Eric Clapton and his former Blind Faith band mate Steve Winwood are reforming to play three shows together next year. The live performances - which follow an impromptu reunion between the pair at a U.S. music festival last July - will take place at Madison Square Garden, New York from February 25th to 27th.

Say the name "Chaka" and most folks in the know instantly think of a woman who has made an indelible and lasting impression on the music scene of the past three decades.

Blues star Buddy Guy halted his headlining Crossroads Festival slot in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday to pay tribute to the event's organizer - Eric Clapton.

LOS ANGELES-Rhino Entertainment will release American Masters Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built on DVD June 12. The touching tribute features rare, private and classic clips, performances and studio sessions of Atlantic recording artists. The film is narrated by award-winning singer/actress Bette Midler.

CONCERT.TV, the only television network dedicated to live music performances and documentaries, is kicking off the month of June with its live summer music programming, highlighting some of the most memorable performances from music festival, Bonnaroo.

Eric Clapton left rock fans stunned at England's Countryside Rocks festival on Saturday when he joined former Blind Faith bandmate Steve Winwood onstage for a classic jam. Festival-goers' jaws dropped when Clapton wandered onto the stage towards the end of Winwood's headlining set and performed a handful of Blind Faith and Cream hits with the former Traffic star.

Happy Birthday to "Lost" actor Malcolm David Kelley (1992), "American Pie" actor Jason Biggs (1978), "The Facts of Life" star Kim Fields (1969), skateboard phenom Tony Hawk (1968), actor Stephen Baldwin (1966), actress/singer Vanessa Williams (1963), actor Emilio Estevez (1962), Brooks & Dunn singer Kix Brooks (1955), "The Usual Suspects" actor Gabriel Byrne (1950), singer/songwriter Billy Squier (1950), "Tron" star Bruce Boxleitner (1950), Traffic founder Steve Winwood (1948), comedian George Carlin (1937), TV host Tom Snyder (1936), singer/composer Burt Bacharach (1928), New York Yankees hall-of-famer Yogi Berra (1925), silver screen star Katharine Hepburn (1907; d. 2003), and English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820; d. 1910).

Great pop songs are ones you not only remember forever but remind you of the feelings you had when they shot up the charts. On three decade by decade--the '60s through the '80s--Hip-O/UMe Pop Number 1's albums in the new and ongoing UMe Number 1's series, those #1 songs and the feelings they recall are back.

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood are planning a semi-Blind Faith reunion at the guitar great's second Crossroads Festival in July. Clapton admits he invited Winwood to join him for the Illinois festival because he has "unfinished business" with the Traffic star.

Peter Gabriel is selling off a vintage keyboard signed by over 40 top musicians on online auction site eBay to raise funds for his human rights charity. The singer has recruited celebrity friends including Bono, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Elvis Costello and Annie Lennox to lend their autographs to the cause.