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Eric Clapton cuts Madrid show short after fan throws vinyl record at him
Eric Clapton cut short his Madrid show after a fan threw a vinyl LP at him during the final stretch of the set.
Eric Clapton ended his Madrid concert early on Thursday night after a fan in the front rows threw a vinyl LP at him and struck him in the chest.
The incident happened at the Movistar Arena in the Spanish capital as Clapton was closing out a hits-heavy set on May 7, part of his current European tour. He had just finished Cocaine and was due back for an encore of Before You Accuse Me, but he never returned to the stage.
Very sad indeed. What kind of idiot does that? pic.twitter.com/0bNZ3wYFU7
— Pablo Rodríguez (@Paulhewsonrm) May 7, 2026
Clapton’s set drew from across the arc of his career. He played Badge, Key To The Highway, I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man, I Shot The Sheriff, Kind Hearted Woman Blues, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out, Golden Ring, Layla, Tears In Heaven, Holy Mother, Cross Road Blues, Little Queen Of Spades and Cocaine.
The Madrid date comes just months before Clapton is set for a major one-off UK show at Sandringham Estate on August 23. Ronnie Wood and His Band, along with Andy Fairweather Low and The Low Riders, are also on the bill, with remaining tickets available here.
Clapton’s most recent album was Meanwhile, released in 2024 and featuring Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Bradley Walker, Judith Hill, Daniel Santiago and Simon Climie.
Last year also saw MTV air a 30th-anniversary celebration of his landmark 1992 Unplugged performance, the album from which sold more than 26 million copies and became the best-selling live album of all time. That intimate set reshaped songs like Layla and Tears In Heaven in acoustic form for the first time, while also nodding to the blues standards that have long sat at the centre of Clapton’s catalogue, including Before You Accuse Me and Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out.
In 2024, Clapton also took aim at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, even though he is a three-time inductee. “I think of it as a frat boys club that happened to lure [me] in,” he said. “It’s not a place for rebels. It’s establishment stuff.”
