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The show follows the final class of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts from their admission in 1980 to their graduation in 1984. All of the struggles, fears and triumphs – from prejudice to substance abuse – are depicted with razor-sharp focus as the young artists navigate the worlds of music, drama and dance.

Fame is an international sensation that continues to reach new generations of performers and audience members. The show provides great opportunities to feature a diverse talent pool and showcase artistic mediums like dancing, singing, acting, rapping and musicianship.

Be sure to visit The Fame Network for more features, reviews, audio and video clips – as well as to contact "Father Fame," David De Silva. Listen / Download Tracks and Watch Great Videos on The Fame Network

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30th Anniversary Tour Of Fame The Musical Released On Broadway HD

Following a smash hit 50 venue tour, including London’s West End, the critically acclaimed 30 th  anniversary production of  Fame the Musical   is now streaming on Broadway HD. Featuring an outstanding cast of dancers, singers, musicians and rappers, this definitive production of the much-loved musical was declared the  best production of Fame ever   by creator David De Silva.

Based on the 1980 phenomenal pop culture film, Fame The Musical is the international smash hit sensation following the lives of students at New York’s High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their way through the highs and lows, the romances and the heartbreaks and the ultimate elation of life. This bittersweet but uplifting triumph of a show explores the issues that confront many young people today: prejudice, identity, pride, literacy, sexuality, substance abuse and perseverance.

David De Silva said, “I’m absolutely delighted that this exhilarating and unforgettable production of Fame is now streaming on Broadway HD. It is the best production of Fame I’ve ever seen and I am so glad that the entire world now has the opportunity to experience it.”

Producer Maddy Mutch said, “This high definition recording of Fame is a lasting testament to the enormous skill and energy of the whole company. The show delighted audiences in packed houses from Birmingham to Berlin. Fame truly does live forever.”

The tour was presented by Selladoor Productions producers of  Footloose, Avenue Q, Little Shop of Horrors and Flashdance – The Musical , with Gavin Kalin Productions, Dan Looney & Adam Paulden, Stephen McGill Productions and Jason Haigh-Ellery in association with Big Dreamer Productions, Michael Dahl Rasmussen, BrightLight Productions and Announcement Productions.

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Fame is directed and choreographed by Nick Winston with design by Morgan Large, lighting design by Prema Mehta and Sound Design by Ben Harrison. Mark Crossland is Musical Supervisor with Tim Whiting as Music Director.

The cast recording includes Keith Jack with Mica Paris and Jorgie Porter, Molly McGuire, Albey Brookes, Jamal Crawford, Stephanie Rojas, Hayley Johnston, Simon Anthony, Alexander Zane, Louisa Beadel, Katie Warsop, Spencer Lee Osborne, Duncan Smith, Morgan Jackson, Ryan Kayode, Tom Mussell, Jay Le Marrec, Lauren Crooks, Daisy Edwards, Courtney George and Serina Mathew.

Fame The Musical can be viewed on Broadway HD at  https://www.broadwayhd.com/movies/AXEOPBJCXohZH4dIgHA4

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Based on the 1980 film, FAME follows the lives of students at a New York school of performing arts. Standout songs include "Can't Keep It Down", "There She Goes/Fame!" and "Bring On Tomorrow". Directed and choreographed by Nick Winston , this 2018 version of the production stars runner up off BBC's talent show 'Any dream will do' Keith Jack as Nick Piazza, soul-singing legend and star of 'EastEnders' Mica Paris as Miss Sherman and 'Hollyoaks' star and familiar face of reality TV, Jorgie Porter as Iris Kelly.

