Legendary guitarist recently turned mobile phone salesman Eric Clapton will bring his day-long Crossroads Guitar Festival back to Toyota Park in Bridgeview on June 26 with performances by the Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer, among others.
The event, which previously took place in Dallas in 2004 and at Toyota Park in 2007, will benefit Clapton's Crossroads Centre rehab facility in Antigua,and it will be presented by T-Mobile myTouch, the cellular company for whom Clapton has been hawking a special Fender guitar model cell phone.
Tickets are priced at $100 plus service fees, and they go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday [Feb. 20] via www.ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster outlets and the venue's box office.
"The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me, to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians to perform on one stage," Clapton said in a press release announcing the event. "The Crossroads performers are all musicians I admire and respect."
The full roster of performers is:
Albert LeeAllman 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
For more information visit www.crossroadsguitarfestival.com.


Gary Clark Jr.!!
Gary Clark is the man...looking forward to seeing him live
$100 plus service fees?!?
Yeesh, it seems that the accelerator on Toyota Park's ticket pricing is stuck as well.
-- MrJM
http://mrjm.notlong.com/
100$ plus service fee??? Yikes! aren't we still in a recession?!
Hey, it's for charity -- Clapton's rehab center in Antigua needs your support!
Of course, so does the South Side of Chicago...
Thinking about buying field level GA tix from a reseller, byut the thought of standing for 12 hours even if it is great music has me hesitating. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated. Thx