"The Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer are among the artists guitar legend Eric Clapton has enlisted to share the stage with him during the 2010 edition of his Croassroads Guitar Festival.
Scheduled to take place June 26, at Bridgeview, IL's Toyota Park, the event will also feature Robert Cray, Keb' Mo', Robert Randolph, Jimmie Vaughn, Doyle Bramhall II and more. A complete list of confirmed performers is included below.
"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."
Tickets for the event--which are priced at at $100, plus parking and applicable fees, according to the Croassroad Guitar Festival's website--go on sale Feb. 20 via Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster phone charge (800.745.3000), Ticketmaster retail outlets, and the Toyota Park box office.
Proceeds from the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 will benefit Clapton's Croassroads Centre, a substance-abuse rehab facility in Antigua that Clapton founded in 1998. More information about the organization is available at the Crossroads Centre's website.
In related news, Clapton is gearing up for a handful of co-headlining performances with Beck that get underway with a two-night stand in London this weekend, after which he'll tackle a stretch of February and March solo concerts throughout the US. Details are shown at right."
Artists confirmed for the Crossroads Guitar Festival:
Albert Lee
Allman Brothers Band
BB King
Bert Jansch
Buddy Guy
David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos
Doyle Bramhall II
Earl Klugh
Eric Clapton
Gary Clark Jr.
Hubert Sumlin
James Burton
Jeff Beck
Jimmie Vaughan
Joao Gilberto
Joe Bonamassa
John Mayer
John Renbourn
Keb Mo
Pino Daniele
Robert Cray
Robert Randolph
Sheryl Crow
Sonny Landreth
Steve Winwood
Vince Gill
ZZ Top


