Cream tickets are proving 'costly'


Tickets for the long-awaited reunion of Sixties group Cream are being offered for more than £1,000.

The event was sold out just two hours after tickets went on sale at 9am on Monday - 36 years after the band disintegrated.

Eric Clapton, drummer Ginger Baker and bass player Jack Bruce are playing at the Royal Albert Hall for four nights in May.

Clapton, 59, is said to have agreed to the reunion because of the failing health of the other two members.

Cream last played together in 1968, although they also made an appearance in 1993 for the group's induction into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.

Tickets for the event at the Royal Albert Hall were priced at £50, £75 and £125.

Now websites are selling seats on the arena floor for £625 each, while tickets in the stalls are going for £525. One is even offering tickets for more than £1,300.

A pair of tickets which would normally fetch £250 have also appeared on the website eBay for £650.

Despite the 2005 get-together, the long-running battle between Baker and Bruce appears not to have cooled.

Baker, 65, reportedly said: "Cream split up in November 1968 because I couldn't stand being in his presence. At the reunion, we'll play music together but we don't have to talk to each other."