re: #544 Obdicut

He repeated his support for Powell a couple of years ago.

Really? This is all new to me. I used to have a general rule WRT to artists and musicians which was to ignore their personal lives and personal beliefs. Of course I was never an Eric Clapton fan so that’s why I’m ignorant to this.

The night Eric wasn’t so wonderful

Like Enoch Powell, Clapton has never taken back his comments or compromised his position. As recently as December 2007 he appeared on the South Bank Show and told Melvyn Bragg that he wasn’t a racist but still believed Powell’s comments were relevant. Unlike Powell, however, Eric Clapton’s career has enjoyed a resurgence - he was given a CBE in 2004, reunited with Cream in 2005 and will be headlining this year’s Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park. Like David Bowie, who once told an interviewer that Britain would benefit from a Fascist dictator, “Slowhand” Clapton has managed to emerge from the allegations of racism seemingly unharmed.