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Jun 1, 2011
06:24 PM
Peter Frampton to Come Alive at the Borgata for His 35th-Anniversary Tour
By Debbi Calton
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He used to be known as “The Face”—all innocence with tumbling blond hair that rivaled Farrah Fawcett’s tresses. Now, with hardly any on top, Peter Frampton is still playing fab guitar and gearing up for the first truly career-spanning set list of his life. The Frampton Comes Alive! album was one of the most played and the most purchased album of 1976. For those doing the math, 2011 marks the 35th anniversary. So, Frampton is kicking off his Frampton Comes Alive 35th Anniversary Tour on June 15, staying on the road through a good chunk of October. A gem of a venue, the Borgata’s Music Box will host him on June 24—and it’s a Friday, yay!
And what a show it will be—three hours’ worth. Although Frampton tours frequently and is expected, obviously, to play some hits off FCA!, he’ll play everything off FCA! on this tour, track for track, just as they are laid out on the double album. Plus, he’ll tackle his other major works from the early days of Humble Pie (“I Don’t Need No Doctor”), the band he helped found as a teenager, along with the most recent Fingerprints (instrumental) and Thank You Mr Churchill (autobiographical) albums.
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Debbi Calton has done middays on Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK-FM for more than 16 years. Catch her on the air 9 a.m.-2 p.m. every weekday. You might also remember her from her 10-year stint at WYSP-FM. She and her husband, guitarist Chip Roberts, along with their teenage son, Dustin, reside in Media, well known as “Everybody’s Hometown.”
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