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Legendary rockers CREAM are reforming for a week-long residency at London's ROYAL ALBERT HALL next year (05) - the same venue where the band played their last gig on 26 November 1968.
The SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE power-trio - guitarist/singer ERIC CLAPTON, drummer GINGER BAKER and bassist JACK BRUCE - are eager to treat fans to a series of nostalgic performances and will start rehearsals months before they take the stage.
A source close to the band says, "Cream are getting back together for a week of shows at the Royal Albert Hall next spring (05).
"The band plan on rehearsing early in the new year. No further plans have been made at this stage."
Cream were one of the most-respected, influential and successful bands of the 1960s.
Their brief lifespan, which lasted a little over two years, yielded the albums FRESH CREAM (1966), DISRAELI GEARS (1967), WHEELS OF FIRE (1968) and GOODBYE (1969).
When Cream split in November 1968 Clapton and Baker went on to record one album with supergroup BLIND FAITH, before Clapton left to pursue a successful solo career.
Cream To Reform in 2005
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Cream play again...but they're still not talking
By Mark Reynolds
Eric Clapton's bold plan to reform Sixties supergroup Cream will go ahead - despite an ongoing feud between the two other original band members.
The guitar legend, who always resisted calls for a reunion, has had his hand forced by the failing health of bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Gunger Baker.
He realises time is running out to see if the trio, who sold 35million records, "have stil got it".
But Bruce and Baker will not be on speaking terms when they take to the stage for a series of historic concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall in May.
It was animority between the pair which led to the band's disintegration in 1968. And Baker, 65, revealed yesterday that the bad blood remains.
"I haven't spoken to Jack for yeard. I don't know how he's doing", he said. "Cream split up because I couldn't stand being in his presence. At the reunion, we'll play music together but we don't have to talk to eachother."
However, while anticipating that ill-feeling will continue, Baker admitted the live performances will be "a blast".
Cream formed in 1966, going on to produce seminal rock tracks such as Sunshine of your Love, Strange Brew and Crossroads.
They were dubbed a "super group" because all three musicians were already regarded as experts in their respective fields.
Clapton, 59, went on to carve out a highly succesful solo career. His reluctance to reform the band waned when he learned of his ex colleagues' deteriorating health.
Bruce, 61, was diagnosed with liver cancer last year, and Baker has osteoarthritis - a degenerative condition of the spine which makes it painful for him to sit.
Despite their animosity and respective illnesses, Bruce and Baker have long been keen to reform Cream - no doubt driven by their relative obscurity. Baker currently raises polo ponies on a ranch near Durban in South Africa, while Bruce continues to write music.
Clapton explained: "it's something I've been thinking about for a couple of years now. We're all getting on a bit and I wanted to do it before it was too late and while we still have the energy.
"We're not going to do any more than about four shows but it will be a great thing just to see if we've got it in us to get back to where we were."
Daily Express - Monday 10th January.
By Mark Reynolds
Eric Clapton's bold plan to reform Sixties supergroup Cream will go ahead - despite an ongoing feud between the two other original band members.
The guitar legend, who always resisted calls for a reunion, has had his hand forced by the failing health of bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Gunger Baker.
He realises time is running out to see if the trio, who sold 35million records, "have stil got it".
But Bruce and Baker will not be on speaking terms when they take to the stage for a series of historic concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall in May.
It was animority between the pair which led to the band's disintegration in 1968. And Baker, 65, revealed yesterday that the bad blood remains.
"I haven't spoken to Jack for yeard. I don't know how he's doing", he said. "Cream split up because I couldn't stand being in his presence. At the reunion, we'll play music together but we don't have to talk to eachother."
However, while anticipating that ill-feeling will continue, Baker admitted the live performances will be "a blast".
Cream formed in 1966, going on to produce seminal rock tracks such as Sunshine of your Love, Strange Brew and Crossroads.
They were dubbed a "super group" because all three musicians were already regarded as experts in their respective fields.
Clapton, 59, went on to carve out a highly succesful solo career. His reluctance to reform the band waned when he learned of his ex colleagues' deteriorating health.
Bruce, 61, was diagnosed with liver cancer last year, and Baker has osteoarthritis - a degenerative condition of the spine which makes it painful for him to sit.
Despite their animosity and respective illnesses, Bruce and Baker have long been keen to reform Cream - no doubt driven by their relative obscurity. Baker currently raises polo ponies on a ranch near Durban in South Africa, while Bruce continues to write music.
Clapton explained: "it's something I've been thinking about for a couple of years now. We're all getting on a bit and I wanted to do it before it was too late and while we still have the energy.
"We're not going to do any more than about four shows but it will be a great thing just to see if we've got it in us to get back to where we were."
Daily Express - Monday 10th January.
Or the tension could help fuel the performance like it did during their set at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame induction. Fine examples of artists that have used this to their advantage include the Kinks, Van Halen (in their prime), Black Crowes, Oasis and Fleetwood Mac. Or, it could be a trainwreck. I just think it's cool that they're willing to give it a shot after all these years.ph4ever wrote:somehow I think it's not going to be as great as people and they would hope it would be
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I formed some cream the other night while watching that Sports Illustrated Swimsuit special!Jahfin wrote:Cream To Reform in 2005
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Cream Plans Short But Sweet Reunion
As first revealed here in early November, classic rock trio Cream is reuniting for a four-show run at London's Royal Albert Hall this spring. The May 2-3, 5-6 shows will constitute guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker's first on-stage appearances together since Cream's 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Tickets for the run will go on sale Monday (Jan. 31). Cream's final shows were held at Albert Hall in 1968.
"Live, Cream was a great, hardworking band -- Eric was supreme and Ginger the most musical drummer alive -- and those original live albums were very good, probably the best records of their kind up to that point," Bruce told Billboard in 1997, prior to the release of the boxed set "Those Were the Days." "But our studio recordings were probably more important, although there you can tell that each one of us had a different idea of what Cream should be."
Clapton is up for two Grammys at the 47th annual ceremony on Feb. 13: best traditional blues album for his Duck/Reprise set "Me and Mr. Johnson," and best pop collaboration with vocals for his rendition of the Beatles' "Something" with Paul McCartney, released on the live album "Concert for George."
-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Cream Plans Short But Sweet Reunion
As first revealed here in early November, classic rock trio Cream is reuniting for a four-show run at London's Royal Albert Hall this spring. The May 2-3, 5-6 shows will constitute guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker's first on-stage appearances together since Cream's 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Tickets for the run will go on sale Monday (Jan. 31). Cream's final shows were held at Albert Hall in 1968.
"Live, Cream was a great, hardworking band -- Eric was supreme and Ginger the most musical drummer alive -- and those original live albums were very good, probably the best records of their kind up to that point," Bruce told Billboard in 1997, prior to the release of the boxed set "Those Were the Days." "But our studio recordings were probably more important, although there you can tell that each one of us had a different idea of what Cream should be."
Clapton is up for two Grammys at the 47th annual ceremony on Feb. 13: best traditional blues album for his Duck/Reprise set "Me and Mr. Johnson," and best pop collaboration with vocals for his rendition of the Beatles' "Something" with Paul McCartney, released on the live album "Concert for George."
-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.