Eric Clapton to play MEN Arena in May

Oct 22 2008 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

MUSIC legend Eric Clapton has announced his return to the MEN Arena in Manchester on Thursday. May 14.

Tickets, priced £45 and £55, go on sale 9am Monday (October 27).

After a series of sold-out 2008 shows across North America and Europe, Clapton returns to the MEN Arena for the first time since his critically-acclaimed 2006 concert.

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Clapton has received a staggering 18 Grammy awards and is the only triple inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame - as a solo artist and also as a member of both the Yardbirds and Cream.

Clapton has also contributed to numerous artists’ albums over the decades. His most well known guest slot is on George Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

His guitar playing can also be heard on albums by Aretha Franklin, Steven Stills, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon and Yoko Ono), Ringo Starr, Sting and Roger Waters.

Tickets may be subject to a booking fee and are available via the 24 Hour Ticketmaster Hotline 0844 847 8000; to personal callers from the M.E.N Arena Box Office (10am-6pm: Mon-Sat); via post (send sae & cheque payable to SMG UK Ltd) ; via e-ticket centres at selected zavvi stores (formerly Virgin Megastores) and via the venue’s official website men-arena.com Special Needs Ticketline 0161 950 5229 (10am-5pm: Mon-Fri). Group bookings: 0870 169 6888