Eric Clapton

The 77-year-old guitar legend has been a critic of coronavirus vaccines and pandemic restrictions. He has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled two ...

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Eric Clapton, a critic of pandemic restrictions, has tested positive for Covid-19 and cancelled two upcoming European gigs. Eric Clapton performs in 2013 ...

In 2020, he and Van Morrison released an anti-lockdown song titled Stand and Deliver featuring the lyrics: "Do you want to be a free man, or do you want to be a slave?" He hopes to be able to resume the tour starting with two concerts in Bologna on May 20. "Eric is also anxious to avoid passing on any infection to any of his band, crew, promoters, their staff and of course, the fans," the statement said.

A statement on Clapton's Facebook posted on Monday revealed the guitarist had contracted Covid-19 after his second performance at London's Royal Albert Hall ...

Harry Herd/RedfernsAfter postponing the first two dates of his new run of European concerts this week because he recently contracted the COVID-19 virus, ...

All four postponed concerts, which also include shows originally scheduled for May 17 in Zurich, Switzerland, and May 18 in Milan, Italy, will be rescheduled by the end of 2022. Accordingly, Eric does not want to travel while still testing positive and take the risk of infecting others.” Clapton’s next scheduled show is now a May 29 performance in Berlin. According to the message on the Where’s Eric site, “by [that] time we have every hope that there will be no obstacle to Eric being able to perform that concert and the remainder of the scheduled concerts.”

Bologna Shows Postponed: Eric Clapton, vehemently anti- vaccine, has canceled two more shows after testing positive for COVID again today.

However, Eric and his management team think that since it is quite likely that the situation will remain unchanged over the next day or two, Eric should immediately give notice of postponement of the shows in Bologna scheduled for tomorrow and Saturday to dates later this year.It is felt fairer to ticket holders to give as much notice as possible of the postponement in the hope that this will cause less inconvenience than if we continue to hope that Eric would be able after all to give the concerts, only to find we have to announce the postponement a matters of hours before the concert.We are aware that many ticket holders acquired their tickets (at least for the first Bologna show) many months ago, and Eric is very disappointed and apologetic to have to add a further delay.The next scheduled concert forming part of the current tour will be in Berlin on Sunday, 29th May, by which time we have every hope that there will be no obstacle to Eric being able to perform that concert and the remainder of the scheduled concerts.The postponed concerts will be rescheduled by the end of this year. The irony here, of course, is that Clapton has railed against the vaccine. The two dates are May 20th and 21st in Bologna, Italy.

Postponement of shows in Zurich and Milan. Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from Covid having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the ...

Free Membership Offer for Ticket News Readers Eric Clapton tickets at TicketNetwork Eric Clapton tickets at TicketSmarter Eric Clapton tickets at Vivid Seats Following his COVID-related pause, Clapton is set to resume performing dates in Europe with a May 29 date in Berlin next. “I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present,” Clapton said. Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from Covid having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall. He has been told by his medical advisors that if he were to resume traveling and performing too soon, it could substantially delay his full recovery. Subsequently, he said he would not perform in any venue where proof of vaccination was required, indicating his belief that it was discrimination for event operators or venues to do so. He promised to reschedule the shows within the next six months, with existing tickets valid for the new dates once they are announced.