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Peter Frampton announces farewell tour following muscle disease diagnosis
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 25 February 2019
Peter Frampton has announced plans to head out on a final tour, after being diagnosed with the degenerative muscle disease inclusion body myositis.
The guitarist announced his diagnosis at the weekend on CBS show ‘This Morning’, saying: “The reason I’m calling it the ‘farewell tour’ is because I know that I will be at the top of my game for this tour and I will make it through this and people won’t be saying, ‘Oh you know, he can’t play as good’. I can. But we just don’t know for how long”.
“I’m a perfectionist”, he added. “I do not want to go out there and feel like, ‘Oh I can’t, this isn’t good’. That would be a nightmare for me. It’s my passion. I’ve been playing guitar for 60 years. Started when I was eight and now I’m 68. So, I’ve had a very good run”.
The US tour is set to begin in July and run through to mid-October. Each ticket sold will include a $1 donation to the Peter Frampton Myositis Research Fund.