A new documentary about Peter Frampton will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on June 4, 2026, with the rock legend expected to appear after the screening.
Titled Frampton, the feature-length film traces his life and career from a meteoric rise in the 1970s to later turbulent years, using rare archival footage, candid interviews and concert moments to tell the story of an artist still performing while facing a degenerative muscle condition that threatens his ability to play guitar.
The premiere lands as Frampton Comes Alive approaches its 50th anniversary, giving the documentary a built-in point of reflection. Rob Arthur directed the film after spending the past 20 years as Frampton’s band leader, keyboardist and vocalist, a longtime working relationship that gives the project an unusually close vantage point on its subject.
Arthur’s film includes appearances by Ringo Starr, Bill Wyman, Tom Morello, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Herb Alpert, Nancy Wilson, Cameron Crowe and Roger Daltrey. The production team at 10 Lives Studios describes it as an intimate portrait of a rock icon who “soared, stumbled, and rose again,” and says it captures an artist confronting both time and his own physical limits while determined to make every performance count.
The timing also points beyond the festival. Frampton will screen again at Manhattan’s Village East by Angelika on June 5 and June 6 as part of Tribeca, while Frampton’s new studio release, Carry the Light, is set for May 15, 2026. It will be his first all-new rock material in 16 years and was co-written and produced with his son, Julian Frampton, with guest appearances from Sheryl Crow, Bill Evans, Tom Morello and Graham Nash.
For Frampton, the documentary and the new record land at the same moment for a reason: this is not a victory lap, but a reckoning with legacy, stamina and what remains possible when the body begins to set limits. The premiere will test whether the audience comes for nostalgia and leaves with a sharper portrait of how he keeps going.
