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Clapton: 'Shooting Helps Social Skills'
Rocker ERIC CLAPTON is a fan of shooting trips in the countryside - because the outings help him bond with like-minded people. The star is the co-owner of London shop Cordings, a supplier of hunting...
By WENN on 22 December 2008
Clapton's Guns To Be Sold At Auction
ERIC CLAPTON is selling 13 of his shotguns at auction for an estimated $900,000 (GBP500,000). The 63-year-old took up shooting five years ago and has collected shotguns by some of the great British gunmakers. He...
By WENN on 09 October 2008
Clapton To Feature On Buddy Guy Album
Eric Clapton is to lend his slowhand to one of his heroes by appearing on legendary bluesman Buddy Guy's latest album.Guy commands massive respect among his fellow blues and rock musicians, with performers such as...
By Contributor on 12 June 2008
Clapton Loves Normal Life In Columbus
Rocker ERIC CLAPTON prefers to spend time at his home in Columbus, Ohio - because he can go unrecognised and lead a normal life. The Layla star, 62, has various houses across the world -...
By WENN on 15 October 2007
Clapton Was High + Paranoid On His Wedding Day
Rocker ERIC CLAPTON spent the morning of his 1979 wedding to PATTIE BOYD so stoned and paranoid he refused to leave his bedroom. As guests like Sir Paul MCCartney and Mick Jagger gathered for his...
By WENN on 13 October 2007
Clapton Sacked Ghost Writer
ERIC CLAPTON sacked the ghost writer of his autobiography, after he realised he could do a better job. Clapton reveals all about his life as a rock legend in Eric Clapton: The Autobiography. He tells...
By WENN on 13 October 2007
Clapton Reveals The Horrors Of His Son's Death In Memoirs
ERIC CLAPTON has recalled the heartache of losing his son CONOR in his new autobiography, revealing he had taken the four-year-old to the circus the night before he fell to his death from his mother's...
By WENN on 10 October 2007
Country Star Nichols To Perform At Anna Nicole's Funeral
Country star JOE NICHOLS will perform at ANNA NICOLE SMITH's funeral later this morning (02MAR07) in the Bahamas. Nichols will perform his song I'LL WAIT FOR YOU and Smith's favourite tune WINGS OF A DOVE...
By WENN on 02 March 2007
Clapton's Ex-wife To Publish Memoirs
ERIC CLAPTON's ex-wife LORI DEL SANTO is writing a book about the loss of their son CONOR. Four-year-old son Conor tragically fell to his death from the 53rd floor of a New York City skyscraper...
By WENN on 23 September 2006
Clapton's Russian Gig Cancelled
Rock star ERIC CLAPTON has been forced to cancel a planned gig in Moscow's Red Square, after Russian authorities refused to grant him a permit. The WONDERFUL TONIGHT singer had been possession of an official...
By WENN on 30 July 2006
Clapton Headlines Pro-hunt Concert
PUBLISHED IN 2006 ERIC CLAPTON has agreed to headline a controversial seven-hour concert supporting the Countryside Alliance in its fight to lift the ban on fox hunting in the UK. The TEARS IN HEAVEN hitmaker,...
By WENN in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 April 2006
Western Music Banned In Iran
Western music has been banned from radio and TV stations in Iran, by President MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD. GEORGE MICHAEL, ERIC CLAPTON, THE EAGLES and KENNY G have traditionally been popular in the Islamic state....
By WENN on 19 December 2005
Mayall Gets Obe
British blues legend JOHN MAYALL has become the latest celebrity named in QUEEN ELIZABETH II's birthday honours list. The guitar great, who was a mentor to PETER GREEN and ERIC CLAPTON, has been named...
By WENN on 14 June 2005
Hurley's Ex Credited With Saving Jerry Lee Lewis
The father of LIZ HURLEY's son DAMIAN is being credited with saving rock 'n' roll legend JERRY LEE LEWIS' life after signing him up to record a new covers album with a number of rock...
By WENN on 13 June 2005
Clapton's Torment Over Harrison Death
Rocker ERIC CLAPTON was stunned when his pal GEORGE HARRISON died of cancer in 2001, because he wasn't aware the former BEATLE was in such bad health. The LAYLA singer regrets their friendship suffered...
By WENN on 13 April 2004
Humble Bob Dylan Turned Clapton Off Drugs
BOB DYLAN helped fellow rocker ERIC CLAPTON realise how pointless his drug-taking lifestyle was when the British guitarist saw his hero relaxing at the legendary WOODSTOCK festival in 1969. Clapton was a self-confessed "drug-crazed...
By WENN on 12 March 2004
Bono Pays $1,500 To Get Forgotten Hat
U2 rocker BONO loves his trilby hat so much he's paid a whopping $1,500 (GBP1,000) to have it flown to Italy. The absent-minded ONE singer was panic-stricken when he discovered he had left his...
By WENN on 28 May 2003
Sheryl Crow Dumps Toyboy
Sexy singer SHERYL CROW has dumped her toyboy lover JOSH CHARLES just two months after showing him off at New York's GRAMMY AWARDS - because she doesn't want to have his babies. The 41-year-old...
By WENN on 24 April 2003
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