Editing Peter Frampton (section)

==Music career==
===Early career===
By the age of 12, Frampton played in a band called the Little Ravens. Both he and [[David Bowie]], who was three years older, were pupils at [[Bromley]] Technical School, where Frampton's father was Bowie's art teacher.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Gosling|first1=Emily|title=Teaching David Bowie|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/may-2012/teaching-david-bowie/|access-date=1 January 2017|magazine=Design Week|date=24 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102081741/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/may-2012/teaching-david-bowie/|archive-date=2 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie's band, George and the Dragons.<ref name=60s70s /> Peter and David would spend lunch breaks together, playing Buddy Holly songs.<ref name=60s70s />

At the age of 14, Peter was playing with a band called the Trubeats followed by a band called the Preachers, who later became Moon's Train, produced and managed by [[Bill Wyman]] of [[the Rolling Stones]].<ref name=60s70s /> Frampton's parents were at the time concerned about their son playing regular late night gigs whilst still at school, so Alex Brown, a member of the Preachers, was designated to meet his parents at their house, along with his son Steven, to show that the band members were responsible people. After this meeting, Frampton was allowed to join the band.

Frampton became a successful child singer, and in 1966 he became a member of [[The Herd (UK band)|the Herd]]. He was the lead guitarist and singer, scoring several British pop hits. Frampton was named "The Face of 1968" by [[teen magazine]] ''Rave''.<ref name=60s70s /><ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 /><ref name=TCE-50>{{cite web |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_50_years_of_peter.html |title=50 years of Peter Frampton |website=Enquirer.com |date=4 February 2001 |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122085748/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_50_years_of_peter.html |archive-date=22 January 2013}}</ref>

In 1969, when Frampton was 18 years old, he joined [[Steve Marriott]] of the [[Small Faces]] to form [[Humble Pie]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Slice of Humble Pie: Peter Frampton's Underrated Band Deserves Another Listen|url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/2/24/8-slices-peter-framptons-humble-pie/|website=Howard Stern|date=24 February 2016|publisher=The Howard Stern Production Company, Inc.|access-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105083250/https://www.howardstern.com/show/2016/2/24/8-slices-peter-framptons-humble-pie/|archive-date=5 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

While playing with Humble Pie, Frampton also did session recording with other artists, including [[George Harrison]], [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], and [[John Entwistle]] (on ''[[Whistle Rymes]]'' in 1972). During a recording session with George Harrison at Abbey Road Studios in London in 1970,<ref name=TCE-50 /> [[Pete Drake]] introduced him to the "[[talk box]]" that was to become one of his trademark guitar effects.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Giles|first1=Jeff|title=How Peter Frampton Met the Talk Box|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-talk-box/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=9 September 2014 |access-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234921/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-talk-box/|archive-date=4 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Lux, Joanna. and David Dayen. – [http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/30669/Peter_Frampton_More_Alive_Than_Ever.html "Peter Frampton: More Alive Than Ever"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111559/http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/30669/Peter_Frampton_More_Alive_Than_Ever.html |date=29 September 2007 }}. – [[G4 Media (TV company)|G4 Media]]. – 13 June 2002</ref><ref>Lovelady, Nicholas. – [http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ni900332/ "Frampton and the Talkbox"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012184009/http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ni900332/ |date=12 October 2007 }}. – [[University of Central Florida]]</ref>

===Solo career===
After four studio albums and one live album with [[Humble Pie]], Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971, just in time to see [[Performance Rockin' the Fillmore|''Rockin' the Fillmore'']] rise up the US charts.<ref name=60s70s /> He remained with [[Dee Anthony]] (1926–2009), the same personal manager that Humble Pie had used.<ref>Crowe, Cameron. – "Frampton: Rock Star of the Year" – ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' – 10 February 1977 – RS232</ref><ref>Greenblatt, Mike. "Peter Frampton". Goldmine 37, no. 10 (09, 2011): 60-64.</ref>

