ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL 7/28/07 CHICAGO

[TimmyB]

I'll be going to this one.

Tim

ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES

CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL

JULY 28, 2007 CHICAGO

Day-Long Festival To Feature Legendary Music And Collaborations Including:

Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, BB King, Willie Nelson, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer

(New York, NY, March 23, 2007) – Credited throughout his career with creating super sounds in super groups, the ultimate Clapton collaboration will take place July 28, 2007 when he gathers the past, present and future of guitar music onto one stage for an incredible full day musical event. Announced today, the second Crossroads Guitar Festival, scheduled for July 28, 2007 at Toyota Park in Chicago, will be a cornerstone of this year’s summer music festival season. Profits from the Festival will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.

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 jam together for the benefit of a good cause. This year’s Festival will feature a full day of musical performances with once-in-a-lifetime guitar collaborations. Known as pioneers in their field, the roster of artists spans old and new, from BB King to John Mayer (anticipated guest list below). The audience can expect unrivaled entertainment, brilliant guitar work, surprise guests and impromptu jams that are the hallmarks 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, recently achieving the 8x platinum mark in the United States alone.

“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.â€

Additional Festival artists and elements to be announced shortly.

Tickets for the Crossroads Guitar Festival will go on sale to the public on Saturday, March 31 at 10am Central Time (11am EST) via www.ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster phone charge at 312-559-1950 or Ticketmaster retail outlets. Both reserved and general admission tickets will be available for this event. All tickets will be priced at $90 plus applicable ticketing/service charges. The ticket price includes parking for the day and the concert begins at NOON.

About Toyota Park:

Conveniently located just 15 minutes southwest of Downtown Chicago (at 71st and Harlem in Bridgeview), Toyota Park (www.toyotapark.com) is Chicagoland’s newest and most exciting outdoor concert facility.

For Photos of the first Crossroads Festival, follow this link: http://www.rhino.com/media/photosearch.lasso?action=photosearch&Artist=&Title=Crossroads

CURRENT ARTIST LISTING CONFIRMED

Jeff Beck

Doyle Bramhall II

Eric Clapton

Robert Cray

Sheryl Crow

Vince Gill

Buddy Guy

BB King

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Sonny Landreth

Albert Lee

Los Lobos

John Mayer

John McLaughlin

Willie Nelson

Robert Randolph

Hubert Sumlin

Derek Trucks

Jimmie Vaughan

Steve Winwood

About Crossroads

Founded in 1997, Crossroads Centre, Antigua was created to provide treatment and education to chemically dependent persons, those with other compulsive addictive behaviors, their families and 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 called The Bevon House (exclusively for local Antiguan residents) and facilitates a school-based education series, Breaking the Cycle, in all local schools. www.crossroadsantigua.org

[edger]

Wow. Definitely a stellar line-up.

Maybe Todd and I should think about a honeymoon in Chicago?

Miss you TimmyB. Hope you are well.