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December 2019

• Sat 21 Dec → Sun 26 Jan London, Wembley Park Theatre Fame - The Musical

November 2019

• Mon 25 Nov → Sat 30 Nov Peterborough New Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Tue 19 Nov → Sat 23 Nov Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Tue 12 Nov → Sat 16 Nov Barnstaple, Queens Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 4 Nov → Sat 9 Nov Buxton Opera House Fame - The Musical

October 2019

• Mon 21 Oct → Sat 26 Oct Leicester Haymarket Theatre Fame - The Musical

September 2019

• Wed 11 Sep → Sat 19 Oct London, Peacock Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 2 Sep → Sat 7 Sep Eastbourne, Congress Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)

August 2019

• Mon 26 Aug → Sat 31 Aug Bournemouth Pavilion Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 19 Aug → Sat 24 Aug Belfast, Grand Opera House Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 12 Aug → Sat 17 Aug Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 15 Jul → Sat 20 Jul New Brighton, Floral Pavilion Theatre & Blue Lounge Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 1 Jul → Sat 6 Jul Torquay, Princess Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 24 Jun → Sat 29 Jun Milton Keynes Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 10 Jun → Sat 15 Jun The Bristol Hippodrome Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 29 Apr → Sat 4 May Cambridge Arts Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 15 Apr → Sat 20 Apr Stoke-on-Trent, Regent Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 8 Apr → Sat 13 Apr Sunderland Empire Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 1 Apr → Sat 6 Apr Swansea Grand Theatre and Arts Wing Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Tue 26 Mar → Sat 30 Mar Grimsby Auditorium Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 11 Mar → Sat 16 Mar Liverpool Empire Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 4 Mar → Sat 9 Mar York, Grand Opera House Fame - The Musical (Touring)

February 2019

• Mon 25 Feb → Sat 2 Mar Inverness, Eden Court Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 18 Feb → Sat 23 Feb London, New Wimbledon Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Wed 13 Feb → Sat 16 Feb New Theatre Oxford Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 4 Feb → Sat 9 Feb Bath Theatre Royal Fame - The Musical (Touring)

January 2019

• Mon 28 Jan → Sat 2 Feb Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn Fame - The Musical (Touring)

November 2018

• Mon 26 Nov → Sat 1 Dec Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 19 Nov → Sat 24 Nov Birmingham, The Alexandra Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 5 Nov → Sat 10 Nov Brighton, Theatre Royal Fame - The Musical (Touring)

October 2018

• Mon 29 Oct → Sat 3 Nov Ipswich, Regent Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 22 Oct → Sat 27 Oct Edinburgh, Kings Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 15 Oct → Sat 20 Oct Bridlington Spa Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Tue 9 Oct → Sat 13 Oct Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 1 Oct → Sat 6 Oct Woking, New Victoria Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)

September 2018

• Mon 24 Sep → Sat 29 Sep Cardiff, New Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Tue 11 Sep → Sat 15 Sep Aberdeen, His Majesty's Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 3 Sep → Sat 8 Sep Reading, Hexagon Fame - The Musical (Touring)

August 2018

• Mon 27 Aug → Sat 1 Sep Bradford, Alhambra Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 20 Aug → Sat 25 Aug Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 13 Aug → Sat 18 Aug Blackpool Winter Gardens Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 6 Aug → Sat 11 Aug Llandudno, Venue Cymru Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Mon 30 Jul → Sat 4 Aug Glasgow, Kings Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)
• Fri 20 Jul → Sat 28 Jul Manchester, Palace Theatre Fame - The Musical (Touring)

October 2016

• Sat 8 Oct Felixstowe, Spa Pavilion Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 7 Oct Felixstowe, Spa Pavilion Theatre Fame - The Musical

August 2016

• Sat 27 Aug The Bristol Hippodrome Fame - The Musical

October 2014

• Mon 13 Oct → Sat 18 Oct King's Lynn Corn Exchange Fame - The Musical

September 2014

• Mon 29 Sep → Sat 4 Oct Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn Fame - The Musical

