Archives for August 2008

Eric Clapton – Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival, Monte-Carlo – Saturday 23 August 2008

Set list: 01. Hoochie Coochie Man 02. Tell The Truth 03. Little Wing 04. Outside Woman Blues 05. Driftin’ 06. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 07. Motherless Child 08. Travellin’ Riverside Blues 09. Running On Faith 10. Got To Get Better in A Little While 11. Little Queen of Spades 12. Before […]

Eric Clapton – Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival, Monte-Carlo – Friday 22 August 2008

Set list: 01. Layla 02. Hoochie Coochie Man 03. Here But I’m Gone 04. Outside Woman Blues 05. Driftin’ 06. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 07. Motherless Child 08. Travellin’ Riverside Blues 09. Running On Faith 10. Got To Get Better in A Little While 11. Little Queen of Spades 12. Before […]

Eric Clapton – Hallenstadion, Zurich – Wednesday 20 August 2008

Though not as strong as last night’s performance in Wiesbaden, tonight’s concert in Zurich was still very good. Eric surprised everyone by playing Help Me, a Sonny Boy Williamson / Willie Dixon classic instead of Drifting. Isn’t it a Pity was reinstated, but Got to Get Better in a Little While remained. On Got to […]

Eric Clapton – Kurhaus-Bowling Green, Wiesbaden – Tuesday 19 August 2008

Tonight there were 2 major changes in the set list: Little Wing was played instead of Isn’t It A Pity and Motherless Children was replaced by Got To Get Better In A Little While! The concert took place on a village green in the center of Wiesbaden, an outdoor concert again. When we were driving […]

Eric Clapton – Königsplatz, München – Sunday 17 August 2008

Report from Heinrich H.: The Königsplatz, where the concert took place, is a beautiful setting for a concert. This concert was very good, I would say better than Berlin and Leipzig. Unfortunately most of the audience did not seem to react to the music all. Which is mystifying considering how terrific it was. The highlights […]

Eric Clapton – Waldbühne, Berlin – Friday 15 August 2008

The band: Doyle Bramhall II (guitar/vocals) Chris Stainton (keyboards) Willie Weeks (bass) Abe Laboriel Jr.(drums) Sharon White (backing vocals) Michelle John (vocals). Set list: 01. Tell The Truth 02. Key To The Highway 03. Hoochie Coochie Man 04. Here But I´m Gone 05. Outside Woman Blues 06. Isn´t It A Pity 07. Why Does Love […]

Eric Clapton – Skwer Kosciuszki, Gdynia Poland – Thursday 14 August 2008

Tonight Eric and his band played in Gdynia on the Baltic coast. The last time Eric performed in Poland was in 1979.The concert took place on KoÅ›ciuszko Square. About 20 thousend people attended this show. Set list: 01. Tell The Truth 02. Key To The Highway 03. Hoochie Coochie Man 04. Here But I’m Gone […]

Eric Clapton – Arena Leipzig – Tuesday 12 August 2008

Photo: Leipzig Live Tonight Eric and the band played the first of the four German concerts in Leipzig, Germany. It was extremely hot in the hall, and at first it looked like the concert would be the same as in Iceland. The first song of the concert, “Tell The Truth” didn’t sound too exciting. But […]

Eric Clapton – Skanderborg Festival, Skanderborg Denmark – Sunday 10 August 2008

UPDATED 12 AUGUST 2008 – visit this site for beautiful photos of the concert! (Thank you Sally for this link!). Another newspaper review of the concert: Stiften (Thanks Hans Henrik Bøttger). Tonight Eric headlined the Skanderborg Festival. Skanderborg festival is an annual music festival held in a beech forest in the vicinity of Skanderborg. 01. […]

Eric Clapton – Egilsholl Arena, Reykjavic – Friday 8 August 2008

One major change in the set list tonight: no Layla! Set list: 01. Tell The Truth 02. Key To The Highway 03. Hoochie Coochie Man 04. Here But I’m Gone 05. Outside Woman Blues 06. Isn’t It A Pity 07. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad 08. Driftin’ 09. Nobody Knows You 10. […]

Eric Clapton – Koengen, Bergen, Norway – Wednesday 6 August 2008

This was the first night of the last part of the Summer Tour 2008. The band: Doyle Bramhall II (guitar/vocals) Chris Stainton (keyboards) Willie Weeks (bass) Abe Laboriel Jr.(drums) Sharon White (backing vocals) Michelle John (vocals). Set list: 01. Tell The Truth 02. Key To The Highway 03. Hoochie Coochie Man 04. Isn’t it a […]

Legends (Sanborn, Gadd, Miller, Sample & Clapton) – Live at Montreux 1997 to be released on Blu-Ray Disc

Released on 15 September 2008: LEGENDS Live At Montreux 1997 (2008 BLU-RAY DISC [playable on Blu-Ray players and Playstation 3 consoles only] – Comprising of Eric Clapton, Joe Sample [The Crusaders], virtuoso saxophonist David Sanborn, super session players Steve Gadd & Marcus Miller, Legends are one of the most musically accomplished supergroups. This concert at […]

Jakob Dylan special guest in Germany and Switserland – Eric Clapton Summer Tour 2008

Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels to tour with Eric Clapton! Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels are pleased to announce the following tour dates opening for Eric Clapton: August 12, 2008 Leipzig, Germany – Festwiese August 15, 2008 Berlin, Germany – Waldbuhne August 17, 2008 Munich, Germany – Konigsplatz August 19, 2008 […]