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Robbie Robertson, as he appears on the front cover of his 2016 memoir, Testimony

The Band film Once Were Brothers due next month

Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, and Martin Scorsese line up to pay homage to The Band in Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, the authorized documentary about the legendary ensemble, due for cinema release next month.

Music • 21 Jan 20

Ginger Baker performs at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp in North Hollywood in 2015

Tributes paid to iconic Cream musician, Ginger Baker

Musicians including Paul McCartney have paid tribute to Cream drummer Ginger Baker, who died on Sunday morning aged 80.

Music • 07 Oct 19

Ginger Baker, drummer with Cream, has died, aged 80

Ginger Baker, the acclaimed drummer with the super-group Cream, which featured Jack Bruce on bass and Eric Clapton on guitar, has died at the age of 80.

Music • 07 Oct 19

Eric Clapton - still selling out the Albert Hall at 74

Eric Clapton sells out three nights at Albert Hall

Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton has battled illness in recent years but he is set to play a sold-out three-night residency at London's Royal Albert Hall in May.

Music • 03 Apr 19

Eric Clapton admits his fear for lives of young stars

Eric Clapton, who famously battled alcohol problems himself, has said that the death of DJ and producer Avicii has left him in fear for young musicians who who he believes receive no assistance in dealing with their lifestyle.

Music • 01 Dec 18

Eric Clapton: Happy Christmas and the matter of the man's new CD. Grandad's stocking sorted, well, sort of . ..

Eric Clapton's "blues-tinged" Xmas album due in October

Eric Clapton's first Christmas album Happy Xmas will be released in October.

Music • 21 Aug 18

Mark Knopfler, founding member of Dire Staits

Dire Straits and those possible Hall of Fame no shows

It appears unlikely that either Mark Knopfler or his brother David, founding members of Dire Straits will be present at the induction of the band into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame which takes place next Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio.

Music • 10 Apr 18

George Harrison: 2002 tribute concert gets cinema release in 75 US cinemas

Concert for George: cinema screenings and vinyl release

The 2002 documentary, Concert for George - the George Harrison tribute concert recorded one year after his passing - is getting cinema screenings to accompany new vinyl releases of the concert.

Entertainment • 18 Feb 18

Eric Clapton performing with Ginger Baker in a rare Cream reunion

Clapton recalls being satisfied 'for one night'

Legendary blues musician Eric Clapton has recalled rare feelings of musical satisfaction one night in Philadelphia near the end of Cream's touring days in the early Seventies.

Eric Clapton • 07 Dec 17

Eric Clapton: new film documents the formative years, life on the road with The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith and the solo years

Clapton film recalls drug addiction, death of son Conor

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, recalls the career highs but also the shadows in the life of 72-year-old rock legend, Eric Clapton.

Entertainment • 25 Sep 17

Adam Clayton says rocker friends helped him stop drinking

Adam Clayton credits friends for helping him quit drink

Adam Clayton has credited guitarist Eric Clapton, The Who's Pete Townshend and his U2 bandmates for helping him kick alcoholism.

adam clayton • 27 Jun 17

Niall Horan: "The album was long days, as we were recording everything live."

Horan's hectic solo career has kept him off Tinder

Niall Horan has revealed that his hectic working hours in the run up to the release of his highly-anticipated debut solo album means he has no time to date.

Niall Horan • 12 Jun 17

Eric Clapton: scores and co-produces new Auschwitz film

Clapton score for Three Days in Auschwitz

The new home movie-style documentary Three Days in Auschwitz - whose subtitle is Cinematic Notes for My Grandchildren - features a score by musician Eric Clapton.

Entertainment • 20 Sep 17

Eric - Paint it Blue(s) with a Cajun accent.

Eric Clapton - I Still Do

Slowhand - Eric Clapton to you - has hinted that this may be a kind of goodbye album, but no one ever believes that kind of thing. Whatever the case, a cover of Paul Brady’s I Will Be There is a highlight.

Music Reviews • 25 May 16

Eric Clapton - an aunt's affection celebrated in an album title

Clapton celebrates an aunt's love with 23rd studio LP

Before his aunt's death, legendary guitarist Eric Clapton thanked her for putting up with him, as he had been a "difficult boy." "I like you, and I still do," she countered which gave him the title of his 23rd studio album, I Still Do, just released.

Entertainment • 23 May 16

in a Purple mood: Prince's song blew Clapton away

Eric Clapton: Purple Rain was his Desert Island fave

In his July 1990 appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, musician Eric Clapton picked Prince's Purple Rain as his favourite track, his so-called Castaway's Favourite.

Entertainment • 23 Apr 16

Cream pictured in the late 1960s, left to right: Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton

Clapton favoured early on as Cream frontman

The late Jack Bruce recalled in a hitherto unpublished 1997 interview how Atlantic Records pushed his fellow band-mate Eric Clapton to be the frontman of the legendary blues trio Cream, as Bruce encountered difficulty getting his songs recorded.

Entertainment • 11 Jul 15

Rolling Stones - Slowhand and Sticky Fingers

Listen! Rolling Stones’ Brown Sugar with Clapton

The Rolling Stones are about to release a previously unheard recording of their hit single Brown Sugar featuring Eric Clapton on slide guitar.

Entertainment • 08 Jun 15

Multi-disc Clapton Visual Anthology in production

To date, nearly 100 interviews with Eric Clapton’s closest musical friends and contemporaries have been conducted for the Anthology, which is in its ninth year of production.

Entertainment • 28 May 15

Chance to win Eric Clapton's Forever Man

To mark the release of the new Eric Clapton compilation Forever Man, we're giving you the chance to win the three-CD set.

Entertainment • 04 Jun 15

Eric Clapton: marking his seventieth at the Old Albert

Clapton for Albert Hall 70th birthday dates

Tickets went on sale Friday morning for an additional three dates in a sequence of seven concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2015.

Entertainment • 25 Oct 14

JJ Cale, as he features on the cover of the tribute album, released in a week's time.

Clapton 'astonished' so few know JJ Cale's music

“It's astonishing to me that nobody knows anything about him, and it baffles me,“ says Eric Clapton as the JJ Cale tribute album is released on July 29.

Entertainment • 24 Jul 14

Eric Clapton, right with one-time Cream bandmate, drummer Ginger Baker.

Clapton: "I could end up embarrassing myself"

After more than 50 years touring, 69-year-old guitarist and bluesman Eric Clapton has said travelling has become ‘unbearable’ and that he fears he could end up 'embarrassing' himself.

Entertainment • 12 Jul 14

JJ Cale as featured on the cover of Eric Clapton and Friends: The Breeze, An Appreciation of JJ Cale

Eric Clapton releases JJ Cale covers album in July

A year after JJ Cale's death, Clapton is paying tribute to the singer and musician as part of a tribute record, which also includes Tom Petty, John Mayer, Willie Nelson and Mark Knopfler.

Entertainment • 06 May 14

Cream in the Sixties: left to right, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton

Cream cancel reunion tour plans

Cream have cancelled plans for a reunion tour because Ginger Baker "upset" Eric Clapton, according to Jack Bruce.

Entertainment • 17 Apr 14

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