August 2014

• Mon 11 Aug → Sat 16 Aug Perth Theatre & Concert Hall Fame - The Musical
• Mon 21 Jul → Sat 26 Jul Bromley, Churchill Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 14 Jul → Sat 19 Jul Torquay, Princess Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 23 Jun → Sat 28 Jun Glasgow, Kings Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 26 May → Sat 31 May The Bristol Hippodrome Fame - The Musical
• Mon 19 May → Sat 24 May Woking, New Victoria Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 12 May → Sat 17 May Milton Keynes Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 5 May → Sat 10 May Salford, The Lowry Fame - The Musical
• Mon 28 Apr → Sat 3 May Stoke-on-Trent, Regent Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 21 Apr → Sat 26 Apr Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 14 Apr → Sat 19 Apr Liverpool Empire Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 24 Mar → Sat 29 Mar Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 17 Mar → Sat 22 Mar York, Grand Opera House Fame - The Musical
• Mon 10 Mar → Sat 15 Mar Sunderland Empire Fame - The Musical
• Mon 3 Mar → Sat 8 Mar Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Fame - The Musical

February 2014

• Thu 20 Feb → Sat 1 Mar London, New Wimbledon Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Tue 23 Apr → Sat 27 Apr Todmorden, Hippodrome Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Tue 5 Mar → Sat 9 Mar Glasgow, Kings Theatre Fame - The Musical

February 2010

• Thu 11 Feb → Sat 13 Feb Hertford, BEAM Fame - The Musical

August 2009

• Thu 6 Aug → Sat 8 Aug York, Grand Opera House Fame - The Musical
• Mon 29 Jun → Sat 4 Jul Liverpool Empire Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Tue 26 May → Sat 30 May Brighton Centre Fame - The Musical
• Sat 23 May Belfast, Grand Opera House Fame - The Musical
• Fri 22 May Belfast, Grand Opera House Fame - The Musical
• Mon 18 May → Thu 21 May Belfast, Grand Opera House Fame - The Musical
• Mon 4 May → Sat 9 May Birmingham Hippodrome Fame - The Musical
• Mon 27 Apr → Sat 2 May Sunderland Empire Fame - The Musical
• Sat 18 Apr Bournemouth, RockReef Activity Centre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 17 Apr Bournemouth, RockReef Activity Centre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 13 Apr → Sat 18 Apr Bradford, Alhambra Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Wed 1 Apr → Sat 4 Apr Carlisle, The Sands Centre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 16 Mar Southampton, Mayflower Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Sun 15 Mar Southampton, Mayflower Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Thu 12 Mar → Sat 14 Mar Southampton, Mayflower Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 2 Mar → Sat 7 Mar The Bristol Hippodrome Fame - The Musical

February 2009

• Mon 23 Feb Aberdeen, His Majesty's Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 16 Feb → Thu 19 Feb Woking, New Victoria Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 9 Feb → Sat 14 Feb Hull New Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 2 Feb → Sat 7 Feb Manchester, Opera House Fame - The Musical

January 2009

• Tue 27 Jan → Sat 31 Jan Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Tue 13 Jan → Sat 17 Jan Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Sat 10 Jan Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 9 Jan Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Mon 7 Jul → Fri 11 Jul Doncaster, Civic Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Thu 10 Apr → Sat 12 Apr Cheltenham, Playhouse Theatre Fame - The Musical

August 2007

• Fri 31 Aug → Sat 1 Sep London, Shaftesbury Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 24 Aug → Thu 30 Aug London, Shaftesbury Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 17 Aug → Thu 23 Aug London, Shaftesbury Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 10 Aug → Thu 16 Aug London, Shaftesbury Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 3 Aug → Thu 9 Aug London, Shaftesbury Theatre Fame - The Musical
• Fri 27 Jul → Thu 2 Aug London, Shaftesbury Theatre Fame - The Musical

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The international smash hit sensation following the lives of students at New York's High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their way through the highs and lows, the romances an... Read all The international smash hit sensation following the lives of students at New York's High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their way through the highs and lows, the romances and the heartbreaks and the ultimate elation of life. This bittersweet but uplifting triumph... Read all The international smash hit sensation following the lives of students at New York's High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their way through the highs and lows, the romances and the heartbreaks and the ultimate elation of life. This bittersweet but uplifting triumph explores the issues that confront many young people today: prejudice, identity, pride, li... Read all

