Eric Clapton Planeja Um Novo Show No Hyde Park Com Santana, Steve Winwood, Gary Clark Jr.

Eric Clapton Plans Hyde Park Show With Santana, Steve Winwood, Gary Clark Jr. - Not Retiring Yet

First of all thanks to Mark Beech for this article.

Eric Clapton is not retiring quite yet. The guitar legend today announces a mega show in London with Santana, Steve Winwood, Gary Clark Jr. and other guests to be confirmed.

The guitar legend is 72 and has hinted at retirement for years, most recently saying he was no longer touring, partly because of nerve damage hindering his guitar-playing.

Fortunately, Clapton’s health problem was not obviously in evidence during his four-night run at the L.A. Forum in September, which took place amid speculation that those were his final shows. Clapton’s Madison Square Garden gigs immediately before also sold out fast, as with his two March 2017 shows at MSG, with fans fearing that he was about to say farewell.

The newly announced show on July 8 will be an exclusive U.K. concert for 2018 at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time in London’s Hyde Park. A reappearance of “Clapton is God” posters may be expected to follow around the British capital city.

This year, apart from the shows in Inglewood, California and New York, Clapton has only played a handful of shows in Tokyo and his favorite venue, London’s Royal Albert Hall, where he has previously performed more than 200 times. The most recent concerts have celebrated his more-than-50-year career, with understated versions of his greatest hits – such “Tears In Heaven,” and an acoustic version of “Layla.” He also sprinkles in other favorite songs including blues and traditional numbers.

Clapton recently signed off sets with a cover version of Bo Diddley’s “Before You Accuse Me” with help from Gary Clark Jr., who will also be at the Hyde Park event. Clapton has for years been working with other top-rank musicians and friends such J.J. Cale, who died in 2013. Clark, 33, has already shared the stage with the likes of the Rolling Stones and others.

Some Clapton tours have been rumored as farewells. Music analysts said an officially-confirmed one could rank as among the biggest-grossing. Clapton’s 2015 Madison Square Garden shows had a secondary price of more than $750 each.

Clapton has sold more than 150 million albums, including those with Cream, Derek and the Dominos and more. His live album Unplugged sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S.

Clapton first played Hyde Park with Blind Faith in 1969 to an audience of 120,000. Winwood was in the band at the time. Clapton has also performed in Hyde Park in 1996 and 2008.

British Summer Time, an urban outdoor festival with a rolling weekend schedule, will next year also include Roger Waters, bringing his “Us + Them” Tour to Britain for the first time, on July 6. Michael Bublé will feature on July 13 and Bruno Mars on July 14.

Since 2013, the British Summer Time festival has hosted the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Lionel Richie, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Blur, Florence + The Machine, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, and The Who. This year it included Phil Collins, Green Day, Justin Bieber and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in what proved to be one of their last gigs.