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Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton onstage at the 02 Arena in London, 2010
See Eric Clapton make a surprise guest appearance with Jerry Douglas to pay tribute to Jeff Beck and play While My Guitar Gently Weeps

By Rob Laing Published

Slowhand appeared with the duke of Dobro at Royal Festival to play two songs

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Listen to previously unreleased Eric Clapton track Born Under a Bad Sign

By Rod Brakes last updated

Video This rarity appears ahead of new limited edition boxed set release, The Complete Reprise Studio Albums – Volume I

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Eric Clapton releases surprise new song Pompous Fool

By Rob Laing last updated

The gritty honky tonk blues track emerges on the day UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned as leader of his party

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Eric Clapton cancels shows after testing positive for Covid-19

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Two forthcoming dates in Switzerland and Italy will be rescheduled following Slowhand's diagnosis – but there is good news as US dates are announced for September

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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"

By Rob Laing Published

The guitarist offers his perspective on the recent controversies surrounding his stance on Covid measures – "What's offending me now is I'm being insulted by the media"

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Robert Cray on Eric Clapton: “I’d just rather not associate with somebody who’s on the extreme and being so selfish"

By Rob Laing Published

The bluesman explains why their 35-year friendship is over

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Eric Clapton announces new album The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions

By Rob Laing Published

The intimate acoustic record is a spiritual follow-up to his classic MTV Unplugged record

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Eric Clapton and Stuart Braithwaite
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite calls Eric Clapton a “complete joker” for anti-vaccine stance

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Braithwaite says Clapton “made his career from copying black musicians but then quotes Enoch Powell“

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Classic Interview: Eric Clapton – “I was in it to save the world. I wanted to tell the world about blues and to get it right. In a way I thought, ‘Yes, I am God; quite right!‘“

By Guitarist magazine Published

In this Guitarist interview from 1994, Slowhand looks back on the early days with John Mayall, The Yardbirds and Cream, and explains why blues was the only education he needed

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Eric Clapton 1954 non-tremolo Stratocaster
Bidding starts at $1 million, as Eric Clapton's 1954 Fender Stratocaster ”Slowhand” is up for auction

By Jonathan Horsley last updated

Clapton bought the non-tremolo Strat circa '79 and used it as his main slide guitar onstage

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