Concert Details

Fan Reviews:

Review by Rafał Rożek
The show was marvelous, the whole band was in a very good humour, and had the most fun during High Time We Went, when Eric, Andy and Doyle sang together to the same microphone. Not so many solos from Eric, but the one from Little Queen of Spades must have been really good, because one lady from the first row fainted and was taken by paramedics. Although the beginning of solo was slightly disrupted by this unhappy situation (little dissonance as Eric glanced at what happened), Clapton carried it on. The rest of the band played incredibly, the highlight for me were Chris Stainton’s solo during Little Queen of Spades, Blues Power and to no surprise, Sunshine of Your Love.

Review by Paweł Cetliński
This was the 3rd concert of Eric Clapton in Poland and I guess the last one… I wonder what was his impression after playing in this post-communist surrounding, however the venue is quite new. The concert started with Clapton’s epic “Hi!” and then it all turned into a trip through all of his music creation. Hello Old Friend, a rather balanced opening song, put a smile on everybody’s face. Greg Leisz to me became the star of the evening after a series of slide solos on the pedal steel guitar. He seemed to be very laid back and to play every sound in a cozy way. Tell the truth made the crowd rock a little and people’s jaws were falling down at Slow Hand’s stunts on his beautiful white and black Stratocaster. Clapton was playing a solo in every song, but still everybody ,not counting the rhythm section which works like a perfect engine, had their “5 minutes”.The charming Michelle John and Sharon White ( I think they are a crucial part of the concert, plus their look and voice compose in a beautiful harmony) were adding a lot of fire to every song, especially on Cocaine, Crossroads and Badge. I have to admit that the acoustic part was a little bit dizzy. Started off with Drifting, Clapton transpired the soul of the acoustic blues.Next Layla played with a swing rhythm, but it felt tired. Eric said “Everybody takes a turn” and after piano, organ, guitars played improvisations limbering up the song. Still it lacked its natural, smooth energy. Everybody was looking at the playlist put on Carrack’s organ when the camera was on him, so everybody knew what is going to come. I feel that some people where disappointed that there wasn’t Tears in Heaven, but Lay Down Sally filled the gap. What happened after the acoustic part was simply blues-rock poetry. The virtuosic improvisation by Stainton put the Queen of Spades to a higher level and kept the audience attention to the very end. Love in Vain, in my opinion, was the best blues song played during the concert. That was just embodiment of Robert Johnson in Clapton – He really knows how to play it! Doyle Bramhall was doing amazing slide solos, and it seemed that he couldn’t hit exactly the high sounds in the chorus of Sunshine of Your Love and used falsetto. There was a funny moment in the final jam where Andy Fairweather started playing the Rolling Stone’s “Satisfaction” riff, so that Clapton and Doyle joined him and they all ended up laughing. The show was ended, musicians bowed, and the band got off the stage maybe for the very last time…..
All in all – It was a night of the best music in the world. That is MUSIC. Real deal.

Review by Dominick
It was my fourth gig on this Fifty Years Further On Up The Road tour. After 2 concerts in Royal Albert Hall and 1 show last week in Berlin now it was time for Poland. I have to admit that for my it was the best concert I’ve been on this tour. Eric was very laid-back and this meant that he played fantastically. Concert as a whole was virtually the same as the previous one but the small details stand out from its predecessors. It was evident that he had a mood to play in this day and regaled us with beautiful solos throughout the concert.
It was an interesting moment on Little Queen of Spades. I knew that it should be great solos by Chris, Doyle and Eric. After Doyle’s solo, guards and medical service moved over the railing 3 meters in front of Eric a woman who fainted. Eric had to start to play his solo however he look what happens with this woman. He played solo but it was clear that the thought are with what is happening in front of him. When woman on her own went with medical service then Eric drifted with great solo.Andy joined the encore and they had great time. During High Time We Went Eric, Doyle and Andy sang the chorus to the one microphone laughing all the time.

Review by Kamil Witkos
I was honoured to see Eric live in Lodz yesterday. It was the first time I had a chance to see him live but always dreamed about it. It was even more spectacular with all the best of the best musicians that Eric decided to tour with this time. After so many concerts its difficult to add anything unique about the set list. As you can see Eric played Lay down sally which was fantastic. Eric extraordinarily reread his classic tunes for example from the Cream period. Emotionally this was one of the greatest events in my life. Listening to My fathers Eyes, Layla (acoustic) and Cocaine and all the other great stuff live was mind blowing. And although Eric and the band played top quality sound and his finest tunes there is still hunger of wanting more and more. See you next time Eric!