Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival kicks off live from Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL on Saturday at 1:30 pm. But don’t fret if you can’t make it to Bridgeview – MSN will be webcasting the show. Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson and Steve Winwood are just a few of the legendary performers tapped to appear, and we can’t wait to see the pseudo-Blind Faith reunion on the webcast.

As usual we’ve got a heady batch of links to keep you busy:

• Arcade Fire has added some new tour dates to their schedule
• Pearl Jam will play a private club show in Chicago before Lollapalooza
• Pavement’s Mark Ibold on life after tour (Reunion?!)
• Papa Glide gets the skinny from Widespread Panic’s John Bell
• Apparently the world needs a Huey Lewis and the News tribute album
• Rolling Stone’s guide to rock and roll cruises
• Converse debuts a Ramones version of the classic Chuck Taylor sneakers
• Jefitoblog has Part 2 of the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Evan Dando and the Lemonheads
• Dweezil Zappa explains the Zappa Plays Zappa concept to Harry Funk
• Social Distortion are compiling cuts for a new album
• An Aquarium Drunkard looks at songs that have sampled James Brown’s Funky Drummer
• Rock and Roll history was made — and recorded — in Boston
• MoBoogie’s featured video is an interview with the Pnuma Trio
• John Mayer wants to teabag his fans
• The Battering Room rounds up everyone’s coverage of the Siren Festival

Anything out there catch your eye this morning? Bring us back the news…