[Slowhand] Clapton-Beck

[Phil Jones]

KS Wrote :

> I haven't seen any mentioning of the forthcoming Eric Clapton-Jeff Beck nights in London (mid February 2010). I got tickets on the floor, row 6, left of stage, for the first night! I don't have tremendous expectations cause last time I saw EC I was rather disappointed (Hyde Park 08). But telling from the recent EC-Winwood collaboration (and also from the Cream RAH reunion), he may wanna deliver something extra on occations like these. On the other hand, those few songs I downloaded from the EC-Beck show in Japan last year were not put on heavy rotation in my player.

>  

> All views appreciated! It's been quiet here lately.


Got to admit, I'm surprised at the lack of talk too.  That said, I don't 
know that my views are going to be too popular.

When I saw the ticket prices, I was aghast.  125pounds for a 'good' seat 
seems extortionate to me when we're dealing with a not-very-intimate 
setting like the O2 arena.  I felt that EC was very lacklustre and just 
ringing in his solo performances last year.  Clapton/Winwood was very, 
very much a highlight and I'd love to see an EC/SW Royal Albert Hall show.

This seems to be a 2 solo sets plus a bit of combined material - a 
totally different animal from a full Clapton/Beck band a'la the EC/SW 
shows.  I've got a nasty feeling it could be another 'going through the 
motions' thing, but for all our sakes would like to be proved wrong.

Suffice to say, I'm not risking 125 quid for a back of the side blocks 
ticket, plus the London hotels and transport on top of that just to see 
another duff performance in a very large arena.  As I said, a combined 
set in the RAH would've been a different proposition.

Hope everyone who is going gets a cracking performance though!

Cheers
Phil