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With news that a new King Crimson album is in the works, Fripp's past comments highlight the left-field ideas that make him an originalNews that King Crimson are at work on a new album has generated a wave of excitement as fans and guitarists thrill to the prospect of fresh music coming from guitarist Robert Fripp. Rising to prominence in the late ‘60s, when Eric Clapton was deemed a deity and blues guitar was dominating the charts, Fripp separated himself from the pack with a left-field approach to songwriting and what could be achieved on guitar. His talents earned...

Eric Clapton has expressed support for Roger Waters' to voice his outspoken political views. Waters has been accused multiple times over years of making alleged antisemitic remarks and actions at his concerts. In 2023, he drew criticism for wearing a Nazi-like costume during his performance in Berlin, which prompted an investigation by the German police. Additionally, his concert in Frankfurt, Germany, was nearly canceled, but he was ultimately permitted to perform. Also in 2023, Waters was condemned by the U.S. State Department, which said that the artist has "a long track record of using antisemitic tropes." Waters has been a...

A violent pro-Palestinian demonstration took place involving dozens of people outside the Israeli embassy in Mexico City • The demonstrators tried to break through fences, threw different types of grenades and Molotov cocktails, and tried to set fire to the embassy building • At least six Mexican police officers were injured. Tzipora Siman Tov. • 21 Iyar 5784 • 29.05.24 The demonstration is taking place on the day that the Israeli Embassy in Mexico receives the body of Orión Hernandez [Radoux], the Mexican hostage whose body was rescued from the captivity of Hamas and is making its way to his...

British rock guitar legend Eric Clapton moved one step closer to Roger Waters territory last week, telling an interviewer that “Israel is running the world, Israel is running the show.” The 79-year-old musician, who has recently performed playing a guitar painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag, was interviewed on May 22 by David Spuria, an American Youtuber who hosts the popular Real Music Observer show. alking about the recent campus protests in the US against Israel, Clapton criticized the Senate hearings in which university presidents were asked about antisemitism on campus. “I was so enthused about what was...

My wife didn't know about Eric Clapton's vax injury. So I googled Eric Clapton Vax and here are some of the top results: Clapton's Family Thinks He is a Crackpot Clapton's Anti-Vax Stance Ranked As 4th Worst in Music History Eric Clapton and Steven Stills Raise Millions for Anti-Vax Candidate Robert Kennedy Brian May Calls Clapton a "Fruitcake" For His Antivax Stance

The official lyric video for "September Gurls," from the Big Star album "Radio City."Big Star - September Gurls (Official Lyric Video) | 2:50Big Star | 9.35K subscribers | 119,288 views | May 8, 2020

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Eric Clapton bravely discusses his neurological COVID-19 vaccine injuries... Why does Eric Clapton’s story matter? He may have been injured by two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but this is not just an “AstraZeneca issue”. This is a spike protein issue - regardless of the platform that delivers the spike protein into your body (Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, AstraZeneca, Novavax, Sputnik, Covishield). Internationally renowned DJ, composer, songwriter Tyson Illingworth suffers Moderna vaccine injuries..

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June Dance | May 27, 2021 | Julien Daian Quintet - Topic Featured Artist: Sylvain Gontard Bass Guitar: Tommaso Montagnani Drums: Octave Ducasse Flute: Cyril Benhamou Piano: Edouard Monnin Saxophone: Julien Daïan Trumpet: Alex Tassel Trumpet: Sylvain Gontard Composer: Julien Daïan

nnounced via his Facebook page, Clapton’s team revealed he is “suffering from COVID” since testing positive “shortly after” playing at Royal Albert Hall. “He has been told by his medical advisors that if we were to resume traveling and performing too soon, it could substantially delay his full recovery,” the statement read. The shows in Zürich, Switzerland, and Milan, Italy, on May 17 and 18 have been postponed, they announced, “after intensive internal discussion.”

