(Update: Jan. 12): AXS TV will air Peter Frampton Raw: An Acoustic Show on January 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Pacific. The concert was filmed on March 15, 2016, at the Sunset Center in Carmel By The Sea, CA. Watch “Wind of Change” below.
The event combines stripped down renditions of Frampton classic rock hits and an inside look at the creative process behind his fourth album Frampton, his trademark hit “Do You Feel Like We Do?”plus “All I Wanna Be (Is By Your Side)” and “Show Me The Way,” among many others.
Our original item announcing the 2017 tour…
Peter Frampton will resume his “Peter Frampton Raw: An Acoustic Tour” with more dates in 2017, the singer-guitarist-songwriter has announced. Gordon Kennedy, Frampton’s longtime collaborator and co-producer of his album Fingerprints, will join him again for the March and April 2017 dates alongside Frampton’s son, singer and guitarist Julian Frampton.
The new dates continue to support the release of Frampton’s latest album, Acoustic Classics, released earlier this year. On the album, Frampton performs stripped-down versions of his hits including “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Lines on My Face,” “Do You Feel Like I Do,” “Show Me the Way” and more. Acoustic Classics includes one new song, “All Down to Me,” which was co-written by Gordon Kennedy. “All Down to Me” is the only track on the record featuring a guest musician.
Related: Peter Frampton’s Acoustic Classics album is released
Frampton’s career now stretches back some five decades. At 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for British band the Herd. At 18, he co-founded Humble Pie with singer Steve Marriott of Small Faces. Frampton’s session work includes collaborations with such legendary artists as George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle and many others. The classic rocker’s fifth solo album, Frampton Comes Alive!, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and remains one of the top-selling live records of all time.
Peter Frampton Tour Dates
March 13—Fort Lauderdale, FL—Rock & Romance Cruise (Full Band)
March 24—New Albany, OH—McCoy Community Center for the Arts*
March 26—Nashville, TN—Schermerhorn Symphony Center*
March 29—Milwaukee, WI-Pabst Theater
March 30—Champaign, IL-Virginia Theatre
April 1—Skokie, IL—North Shore Center for the Performing Arts*
April 2—Grand Rapids, MI—20 Monroe Live*
April 4—Cleveland, OH—Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre*
April 6—Peekskill, NY—Paramount Hudson Valley Theater*
April 8—Kingston, NY—Ulster Performing Arts Center*
April 9—Staten Island, NY-St. George Theatre
April 11—Londonderry, NH—Tupelo Music Hall*
April 12—Rutland, VT—The Paramount Theatre
June 18—Hunter, NY-Mountain Jam
*Raw, An Acoustic Tour
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