Andy Greene
View all posts by Andy Greene June 2, 2026
New 'Frampton' documentary will premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 4. Neal Preston/Courtesy of 10 Lives Studios In 1976, there was no bigger rock star on the planet than Peter Frampton. His concert album Frampton Comes Alive! spent 10 weeks on top of the Billboard charts that year, and he outsold Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, the Rolling Stones, Wings, and every other act on the charts.
But it was an impossible act to follow, and in a little over a decade he became a member of David Bowie’s backing band since his recording career had completely flatlined. In the 1990s, however, he established himself as a major live draw, and continues playing to this day, even if he’s been slowed down by the muscle-wasting disease Inclusion Body Myositis.
It’s an astounding rock & roll story of endurance and survival, and the new documentary Frampton – directed by his longtime bandleader Rob Author – tells the entire saga. The film premieres June 4 at the Tribeca Festival and its trailer premieres exclusively on Rolling Stone.
“He was the guy going on the rocket where no other rocket had gone,” Cameron Crowe says in the trailer. “This is the peak of rock, right here.”
The film also features interviews with Tom Morello, Kate Hudson, Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crow, Bill Wyman, Tommy Shaw, Alice Cooper, Herb Alpert, Roger Daltrey, Chris Lord-Alge, Mary Lindes, Nancy Wilson, Julian Frampton, Mia Frampton, Jade Frampton, Rob Arthur, and of course, Peter Frampton himself.
