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The Crossroads Centre, funded by Eric Clapton, opened in Antigua. It provided treatment for people with drug and alcohol addictions and pledged not to turn away anyone who needed help.
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- Eric Clapton entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 with his twelfth solo studio album, “From the Cradle”. The album also reached No. 1 in the UK, Austria, and Switzerland. The blues recording followed the success of “Unplugged” and won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album; it was also nominated for Album of the Year.
- Eric Clapton released “Unplugged”, recorded for the MTV Unplugged television series in January of the same year. The album included “Tears in Heaven” and an acoustic version of “Layla”, helped revive his career and became his best-selling album. It reached number one in the US and number two in the UK and sold 26 million copies worldwide.
- Eric Clapton purchased a 50% stake in the London menswear store Cordings to help save the historic business from closure.
- Eric Clapton released the album “Back Home”, his first album of original material since the 2001 album “Reptile”. Guests on the album included his former Blind Faith bandmate Steve Winwood and Billy Preston. Clapton also included “Love Comes to Everyone” by his late friend George Harrison.
- An oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter, owned by Eric Clapton, sold at auction for £21 million ($34 million), then an auction record for a work by a living artist. Clapton planned to donate the proceeds to the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the rehabilitation facility he founded.
- Eric Clapton performed at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- During a performance in Birmingham, England, Eric Clapton publicly expressed support for the right-wing National Front and made racist remarks.
- Eric Clapton performed at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.
- Eric Clapton performed at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.