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Eric Clapton World Tour (2019)

The Eric Clapton World Tour 2019[1] is a concert tour by British rock and blues guitarist and singer Eric Clapton, which started on 13 April 2019 through 20 April 2019 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. As of 22 April 2019, a total of seventeen live performances in Japan, in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany and in the United States were announced. The concert tour ended on 21 September 2019 in Dallas, United States.

Eric Clapton World Tour
World tour by Eric Clapton
Man with glasses playing guitar while sitting down
Promotional poster
Start date13 April 2019 (2019-04-13)
End date21 September 2019 (2019-09-21)
Legs3
No. of shows5 in Asia
7 in Europe
5 in North America
Websiteericclapton.com/tour
Eric Clapton concert chronology

Background

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In September 2018, Clapton went to see a concert, held by the German cellist Jan Vogler, who is also the head of artist relations of the Dresden Music Festival. After the show, the two talked about how to keep their hands and fingers in shape during concert tours, according to the Sächsische Zeitung. During the conversation, Vogler invited Clapton to stage an intimate concert at the renovated Kulturpalast in Dresden, which has a capacity of only 1,754 seats. Clapton agreed to close the music festival in June 2019.[2] Due to high ticket demand, the concert was moved to the Messe, which holds 4,000 people. Minutes after the pre-sale began, the concert was sold-out.[3][4]

On 28 September 2018, it was announced that Clapton would play two additional shows in Germany, including Berlin (Mercedes-Benz-Arena) and Mannheim (SAP Arena) as well as one additional concert in Austria at the Stadthalle in Vienna.[5][6] On 24 October 2018, Clapton revealed that he will would return to the Royal Albert Hall, London for a series of concerts, which will be his only performances in the United Kingdom in 2019.[7] On 18 January 2019, it was announced that Clapton would take up a five-night residency at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan in April.[8] On 28 March 2019, Clapton announced the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 as being part of his tour.[9]

On 22 April 2019, Clapton's management announced that the guitarist will play three live shows in the United States ahead of the fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in California (Chase Center), Nevada (T-Mobile Arena) and Arizona (Talking Stick Resort Arena) from 11 September 2019 through 14 September 2019. CHASE partnered with Clapton for the concert on 11 September 2019, holding an exclusive presale for cardholders.[10] During his shows at the Royal Albert Hall, Clapton decided to pay tribute to Prince, Bob Dylan and Doris Day, covering their songs "Purple Rain", "Alberta" and "Que Sera, Sera".[11][12]

Setlist

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This setlist represents the average setlist of the tour. It does not represent all individual shows throughout the tour.[13]

  1. "Pretending"
  2. "Key to the Highway"
  3. "Hoochie Coochie Man"
  4. "I Shot the Sheriff"
  5. "Driftin' Blues"*
  6. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"*
  7. "Tears in Heaven"*
  8. "Running On Faith"*
  9. "Layla"*
  10. "Tearing Us Apart"
  11. "Badge"
  12. "Holy Mother"
  13. "Cross Road Blues"
  14. "Little Queen of Spades"
  15. "Cocaine"

Encore

  1. "High Time We Went"

* Indicates that the song was played in an acoustic/unplugged arrangement.

Equipment

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A 2006 Aston Martin Vanquish painted in "Almond Green"

For his 2019 Tokyo residency at the Nippon Budokan, Clapton debuted a new color for his Fender signature model Eric Clapton Stratocaster electric guitar. The color, which is called "Almond Green", was frequently used by British car manufacturer Aston Martin throughout the 2000s and 2010s. The Eric Clapton fan club magazine Where's Eric! noted, that the guitar has model "a much lighter hue than his Strats finished with Porsche and Mercedes car colors".[14] Clapton owned an Aston Martin automobile in the 2000s.[15][16] During his stint at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Clapton used a Pewter Grey Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster.[17]

For his unplugged set, Clapton continued to use his signature model OOO-28EC acoustic guitar from Martin Guitars, he played on stage since 2015. However, Where's Eric! noted, that Clapton now uses a small DPA microphone mounted to the pick guard of his close to the bridge of his guitar.[14] For his London shows at the Royal Albert Hall, Clapton was spotted using a Fender '57 tweed Bandmaster reissue model electric guitar amplifier, which is the same model he has used since 2013. Behind the microphoned Bandmaster he kept a spare one (possibly another Bandmaster or maybe a '57 Twin tweed or a Twinolux) as a back-up amplifier. As part of his effects system, the guitarist used a leslie simulator and a distortion effect.[17]

