Anti-vaxxer Eric Clapton has been forced to cancel part of his European tour after contracting the virus while performing in London.

Clapton, 76, who previously claimed he suffered alarming side effects from his AstraZeneca jabs, will not perform his gigs in Zurich and Milan which were scheduled to take place over the next two nights.

The singer, who is understood to be fully vaccinated, earlier this year described those who had been jabbed as victims of 'mass formation hypnosis' and released an anti-lockdown single called Stand and Deliver with Van Morrison in 2020.