The Reptile World Tour (sometimes: The Reptile Tour) was a worldwide

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in support of his album ''

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''. The tour began on February 3, 2001 at

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and ended on December 15, 2001 at the

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. In 2001, Clapton said this was going to be his last major world tour. However, he did perform another world tour in 2011 to support his ''Clapton'' album. Two shows from this tour were recorded at the

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in Los Angeles on August 18 & 19, 2001. They were later released on both CD and DVD as the live album, One More Car, One More Rider, in November 2002.

Set list

# " Key to the Highway" # "Reptile" # "Got You on My Mind" # " Tears in Heaven" # " Bell Bottom Blues" # "

Change the World "Change the World" is a song written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, and Wayne Kirkpatrick and recorded by country music artist Wynonna Judd. A later version was recorded by English singer Eric Clapton for the soundtrack of the 1996 film ''P ...

" # " My Father's Eyes" # "River of Tears" # " Going Down Slow" # "She's Gone" # "I Want a Little Girl" # "

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" # " (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" # " Have You Ever Loved a Woman" # "

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Wonderful Tonight "Wonderful Tonight" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album ''Slowhand''. Clapton wrote the song on his 1974 Martin D-28 guitar about Pattie Boyd. "the hard-rock pioneer and guitar god also become a soft-roc ...

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Layla "Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, '' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'' (1970). Its contrasting movemen ...

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" Sometimes Clapton performed songs like "It's Alright", "Finally Got Myself Together" and "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" just when The Impressions were included on concert dates. If the vocal group had not appeared on a gig with Clapton, he did not perform the song. For dates in the North American tour, Billy Preston sang Will It Go Round in Circles.

Tour dates

Cancelled Shows

References

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