a-girl-passing-by-paul-mccartney-salutes-a-rock-n-roll-legend dkNcCD3RXyX2XdnNN3P8Qm Fri, 02 May 2025 14:22:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There had to be some sort of telepathy going on because I've never seen spontaneous inspiration happen at that level”: The genius of Eric Clapton's controversial masterpiece, Layla ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/there-had-to-be-some-sort-of-telepathy-going-on-because-ive-never-seen-spontaneous-inspiration-happen-at-that-level-the-genius-of-eric-claptons-controversial-masterpiece-layla JZBtQqxYaDAmVZewFQwaPS Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Over the past three decades, his partnership with Martin has produced some of the most sought-after signature guitars in the company’s history”: Martin recreates Eric Clapton’s MTV Unplugged acoustic for limited edition anniversary run ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/martin-guitar-eric-clapton-30th-anniversary-ooo-acoustic-replica-of-his-pre-war-mtv-unplugged-martin bJfYehEeQPyGMTPwseNLKF Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:30:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Your opportunity to own a piece of music history that is directly tied to two of the world’s foremost guitarists”: Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Eric Clapton’s “Disraeli Gears” 1958 Les Paul Custom that he later gifted to Albert Lee ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/gibson-murphy-lab-eric-clapton-1958-les-paul-custom 9JeEJ9ow2x9shsfC282tTo Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:27:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One night after the Albert Hall he said, ‘Put it away and get a proper guitar!’”: Andy Fairweather Low on playing with Eric Clapton and how Slowhand was unimpressed by his oddball Teisco ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/one-night-after-the-albert-hall-he-said-put-it-away-and-get-a-proper-guitar-andy-fairweather-low-on-playing-with-eric-clapton-and-how-slowhand-was-unimpressed-by-his-oddball-teisco 3hTBd3uAE275zK45i9mdrF Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:43:07 +0000 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:04:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted to do it as if it was brand new”: Eric Clapton on his classic MTV Unplugged performance - which now features previously unseen footage ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-wanted-to-do-it-as-if-it-was-brand-new-eric-clapton-on-his-classic-mtv-unplugged-performance-which-now-features-previously-unseen-footage tyksruWo9cyA4oVpDxbEtX Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:48:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think that the whole band was kind of misunderstood by everybody, and it gave us a sort of an edge, you know": The story of Cream's Disraeli Gears ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/the-whole-band-was-kind-of-misunderstood-by-everybody-and-it-gave-us-a-sort-of-an-edge-you-know-the-story-of-creams-disraeli-gears-clone xQcTDqvg2dBmVifbVxYDeM Sat, 28 Dec 2024 18:03:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In the flesh, he was earth-shattering. His style on every level was fantastic… playing with his teeth, his feet, and behind his head": When Buddy Guy rewrote the blues rulebook with a Strat and blew the collective minds of Clapton, Beck and Page ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/when-buddy-guy-rewrote-the-blues-rulebook-with-a-strat-and-blew-the-collective-minds-of-clapton-beck-and-page da8f8JLzdZzG3FGpntqW39 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:38:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I remember saying to Eric, 'I'm going to play him off the stage one day'. But what Eric did was even more peculiar, he said, 'Well, I'm going to pretend that I am Jimi Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/i-remember-saying-to-eric-im-going-to-play-him-off-the-stage-one-day-but-what-eric-did-was-even-more-peculiar-he-said-well-im-going-to-pretend-that-i-am-jimi-hendrix VrL7enzUpVjCdyvZVaH4xB Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:00:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the best guitar solos ever conceived - captured live on stage!”: Uncovering the truth about the Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/one-of-the-best-guitar-solos-ever-conceived-captured-live-on-stage-uncovering-the-truth-about-the-clapton-classic-that-he-called-wrong-but-eddie-van-halen-loved w7eXc4ztCPgN7DovULHH29 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:38:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know I can bring out something great in you... I hope to bring out the same kind of greatness in all of us”: Newly unearthed Lennon letter to Clapton reveals plans for supergroup ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-know-i-can-bring-out-something-great-in-you-i-hope-to-bring-out-the-same-kind-of-greatness-in-all-of-us-newly-unearthed-lennon-letter-to-clapton-reveals-plans-for-supergroup GQGx2mYxHhoUKm8B9d2PGS Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:27:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We are honoured that our company’s relationship with the legendary