Keith Richards offered his thoughts on Eric Clapton's COVID-19 vaccine skepticism in a new interview. The Rolling Stones guitarist discussed Clapton's "old-fashioned" views on vaccines in a new episode of Rolling Stone's Music Now podcast. "I love Eric dearly. I've known him since forever, and we've had ups and downs," Richards said. "This COVID thing, it's split people up and made people sometimes go awry for a while, you know?" Clapton has been an outspoken critic of vaccines and vaccine mandates, criticizing the United Kingdom's lockdown measures in a series of songs written with Van Morrison. He also collaborated with...

You tend to Harvest what you sow. Not Neil Young, he was lucky. Despite a 40 plus year drug and alcohol fueled musical careerNeil Young grew up to be a reformed substance abuser (Imus would have called him a dry drunk, and he would know) who feels that making one smart decision in his entire life - when faced with the choice of quitting drugs and alcohol or imminent death he chose life: bully for him. He now lives under the illusion that this one smart thing makes him an expert on everything.Still crazy after all these yearsNeil Young takes...

Eric Clapton’s career “had almost gone anyway” until his campaign against conventional medicine took off. The 76-year-old musician went on the Real Music Observer YouTube channel to discuss how his life has changed since reluctantly taking AstraZeneca’s therapy in 2021. Clapton has since become outspoken about his anti-vaccination stance. He claimed that he’d been duped into getting the COVID-19 jab by subliminal messaging in pharmaceutical advertising — and urged others not to fall for it. “Whatever the memo was, it hadn’t reached me,” he said, referring to the “mass formation hypnosis” conspiracy theory, which gained traction in 2021 as part...

After a spate of bad publicity over winning a Goliath-versus-David lawsuit, Eric Clapton’s management has announced it does not intend to collect the money owed by a German woman who was sued for putting a bootleg CD of a 1980s Clapton concert up for sale on eBay.The woman had been ordered to pay approximately $4,000 after a judge ruled she had infringed Clapton’s copyright by trying to sell the more than 30-year-old CD, which her late husband had purchased at a department store, for 9.95 euros, or roughly $11.20. The illicit disc was removed from the site after a day...

The United Kingdom’s worsening drug problem intensifies as evidence of cocaine was discovered in toilets near the private office of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A recent investigation into 12 locations within the Palace of Westminster found that 11 locations returned positive results for cocaine evidence, including Johnson’s office, according to the Sunday Times.

Since last year, Clapton has repeatedly used his vast platform to do his utmost to undermine expert medical advice. He has opposed lockdowns and made suspicious claims about the dangers of vaccines. This spring, he said in videos posted on a friend's YouTube channel that scientific studies, expert opinions and public health recommendations extolling the importance of vaccines were "propaganda..."

Eric Clapton thinks he can change the world - or at least the world’s perception of COVID-19 vaccines. The 76-year-old rocker - who has repeatedly railed against the vaccines and associated mandates in recent months - has now helped bankroll an anti-vax band, Rolling Stone reported. According to the publication, Clapton donated £1,000 ($1,360) to British rockers Jam For Freedom through a GoFundMe set up to help pay for legal fees they incurred after “breaching COVID regulations” at a gig. Jam For Freedom has been playing shows across the UK in recent months, blasting the COVID shots in their songs....

Van Morrison’s new three-LP album Latest Record Project, Volume 1 is so radical — so out of fashion, it’s ahead of fashion — that it also recalls the most widely celebrated album from exactly 40 years ago: The Clash’s punk-reggae-rap lollapalooza, their triple LP Sandinista! The Clash’s overt political pop was dedicated to peer-pressure attitudes that define rock-music hipness. Morrison, at age 75, is no longer considered “hip,” but Latest Record Project, Volume 1 proves bolder than Sandinista! because Morrison’s emotional-political drive dares oppose genuine political conformity, the COVID lockdowns of the past year. Throughout 28 tracks, Morrison effectively challenges...