Financial terms were not disclosed, although Clapton was widely believed to be seeking a multimillion-dollar contract and numerous publishers were interested.

“In an age where there are so few real stars, it is a thrill to be publishing the autobiography of a truly iconic figure whose life story will be of interest to millions of people around the world,” Stephen Rubin, president and publisher of Doubleday, said.

The book, currently untitled, will be timed to a North American concert tour and to the release of a box-set retrospective of Clapton’s music.

Clapton, 60, has had one of the most dramatic lives and careers in rock history. There’s the guitar playing that inspired the graffiti “Clapton Is God,” heroin addiction, a tortured romance with George Harrison’s wife, the1991 death of his young son who fell from the window of a New York skyscraper, the founding of the Crossroads Centre drug treatment facility, and the list goes on.

According to Doubleday, Clapton “will write frankly about every aspect of his personal and musical odyssey, addressing everything that is known about his life as well as much that is not.”

He may be adding a new chapter right now with the Cream reunion shows. The legendary band’s three-night run at Madison Square Garden in NYC starts October 24.