Peter Frampton was forced to take matters into his own hands at a recent concert, when two fans refused to stop taking pictures of him on stage.
And after repeatedly gesturing to the couple to refrain from taking shots and getting no response, the musician eventually grabbed the phone and launched it into the air.
Frampton, who is currently on the Guitar Circus tour supporting his new album Hummingbird In A Box, was playing at the Palladium in Carmel, Indiana when the incident occurred.
Prior to the gig, the theater announced there would be no flash photography or filming allowed. However, a couple arrived late, sat in the front row and began taking pictures and recording the performance. Despite not hearing the message, Frampton made it very clear he wasn’t happy, repeatedly gesturing at the couple to stop. They ignored the guitarist and carried on until the situation came to a head during the track Do You Feel Like We Do.
Onstage Magazine continues the story, “You could see the look of desperation and frustration on Frampton’s face and at the end of the song, he walked over with a huge smile on his face, bent down and said, ‘Hey, can I see that? Can I see the photos you’ve been taking?’ The guy handed him the phone and Frampton stood up, spun, and flung it to the rafters. The phone went flying to the back of the stage and the crowd erupted in cheers.”
After the concert, Frampton took to Facebook to post some first-hand accounts of the incident, saying: “Here are a couple of reports from the show and thanks again. We had a great show. Love the theater and the sound was great. We’ll be back.”
Frampton released Hummingbird In A Box last month – a seven-track project which came from a collaboration with the Cincinnati Ballet, while the English musician also released a stream of album track Friendly Fire last week.
additional source: classicrockmagazine.com
48 Responses
Shades of ’85, broke.
He did the right thing. If rules are posted beforehand, then you should abide by them. These people didn’t , and they paid the consequences!! At least he just took the guy’s phone and didn’t punch him or something.
Lol, all of you don’t get it. Front row, arrived late. This is a set up…I can tell you this because I’ve had some experience with Frampton and he’s pulled this type of bit before. Another one of his bits is that every town he goes to, he says to the crowd that his drummer is from that town, even though its the same guy. I’ve seen him do it three nights in a row when I was doing some contract work with some of his venues.
Frampton is a basic a-hole, it’s well known in the business. Full of himself. He had one album recorded live that put him on the map and he’s lived off of it for almost 40 years, but by the way he acts you would think he was God’s gift.
i understand what your saying about pete being an a -hole – and pulling this stunt before , i still believe a concert should be heard and experienced with out having someone holding up a tablet blocking your view the entire night – i recently saw Joe Bonnamassa – & he seemed really pissed off about it going on,
and i had to ask the person in front of me to put the damn tablet down 3 or 4 times because it was blocking our view , this just should not go on at a rock show – just my opinion –
The last time I went to a concert I was stuck behind a whole group of these little dirtbags that were sticking their damn phones up to film and I wanted to kill every one of them.
I am torn on this issue. In one way I friggin’ hate it when the person in front of me, sticks his huge cell phone up in the air, taking away my view. It pisses me off to say the least. It’s inconsiderate.
And on the other hand, I’m also the one who checks youtube to see if there’s any video of the show I’ve been to…..
Maybe the solution would be that these inconsiderate idiots could stand out in the sides or in the back? I don’t know….. Let’s not forget that the artists needs these videos too, they get spread all over the place…