PRESS RELEASE
Credited throughout his career with creating super sounds in super
groups, the ultimate Clapton collaboration will take place July 28,
2007 when he gathers the past, present and future of guitar music onto
one stage for an incredible full day musical event. Announced today,
the second Crossroads Guitar Festival, scheduled for July 28, 2007 at
Toyota Park in Chicago, will be a cornerstone of this year's summer
music festival season. Profits from the Festival will benefit The
Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility
founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.
Since its inception, Clapton's vision for the Crossroads Guitar Festival has been to create an event where his friends and contemporaries can have fun and jam together for the benefit of a good cause. This year's Festival will feature a full day of musical performances with once-in-a-lifetime guitar collaborations. Known as pioneers in their field, the roster of artists spans old and new, from BB King to John Mayer (anticipated guest list below). The audience can expect unrivaled entertainment, brilliant guitar work, surprise guests and impromptu jams that are the hallmarks of these performers.
The first Crossroads Guitar Festival, in June 2004 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, was an unprecedented collection of guitar icons from blues, rock and contemporary music. The sold-out show was chronicled in a 2-disc DVD that has since gone on to become one of the world's top-selling music DVD's, recently achieving the 8x platinum mark in the United States alone.
"The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me, to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians to perform on one stage," said Clapton. "The Crossroads performers are all musicians I admire and respect."
Additional Festival artists and elements to be announced shortly.
Ticket Sales Information
Tickets for the Crossroads Guitar Festival will go on sale to the
public on Saturday, March 31 at 10am Central Time (11am EST) via www.ticketmaster.com
or Ticketmaster phone charge at 312-559-1950 or Ticketmaster retail
outlets. Both reserved and general admission tickets will be available
for this event. All tickets will be priced at $90 plus applicable
ticketing/service charges. The ticket price includes parking for the
day and the concert begins at NOON.
About Toyota Park
Conveniently located just 15 minutes southwest of Downtown Chicago (at 71st and Harlem in Bridgeview), Toyota Park (www.toyotapark.com) is Chicagoland's newest and most exciting outdoor concert facility.
Current Artist Listing (Confirmed)
Jeff Beck
Doyle Bramhall II
Eric Clapton
Robert Cray
Sheryl Crow
Vince Gill
Buddy Guy
BB King
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Sonny Landreth
Albert Lee
Los Lobos
John Mayer
John McLaughlin
Willie Nelson
Robert Randolph
Hubert Sumlin
Derek Trucks
Jimmie Vaughan
Steve Winwood
Well, what else can you say but holy smokes, great show. I just sent a
e-mail off to my brother and hope that he's into it. We live in Toronto and he is in Vernon Hills,Chicago. That's very close to where he lives.
Thanx for the heads up on this one!
Chris
Posted by: Chris | March 26, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Yeah I'm definitely going. I live in Lake Zurich, IL actually.
Posted by: Richard Murray | March 26, 2007 at 01:55 PM