guitar player continues to this day”: Dunlop salutes wah pedal pioneer Eric Clapton with a gold-plated signature Cry Baby ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/guitar-pedals/jim-dunlop-gold-plated-eric-clapton-cry-baby-wah-pedal NbNSqkt4wsi3q2hFi9gsKn Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:50:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I asked him if he played air guitar. He said, ‘Why would I when I can play real guitar?’”: Eric Clapton had a perfectly logical response when comedian Frank Skinner asked him if he ever plays air guitar ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/i-asked-him-if-he-played-air-guitar-he-said-why-would-i-when-i-can-play-real-guitar-eric-clapton-had-a-perfectly-logical-response-when-frank-skinner-asked-him-if-he-ever-plays-air-guitar 6hzY6tqG6eyzew5uKGzBfZ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:55:16 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:38:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Martin Scorsese confirmed to direct film of Robbie Robertson tribute concert ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/martin-scorsese-confirmed-to-direct-film-of-robbie-robertson-tribute-concert 9eEwJVJ6DqK7cqMHjCGB27 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:25:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You had Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and all these great guitar players, but Jimi blew everybody’s socks off!”: Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones on the genius of Hendrix ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/you-had-eric-clapton-and-jeff-beck-and-all-these-great-guitar-players-but-jimi-blew-everybodys-socks-off-foreigner-guitarist-mick-jones-on-the-genius-of-hendrix XriaYNjF3FSSSzEwtfJMEh Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:53:53 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:38:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you wake us up again tomorrow we will bring all our amplification into a room and play at 3 o'clock in the morning": When Ritchie Blackmore had an "embarrassing" encounter with Eric Clapton ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/if-you-wake-us-up-again-tomorrow-we-will-bring-all-our-amplification-into-a-room-and-play-at-3-oclock-in-the-morning-when-ritchie-blackmore-had-an-embarrassing-encounter-with-eric-clapton x3jJ4Cf4qu5TWDW2hhvpTH Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:25:17 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:38:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s the one and only time I've written a song about a bass player”: Paul Carrack on what Ace’s How Long? is really all about, and playing with Roxy Music, Squeeze, Eric Clapton and Mike and the Mechanics ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singers-songwriters/its-the-one-and-only-time-ive-written-a-song-about-a-bass-player-paul-carrack-on-what-aces-how-long-is-really-all-about-and-playing-with-roxy-music-squeeze-eric-clapton-and-mike-and-the-mechanics sYjWoefEnTxSU3k97UqPTC Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:46:44 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:38:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was my mentor and a surrogate father": Eric Clapton shares moving eulogy for John Mayall ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/he-was-my-mentor-and-a-surrogate-father-eric-clapton-shares-moving-eulogy-for-john-mayall mvNGBZZVSuoLnm7XQVSth3 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:38:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When he felt the spirit, he was untouchable" – the story of Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and Peter Green ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/when-he-felt-the-spirit-he-was-untouchable-the-story-of-bluesbreakers-with-eric-clapton-and-peter-green s3Sok855MhShZhXV9rv4W5 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 06:24:03 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ His musical career has taken him from blues to pop, reggae, country and back again as we hone in 4 key chords from the career of old Slowhand himself to help you mine some inspiration for yourself ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/eric-clapton-guitar-chords uYgAjFgRY5j2eaD6N8K6me Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:49:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "As a little girl I’d had dreams like that and there I was on stage at the Royal Albert Hall. I’ve played there many times, but not with Eric Clapton next to me!": Susan Tedeschi on honouring Jeff Beck and why the Telecaster chose her ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/susan-tedeschi-interview-fender-telecaster-eric-clapton rzxULyNz9X88nGcRDtdXtm Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:55:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “More than just a favourite instrument of one of rock's greatest living guitarists”: Eric Clapton’s ‘Wonderful Tonight’ 000-28 Martin acoustic is heading to auction (again) ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-1974-00028-martin-acoustic-wonderful-tonight-auction uqVLMMbR5qbQyTLJRqyTvi Tue, 14 May 2024 12:25:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton