Eric Clapton — Live in Tokyo
Recorded November 2, 1988
Tokyo Dome · Tokyo · 
Japan
Featuring Mark Knopfler, Elton John
Setlist
Wrong timestamp?
Latest album at the timeAugust1986August is Eric Clapton's most recent studio album at the time of the recording.“To see Clapton celebrate 25 years of career at the Tokyo Dome with Knopfler in the band and Elton John as a guest.”
Context
In November 1988, the celebration of Eric Clapton's 25 years of career reaches Japan. At the Tokyo Dome, on November 2, Mark Knopfler plays guitar as a member of the touring band. Elton John widens the meeting on piano and vocals, in a guest spot that also covers other Japanese dates.
Clapton opens with Crossroads and runs through White Room, I Shot the Sheriff and Wonderful Tonight. Nathan East and Steve Ferrone hold down bass and drums; Alan Clark takes the keyboards. Money for Nothing brings Knopfler's repertoire to the center. Then Elton sings a sequence of his own, from Candle in the Wind to Daniel, and stays on for Clapton songs.
The Japanese run moves on to the Budokan and Osaka. The Tokyo meeting gets another destination: it is filmed and recorded for later broadcast on Japanese television and radio. This recording preserves a specific configuration of the celebration, with two songwriters as guests inside Clapton's band, not just isolated appearances on a night of hits.
- Elton John sings his own repertoire and stays on for Cocaine, Layla and Sunshine of Your Love.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Eric ClaptonGuitar and vocals
- Mark KnopflerGuitar and vocals
- Elton JohnguestPiano and vocals
- Nathan EastBass and backing vocals
- Alan ClarkKeyboards
- Steve FerroneDrums
- Ray CooperPercussion
- Tracy AckermanBacking vocals
- Tessa NilesBacking vocals
Trivia
Mark Knopfler is a member of the touring band, besides taking on his own repertoire in Money for Nothing.
Elton John joins several shows on the Japanese leg, not only the Tokyo Dome performance.
The performance is filmed and recorded for later broadcast on television and radio in Japan.
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