August 2008 Archives
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Summer Tour 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...
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...
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 Get Better, Eric tried to get drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. to take a solo. Abe declined, but Willie Weeks accepted, continuing the tradition of the 2006/7 tour.
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Hallenstadion, Zurich - Wednesday 20 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...
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Kurhaus-Bowling Green, Wiesbaden - Tuesday 19 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...
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Königsplatz, München - Sunday 17 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...
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Waldbühne, Berlin - Friday 15 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 Kościuszko Square. About 20 thousend people attended this show. Set list: 01. Tell The Truth 02. Key To The Highway 03. Hoochie Coochie Man...
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Skwer Kosciuszki, Gdynia Poland - Thursday 14 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...
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Arena Leipzig - Tuesday 12 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. Tell The Truth
02. Key To The Highway
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Here But I'm Gone
05. Outside Woman Blues
06. Driftin'
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....
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Egilsholl Arena, Reykjavic - Friday 8 August 2008.
Photo: Eric Clapton in Bergen, Norway - This was the first night of the last part of the Summer Tour 2008. No major changes in the set tonight:
01. Tell The Truth
02. Key To The Highway
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Isn't it a pity
05. Outside Woman Blues
06. Here But I'm Gone
07. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
08. Driftin'
09. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
10. Motherless Child
11. Travellin' Riverside Blues
12. Running On Faith
13. Motherless Children
14. Little Queen Of Spades
15. Before You Accuse Me
16. Wonderful Tonight
17. Layla
18. Cocaine
Encore:
19. Crossroads
Continue reading Eric Clapton - Koengen, Bergen, Norway - Wednesday 6 August 2008.
Jakob Dylan's My Space Site: 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...
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