Frampton's own debut was 1972's ''[[Wind of Change (album)|Wind of Change]]'', with guest artists [[Ringo Starr]] and [[Billy Preston]].<ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 /><ref name=TCE-50 /> This album was followed by ''[[Frampton's Camel]]'' in 1973, which featured Frampton working within a group project. In 1974, Frampton released ''[[Somethin's Happening]]''. Frampton toured extensively to support his solo career, joined for three years by his former Herd mate [[Andy Bown]] on keyboards, [[Rick Wills]] on bass, and American drummer John Siomos. In 1975, the ''[[Frampton (album)|Frampton]]'' album was released. The album went to No. 32 in the US charts and is certified [[Gold Album|Gold]] by the [[RIAA]].<ref name=60s70s />

Frampton had little commercial success with his early albums. This changed with his best-selling live album, ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]'', in 1976, from which "[[Baby, I Love Your Way]]", "[[Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton song)|Show Me the Way]]", and an edited version of "[[Do You Feel Like We Do]]", were hit singles. The latter two tracks also featured his use of the [[talk box]] guitar effect. The album was recorded in 1975, mainly at the [[Winterland]] Ballroom in San Francisco, California, where Humble Pie had previously enjoyed a good following. Frampton had a new line-up, with Americans [[Bob Mayo]] on keyboards and rhythm guitar and Stanley Sheldon on bass. Wills had been sacked by Frampton at the end of 1974, and Bown had left on the eve of ''Frampton Comes Alive'', to return to England and new fame with [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]. ''Frampton Comes Alive'' was released in early January, debuting on the charts on 14 February at number 191. The album was on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] for 97 weeks, of which 55 were in the top 40, of which 10 were at the top. The album beat, among others, [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]'' to become the top selling album of 1976,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-in-1976-peter-framptons-classic-frampton-comes-alive-album-topped-the-billboard-200/ | title=On This Day in 1976: Peter Frampton's Classic 'Frampton Comes Alive!' Album Topped the 'Billboard' 200 | work=[[American Songwriter]] | first=Matt | last=Friedlander | date=11 April 2024 | access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref> and it was also the 14th best seller of 1977. The album won Frampton a [[Juno Awards|Juno Award]] in 1977.<ref name="Inc.1977">{{cite magazine|author=Martin Melhuish|title=Juno 1977|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76|date=23 April 1977|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=76–|issn=0006-2510|access-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501134607/https://books.google.com/books?id=ayMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76|archive-date=1 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

A tribute to the album's staying power, readers of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Frampton Comes Alive'' No. 3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums. The article's text stated, "He was loved by teenage girls, ''and'' their older brothers. He owned the year 1976 like nobody else in rock."<ref name=RSpoll-2012>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-live-albums-of-all-time-18920/6-deep-purple-made-in-japan-132257/ |title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Live Albums of All Time |work=rollingstone.com |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=11 August 2020}}</ref> The success of ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' put him on the cover of ''Rolling Stone'', in a famous shirtless photo by [[Francesco Scavullo]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/coverwall/1976#0211 |title=Pictures and Photo Galleries |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201042530/http://www.rollingstone.com/coverwall/1976#0211 |archive-date=1 February 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Frampton later said he regrets the photo because it changed his image as a credible artist into a teen idol.<ref name=TCE-2001-02-04 />

In late 1976, Frampton and manager Dee Anthony visited the [[White House]] at the invitation of [[Steven Ford]], the president's son.<ref>"Random Notes" – 16 December 1976 – RS228</ref>

