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George Harrison is featured posthumously on Eric Clapton's new LP 'I Still Do'.
Clapton has unveiled the tracklisting for his album on his website (Ericclapton.com) and the track 'I Will Be There' features a credit to L'Angelo Misterioso - which was the pseudonym Harrison used when he played guitar on Clapton's song 'Badge', which featured on Cream's 1969 album 'Goodbye'.
Harrison - who died in November 2001 at the age of 58 - and Clapton were close friends in the 60s and Clapton even featured on The Beatles' 'White Album' in 1968, providing the solo to 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'.
However, their friendship was effectively ended when Clapton had an affair with Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd and went on to marry her in 1979, two years after she divorced the former Beatle.
But the two music legends did eventually reconcile their relationship and became close again.
For his 23rd studio album 'I Still Do', Clapton has reunited with 'Slowhand' producer Glyn Johns and he's very pleased with the music they've made together.
Clapton said: "This was a long and overdue opportunity to work with Glyn Johns again, and also, incidentally, the fortieth anniversary of 'Slowhand'!"
For the artwork of 'I Still Do', Sir Peter Blake - who co-created The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' cover among many others - has produced an illustration of the 'Tears in Heaven' hitmaker and has signed the bottom right hand corner of it.
Johns - who is known for his work with The Who, The Eagles and Led Zeppelin - last teamed up with Clapton on 'Slowhand' almost four decades ago.
'I Still Do' is the follow-up to 2014's 'Clapton & Friends: The Breeze, An Appreciation of JJ Cale' record.
The album will be released through Clapton's Bushbranch via Surfdog Records on May 20.

Eric Clapton 'I Still Do' tracklisting:

Alabama Woman Blues
Can't Let You Do It
I Will Be There
Spiral
Catch The Blues
Cypress Grove
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day
Stones In My Passway
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
I'll Be Alright
Somebody's Knockin'
I'll Be Seeing You

The Maccabees think Oli Sykes was "right" to make "a point" by trashing Coldplay's table at the NME Awards.
Frontman Orlando Weeks believes Oli jumped on Chris Martin's table to attract attention to his group Bring Me The Horizon and he's sure a band as massive as the 'Hymn For The Weekend' rockers should be cool with it.
Speaking after the incident at the bash - where The Maccabees were named Best British Band - Orlando said: "Surely they [Coldplay] thought as part of their evening someone was going to do something. If anyone can take it [it's Coldplay]. I think it's entirely right to make a point by getting on a table."
And his bandmate Felix White added: "It's impossible to get that angry in that short a space of time. Impossible. So when you watch it, you've got to think it's a pre-conceived thing."
Bring Me The Horizon caused chaos as vocalist Oli leapt on to Coldplay's table during their rendition of 'Happy Song' and started kicking over glasses and bottles with their guitarist Jonny Buckland having to move out of the way to avoid the spillage. The furniture eventually collapsed under the weight of Oli.
Oli insists he only did it so Chris could get the full Bring Me The Horizon experience.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz, he said: "We were aiming for Yoko Ono! No, not really. Did it look intentional? It wasn't. He said he wanted to hear us so I brought it as close as possible. My sound just wasn't right that's why I went onto Chris Martin's table ... it wasn't a dirty protest."

Lady Gaga performed a surprise show at Rainbow Room in New York on Wednesday (17.02.16).
The 29-year-old pop superstar shocked crowds with an "impromptu" set with Brian Newman's jazz band at the V Magazine Party which lasted 30 minutes.
A source from The New York Post said: "She jumped up for an impromptu set. She was just going to do one song, but it ended up being 30 minutes."
The 'Born This Way' hitmaker sang Edith Piaf's classic 'La Vie en Rose', Frank Sinatra's 'Call Me Irresponsible', and a collaboration with her friend Tommy London whilst his spouse Angie Pontani performed a burlesque act.
Carine Roitfeld, Marina Abramovic, Peter Marino and Riccardo Tisci were among guests at the event.
The secret show follows her David Bowie tribute performance at the Grammys on Monday (15.02.16), where she dressed as the late music legend's alter-ego Ziggy Stardust and sang a nine-song medley of his classic songs.
And she continued to show her dedication to Bowie - who died last month after a secret battle with cancer - by still sporting her Ziggy Stardust-inspired shock orange hairdo to the bash.
Gaga previously revealed her goal behind her tribute to the late 'Starman' hitmaker.
She said: "I want people to have the experience of being a David Bowie super-fan, because that's a wonderful thing."

