Crossroads Fest II Here In Chicago?

In June of 2004 Eric Clapton launched the first ever Crossroads Guitar Festival in order to raise money for The Crossroads Centre, his drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility located in Antigua. The three day festival was held in Dallas, Texas and featured performances by B.B. King, Buddy Guy, J.J. Cale, ZZ Top, Robert Cray, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Santana and many others, including of course, Clapton himself. Every single guitarist who performed at the festival was hand picked by Clapton. In addition to performing his own set on closing day, Clapton sat in and jammed with many of the other peformers over the course of the three day fest including B.B. King, Buddy Guy, J.J. Cale, Santana and Jeff Beck. A two DVD set was eventually released containing some of the weekend's finest performances. Fast forward almost three years later and the rumor mill is heating up with reports of Clapton planning another Crossroads Fest to be held this summer in my hometown of Chicago during the weekend of July 27th-29th! Nothing is official yet, but things are looking good! If I had to hazard to guess I would imagine the Fest will be held in Grant Park, home to the annual Blues Fest, Taste Of Chicago and Lollapalooza. Either that or Soldier Field. Perhaps even both (the first Crossroads Fest was held in Dallas' Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl). I'll be sure to keep you updated with the latest news regarding the fest as it comes in. And of course, if this does happen, I will most definitely be there!