from whereseric.com:

ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES
CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL 2010
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2010 TOYOTA PARK, CHICAGO
GATES OPEN AT 10am

Day-Long Festival To Feature Legendary Music And Collaborations Including: Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BB King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, John Mayer and more.
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I bought the DVD from the last one, also held in Chicago. Killer show and all for a great cause.

yeah, I love it too! hope for more traditional blues artist, though.

Get in there Winwood

Hubert Sumlin and Robert Cray too.

Full list of confirmed performers:
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
Keb Mo
Pino Daniele
Robert Cray
Robert Randolph
Sheryl Crow
Sonny Landreth
Steve Winwood
Vince Gill
ZZ Top

"I do it because I want to hear these players," Eric Clapton says, during an
exclusive interview announcing his third Crossroads Guitar Festival. The
all-day stars-of-guitar show will be held on June 26th at Toyota Park in
Chicago; tickets go on sale February 20th. Like his 2004 and 2007 Crossroads
concerts and the best-selling DVDs from those festivals, this year's event
benefits the Crossroads Centre, the addiction-treatment facility founded by
Clapton on the Caribbean island of Antigua in the early Nineties. "But it's
a selfish thing," he admits delightedly. "I can go to one place and hear all
of my favorite musicians in one day."

Nearly 30 of those favorites are confirmed for the June 26th show, which
will feature Clapton in a headlining set with his own band and, if previous
festivals are any indication, jamming with many of his guests as well.
Returning veterans of the first two Crossroads shows include Jeff Beck,
Robert Cray, B.B. King, the great Rick Nelson and Elvis Presley sideman
James Burton, Jimmie Vaughan, Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood,
gospel-steel phenomenon Robert Randolph and one of Clapton's personal
heroes, Louisiana slide-guitar ace Sonny Landreth. "He's a giant to me - his
thing is so perfect," Clapton says of Landreth. "When we send the invites,
he's the first guy that always comes back, the next day: 'I'm in, what do
you want me to do? I'll open the show.' Absolutely no bones with that guy."
Among the artists making their Crossroads debuts this year are the Allman
Brothers Band, British folk-guitar master Bert Jansch, singer-guitarist Keb'
Mo' and Brazilian bossa nova legend Joao Gilberto. "I wanted to open it up a
little," Clapton says of the bill, "so it's not so much about virtuosity as
roots." Clapton is especially excited by the booking of the reclusive
Gilberto, who rarely performs abroad. "The whole thing was an excuse for
getting him out of Brazil," Clapton confesses with a laugh. But, he adds, "a
festival about guitar doesn't have to be all heavy metal or all rock. It
would probably surprise a lot of people who don't play that someone like me
or Derek Trucks [of the Allmans] can admire and enjoy someone like
Gilberto."

Clapton notes that the musical success and smooth production of the 2007
festival - a one-day event also held at Toyota Park, a relatively intimate
soccer stadium just south of downtown Chicago - encouraged him to do
Crossroads at least one more time. The 2004 concert was, in contrast, a
two-day marathon, held at the enormous Cotton Bowl in Dallas. "I've
convinced the business guys this is the last one," Clapton says, grinning.
"Because they're the ones who have to deal with all of the unraveling - the
agencies, managers and record companies. I've kind of said, 'We'll do three.
' I like three. I'm a 'three' guy."

Asked what the Crossroads festivals have achieved in greater public
awareness of his peers and influences and the art of guitar playing, Clapton
modestly responds, "I have no idea." But the guitarist contends that
Crossroads is not a typical music festival in that "it comes from the heart
of a musician. It's not a business deal, and there is an enlightenment in
that. People realize we really love what we do.
"And hopefully," Clapton adds, "it gets better every time. That's the deal."

Wow, nice line-up!

I'm just hoping they'll have this on the internet like 3 years ago - that would be fantastic ...

BTW: Clapton and Winwood are doing a Europian tour mainly in june, so they have time enough to get it together ...

I Too, would love to see Mick Taylor at this Festival
I'd LOVE for EC, Peter Green & MT do a small Blues club Tour
wouldn't that be Fun

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IceGiant
It would of been nice to see MT on the list.

John Mayer? why


Now that I think of it , that's a pretty staid list of people. Kind of boring
How about some young people?

Orianthe, Kenny Wayne Shephard, that 4 year old virtuoso on Youtube, anyone
Actually, Youtube has a lot more exciting players on it than the list above.
That festival needs some young blood added to it.

Is this young enough ><

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gripweed
I Too, would love to see Mick Taylor at this Festival

Agree 100%. Someone needs to drag Taylor out of his cave. You go to something like that, and next thing you know you're touring with one of the other acts.

It'd be nice if they put the festival on in The UK!!

I had thought Carlos Santana was talking about it.

Glad to see Jimmy Vaughan on the list!

john mayer is a great guitar player. a bit of a SRV knock off but still, he's talented.

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IceGiant
It would of been nice to see MT on the list.

John Mayer? why


Now that I think of it , that's a pretty staid list of people. Kind of boring
How about some young people?

Orianthe, Kenny Wayne Shephard, that 4 year old virtuoso on Youtube, anyone
Actually, Youtube has a lot more exciting players on it than the list above.
That festival needs some young blood added to it.

Young blood IS John Mayer. A very very good blues guitarist that unfortunately spends too much time in the pop arena. His trio, which includes Pino Palladino on bass, is great.

It's a great line up with a wide range of players and styles. Easily the best blues or blues-rock lineup of most years. I am hoping to be lucky enough to get tickets. The only person I don't really dig in the lineup is Clapton. I find him boring.

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buffalo7478
Young blood IS John Mayer. A very very good blues guitarist that unfortunately spends too much time in the pop arena. His trio, which includes Pino Palladino on bass, is great.

also Steve Jordan of the X-Pensive Winos and lots more on drums.

i think it's common knowledge that Mayer is a total douchebag.



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Joe Bonamassa and Derek Trucks




8-15-09

Allman Bros. Band, yay.

Tickets on sale, Feb. 20th, 10 am, CST, Ticketmaster.

Man, that is the day I will turn 60. I'd love to be there.

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mickscarey
He needs to retire. he is pathetic

The only thing Pathetic is your thought process, Sorry you are Clueless

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DaveG
Man, that is the day I will turn 60. I'd love to be there.

you should definitely go then.

who else got tickets beside me?