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Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend and Ringo Starr play secret gig together

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Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend and Ringo Starr teamed up to play a New Year’s Eve gig together in Surrey on.

According to The Independent, the trio sold tickets to the gig, at an unnamed location, for under £50 each, with proceeds going to charity.

A source told the newspaper that the band were called Totally Abandoned for the night, and the three legends performed “mainly old classics”.

Aparrently drinks were “fairly thin on the ground”, as all the three musicians have successfully fought alcohol problems over the years.

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ges117 

Jan 3, 2008

I was there, and I want to add that in the gang was Joe Walsh from the Eagles, Gary Brooker, Andy Fairweather Low and a Great Support band, you can read more in my article at http://www.in2greece.com/blog/2008/01/my-best-new-years-eve.html

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