Today

20
May

1964: The Yardbirds play one of their regulary scheduled gigs at the Star Club at the Star Hotel in Croydon, Surrey
1966: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers have a gig at the Royal College of Advanced Technology in Salford, Lancashire
1967: Cream concert at Berlin Stadium in Berlin, Germany
1968: Cream tape their CBS-TV appearance for “The Summer Brothers Smothers Show” at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California (broadcast on 14 July)
1992: EC’s US Tour stops at Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland, Ohio
1998: EC’s “Pilgrim” World Tour stops at The Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana
2006: EC is a guest performer with Gary Brooker’s Band du Lac at a benefit picnic concert at Highclere Castle in Newbury, Berkshire
2010: The first of two consecutive nights at Wembley Arena in Wembley, London for the Clapton / Winwood UK and European Tour
2016: EC’s 20th solo studio album, “I Still Do,” is released – it debuts at Number 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart