Today

18
Apr

1964: The Yardbirds have a gig at the second location of the Crawdaddy Club at the Star Hotel in Croydon, Surrey – before the band’s next gig at the venue on the 28th, it will be re-branded as the Star Club
1966: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers are at the Woodhall Community Centre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
1967: Cream have a gig at The Bristol Chinese R&B and Jazz Club at the Corn Exchange in Bristol
1975: EC performs at the Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia
1979: EC’s North American Tour stops at the General James White Memorial Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee
1985: EC concert at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina during the “Behind The Sun” Tour
1987: EC’s “Clapton Collins Phillinganes East” US Tour stops at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota
1988: EC’s award-winning “Crossroads” box set is released – it features his work with the Yardbirds, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends and Derek and the Dominos, and his solo career
1998: EC’s “Pilgrim” World Tour stops at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York for the first of three consecutive nights at the venue