Hot tickets: Eric Clapton, Van Morrison at Hard Rock Live; KISS in West Palm Beach

Ben Crandell, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Guitar god Eric Clapton, rock-vocal deity Van Morrison and classic-rock jesters KISS have announced new South Florida concerts, with tickets on sale this week.

Clapton will make just eight U.S. performances in 2021, concluding with a show on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 7,000-seat Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.

Reserved-seat tickets will cost $505, $405, $305, $205 and $105 and go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, June 18, at MyHRL.com. A venue presale will begin 10 a.m. Thursday through Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Clapton fan-club members can access tickets 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Clapton’s tour also includes a performance Sept. 25 at the Amalie Center in Tampa.

With guitarist Jimmie Vaughan as a special guest, Clapton will be assisted by a crack band, including Doyle Bramhall II, Paul Carrack, Nathan East, Sonny Emory, Steve Gadd and Chris Stainton, with Sharon White and Katie Kissoon on backing vocals.

This is a band that should be up to the challenge of a live performance of “Layla,” the intricate title track of the Miami-recorded album released 50 years ago this year.

Morrison will bring such indelible hits as “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Moon Dance,” “Tupelo Honey” and “Into the Mystic” to Hard Rock Live on Feb. 12, 2022.

Reserved-seat tickets cost $235, $185, $145, $105 and $55 and go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, June 18, at MyHRL.com, with the venue presale beginning 10 a.m. Wednesday on the Hard Rock Facebook and Twitter pages.

Morrison’s most recent album, “Latest Record Project, Volume 1,” is a 28-track expression of the singer’s love of the blues, R&B, jazz and soul.

KISS has added two Florida performances to the end of “the last leg” of their long-running “final tour,” an Oct. 8 show at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, followed by an Oct. 9 concert at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa.

While it may seem like this world tour has no end, KISS reps are unequivocal: These will be the band’s final Florida performances.

Tickets for these shows go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, June 18, at LiveNation.com. A series of presales begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday. For more information, visit KissOnline.com.

Staff writer Ben Crandell can be reached at bcrandell@sunsentinel.com.