Sunday 25 May 2025.

Sunday 25 May 2025. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING Ethan Hunt and the IMF team race against time to find the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence that can destroy mankind. Tom Cruise returns for Mission Impossible 8. Simon Pegg has one of the main support roles. I was kinda dragged along to see this big budget movie. These big action movies are not really my cup of tea. The plot was totally ridiculous , but the film ticked along ok, without giving me the wow factor...pretty average really . The credits at the end, wete enormous , and must be the most i have ever seen.No wonder big films like this cost so much to make. ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Saturday 24 May 2025. ERIC CLAPTON live at The Royal Albert Hall. Eric Clapton plays the final night of his three RAH shows. I am going back for my second time. The venue is again totally rammed solid sold out. ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW and the Low Riders arrived on stage at 7.30pm for their 50 mins set . It is the same setlist as the day before, with many covers from the 1950s and 1960s, and he goes down well with the crowd. ERIC CLAPTON arrived on stage at 9pm and played for 1 hour 45 mins . Eric really playing and sounding better than ever. We get a couple of changes to the setlist as tonight we get a stunning version of 'Badge'. The big screens certainly were a great addition. Another really great show, and i think it was better than last year's RAH shows . Full ERIC CLAPTON settlist played tonight... ELECTRIC White Room ( Cream song) Key to the Highway ( Charles Segar cover) I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon cover) Sunshine of Your Love ( Cream song) ACOUSTIC with band Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Robert Johnson cover) Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out ( Jimmy Cox cover) Golden Ring Can't Find My Way Home ( Blind Faith song) Tears in Heaven ELECTRIC Badge ( Cream song) Old Love Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson cover) Little Queen of Spades ( Robert Johnson cover) Cocaine ( J.J. Cale cover) Encore: Before You Accuse Me ( Bo Diddley cover) -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Friday 23 May 2025. ERIC CLAPTON live at The Royal Albert Hall. Guitar legend Eric Clapton will return to play the Royal Albert Hall in spring 2025, to play three sold out shows . Tonight is show number two. As part of his Japan/ Europe/ North America tour. Once a member of such seminal bands as the Yardbirds, Blind Faith and Cream, Clapton has carved out an unrivalled career, garnering countless awards and accolades and playing sold-out performances all over the world. Eric Clapton will again be joined by special guest Andy Fairweather-Low and the Low Riders. Eric Clapton will be aged 80 when he plays these shows. Eric Clapton has played around 220 shows at The Royal Albert hall, with around 190 as a solo artist ....I must have seen him 30 times at least, with the first time in July 1976 at The Crystal Palace Bowl . I also saw all four CREAM RAH reunion shows in 2005. -------------- The venue is totally rammed sold out ,even though arena floor and stall seats are a whopping £200 a pop. Even upstairs in the gallery standing is £75. £40 a t-shirt inside, but only £10 for decent bootleg ones after. ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW AND THE LOW RIDERS arrived on stage at 7.30pm for their 50 mins set . When he supported Eric last year at this venue , he played a few hits from his long career ,including Amen Corner , but tonight it sounds like all lesser known covers from the 1950s and 1960s and his solo material . He has use of the big screens , and his band go down well with their sax and trombone based sound . ERIC CLAPTON arrived on stage at 9pm and played for 1 hour 45 mins. His top notch backing band include two keyboard players and two female backing singers....they all had solos in the show. The big screens tonight are great for Eric close-ups. Don't think he had big screens last year. Eric has his posh rug to stand on as usual. Eric's guitar playing is still superb , and after the acoustic set , he brings out his Fender in Palestine Flag colours , and some of the guitar solos were even more mesmerising. Eric is changing the settlist by one or two songs each night. At Nottingham he played ' Wonderful Tonight'. As usual ,the rushed to the front for ' Cocaine' near the end. A great show. Full ERIC CLAPTON settlist played tonight.... ELECTRIC set with band White Room ( Cream song) Key to the Highway (Charles Segar cover) I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man ( Willie Dixon cover) Sunshine of Your Love ( Cream song) ACOUSTIC set with band Let It Grow ( First time since 1978) Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Robert Johnson cover) Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Jimmy Cox cover) Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith song) (with Nathan East on vocals ) Golden Ring Tears in Heaven ELECTRIC set with band Tell the Truth ( Derek and the Dominos song) Old Love Cross Road Blues ( Robert Johnson cover) Little Queen of Spades ( Robert Johnson cover) Cocaine (J.J. Cale cover) Encore: Before You Accuse Me (Bo Diddley cover)

Posted 22nd May 2025