and the song he said he'd never play live again: “I got at least 150 letters a day directly from people who were dealing with their own grief... and not really having the tools to deal with it" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-and-the-song-he-said-hed-never-play-live-again-i-got-at-least-150-letters-a-day-directly-from-people-who-were-dealing-with-their-own-grief-and-not-really-having-the-tools-to-deal-with-it aUK687aePms4A37sJRRWbY Sun, 05 May 2024 20:27:12 +0000 Sun, 05 May 2024 20:27:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Cool with a capital C”: Eric Clapton’s Marshall JCM800 that rocked 1.5 billion people at Live Aid is up for sale ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-claptons-live-aid-1985-marshall-jcm800-half-stack-up-for-sale 4aNN5sR6U243FFcgbuYuj5 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:11:30 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The first thing you often hear on any blues record is a taster of what's to come': Here are 40 turnarounds to fire up your blues guitar playing ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/40-blues-guitar-turnarounds Gh8SL4QGgejrDSqi2UgfHo Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:09:25 +0000 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:13:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He showed me some things that Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson had taught him – he knew those people": Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf and their legendary blues legacy ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/hubert-sumlin-classic-interview-howlin-wolf-blues-guitar-robert-johnson fHFW5RJC5eZQfgyXKoausE Sun, 07 Apr 2024 21:00:27 +0000 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 21:01:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That was just the way it was at that point because Ahmet Ertegun was more or less in love with Eric. He thought Eric should be the frontman”: Cream and the trouble with Strange Brew ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/cream-strange-brew-eric-clapton-jack-bruce-ahmet-ertegun xAdggmZERR7DQdVm5RfJM7 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 23:38:02 +0000 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 23:38:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Lee Hooker: "Eric Clapton, John Mayall and all those other people over in England made the blues a big thing. In the States, people didn't want to know" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/john-lee-hooker-classic-interview-blues-guitar hpDqqS6irSdBTh8wpBCDGZ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:07:20 +0000 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:07:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/mark-knopflers-guitar-heroes-charity-single-going-home-local-hero-theme-released-for-teenage-cancer-trust LuNdqnaYJVtpbPcoUdVtXg Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:38:47 +0000 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:38:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "For me it was either the beginning of the beginning or the beginning of the end": the night Eric Clapton guested with Joe Bonamassa at the Royal Albert Hall and changed his career ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-joe-bonamassa-albert-hall mimqXCNiMfpS7dz5vaK8hY Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:33:08 +0000 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:04:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There were guitar players weeping, they had to mop the floor up. He was piling it on, solo after solo" – how Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton changed guitar forever ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/jimi-hendrix-eric-clapton-changed-guitar-forever 23pnz6rGNAKS2CiZ48nCoE Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:13:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton’s 1964 ‘The Fool’ Gibson SG sells at auction for a record $1.27 million ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-the-fool-1964-sg-sells-at-auction-for-record-fee YMwk9HunNbvVfXSwcz9G9e Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:59:13 +0000 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:41:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ See Eric Clapton joined by Stevie Wonder, Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to Jeff Beck while Gales, Fish and Kingfish unite at Crossroads Guitar Festival ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/see-eric-clapton-joined-by-stevie-wonder-joe-bonamassa-pays-tribute-to-jeff-beck-while-gales-fish-and-kingfish-unite-at-crossroads-guitar-festival 4U55xkqDGsoJgtK3Ruiqi6 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:41:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Five songs drummers need to hear featuring… Steve Jordan ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/steve-jordan-five-songs-drummers-need-to-hear npWEpmbtMKxfunmok5mzqH Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:58:06 +0000 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:16:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton's