Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival returns for the first time in four years, September 23-24 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The line-up features an array of young and old talent, including Gary Clark Jr, Sheryl Crow, HER, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, Santana, Stephen Stills, ZZ Top, The War on Drugs, Robert Randolph, John Mayer Trio, Los Lobos, Joe Bonamassa, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Marcus King, Robbie Robertson, Taj Mahal, Jakob Dylan, Molly Tuttle, and Keb’ Mo’. Eric Clapton will also perform on both nights of the festival.
The guitarist started this now-famous festival in 1999, and it’s been held every three or four years, except for a six-year break between 2013 and 2019.
Since the last Crossroads in 2019, Clapton has often spoken out against lockdowns and other safety measures during the pandemic, voicing his skepticism about vaccines, and even writing songs about it. As Rolling Stone magazine reported in 2021, Eric Clapton even helped fund a group of British musicians who traveled the country spreading similar messages at the height of the pandemic.