On 24 August 1979, Frampton received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6819 [[Hollywood Boulevard]] for his contributions to the recording industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/peter-frampton|title=Peter Frampton {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=Walkoffame.com|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624022805/http://www.walkoffame.com/peter-frampton|archive-date=24 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/peter-frampton/|title=Peter Frampton|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603085426/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/peter-frampton/|archive-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Setbacks and decline in popularity ===
Frampton's following album, ''[[I'm in You]]'' (1977), contained the hit title single and went platinum, but fell well short of expectations compared to ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]''.<ref name="60s70s" /> He starred, with the [[Bee Gees]], in producer [[Robert Stigwood]]'s poorly received film ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' (1978). Frampton's career seemed to be falling as quickly as it had risen.<ref name="60s70s" /><ref name="TCE-2001-02-04" /> He also played guitar on the [[Grease (song)|title song]] of the 1978 film [[Grease (film)|''Grease'']], a song newly written for the film by [[Barry Gibb]].

Frampton suffered a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas in 1978 that marked the end of his prolific period and the beginning of a long period during which he was less successful. He returned in 1979 to record the album ''[[Where I Should Be]]''. Among those contributing to the album were past band members [[Stanley Sheldon]] (bass), [[Bob Mayo]] (keyboards/guitar/vocals), and [[John Siomos]] (drums/vocals).<ref name="60s70s" /><ref name="AllMusic-Bio" />

In 1980, Frampton's album ''[[Rise Up (Peter Frampton album)|Rise Up]]'' was released to promote his tour in Brazil, although he suffered another serious setback that year when all his guitars were thought destroyed in a [[Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash|cargo plane crash]] that killed four people. Among the instruments he lost was the black [[Gibson Les Paul|Les Paul]] Custom which he had named "Phenix"<ref name=GibsonGuitarGreats>[http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Guitar-Greats-Peter-Frampton.aspx Gibson Guitar Greats: Peter Frampton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916235152/http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Guitar-Greats-Peter-Frampton.aspx |date=16 September 2018 }}, at Gibson.com; published 4 April 2017; retrieved 16 September 2018</ref> (pictured on the cover of ''Frampton Comes Alive'') given to him by Mark Mariana and first used on the night of the recording of the Humble Pie live album ''Performance'', and which he had used all through his early solo career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/news-lifestyle/features/en-us/peterframptontalksaboutwan.aspx |title=Gibson Guitars: "Peter Frampton On Wanting to Find a New Guitar, Not Wanting to Be Alive, and Definitely Not Wanting to be Eric Clapton" |website=Gibson.com |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091310/http://www.gibson.com/news-lifestyle/features/en-us/peterframptontalksaboutwan.aspx |archive-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> As it turned out the guitar was saved from burning in the crash and sold to a musician; many years later it was recovered and returned to him, in December 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/peter-frampton-reunited-with-best-guitar-after-31-years/?_r=0|title=Peter Frampton Reunited with 'Best Guitar' After 31 Years|first=James C.|last=McKinnley Jr.|date=3 January 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204143134/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/peter-frampton-reunited-with-best-guitar-after-31-years/?_r=0|archive-date=4 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The album eventually turned into ''[[Breaking All the Rules (Peter Frampton album)|Breaking All the Rules]]'', released the next year in 1981. <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.se/books?id=UK0iAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=%22Rise+Up%22+Peter+Frampton+album&article_id=3547,2986018&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi46o_zj5yNAxVVIxAIHZvqF9AQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Rise%20Up%22%20Peter%20Frampton%20album&f=false |title=Beaver Country Times |publisher=Beaver County Times |language=en}}</ref>These albums were the first he recorded almost completely live.<ref name=80s>{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/80.html |title=Peter Frampton History – 80's |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015061814/http://www.frampton.com/80.html |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}</ref> In 1982, following the release of ''[[The Art of Control]]'', Frampton tried unsuccessfully to split his ties with [[A&M Records]]; he re-signed with the label in 2006 and released his [[Grammy Award]]–winning ''[[Fingerprints (Peter Frampton album)|Fingerprints]]''.<ref name="GRAMMY">{{cite web| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4302|pure_url=yes}} | title = Grammy awards | work = [[AllMusic]]| access-date = 17 December 2008}}</ref>

