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OVER 30 OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST GUITARISTS PLAY SIDEMEN TO EACH OTHER OVER TWO NIGHTS AT THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ARENA,
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, APRIL 12-13
Two-Night Festival To Feature Legendary Music
And Collaborations Including: Allman Brothers Band, BB King, Brad
Paisley, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Jeff Beck John Mayer, Keith
Urban, Vince Gill and many more
(November 19, 2012) – Widely considered one of the world’s
all time greatest guitarists and known amongst his peers as a great
collaborator, Eric Clapton announced today a major U.S. tour culminating
in his fourth Crossroads Guitar Festival presented by Chase. The
Festival, which has become legendary in its own right for hosting
performances and impromptu collaborations from the world’s most
legendary guitar players, will take place April 12-13 for the first time
at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. See full listing below
of artists performing.
Clapton and his band will visit more than a dozen cities across the
U.S. beginning March 14, 2013 (see itinerary below). The tour will end
with the two-night Festival where Clapton will gather the past, present
and future of guitar music onto one stage for an unparalleled musical
event. All profits from the Festival will benefit The Crossroads Centre
in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for
chemically dependent persons. The Festival is presented by Chase.
Since its inception, Clapton’s vision for the Crossroads Guitar
Festival has been to create an event where his friends and
contemporaries can have fun and perform together for the benefit of a
good cause. This year’s Festival will feature two-nights of musical
performances with once-in-a-lifetime guitar collaborations. Known as
pioneers in their field, the roster of artists spans old and new. The
audience can expect unrivaled entertainment, brilliant guitar work,
surprise guests and impromptu jams that are the hallmark of these
performers.
The first Crossroads Guitar Festival, in June 2004 at the Cotton Bowl
in Dallas, was an unprecedented collection of guitar icons from blues,
rock and contemporary music. The sold-out show was chronicled in a
2-disc DVD that has since gone on to become one of the world’s
top-selling music DVD’s. The Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 and 2010
were the second and third such concerts by Clapton and were staged at
Toyota Park in Chicago. Both Festival were filmed for DVDs and met
similar acclaim and achieved multi-platinum status. This will be the
Festival’s first-ever visit to New York and Madison Square Garden.
“The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me, to
gather a group of amazingly talented musicians to perform on one stage,”
said Clapton. “The Crossroads performers are all musicians I admire and
respect.”
In addition to the concerts, the “Guitar Center Road to Crossroads
Exhibition” will be featured on the Terrace level @ Madison Square
Garden and will excite fans with an incredible guitar-centric
celebration of past Crossroads Guitar Festivals. This exhibition will
feature the “Legends Guitar Walk”, with some of the most valuable
guitars in the history of Rock and Blues, including historic guitars
from Guitar Center’s Legends Collection featuring Eric Clapton’s two
most famous Fender Stratocasters®, BLACKIE® and ‘Brownie,’ Gibson ES-335
as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘Lenny’ Fender Stratocaster®, plus
selections from Guitar Center, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and
Experience Music Project. Additionally, Fender, Gibson, Ernie Ball and
Martin will host interactive exhibits where guitar lovers can plug in
and play new products and classic favorites, while all visitors will be
able to peruse memorabilia and watch archival footage of
once-in-a-lifetime performances from prior Crossroads festivals on video
walls throughout the exhibition. The “Road to Crossroads Exhibition”
will open at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 6:00 p.m. Saturday, and is free to
all ticket holders.
Tickets for the Crossroads Guitar Festival Presented By Chase
will be offered as an advance sale to Chase customers beginning Monday,
November 26 at 12pm EST via www.ticketmaster.com through Thursday, November 29 at 10pm.
General Public On-Sale will begin Friday, November 30 at 12pm EST.
Tickets for the Clapton 2013 U.S. Tour will go on-sale
beginning November 30, 2012. Please check local venue listings for more
detailed information.
For more information go to www.ericclapton.com or www.crossroadsguitarfestival.com
CURRENT CROSSROADS FESTIVAL ARTIST LISTING
(Note: Two Different Nights of Music. Not All Artists Will Perform Both Nights)
Albert Lee
Allan Holdsworth
Allman Brothers Band
Andy Fairweather Low
BB King
Blake Mills
Booker T
Brad Paisley
Buddy Guy
Citizen Cope
Dave Biller
Doyle Bramhall II
Earl Klugh
Eric Clapton
Gary Clark Jr.
Jeff Beck
Jimmie Vaughan
John Mayer
John Scofield
Jonny Lang
Keb Mo
Keith Urban
Kurt Rosenwinkle
Los Lobos
Quinn Sullivan
Robbie Robertson
Robert Cray
Robert Randolph
Sonny Landreth
Taj Mahal
Vince Gill
ERIC CLAPTON 2013 TOUR and ITINERARY
Clapton has assembled an impressive band for the 2013 U.S. dates
which will consist of long-time touring partners: Doyle Bramhall II
(guitar), Steve Jordan (drums), Chris Stainton (piano and keyboards),
and Willie Weeks (bass), along with newcomers Paul Carrack (organ and
keyboards) and Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar). Michelle John and Sharon
White will join the touring band again as backing vocalists. The tour
will also feature special guests, The Wallflowers. Please check local
listings for ticketing information.
Thursday, March 14 Phoenix, AZ U.S. Airways Center
Saturday, March 16 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Sunday, March 17 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
Tuesday, March 19 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Wednesday, March 20 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
Friday, March 22 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Saturday, March 23 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Tuesday, March 26 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Wednesday, March 27 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Arena
Friday, March 29 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Live
Saturday, March 30 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Live
Tuesday, April 2 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
Wednesday, April 3 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
Friday, April 5 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Saturday, April 6 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
Friday, April 12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Saturday, April 13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
The Crossroads Centre, Antigua
Founded in
1998, Crossroads Centre, Antigua was created to provide treatment and
education to chemically dependent persons, those with other compulsive
addictive behaviors, their families and their significant others.
Treatment is provided through residential care, family and aftercare
programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on the movement toward a
change in lifestyle. Crossroads Centre, Antigua also operates a 16-bed
halfway house in Antigua called the Bevon House (exclusively for Antigua
residents) and facilitates a school-based education series, Breaking
the Cycle, in all Antiguan schools. The Crossroads Centre has recently
expanded its programme to offer transitional living for men, in line
with the Crossroads Centre’s philosophy on recovery, at The Sanctuary in
Delray Beach, Florida, for those who have completed a residential
treatment programme.
www.crossroadsantigua.org
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