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Fame the Musical follows the highs and lows of the final class of New York City's illustrious High School for the Performing Arts from their first year in 1980 to their graduation in 1984. It tells the story of several of the students, depicting their struggles, triumphs and tempestuous relationships with sincerity and dramatic effect. We see their struggles with ambition, fame, and self-confidence through the eyes of students such as Carmen, the ambitious dancer obsessed with fame, serious actor Nick, overweight dancer Mabel, and the talented dancer Tyrone, who struggles desperately with dyslexia. The show does not shy away from complex issues, such as racial prejudice, drug abuse, and sexual exploitation, as the young performers explore the realities of striving for a career in showbusiness.

Fame the Musical is a worldwide success that continues to be performed by growing generations of young performers. It provides a unique opportunity to display a diverse range of talents on the one stage, including dancing, singing, acting, rapping and musicianship.

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Following critical acclaim in the West End, the Fame The Musical  comes to the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre for a limited season.

Starring Keith Jack (BBC’s Any Dream Will Do, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat), soul singer and TV star Mica Paris, and Hollyoaks’ Jorgie Porter, Fame The Musical is the definitive production of this much-loved musical.

Based on the 1980 pop culture film phenomenon, Fame follows the lives of students at New York’s High School For The Performing Arts. Navigating their way through the highs and lows, the romances and the heartbreaks and the ultimate elation of a performer’s life, the students strive for stardom.

The show touches on many of the issues that confront young people today – prejudice, identity, pride, literacy, sexuality, substance abuse and perseverance – in a bittersweet but uplifting triumph of a show. The score includes songs including Think Of Meryl Streep, Bring On Tomorrow and, of course, the Oscar-winning title number, Fame.

Fame The Musical has enjoyed seven West End runs since opening on Broadway in 1988, and continues to be one of the best loved musicals across the world.

With a cast of outstanding dancers, singers, musicians and actors, watch as they transform from star struck pupils to superstars. Fame The Musical will indeed live forever.

Nick -  Keith Jack

Miss Sherman -  Josie Benson

Iris -  Jorgie Porter

Tyrone - Jamal Kane Crawford

Serena - Molly Mcguire

Carmen - Stephanie Rojas

Joe - Albey Brookes

Mabel - Hayley Johnston

Schlomo - Simon Anthony

Goody - Alexander Zane

Lambchops - Louisa Beadel

Miss Bell & Resident Choreographer - Katie Warsop

Mr Myers - Spencer Lee Osborne

Mr. Sheinkopf - Duncan Smith

Ensemble - Morgan Jackson, Tom Mussell, Ryan Kayode, Serina Mathews, Courtney George

Swing - Daisy Edwards

Off-Stage Swing - Lauren Crooks, Jay Le Marrec

Director - Nick Winston

Producer - Selladoor Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Dan Looney & Adam Paulden, Stephen McGill Productions and Jason Haigh-Ellery in association with Big Dreamer Productions/Michael Dahl Rasmussen, BrightLights Productions and Ian Melding

Designer - Morgan Large

Choreographer - Nick Winston

Costume - Lee Tassie

Lighting Designer - Prema Mehta

Musical Director - Dustin Conrad

Sound - Ben Harrison

Author - David de Silva

Book By - Jose Fernandez

Lyrics By - Jacques Levy

Music By - Steve Margoshes

Musical Supervisor -  Mark Crossland

Assistant Choreographer -  Ryan-Lee Seager

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Learn how to fly (high!) with Fame the Musical during its strictly limited run at Peacock Theatre. The definitive 30th anniversary tour stars Keith Jack, Mica Paris and Jorgie Porter, and contains all the famous songs, including the Oscar-winning “Fame”.

