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[SmilinSkullRing]

Barcelona show, 24 March 2004

Setlist 24 March 2004 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

Let it Rain
Hoochie Coochie Man
Bell Bottom Blues
Walk out in the Rain
I shot the Sheriff
When you´ve got a Good Friend
Milk Cow Blues
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
They´re Red Hot
Hellhound on my Trail
Change the World
Got to get Better in a little While
I Wanna Little Girl
Badge
Wonderful Tonight
Cocaine
Layla

encore:
Sunshine of your Love

You folks in Europe need to see this, tape this, and report back!!!

Concert review by John McIlroy/Where's ERIC!

No, the above is not a misprint. Eric Clapton not only tweaked and played with his traditional set list on the opening night of his European tour in Barcelona yesterday evening - he practically ripped it up and started again.
Yes, the finale of the show still featured a ´greatest hits´package comprising Wonderful Tonight, Cocaine, Layla and Sunshine of your Love. But up to that point, you´d have been hard pushed to pick any regular favourites in a line-up that blended revived tracks from 30 years ago with totally fresh material from the new Me and Mr Johnson album.
From the moment EC walked out with an electric guitar (no acoustic openers this time, folks) and chimed into Let it Rain, the raucous 18,000-strong Spanish audience were taken aback by a band that was plainly enjoying a shot of fresh material. It benefited, too, from the inclusion of Doyle Bramhall II on backing guitar, as Eric´s preferred young gunslinger threw in tasty fills and some superb slide work, egging his band leader on all the while.
Let it Rain (not heard live since the 1980s) was a great opener, but even more eyebrows were raised when Walk out in the Rain, last played on the Backless tour of 1978, was thrown in between Bell Bottom Blues and a juicy I Shot the Sheriff.
The highlight for many, though, would have to be Got to Get Better in a Little While - easily the funkiest track of the evening and one that showcased the talents of EC and Bramhall superbly. The message from the WE! team in Spain is simple - if this show-stealer gets dropped at any point during this tour we´ll eat our sombreros.
The central section of five tracks from the Robert Johnson tribute album might lose one song in the shows to come, but we´re hoping it´s not They´re Red Hot, which licked up to a nice groove and also gave Bramhall another chance to shine.
A fresh beginning, then, in more ways than one. If the Palau Sant Jordi show is but a starting point for the weeks that lie ahead, then there´s many a treat in store between now and the last night at the Royal Albert Hall in mid-May.
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Freakin' awesome!!! I also found out that he will be playing another date in the U.S. besides in Dallas. It will be closer to me. I've got to make it!

[Dogstar]

WOW!!! That is soooooo cool!!! Thanks for the info and the review!

[SmilinSkullRing]

No problem. Saw the review up at a site, and had to post all the info. here for my fellow Clapton fans.

[Dogstar]

I started looking on the web for U.S. dates, but didn't see anything. I hope he's coming here, too.

[SmilinSkullRing]

He has two U.S. dates scheduled so far. In June he will be playing for his foundation with a concert/festival in Dallas that I mentioned before. Also it seems he will be playing in Little Rock, AR which is only five hours from my town.

I hope he adds more dates. St. Louis would rock! I better find that job right about...now.

[Dogstar]

LOL, I hope you get one soon

Good GOD, I'm tired of everybody else gettin' all the good shows . My man Jerry's been popping up on the West Coast and it has bummed me out that I couldn't get to any of the shows. GAAAAAAAAAA, I sure hope Eric comes within 12 hours' drive...I'm so there if he does .

[SmilinSkullRing]

Yeah, or I'll have to start taking out loans. Why do you need the loan? Um, to see Eric Clapton in concert.

Ah, I'm sorry you didn't see Jerry. I know you sort of like him. Does he have anymore shows scheduled anytime soon? I really think Eric will be making more U.S. dates. I mean he has a pretty good European tour going on and before that an Asian tour. I would assume he will play at least 15 U.S. dates. I'm so excited!

Here's a cool wallpaper - http://www.clapton-online.com/clapto...8-1024x768.jpg

[Dogstar]

Ooooh, that IS cool! Thanks...Jerry has a show he's playing with other artists as a fundraiser to help musicians in financial trouble. That show is April 12 in Los Angeles . He's been doing a lot of charity stuff of late....heheh, yeah, I *sort of* like him...You're too funny!

[SmilinSkullRing]

Hey you know me. Information, laughs...I try to provide it all.

Ah, LA. Well for my first Bruce concert I went from here (Missouri) to Sacramento. Then again I had some money to spend then as well.

Glad you like the wallpaper.

[WeatheredWoman]

Actually Mr. Clapton will be playing here in Holland in the AHOY, Rotterdam on the 11th and 12th of April!!!!!

Those concerts were already sold out in 2003 My bad I know...

I put up some links for 4 songs from the new album in the Me and Mr. Johnson-CD thread... I hope they work!!

[WeatheredWoman]

You know... we're a tiiiiiiny tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny land but all the great artists are always coming this way somehow!!

You can move over here if ya like... LOL!!!

[SmilinSkullRing]

LOL, WW. I might not move there, but I'll definitely visit one day. BTW, you may be able to find tickets if you can and want to go. I can do a search for you.

BTW, Dogstar we are in luck. Eric said he plans on touring the U.S. in not only June, but also July and a little of August.

[Dogstar]

Woooo-hoooooooooooooooooooo. I'm definitely going to catch a few shows!

[SmilinSkullRing]

Quote: (Originally Posted by Dogstar)

Woooo-hoooooooooooooooooooo. I'm definitely going to catch a few shows!

I've already made a plan to see at least two. Now, the tickets need to wait and go on sell after I get enough money to buy them.

[Dogstar]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!