Raleigh's PNC Arena has three large concert dates on tap for 2013, although only one of them is firmed up enough to have an actual on-sale date. That's blues-rock demigod Eric Clapton, scheduled to play April 3 (a return visit after his March 2010 PNC show). Tickets go on sale Dec. 7.

The other two dates are in a somewhat more nebulous state. Country-pop superstar Taylor Swift's tour schedule came out a few weeks back amid much hoopla, and it included Raleigh on Sept. 13 with the venue listed as "TBA" -- which it still is, according to Pollstar. Arena management says that Swift is "confirmed to return" to PNC, but the date is still up in the air and "should be finalized soon."

Finally, just announced is Bon Jovi's "Because We Can" tour with 33 dates on the itinerary, including Charlotte on March 5. Raleigh is listed as a city to be scheduled later, "additional details to come." Since Bon Jovi and Swift are playing arenas elsewhere, PNC should be the likely Raleigh venue for both.

Eric Clapton played Raleigh Monday night. Curious about how it went? Click on through...

Well, we have ticket prices for the March 8 Eric Clapton show, and they're about average by today's lofty standards -- $45, $65 and $85. But what's most notable is that the RBC Center link for the show reveals a nice detail, the identity of the opening act:

The tour will stop in Raleigh, NC on March 8 at the RBC Center and will feature very special guest, Roger Daltrey to kick off the show.

Daltrey, you might recall, played in Durham back in October, and it was pretty danged swell. 

New to the local concert schedule, old Slow Hand himself -- Eric Clapton, who will play Raleigh's RBC Center on March 8. Tickets go on sale at the usual outlets next Friday, Dec. 11. Prices haven't yet been announced, but here's an educated guess: Expensive.

Sad news from the West Coast on a Saturday night: Delaney Bramlett has passed away. The cause of death was complications from gall bladder surgery, and he was 69 years old.

As co-ringleader of the rock-soul ensemble Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Bramlett made key contributions to the careers of Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker in the 1970s -- check out this jam session. More recently, D&B&F served as a primary inspiration for local gal Tift Merritt's Grammy-nominated 2004 album "Tambourine."