=== Return ===
Although his albums generally met with little commercial success, Frampton continued to record throughout the 1980s. He achieved a brief, moderate comeback of sorts in 1986 with the release of his ''[[Premonition (Peter Frampton album)|Premonition]]'' album, and the single "Lying", which became a hit on [[Mainstream Rock]] chart. Most notably, he also united with old friend David Bowie, and both worked together to make albums. Frampton played on Bowie's 1987 album ''[[Never Let Me Down]]'' and sang and played on the accompanying [[Glass Spider Tour]].<ref name="AllMusic-Bio" /><ref name="TCE-2001-02-04" /><ref name="80s" /> In 2013, he credited his participation in this tour for helping revive his career.<ref name="AM13">{{Citation | title=David Bowie Helped Revive Peter Frampton | url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/January/03David_Bowie_Helped_Revive_Peter_Frampton.shtml | access-date=3 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105231807/http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/January/03David_Bowie_Helped_Revive_Peter_Frampton.shtml | archive-date=5 January 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Looking for the band experience again after touring with Bowie, Frampton kept referencing Steve Marriott, and at the beginning of 1991 rejoined his old Humble Pie mate for some shows (Marriott's last English gigs) at the Half Moon in Putney, London. The chemistry was still there for a while, as both Frampton and Marriott laid down some tracks in L.A. and prepared to do a "Frampton-Marriott" tour. Marriott abruptly returned to England in April and he died in a house fire less than 24 hours after his return. Broken up by Marriott's death, Frampton went off the road for a time, then reformed his old touring band with his old friends Bob Mayo and John Regan. At least three songs, and possibly a fourth, from the ended Marriott-Frampton partnership were subsequently recorded; two ending up on Frampton's "Shine On" compilation, a third on his subsequent solo album.

In the late 1990s, Frampton starred in an [[infomercial]] plugging the eMedia Guitar Method, a piece of instructional software represented as an alternative to taking actual guitar lessons. He claimed in the infomercial that the software was the best way to learn guitar.<ref name=90s>{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/90.html |title=Peter Frampton History – '90s |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417143914/http://www.frampton.com/90.html |archive-date=17 April 2014 }}</ref>

In 1994, Frampton wrote and released the album ''[[Peter Frampton (album)|Peter Frampton]]'', the final version of which contained material recorded on Tascam cassette recorders. Originally released on the Relativity label, this record was re-released in 2000 by Legacy Records, with four bonus tracks and additional notes by Frampton.

In 1995, Frampton released ''[[Frampton Comes Alive! II]]'', which contained live versions of many of the songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums. ''Frampton Comes Alive! II'' was recorded at [[The Fillmore]] Theater on 15 June 1995. Although there was a large amount of marketing for the album, it did not sell well.<ref name=90s /> After ''Frampton Comes Alive! II'', he recorded and toured with [[Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings]] and [[Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band]],<ref name=AllMusic-Bio /> where he and [[Jack Bruce]] performed a cover version of [[Cream (band)|Cream]]'s "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]".

[[File:PeterFrampton06.jpg|thumb|right|Frampton performing in September 2006]]
In 2003, Frampton released the album ''[[Now (Peter Frampton album)|Now]]'', and embarked on a tour with [[Styx (band)|Styx]] to support it. It was on this tour in 2004 he lost good friend and long time bandmate [[Bob Mayo]]. He also toured with [[The Elms (band)|the Elms]], and appeared in 2006 on the [[Fox Broadcasting|Fox]] variety show ''[[Celebrity Duets]]'', paired with [[Chris Jericho]] of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] fame. They were the first pair voted out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/celebrityduets/recaps/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004233340/http://www.fox.com/celebrityduets/recaps/index.htm|archive-date=4 October 2006|title=FOX Broadcasting Company: Celebrity Duets: Recaps|date=4 October 2006|access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref>

On 12 September 2006, Frampton released an instrumental work titled ''Fingerprints''. His band consisted of drummer Shawn Fichter, guitarist [[Audley Freed]], bassist [[John Regan (bassist)|John Regan]] (Frampton's lifelong best friend,<ref name=CNN-Phillips />), and keyboardist-guitarist Rob Arthur, and guest artists such as members of [[Pearl Jam]], [[Hank Marvin]], [[Warren Haynes]] and his bassist on ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]'', [[Stanley Sheldon]] – the only member of the backing band on that album still alive.

