Overview
- Clapton played a 90-minute show at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi that Sunday ended with an encore of Before You Accuse Me.
- The set moved from an electric open to an acoustic roots segment and back to electric, with songs like Badge, Layla, Tears in Heaven, Crossroads Blues, Little Queen of Spades and Cocaine.
- He led a veteran band featuring Doyle Bramhall, Nathan East, Chris Stainton, Sonny Emory and Tim Carmon, with backing vocals by Sharon White and Katie Kisson, after an opening set by Andy Fairweather Low.
- The full finish contrasted with Thursday’s Madrid show, where an object thrown at his chest after Cocaine cut the night short and nixed the encore.
- Reviews described the performance as restrained and elegant, noting that he still plays with assurance at 81 despite earlier reports of peripheral neuropathy and tinnitus.