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A high class production. In honour of the 30th anniversary of the hit musical, this wonderful production brings top class performers to the stage. Not a show to be missed.

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Fame the Musical tour – behind the scenes

The show has enjoyed seven West End runs since premiering in the USA in 1988 and continues to be performed all over the world.

Based on the Oscar-winning musical film and hugely successful TV series, Fame the Musical tells the story of a group of young talented hopefuls at the world famous High School for Performing Arts in New York who want to succeed in the performing arts. With so many elements conspiring to break them, it may prove too much for some on their journey to success and stardom. But can a musical that’s nearly 25 years old still resonate with audiences today?

“We’re giving the audience the original Fame , but for a new generation,” reveals Gary Lloyd, the director and choreographer of the production (also behind the long-running tribute show Thriller Live ). “The music has all been remixed, the characters are much more believable than I think they have been in the past, and I’ve really tried to tap into the reality TV age we live in now.”

And boy has he done an incredible job. The cast performed the opening song of the show, the demanding number ‘Hard Work”, as well as the performance they put together for BBC1’s The One Show . What we witnessed was not only an impressive display of the cast’s vocal and physical skills, but also a coherent and considered piece of musical theatre; a more realistic interpretation of what life is really like in a performing arts institution.

Performers in rehearsal for Fame the Musical which begins its tour at the New Wimbledon Theatre. Picture: Chris Nash

“My character is very focused, driven and ambitious; he knows what he wants, and when I went to drama school I knew what I wanted out of the training too,” explains Alex Jordan-Mills, who plays Nick Piazza in the production. “In many ways my training was very similar to that of Nick: learn, learn, learn, learn, learn.”

In the modern drama school environment, students are expected to be proficient, if not excellent, at singing, acting, and of course, dancing. Cast member Jodie Steele, who plays the fame hungry Carmen, explains what audiences can expect in this regard: “This production has every style of dance in it: ballet, flamenco, dub-step, house, we’ve got contemporary in there, jazz, acrobatics… it’s going to be an amazing show.”

Alongside Alex Jordan-Mills and Jodie Steele in the cast are Harry Bleumenau, Sarah Harlington, Molly Stewart, Alex Thomas, Sasi Strallen, Joseph Giacone, John Canmore, Alexandra Sarmiento, Ross Lee Fowkes and David Haydn.

Fame the Musical is staged by director/choreographer Gary Lloyd, re-orchestrating the production will be Tom De Keyser. The design concept comes from Diego Pitarch.

* Fame the Musical  runs at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London from 20 February–1 March before embarking on a nationwide UK tour.

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Fame 30th anniversary tour to be streamed online this weekend

The musical will be online from Friday!

22 September 2020

The 30th-anniversary tour production of Fame is directed and choreographed by Nick Winston with design by Morgan Large and sound design by Ben Harrison. Mark Crossland is musical supervisor. Mica Paris, Jorgie Porter, Keith Jack and Stephanie Rojas star in the production.

The musical is based on the iconic film of the same name, following a group of students at a performing arts school. Songs included in the musical are "Can't Keep It Down", "There She Goes/Fame!" and "Bring On Tomorrow".

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Peter Frampton finally finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame doors open to him

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NEW YORK (AP) — At the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last year, Sheryl Crow was about to sing her hit “Everyday Is a Winding Road” when she invited a rock icon up on stage.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I have to bring out one of my heroes — Peter Frampton,” she said as he appeared to huge cheers, slid on a Gibson electric guitar and made musical sparks immediately curl from the instrument.

Frampton was still jamming away when he got a hug from Crow and then Stevie Nicks. When he went into a blistering solo, there was a wide smile on his face. “That's how you do it, Peter Frampton!” Crow screamed.

Call that electric performance a dress rehearsal. This year, Frampton finally will be inducted into the rock hall himself, an honor his fans believe is long overdue. The ceremony is Oct. 19 in Cleveland.