=== 2007 to present ===
On 11 February 2007, ''Fingerprints'' was awarded the 2007 [[Grammy Award]] for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In February 2007, he also appeared on the Chicago-based PBS television show ''[[Soundstage (TV series)|Soundstage]]''.

Frampton released his 14th studio album, ''[[Thank You Mr. Churchill]]'', on 27 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/sd/2009/32/articles/singer_guitarist_peter_frampton_still_busy_ever.html |title=Daily News – Articles & Info on Health, Money, Social Security, Medicare, Politics – Bulletin Today |website=Bulletin.aarp.org |date=7 March 1965 |access-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713102012/http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/sd/2009/32/articles/singer_guitarist_peter_frampton_still_busy_ever.html |archive-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In summer 2010 he began touring North America with the English band [[Yes (band)|Yes]]; the two acts had played stadium shows on a bill together in 1976. His 2010 band consisted of Rob Arthur (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), John Regan (bass), Adam Lester (guitar), and Dan Wojciechowski (drums).

Frampton embarked on a UK tour in March 2011 in support of his new album, visiting Leamington Spa, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Bristol.
[[File:Peter Frampton at the 2011 Ottawa Bluesfest.jpg|thumb|Peter Frampton at [[Ottawa Bluesfest]] in 2011]]
Frampton went on tour in 2011 with The Frampton Comes Alive 35th Anniversary Tour that showcased and followed exactly the songs on the setlist for the original tour from 1976, recorded for ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' The concerts each night started with the prerecorded thump of a microphone being turned on, familiar to many fans of the album, followed by the recorded voice of Jerry Pompili saying, "If there was ever a musician that was an honorary member of San Francisco society, Mr. Peter Frampton ...", and then the crowd goes wild. He played the album song-for-song at 69 locations between 15 June 2011 and 22 October 2011 throughout the US.

On 11 June 2011, Frampton performed a live set for "[[Guitar Center]] Sessions" on [[DirecTV]]. The episode included an interview with program host [[Nic Harcourt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sessions.guitarcenter.com/peter-frampton/ |title=Peter Frampton &#124; Guitar Center Sessions |website=Sessions.guitarcenter.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311051844/http://sessions.guitarcenter.com/peter-frampton/ |archive-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, Frampton performed throughout North America as part of the "Frampton's Guitar Circus" tour which featured periodic guest performers including [[B.B. King]], [[Robert Cray]], [[Don Felder]], [[Rick Derringer]], [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]], [[Steve Lukather]], [[Sonny Landreth]], [[Davy Knowles]], [[David Hidalgo]], [[Mike McCready]], [[Roger McGuinn]] and [[Vinnie Moore]].<ref name=guitarhoo>{{cite web|title=Vinnie Moore Interview|url=http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/vinnie-moore-197|website=Guitarhoo.com|access-date=21 February 2014|date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224110057/http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/vinnie-moore-197|archive-date=24 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="frampton.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/live/ |title=Peter Frampton &#124; Live |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226061255/http://www.frampton.com/live/ |archive-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 9 February 2014, Frampton was one of several musicians to participate in ''[[The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles]]'', a tribute to [[the Beatles]] on the 50th anniversary of their first appearance on American television.

