Documentary Frampton to make its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on June 4
A feature-length documentary simply titled Frampton is set to have its world premiere on June 4, 2026 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, where it has been selected for the Spotlight+ section. The screening will take place at the OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC, and Peter Frampton himself is expected to perform after the showing. Additional festival screenings are scheduled for June 5 and 6 at Manhattan’s Village East by Angelika. The Tribeca Festival, now in its 25th edition, runs from June 3 to June 14.
The film is directed by Rob Arthur, who has served as Frampton’s bandleader, keyboardist and vocalist for the past two decades — a relationship that gives the documentary an unusual degree of intimacy and access. Frampton arrives at a milestone moment: the 50th anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive!, the 1976 double live album that turned the Birmingham-born guitarist into a global rock sensation and remains one of the best-selling live records in history. The film traces his full arc: early years in The Herd and Humble Pie, the meteoric rise of the seventies, the years of commercial decline, and the repeated comebacks that followed.
A defining thread running through the documentary is Frampton’s battle with Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM), a progressive degenerative muscle disease that has increasingly limited his ability to play guitar. Rather than a farewell, the film frames this chapter as part of a broader portrait of an artist still finding ways to create. Among those who appear on screen are Ringo Starr, Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Herb Alpert, Nancy Wilson, Kate Hudson and filmmaker Cameron Crowe. The documentary’s release coincides with the arrival of Carry the Light on May 15, 2026 — Frampton’s first studio album of all-new material in sixteen years, co-produced with his son Julian and featuring contributions from Tom Morello, Sheryl Crow, Graham Nash and Benmont Tench.