He thanks Crow for sharing her spotlight. “I don’t think I would have been nominated had it not been for Sheryl pushing me out there,” he tells The Associated Press from his home in Nashville. “I will always be indebted to her for a wonderful opportunity she gave me.”

Frampton earned his way into the hall in large part on the strength of his 1976 live double album “Frampton Comes Alive!” — buoyed by the hit songs “Show Me the Way” and ″Baby, I Love Your Way” — that Rolling Stone magazine listed among the 50 greatest live albums of all time.

The guitarist-singer-songwriter has been eligible for the hall since 1998. “I thought it just wasn’t going to happen and I got on with my life,” he says. “I never expect awards. Whatever comes my way, I’m honored and thrilled about.”

The opening of the door for Frampton coincided with a change in hall leadership in 2023 that led to key legacy acts getting invites, like Foreigner and Cher.

They'll join Mary J. Blige, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band, the late Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick, Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton in the class of '24.

“I’m absolutely thrilled for Peter. He’s given his whole life to this business and he deserves as much as anyone does,” said bassist Rick Wills, who is going into the hall with Foreigner and who played with Frampton for years, including co-writing “Do You Feel Like I Do?”

In her acceptance speech, Crow revealed that in 1976 when she was 14, she and six teen friends caught Frampton in concert in Memphis, Tennessee. “I got to sing along with tens of thousands of strangers to ‘Do You Feel Like I Do?’” She called it a pivotal moment.

Perhaps more than any musician, Frampton was associated with the talk box, a guitar effect that runs a tube from an amplifier to the mouth, creating a sound both psychedelic and robotic, a technique that has been used by everyone from Mötley Crüe to Pink Floyd.

“I’ve never been about the bravado of being a star. I’ve never thought of myself that way. I'm a lifelong musician and I just want to be able to play as long as I can," he says.

“I speak through my guitar I think more than I do with words. I think more emotion and soul comes from my notes that I play and than anything I could ever say.”

Major awards until recently have eluded Frampton, who had his music played in films like “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” “Dazed and Confused” and “The Banger Sisters.” Redemption came in 2007 when Frampton’s instrumental album “Fingerprints” won a Grammy Award, his first.

“There’s two things, that I always had a dream about: One was the Grammy, which I got from my instrumental album, which I’m so proud of because I didn’t sing a note. It was just about my guitar playing, so that was thrilling. And then, you know, obviously a dream was maybe one day I’ll be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But I never felt like, ‘Well, I deserve it more than anybody else.’”

He revealed in 2019 that he had a degenerative muscle disease called inclusion body myositis, but plans a tour leading up to his induction — The Positively Thankful Tour, which hits South Carolina, New York, Connecticut, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Washington, D.C. — and is working on songs for others as well as another album.

“I can’t say when it’s going to come out because I’m such a perfectionist. I want every track to be like the best track I’ve ever written,” he says, laughing.

Mark Kennedy is at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits

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Fame The Musical Tickets

About fame the musical.

Selladoor Productions present the definitive 30th anniversary tour of Fame The Musical.

Based on the 1980 phenomenal pop culture film of the same name, Fame The Musical is the international smash hit sensation following the lives of students at New York’s High School For The Performing Arts as they navigate their way through the highs and lows, the romances and the heartbreaks and the ultimate elation of life. This bittersweet but uplifting triumph of a show explores the issues that confront many young people today: prejudice, identity, pride, literacy, sexuality, substance abuse and perseverance.

Featuring the Oscar-winning title song and a cast of outstanding dancers, singers, musicians and rappers as they transform from star struck pupils to superstars, Fame The Musical will indeed live forever.

2hrs 30mins (inc. interval)

23rd December, 2019

26th January, 2020

Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Recommended for ages 12+

Location: Fringe/Off West End Railway station: Wembley Stadium Bus numbers : (Fulton Road) 206

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