On 23 June 2014, Frampton released a new album entitled ''Hummingbird in a Box''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hummingbird-in-a-box-songs-for-a-ballet-mw0002674884|title=Hummingbird In a Box: Songs For a Ballet - Peter Frampton - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|work=AllMusic|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717135749/http://www.allmusic.com/album/hummingbird-in-a-box-songs-for-a-ballet-mw0002674884|archive-date=17 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 11 June 2015, Frampton announced his new studio album, ''Acoustic Classics'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-acoustic-album/|title=Peter Frampton Announces New Acoustic LP, Endorses Crowdfunding Campaign for New Guitar Tuning System|website=Ultimateclassicrock.com|date=11 June 2015 |access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209092027/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-acoustic-album/|archive-date=9 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> then, on 14 January 2016, he launched the first song: a version of "Do You Feel Like I Do".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/01/14/peter-frampton-puts-solo-acoustic-spin-on-do-you-feel-like-i-do-exclusive/|title=Peter Frampton Puts Solo-Acoustic Spin on 'Do You Feel Like I Do' (Exclusive)|first=Eric R.|last=Danton|date=14 January 2016|website=Blogs.wsj.com|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720124549/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/01/14/peter-frampton-puts-solo-acoustic-spin-on-do-you-feel-like-i-do-exclusive/|archive-date=20 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Frampton was inducted into the [[Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum]].

In 2017 and 2018, Frampton toured with the [[Steve Miller Band]], opening the show.<ref>{{Cite magazine |magazine=Glide Magazine |url=https://glidemagazine.com/211322/steve-miller-and-peter-frampton-offer-big-classic-rock-hits-searing-guitar-solos-to-the-greek-theatre-show-review/ |title=Steve Miller and Peter Frampton offer Big Classic Rock Hits & Searing Guitar Solos to the Greek Theatre (Show Review) |date=14 August 2018|first=Andy J. |last=Gordon |access-date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425192925/https://glidemagazine.com/211322/steve-miller-and-peter-frampton-offer-big-classic-rock-hits-searing-guitar-solos-to-the-greek-theatre-show-review/ |archive-date=25 April 2019}}</ref>

On 22 February 2019, Frampton announced he would be retiring from touring with his 'Peter Frampton Finale—The Farewell Tour' commencing on 18 June 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, running through 12 October ending in Concord, California at the [[Concord Pavilion]]. The tour featured special guest [[Jason Bonham]]'s Led Zeppelin Evening, as well as Peter's son Julian Frampton on the West Coast stops.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2019/02/peter-frampton-announces-finale-farewell-tour.html|title=Peter Frampton Announces Finale - Farewell Tour|website=Music News Net|date=22 February 2019|access-date=24 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074410/https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2019/02/peter-frampton-announces-finale-farewell-tour.html|archive-date=23 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He also revealed the reason for the farewell tour; he received a diagnosis of [[inclusion body myositis]] (IBM), a progressive muscle disorder characterised by muscle inflammation, weakness, and atrophy (wasting).<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Frampton reveals rare muscular disease is why his next tour will be his final. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-frampton-farewell-tour-will-be-his-last-singer-reveals-inclusion-body-myositis-diagnosis-in-cbs-this-morning-interview-2019-02-23/ |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=CBS News |date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224002624/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-frampton-farewell-tour-will-be-his-last-singer-reveals-inclusion-body-myositis-diagnosis-in-cbs-this-morning-interview-2019-02-23/ |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> A dollar of every ticket sold for the tour was donated to benefit Frampton's myositis research fund established at Johns Hopkins, where he was treated.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Frampton Band's All Blues Released|date=7 June 2019|url=http://www.frampton.com/news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802222218/http://www.frampton.com/news/ |archive-date=2 August 2019 }}</ref>

