Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood LIVE at the Xcel Energy Center XEC

ERIC CLAPTON AND STEVE WINWOOD
On Heels of Three Exclusive Shows at Madison Square Garden, Duo Announce a Special 14-City U.S. Tour This Spring Including
One Night Only at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul on June 18th SAINT PAUL, Minn. Xcel Energy Center and Jam Productions announced today that Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood will perform together on stage in Saint Paul on Thursday, June 18th at 8 p.m., on their recently announced 14-city U.S. summer tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28th at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. After a stunning collaboration at the Chicago Crossroads Guitar Festival in July of 2007 and much speculation, Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton announced three eagerly anticipated concerts at New Yorks Madison Square Garden. Those shows featured the artists performing together in a varied set list with Blind Faith classics and solo hits from each artist including an incendiary version of Traffics Dear Mr. Fantasy. Critics acclaimed the shows as historic and some of the best Clapton-Winwood work ever. The tour promises more of the same collaborative musicianship that made these men legendary award-winning artists. Both Winwood and Clapton have long and prestigious musical careers with countless honors and awards to their names. Their musical paths connected in 1969 with the formation of Blind Faith, a group that pioneered the fusion of rock and blues into tremendous studio and stage success. Despite critical and popular acclaim, the band was short-lived with only one album and a brief 1969 tour that debuted July 12th at Madison Square Garden and ended August 24th in Hawaii. Since that final show, Winwood and Clapton have remained friends, but have only performed together a few times over the years for an occasional song at a charity event. The 2008 Madison Square Garden shows were the first full Winwood-Clapton concerts in 40 years. Additionally, 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Blind Faith and 40 years since they performed to over 100,000 people in Hyde Park, London. Steve Winwood is currently signed to Columbia Records and released an album of new music, NINE LIVES, in 2008. Eric Claptons compilation album Complete Clapton was released in 2008 on Reprise Records. The duos captivating performance at the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago can be seen as part of a two-disc DVD available now from Rhino Entertainment. This will be Claptons fourth time performing at Xcel Energy Center, although this is the first time as co-headliner. His previous Saint Paul performances were on July 17, 2001, July 18, 2004, and Sept. 16, 2006.

Brought to you by Jam Productions

EVENT:An Evening With ERIC CLAPTON and STEVE WINWOOD

DATE:Thursday, June 18th 8 p.m.

TYPE:Concert

FLOOR PLAN:Endstage

TICKET PRICES:$75 / $100 / $150

ON SALE:Saturday, Feb. 28th 10 a.m.

Tickets are available at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office, all area Ticketmaster locations, by calling 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone using Ticketmaster TDD/TTY, call: 800-359-2525. Certain fees may apply.

For more information on Eric Clapton, visit www.ericclapton.com
For more information on Steve Winwood, visit www.stevewinwood.com




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[SNAFU111999]

@samnovak100 same here

[samnovak100]

i saw this...i saw God that night

[Absolutionftw]

I have 2 vidoes of eric clapton and steve in madison square garden check them out :)

[SLP766]

im so excited for this

[MyHomemadeVids]

i waited outside the united center in chicago, i cant....fucking....wait...

[seventiesclassic]

If you find anyone stupid enough to buy a ticket over the internet from a private seller..they need a lobotomy.

[zep123dmc]

if anybody wants one ticket to this concert with Clapton the man, i have one ticket on ebay, on the floor on row 17, i need to sell. im starting the bidding lower than if u were to buy that same ticket on ticketmaster after service fees and all that