Eric Clapton last landed stateside for a Cream reunion tour, will return to the U.S. with his own band for a fall tour.
Details are pending but the first leg of his North America tour is expected to begin September 16 in Minneapolis and continue to cities including St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami and New York, where Clapton will play two nights at Madison Square Garden.
Twenty-two dates are expected to be announced, but more shows will likely be added. The Robert Cray Band will open for the U.S. concerts.
The 61-year-old rock legend is on a European tour and wraps a seven-night run at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 26. The tour ends with a show in Moscow’s Red Square August 3.
Clapton’s current touring band includes guitarist Derek Trucks, and the shows have included both old classics and songs from his 2005 disc, Back Home.
Source pollstar.com.