David Bowie will be remembered at the Glastonbury Festival in June.
The late music legend - who died in January at the age of 69 after a secret cancer battle - will have his legacy respected with a special screening of his entire 2000 headline slot at the renowned event, which is held at Worthy Farm in Somerset, South West England.
In an interview with Radio X, festival organiser Michael Eavis confirmed: "Yes, we're doing a film of his set from the year 2000. It's going to be shown on one of the screens when the stages are shut down. We'll show the entire set."
The news comes hot off the heels of Lady Gaga's astonishing performance in Bowie's honour at the Grammy Awards on Monday (15.02.16), for which she performed a medley of nine of the music legends hits, including 'Space Oddity', 'Changes' and 'Let's Dance' - for which she was joined by guitarist Nile Rodgers who produced the track with Bowie.
The eccentric pop superstar arrived dressed like Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust and during her time on stage she used live CGI make-up created by Intel computer graphics to recreate the late legend's different looks from his career on her own face.
A super-group comprised of U2's Bono, Noel Gallagher and Damon Alban are rumoured to be taking to the stage at the BRIT Awards next Wednesday (24.02.16) to perform a tribute to the late icon.

Rihanna has delayed the start of her upcoming world tour.
The 'Diamonds' hitmaker was due to go out on the road in support of her new album 'Anti' later this month, but the gigs have been postponed because of production problems, her representative has confirmed.
Nine shows - including stops in San Diego, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Phoenix, New Orleans, Oakland, and San Jose - have been postponed and will now take place in May.
The tour will now begin on March 12 in Jacksonville, Florida.
News of the delay comes days after Rihanna cancelled her performance at the Grammy awards on Monday (15.02.16) at the last minute due to health problems.
Her spokesperson said at the time: "Based on Rihanna's examination, after Grammy rehearsal today, Rihanna's doctor put her on vocal rest for 48-hours because she was at risk of hemorrhaging her vocal chords.
"The antibiotics she has been on for three days did not kill the infection adequately, therefore she cannot perform safely."
The 27-year-old singer later posted an apology to her fans for missing the show.
She tweeted: "#NAVY so sorry I couldn't be there ..... Thanks Grammys and CBS for your support tonight."

Boyzone plan to mark their 25th anniversary with a tour and new album.
The Irish crooners are fast approaching the milestone in their career and talks have begun about what they're going to do to make it a special year for themselves and their fans.
Lead singer Ronan Keating has let slip he and the guys - Keith Duffy,
Michael Graham and Shane Lynch - will most likely go on a greatest hits tour and have a record to support it.
The 38-year-old pop star - whose new solo album 'Time of My Life' is out now - told BANG Showbiz: "I love touring with Boyzone, I love being with the lads. We celebrate 25 years as a group next year, so we'll definitely mark that in some shape or form. The four of us have started talking, we don't know if it's going to be a tour or an album. I expect it will be a bit of both."
And Ronan insists late bandmate Stephen Gately will be a big part of the anniversary concerts and they'll be singing a tribute to him each night of the tour.
He said: "In any show we do, we always honour Stephen in some way, quite often we'll sing a song and use his voice on stage. When the four of us are together we always feel like he's on the stage. It's very important to us that we keep his memory alive like that, and he'll be a big part of the 25-year anniversary for sure."
However, there won't be a new Boyzone track with Stephen's voice on as Ronan admits there are no recordings they could use to make a fresh song.
He said: "I don't think there's much in the way of archive recordings of Steven that we can use. We just have samples of his voice that we use on stage. We don't know have anything in the vaults that we can use."
Ronan previously hinted Boyzone could team up with fellow Irish boy band Westlife and even Girls Aloud for a mega-tour or to create a hybrid pop group.
Speaking about the possibility of a Boyzone and Westlife super-group, he said: "The idea's been thrown around alright. Different collaborations. Not just Westlife, but Girls Aloud and lots of different collaborations. I don't know. Maybe. Never say never to those sort of things. We'll see ... It would be fun, I think, to do something like that."