Personnel

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The following musicians were part of Clapton's touring band or appeared as special guests.[18][19]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Attendance Box Office
Asia[25][26]
13 April 2019 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan 72,350 / 72,350 $8,712,387
15 April 2019
17 April 2019
18 April 2019
20 April 2019
Europe[27][28]
13 May 2019 London England Royal Albert Hall 15,624 / 15,624 $2,784,980
15 May 2019
16 May 2019
4 June 2019 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena abt. 12,000[29] —
6 June 2019 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle abt. 12,000[30]
8 June 2019 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena abt. 10,000[31]
10 June 2019[a] Dresden Messehalle 1 4,000 / 4,000 $1,061,960
North America
11 September 2019 San Francisco United States Chase Center — —
13 September 2019 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena — —
14 September 2019 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena — —
20 September 2019[b] Dallas American Airlines Center — —
21 September 2019[b] — —
TOTAL + 125,974 + $12,559,327
Notes
  1. ^ The 10 June 2019 concert at the Messehalle 1 in Dresden, Germany was part of Dresden Music Festival.[32]
  2. ^ a b The 20 & 21 September 2019 concerts at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, United States are part of Crossroads Guitar Festival.[33]

References

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  1. ^ Christian Grube (28 September 2018). "Eric Clapton spielt 2019 Konzerte in Berlin, Mannheim und Dresden" (in German). Regioactive Nachrichten. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  2. ^ Bernd Klempnow (8 September 2018). "Maniküre-Tipps für Eric Clapton" (in German). Sächsische Zeitung. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Konzert Eric Claptons in die Messe verlegt" (in German). Dresdener Neue Nachrichten. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Eric Clapton nach 10 Minuten ausverkauft!" (in German). Messe Dresden Agentur. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Eric Clapton live 2019: Tickets, Vorverkauf, Termine" (in German). Rolling Stone Germany. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Eric Clapton rockt 2019 in der Wiener Stadthalle" (in German). Heute Austria. 28 September 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Eric Clapton Returns to the Royal Albert Hall in 2019". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Eric Clapton 2019 Tokyo Residency". ericclapton.com. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ^ Jackson Maxwell (28 March 2019). "Eric Clapton Announces 2019 Crossroads Guitar Festival". Guitar World Magazine. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  10. ^ "EC To Play Three U.S. Concerts Ahead Of CGF". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Eric Clapton: RAH 2019 Night One". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Eric Clapton: Royal Albert Hall 2019 Night Two". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Eric Clapton 2019 Tour Average Setlist". Setlist.FM. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  14. ^ a b "EC in Tokyo: Night 3". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. ^ "The Many Cars of Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton". This Week in Motors. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  16. ^ Cory Barclay (25 July 2018). "20 Cars From Eric Clapton's Rock N Roll Car Collection". Hotcars. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Eric Clapton, Purple Rain, Royal Albert Hall". YouTube Video. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  18. ^ "EC's 2019 U.K. / Europe Tour Dates". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  19. ^ "EC's Tokyo 2019 Band Lineup". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  20. ^ "EC Kicks Off Tokyo Residency. John Mayer Sits in For Encore!". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  21. ^ "15 May 2019 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  22. ^ "16 May 2019 – Eric Clapton & His Band". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  23. ^ Alexander Gumz (5 June 2019). "Eric Clapton live in Berlin – zwischen Zartheit und Routine" (in German). Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  24. ^ "Eric Clapton und Jan Vogler spielen den Schlussakkord der Musikfestspiele" (in German). Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  25. ^ Nathan East (24 April 2019). "Domo arigatou Tokyo!". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  26. ^ "EC Rocks Tokyo On Night 4". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  27. ^ Greissner, Georg (11 June 2019). "Erfolgreich wie nie zuvor – Musikfestspiele knacken die 2-Millionen-Euro-Grenze" [Successful like never before – Dresdner Music Festival tops the 2 million Euro line]. Dresdner Morgenpost (in German). Dresden.
  28. ^ "Current Boxscore – Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  29. ^ Thorsten Czarkowski (5 June 2019). "Eric Clapton spielte am Dienstag in Berlin". Ostsee Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  30. ^ Brigitte Schokarth (7 June 2019). "Eric Clapton war in der Wiener Stadthalle in Hochform" (in German). Österreichischer Kurier. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  31. ^ Roland Müller (9 June 2019). "Eric Clapton in Mannheim: Make Blues great again!". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  32. ^ Ingo Pohlmann (17 August 2018). "Eric Clapton kommt zu den Dresdner Musikfestspielen 2019" (in German). Dresdner Neue Nachrichten. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  33. ^ "Eric Clapton Announces 2019 Crossroads Guitar Festival". Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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