Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Magazine

Today

13
Oct

1963: EC goes to see The Yardbirds at the Crawdaddy Club at the Richmond Athletic Association Grounds in Richmond, Surrey and accepts their invitation to join the band – his first gig with them is on 18 October
1965: EC is doubling as the guitarist for both The Glands and The Juniors at the Igloo Club, Athens while on his “Greek Adventure”
1966: Cream are at the Club A’Gogo in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
1967: First of three consecutive nights at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan for Cream during their first US Tour
1981: EC concert at the Olympen in Lund, Sweden
1990: EC’s “Journeyman” World Tour stops at the Ginasio Mineirinho in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1994: EC concert at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut during the “Nothing But The Blues” North American Tour
1997: Night one of eight at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan during EC’s Far East Tour – he’ll end the tour at the venue on 31 October
1998: The European leg of EC’s “Pilgrim” World Tour” opens at the NEC, Birmingham – Bonnie Raitt, who is tour support, joins EC on stage for the encore
2001: EC’s “Reptile” World Tour stops at the Praca da Apoteose in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – it’s filmed for later television broadcast in Brazil