Some musicians have a favorite venue. One of rock’s most celebrated guitarists has something closer to a second home, a London concert hall he has played more than 200 times, and he is going back next spring.
Eric Clapton, 81, will play five concerts in England in May 2027. The run opens May 17 at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, followed by four nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 20, 21, 23 and 24. The dates were announced on Clapton’s Instagram, with a fan club presale Oct. 15 and general tickets on sale Oct. 16.
The news comes less than two weeks after Clapton missed a night that had billed him as its biggest guest. He had been announced for Buddy’s Got the Blues, a 90th birthday celebration for blues great Buddy Guy at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Oct. 1, but Guy told the crowd Clapton had fallen ill on short notice. The stage filled anyway, with John Mayer, Derek Trucks, Billy Gibbons and Joe Bonamassa among the guests.
The absence stood out because the two guitarists are closely linked. Clapton has long named Guy among his chief influences, and many of the same players had shared a stage with both men days earlier at Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Austin, Texas. No details about the illness were given.
For Clapton, the Royal Albert Hall has long been a personal venue. He first played there in December 1964 as a member of the Yardbirds, and he has since performed at the venue more than 200 times, once likening it to “playing in my front room.” In 2018, he was among the first 11 people honored with a star on the hall’s Walk of Fame, alongside figures such as Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein.
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The hall has seen some of his biggest moments, including the 24 Nights concerts of 1990 and 1991, Cream’s 2005 reunion and a seven-night run in May 2015 celebrating his 70th birthday. The May 2027 shows will arrive about 62 years after that first appearance.
The dates cap a busy stretch. Clapton began his 2026 touring with two warm-up shows in Guildford in April, toured several European countries in the spring, played a six-city U.S. run in September and hosted his seventh Crossroads festival. Fans will hear previously unreleased recordings sooner: The Road to Escondido: Enhanced Edition, marking 20 years since his album with J.J. Cale, arrives Nov. 20 with three previously unreleased songs.
At 81, Clapton remains the only artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times, as a solo act and as a member of both the Yardbirds and Cream. Next May, he returns to the venue most closely tied to that legacy.
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