CHICAGO -- Eric Clapton is bringing his Crossroads Guitar Festival back June 26 to Toyota Park in suburban Bridgeview, promoters have announced.
Tickets ($100 plus parking and fees) for the daylong festival go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 20 via Ticketmaster. The lineup will include Clapton, the Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BB King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer.
Besides the usual classic-rock and blues suspects, the lineup is notable this year for including British folk veterans Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, and Brazilian legend Joao Gilberto.
The first Crossroads Guitar Festival was staged in Dallas in 2004 and then played Toyota Park at 71st Street and South Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview in 2007.
In addition to the acts mentioned above, here's the confirmed lineup so far for this year's festival: Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sonny Landreth, Joe Bonamassa, Albert Lee, Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark Jr., Keb' Mo', James Burton, Hubert Sumlin, Earl Klugh, Pino Daniele, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos.
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Profits will benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a drug treatment and education facility founded by Clapton.
