Claptone Credit: Photo via claptone.official/Facebook
Eternally masked German DJ Claptone is one of the club scene’s most enigmatic figures. Aside from a handful of studio albums, including one just released, there isn’t much background on the gold-beaked DJ—but Claptone is still headed to The Ritz in Ybor City on Saturday.

Although, he’s done remixes of Dua Lipa and Elton John, and has teamed up with the likes of Barry Manilow, Seal, and Nathan Nicholson.  

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Without any of these names present, Claptone is doing a very limited run of U.S. shows this year, and his spring trio of shows closes this weekend.

This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2022.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...