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Eric Clapton Announces North American 2021 Tour

Eric Clapton Announces North American 2021 Tour

Clapton performing at his 2010 Crossroads Festival in Chicago.

Photo by Chris Kies

Slowhand will hit cities in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida with bassist Nathan East and guitarist Doyle Bramhall II backing him up.

Eric Clapton announced yesterday he will be hosting a series of concert dates across the U.S. in September 2021. Tickets for these shows will go on sale starting Friday, June 18th at 10am local time.



Eric Clapton's band for these shows will include Doyle Bramhall II, Paul Carrack, Nathan East, Sonny Emory, Steve Gadd and Chris Stainton with Sharon White and Katie Kissoon on backing vocals. The show will feature Jimmie Vaughan as special guest.

The newly announced shows will be Clapton's only North American dates for 2021 and will precede his European tour, which was recently rescheduled to Spring of 2022 due to ongoing COVID restrictions in Europe.

Eric Clapton North American 2021 Tour Dates:

September 13 - Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena
September 15 - Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
September 17 - Houston, TX Toyota Center
September 18 - New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
September 21 - Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
September 23 - Atlanta, GA Gas South Arena
September 25 - Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
September 26 - Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock

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