While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was laid down on this day in 1968 because, says George Harrison, "I worked on that song with John, Paul and Ringo, and they were not interested in it at all" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/beatles-while-my-guitar-gently-sleeps-eric-clapton-solo 76AmB7cuXDrKdtM5Jr8aAn Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:45:25 +0000 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:29:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The first time I saw a Martin, it was like an exotic creature”: Watch Eric Clapton run the rule over his Guitar Center exclusive signature acoustics ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-guitar-center-exclusive-martin-signature-models-crossroads-guitar-festival F2whCD9e6xthTVmzMtr4sS Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:23:42 +0000 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:09:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden has died, aged 72 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/former-whitesnake-guitarist-bernie-marsden-has-died-aged-72 dL3hpApVZyzv7dAeJgXMNN Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:20:26 +0000 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:12:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton pays tribute to Robbie Robertson in rare interview: "He was the visionary. I have no doubt that he wrote all those songs" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-pays-tribute-to-robbie-robertson-in-rare-interview-he-was-the-visionary-i-have-no-doubt-that-he-wrote-all-those-songs SoUr9GenEdza6LBv7xRc5n Wed, 23 Aug 2023 20:43:50 +0000 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:29:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and Eric Clapton jam on The Sky Is Crying at the Jeff Beck tribute concert ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/susan-tedeschi-derek-trucks-eric-clapton-jeff-beck-tribute-sky-is-crying ZwrCZ3GwpQbsAv4J5qnwzU Tue, 23 May 2023 11:02:45 +0000 Tue, 23 May 2023 11:17:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton releases cover of Moon River featuring the late Jeff Beck on stellar form in one of his final recordings ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-jeff-beck-moon-river NREKbKa7S4ciZ5v2GDu2xD Fri, 12 May 2023 17:31:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton to lead tribute gigs to Jeff Beck with Johnny Depp, Gary Clark Jr, Imelda May, Billy Gibbons, Rod Stewart, Derek Trucks and more to appear ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-to-lead-tribute-gigs-to-jeff-beck-with-johnny-depp-gary-clark-jr-imelda-may-billy-gibbons-rod-stewart-derek-trucks-and-more-to-appear 5Ug6qqwZB4hkpBoEFCGVuQ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:41:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ See Eric Clapton make a surprise guest appearance with Jerry Douglas to pay tribute to Jeff Beck and play While My Guitar Gently Weeps ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/see-eric-clapton-make-a-surprise-guest-appearance-with-jerry-douglas-to-pay-tribute-to-jeff-beck-and-play-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps QaBSNGxq376wnF7R5aF99g Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:18:44 +0000 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:20:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to previously unreleased Eric Clapton track Born Under a Bad Sign ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/listen-to-previously-unreleased-eric-clapton-track-born-under-a-bad-sign wTUCuqQ7ta7FPcrDzeLY4V Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:17:21 +0000 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:33:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton releases surprise new song Pompous Fool ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-pompous-fool-boris-johnson SJvXoGmmJ2espro8SXNCXN Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:12:32 +0000 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:02:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton cancels shows after testing positive for Covid-19 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-covid19-cancels-shows keikX6RbHNjrQo7exafQ5f Tue, 17 May 2022 12:25:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Clapton speaks out: "I'm cut from the cloth where if you tell me I can't do something, I really wanna know why I can't do it" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-interview-2022 2nQvtofCJxXyzBoMmzXFMP Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:41:59 +0000 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:42:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Cray on Eric Clapton: “I’d just rather not associate with somebody who’s on the extreme and being so selfish" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-robert-cray TiissdoJmLmRYhyt8K8Gde Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:34:20 +0000 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:06:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton announces new album The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/eric-clapton-new-album rugKpt3TDuvjadYV6KkHvJ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:10:40 +0000