Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton, a critic of coronavirus vaccines and pandemic restrictions, has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled two upcoming European gigs.

He hopes to be able to resume the tour starting with two concerts in Bologna on May 20. Clapton has expressed skepticism of the COVID-19 vaccine in the past. The 77-year-old rocker tested positive following his concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 8.

ERIC CLAPTON has been forced to cancel all of his shows in the coming week following a diagnosis of COVID-19. The star, who previously claimed to get the ...

Needless to say the reactions were disastrous, my hands and feet were either frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks, I feared I would never play again." Once I kind of started to look for it, I saw it everywhere." Clapton has, in recent months, been staunchly against the COVID-19 vaccine. They added that the Layla singer did not want to further pass on the virus to anyone else. Clapton has cancelled his upcoming gigs in Zurich and Milan, which were due to take place on May 17 and 18. Eric Clapton is currently on tour across Europe for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic kicked in back in 2020.

Eric Clapton postponed concerts after testing positive for COVID-19. The English guitarist has been an outspoken critic of the coronavirus vaccine.

Unless there is provision made for all people to attend, I reserve the right to cancel the show." "I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present. "He has been told by his medical advisers that if he were to resume traveling and performing too soon, it could substantially delay his full recovery.

Eric Clapton, a critic of pandemic restrictions, has tested positive for COVID-19 and cancelled two upcoming European gigs.

In 2020, he and Van Morrison released an anti-lockdown song titled Stand and Deliver featuring the lyrics: "Do you want to be a free man, or do you want to be a slave?" He hopes to be able to resume the tour starting with two concerts in Bologna on May 20. "Eric is also anxious to avoid passing on any infection to any of his band, crew, promoters, their staff and of course, the fans," the statement said.

Eric Clapton, a critic of coronavirus vaccines and pandemic restrictions, has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled two upcoming European gigs.

Clapton has expressed skepticism of the COVID-19 vaccine in the past. He hopes to be able to resume the tour starting with two concerts in Bologna on May 20. The 77-year-old rocker tested positive following his concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 8.

Eric Clapton, who has compared the Covid vaccine programme to “mass formation hypnosis”, has been forced to pull out of two tour dates after contracting the ...

The 77-year-old guitar legend has been a critic of coronavirus vaccines and pandemic restrictions. He has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled two ...

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