In June 2019, Frampton's album ''All Blues'' debuted at number one in the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard charts|Top Blues Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/blues-albums|title=Blues Music: Top Blues Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518154252/https://www.billboard.com/charts/blues-albums|archive-date=18 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2019, Frampton announced his farewell UK tour to consist of five performances in May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/peter-frampton-announces-farewell-uk-tour|title=Peter Frampton announces farewell UK tour|first=Scott Munro16|last=December 2019|website=Classic Rock Magazine|date=16 December 2019 |access-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217063032/https://www.loudersound.com/news/peter-frampton-announces-farewell-uk-tour|archive-date=17 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In April this UK/EU tour was cancelled "because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 virus]]".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.facebook.com/PeterFrampton | date=22 April 2020 | first=Peter | last=Frampton | title=I am so sorry to have to announce | access-date=22 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231203632/https://www.facebook.com/PeterFrampton | archive-date=31 December 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2022 Frampton resumed his ''Finale, the Farewell Tour'' with three dates in the UK (Stoke, Glasgow, London) and five more in the rest of Europe, then one concert at [[Joe Satriani]]'s workshop in Las Vegas,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peterframpton.com/tour2022.html | title=Get updates on new shows | first=Peter | last=Frampton | publisher=Peter Frampton | date=2022-11-04 | accessdate=2022-11-07 | archive-date=7 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107182953/https://peterframpton.com/tour2022.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> announcing in advance that he would be seated on stage during these performances. "Standing", he told ''Guitar World''<ref name="Owen">{{cite web | url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/peter-frampton-farewell-tour-seated | title=Peter Frampton will perform his final farewell tour shows seated | first=Matt | last=Owen | publisher=guitarworld.com | date=2022-09-20 | accessdate=2022-11-07}}</ref> in September 2022, "would be dangerous for me now, because I get so carried away when I'm playing that I'm liable to fall over". Of how the disease is affecting his ability to actually play the guitar, Frampton continued, "It's starting to affect my hands, but not enough yet, so I can still play a good lick. But I'll be honest, I'm anxious about it."

On 6 August 2022, Frampton came out of retirement for one night to perform during "[[Buddy Holly]]'s 85th Birthday Celebration" at the [[Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nightswithalicecooper.com/2022/05/25/peter-frampton-headlining-buddy-holly-birthday-concert-in-lubbock/|title=Peter Frampton Headlining Buddy Holly Birthday Concert in Lubbock|website=Nights with Alice Cooper|date=25 May 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808133132/https://nightswithalicecooper.com/2022/05/25/peter-frampton-headlining-buddy-holly-birthday-concert-in-lubbock/|archive-date=8 August 2022|url-status=usurped |last1=News |first1=Music }}</ref> "I sat down for the first time ever on stage," he told ''Guitar World'' later. "And it felt very comfortable [laughs]. Better than leaning on a piano."<ref name="Owen"/>

As of 2023, Frampton embarked on the ''Never Say Never'' tour. Frampton has noted that he did not expect to be able to play again as a result of his diagnosis. He has stated that while his fingers do not work as well as they used to, they worked better than he thought they would, citing it as reason enough to keep doing what he loved on stage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://localspins.com/peter-frampton-at-73-a-never-say-never-attitude-dazzling-guitar-work-launch-us-tour-local-spins/ | title=Peter Frampton's guitar magic launches Never Say Never tour | date=20 June 2023 }}</ref>

In 2024, Frampton contributed guitar to a re-release of [[Mark Knopfler]]'s "[[Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero]]" in aid of the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-knopfler-recruits-bruce-springsteen-brian-may-ronnie-wood-teenage-cancer-trust-single-3584338 | title= Mark Knopfler recruits Bruce Springsteen, Brian May, Ronnie Wood and more for Teenage Cancer Trust single | work=NME | first=Liberty | last=Dunworth | date=8 February 2024 | access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref>

On 19 October 2024, Frampton was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] by his long-time friend [[Roger Daltrey]]. Frampton performed at the ceremony with [[Keith Urban]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sammy-hagar-keith-urban-peter-frampton-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2024-performance-1235137712/ | title=Keith Urban Shreds With Peter Frampton For Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction | magazine=Rolling Stone | first=Andy | last=Greene | date=19 October 2024 | access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref>