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(New York, NY, March 23,
2007) - Credited throughout his career with creating super
sounds in super groups, the ultimate Clapton collaboration
will take place July 28, 2007 when he gathers the past,
present and future of guitar music onto one stage for an
incredible full day musical event. Announced today, the
second Crossroads Guitar Festival, scheduled for July 28,
2007 at Toyota Park in Chicago, will be a cornerstone of
this year's summer music festival season. Profits from the
Festival will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua,
a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for
chemically dependent persons.
Since its inception, Clapton's vision for the Crossroads
Guitar Festival has been to create an event where his friends
and contemporaries can have fun and jam together for the
benefit of a good cause. This year's Festival will feature
a full day of musical performances with once-in-a-lifetime
guitar collaborations. Known as pioneers in their field,
the roster of artists spans old and new, from BB King to
John Mayer (anticipated guest list below). The audience
can expect unrivaled entertainment, brilliant guitar work,
surprise guests and impromptu jams that are the hallmarks
of these performers.
The first Crossroads Guitar Festival, in June 2004 at the
Cotton Bowl in Dallas, was an unprecedented collection of
guitar icons from blues, rock and contemporary music. The
sold-out show was chronicled in a 2-disc DVD that has since
gone on to become one of the world's top-selling music DVD's,
recently achieving the 8x platinum mark in the United States
alone.
"The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream
for me, to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians
to perform on one stage," said Clapton. "The Crossroads
performers are all musicians I admire and respect."
Additional Festival artists and elements to be announced
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Founded in 1997, Crossroads Centre,
Antigua was created to provide treatment and education to
chemically dependent persons, those with other compulsive
addictive behaviors, their families and significant others.
Treatment is provided through residential care, family and
aftercare programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on
the movement toward a change in lifestyle. Crossroads Centre,
Antigua also operates a 16 bed halfway-house called The Bevon
House (exclusively for local Antiguan residents) and facilitates
a school-based education series, Breaking the Cycle, in all
local schools.
www.crossroadsantigua.org |
