Cream Plays Reunion Concert in LondonCream Plays Reunion Concert in London; Band Played Together on Stage for First Time Since 1968 Legendary rock group, Cream, from left Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton, perform live on the first night of their reunion at the Royal Albert Hall in central London, Monday May 2, 2005. Cream have reunited for four nights only at the Royal Albert Hall which looms large in Cream's history as venue to their last ever gig as a band in 1968. (AP Photo/Jane Mingay) The Associated Press LONDON May 3, 2005 — After waiting more than 35 years for the sunshine of their love, Cream fans were treated to the reunion of Eric Clapton's rock supergroup at a concert at Royal Albert Hall. At the sold-out concert, a 60-year-old Clapton, Jack Bruce, 61, and Ginger Baker, 65, took the stage at the same venue where they played their 1968 farewell show. "Thanks for waiting all those years!" exclaimed Clapton after the band opened with "I'm So Glad" and two other songs. "We'll probably play everything we know we'll play as long as we can," Clapton told the crowd. Aside from a brief 1993 appearance, the Monday-night concert was Cream's first full show in decades. The trio, who named themselves for being the cream of the crop, were together only two years, but they have cast a long shadow on British blues-rock. Hits such as "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Strange Brew" helped catapult Clapton and his dazzling guitar playing to international stardom. After just three studio albums, Cream broke up. Before Clapton embarked on his solo career, he and Baker formed the short-lived Blind Faith. Cream was to play three more Albert Hall dates on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday all sold out.
