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Gigs & Festivals
Eric Clapton to quit touring at 70
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 1 March 2013
Eric Clapton has said that he will quit touring when he hits 70, which gives him just over two years to get some serious gigging in.
The guitarist told Rolling Stone: “The bit onstage, that’s easy. If I could do that around my neighbourhood, that would be great. You have guys in Texas that play their circuit, and it keeps them alive. But for me, the struggle is the travel. And the only way you can beat that is by throwing so much money at it that you make a loss. So the idea is I’m taking a leaf out of JJ [Cale’s] book: When I’m 70, I’ll stop. I won’t stop playing or doing one-offs, but I’ll stop touring, I think”.
