After a lot of mails asking me why the site was no more updated, I finally find the problem.

So here are the fresher news about EC.

Steve Winwood's newest single, "Dirty City" (Columbia) will be released for U.S. radio airplay on 25 February 2008. This song is taken from his new CD "Nine Lives", due later this year.

EC appears on the radio (4'05) and album (7'45) versions of this song.

EC will perform on 2008 Skanderborg Festival in Denmark (a.k.a Danmarks Smukkeste Festival, on August 10.

Online ticket sales : www.billetlugen.dk

Eric Clapton and His Band will perform at Reykjavic's Egilsholl Arena on Friday, 8 August.

It will be Eric Clapton's first-ever concert in Iceland!

Tickets for the concert will now go on sale Tuesday, 4 March at 10AM local time for Reykjavic, Iceland.

Online Ticket Sales: www.midi.is

Eric Clapton and J.J. Cale have won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental) for "The Road To Escondido"

Eric Clapton will be "Live At The Marquee" in Cork on June 20.

Eric Clapton will play an open air concert at Malahide Castle (near Dublin, Ireland) on 21 June.

Finally he will be at Harewood House, near Leeds, on 29 June.

Link : www.ticketmaster.ie

Eric Clapton, along with Sheryl Crow and John Mayer, will perform in London's Hyde Park on 28 June as part of the Hard Rock Calling concert series. Standard Day Ticket £50, Club Experience Ticket £160, VIP Experience Ticket £220.

Link : http://www.hydeparkcalling.co.uk/home/

ERIC CLAPTON SIGNATURE EDITION 000-42MEC SPECIFICATIONS:

MODEL NUMBER: 000-42M Eric Clapton Special Edition Signature Model

TOP: Carpathian Spruce, 5/6 Grade

ROSETTE: Style 45 Inlaid With Select Abalone Pearl (3 Piece) & Wood Fiber Inlay Lines
Note: Clean Rosette Inlay Lines After Application Of Vintage Toner

BRACING: Scalloped Bracing (Identical To 000-42EC)

SPECIAL FEATURES: Solid Madagascar Rosewood Back, Sides & Headplate, Select Abalone Pearl Throughout (Select) Eric Clapton Signature Inlaid in Pearl between 19th & 20th Frets

BACK: Solid Madagascar Rosewood

BACK PANELS: 2 Piece

BACK INLAY STRIP: Golden Era Style 45 Multi-colored Mosaic Back Inlay Strip

SIDES: Solid Madagascar Rosewood

NECK: Genuine Mahogany with Diamond Volute on Back of Neck (10/4 With Wings)

NECK SHAPE: V-shape with Adjustable Rod

BLOCK TO READ: (Lasered Decal Logo)
000-42M
Eric Clapton
Serial #

HEADPLATE: Solid Madagascar Rosewood, Square Tapered with Alternate Torch Inlay, Ivoroid Binding With Black White Inlay, "C. F. Martin & Co." Stamping On Back Of Headstock

FINGERBOARD: Ivoroid Bound Ebony With Style 45 Select Abalone Snowflake Inlays (Ivoroid Binding With Style 42 Black/White Inlay), "Eric Clapton" Signature Inlaid In Pearl Between 19th and 20th Frets

BRIDGE: Ebony Belly Bridge

FINISH: Polished Gloss Lacquer including Neck and Headplate, Tinted "Vintage" Top Toner, Optional 1935 Style Sunburst at an Additional Charge

BINDING: Grained Ivoroid With Wood Fiber Inlay Lines

INLAY: Style 42 Top Inlay, Inlaid With Select Abalone Pearl
Note: Clean Binding and Inlay Lines After Application Of Vintage Toner

SIDE INLAY: .0325" Black/White Side Inlay

BACK INLAY: Style 28 .0325" Black/White Back Inlay

BRIDGE & END PINS: Genuine (Camel) Bone Style 45 Pins Inlaid With Vintage 5mm Abalone Pearl Dot (Gurian)

SADDLE: Genuine Bone, Compensated, 16" Radius

NUT: Genuine Bone

PICKGUARD: Vintage Acetate / Nitrate Tortoise Pickguard, Polished and Beveled

NUMBER OF FRETS CLEAR: 14

NUMBER OF FRETS TOTAL: 20

NECK WIDTH AT NUT: 1 3/4" (2 1/4" Bridge Spacing)

SCALE LENGTH: 24.9" Short Scale

TUNING MACHINES: Waverly #4073 Open-Geared Nickel Plated With Ivoroid Butterbean Knobs

STRINGS: Eric Clapton Signature Strings, Light Gauge Phosphor Wound

OTHER OPTIONS: Left-handed At No Additional Charge

CASE: #533 Geib Style Deluxe 5-ply Hardshell Case

INTERIOR LABEL: Personally Signed by Eric Clapton Limited Edition of 250, Individually Numbered With Edition Total

INTRODUCTION: Anaheim NAMM Show, January 2008

Link : CF Martin

You can find the podcast of the participation of EC on this art and entertainment program here.

The authorized, career-spanning Eric Clapton Video Anthology continues to be developed. The producers are especially seeking any 8mm or 16mm home movies, video and photographs of Eric as a group member and solo artist from the following periods:

• The Yardbirds
• John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
• Cream
• Derek & The Dominos
• Eric offstage in the early 1970s

If you have any visual media in the above categories, contact the producers directly by email: ec_anthology@yahoo.com

After their collaboration at the Chicago Crossroads Guitar Festival in July 2007, the two guitar heroes and singers will give three concerts at the Madison Square Garden of New Yor on 25th, 26th and 28th February 2008.

Eric Clapton Sales is an officially sanctioned eBay Store where all proceeds from items sold benefit the Crossroads Centre at Antigua. Everything sold in the online store is genuine Eric Clapton merchandise.