Eric Clapton has opened up about his ongoing health issues, explaining that he "should've kicked the bucket a long time ago."

"I've had quite a lot of pain over the last year," "It started with lower back pain, and turned into what they call peripheral neuropathy - which is where you feel like you have electric shocks going down your leg.

It's hard work to play the guitar and I've had to come to terms with the fact that it will not improve."

"Because I'm in recovery from alcoholism and addiction to substances, I consider it a great thing to be alive at all.

By rights I should have kicked the bucket a long time ago.

For some reason I was plucked from the jaws of hell and given another chance."

Clapton was forced to cancel shows back in 2013 due to his chronic pain.