John Giddings was nervous about booking Queen and Adam Lambert to headline the Isle of Wight Festival.
The 63-year-old festival organiser took the plunge and asked the band to top the bill this summer but he admits he deliberated over his decision for two years because he wasn't convinced the group would work as a major attraction without late frontman Freddie Mercury.
Speaking at the NME Awards in London on Wednesday night (17.02.16), he exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "The thing about Adam is I was really unsure about booking them. It took them two years to persuade me. But Adam's great isn't he? All the girls love Adam. I kept getting all of these tweets and Facebook messages saying how much they love him. It's incredible. As for Brian May and Rodger Taylor, they are the biggest rock gods you could ever meet in your life. They are like Genesis; they are like Pink Floyd. They know the story, they've been through it."
Giddings also addressed reports he has been in negotiations with Prince to headline the annual music extravaganza on the English island - and it's disappointing news for fans of the 'Purple Rain' hitmaker.
The concert promoter said: "I came up with the idea of booking Prince for the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix appearing at the festival. I thought, 'Why doesn't Prince do a tribute to Hendrix? Because he is the only person who can play guitar like him.' People printed articles saying he was in negations to play Isle of Wight Festival and that was years ago and he said no. I wish he'd play the Isle of Wight Festival. But I am sorry he's not coming."
Queen will close the festival on Sunday June 12 and Stereophonics and Faithless have also been confirmed as co-headliners for Friday June 10 leaving one more mammoth act still to be announced for Saturday June 11.

Emily Eavis has revealed this year's Glastonbury headliners are all British.
This week it was announced that Coldplay would be closing the world famous music extravaganza held in Somerset, South West England, making them the first act to top the bill at the festival four times.
Although Emily - who organises the event with her father Michael Eavis - is remaining tight-lipped on the other two acts that have been booked she has let slip that they come from the UK.
Speaking at the NME Awards in London on Thursday night (17.02.16), the 36-year-old booker said: "We've got three brilliant British bands headlining the festival, although I haven't actually told anyone that yet."
Her revelation has intensified rumours the other headliners could be Adele, Muse, Radiohead or The Stone Roses.
Michael, 80, is very excited about this year's line-up and also confirmed his daughter's comments by revealing Foo Fighters will definitely not be headlining this year, following their cancellation in 2015 due to frontman Dave Grohl's broken leg.
He said: "We're going to announce the full line-up in April and it's the best line-up we've ever had. We've got Coldplay on the Sunday night, and even Jeff Lynne's ELO. But Foo Fighters won't be headlining this year, we've got three fantastic headliners but they aren't one of them."
Emily is extremely excited that Chris Martin and Coldplay are returning to Worthy Farm and admits it feels like a homecoming to have them play again.
She told BANG Showbiz: "Glastonbury is like their homecoming they've been all over the world they've the Super Bowl and now they're coming back to the West Country.
"It's mean a lot for us to have them back, we've always had immense pride in seeing them go off around the world and become so big. They started at Glastonbury in the new band tent in 1999 and then they headlined the Pyramid Stage two years later off two albums which is pretty impressive. It's been an incredible journey and for them to come back here for a fourth time I think is amazing."

Bring Me The Horizon's Oli Sykes trashed Coldplay's table at the NME Awards so they could witness their music "as close as possible".
Frontman Oli Sykes decided to jump on top of the 'Paradise' hitmakers table at the bash last night (17.02.16) during their rendition of 'Happy Song' at the O2 Academy in Brixton, London, and he did it so Chris Martin and co could get the full Bring Me The Horizon experience.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz, he said: "We were aiming for Yoko Ono! No, not really. Did it look intentional? It wasn't. He said he wanted to hear us so I brought it as close as possible. My sound just wasn't right that's why I went onto Chris Martin's table ... it wasn't a dirty protest."
As he rocked out, Oli kicked over glasses and bottles with Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland moving out of the way to avoid the spillages.
The Sheffield rockers - who picked up the Innovation Award on the night - admitted they were determined to make an unforgettable "impression" with their NME Awards debut performance.
He said: "You know when you know nobody is going to care about your band if you just do what you usually do. It was one of those things when you are like you are going to have to make an impression somehow."
And on picking up the Innovation prize, he added: "It's cool for us because we usually just get Kerrang! Awards, which is also good but obviously people like us in that scene."
Speaking after Oli's table invasion, Chris insisted he enjoyed Bring Me The Horizon's performance, and described it as "very rock 'n' roll".