Peter Frampton Says He 'Did Everything to Enhance' His Famous Hair as It Started to Thin in the '80s
Peter Frampton Says He 'Did Everything to Enhance' His Famous Hair as It Started to Thin in the '80s
Meredith WilshereSat, June 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM UTC
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Peter Frampton in 1977; Peter Frampton in 2026Credit: Bettmann/Getty; Arturo Holmes/Getty -
Peter Frampton told Page Six that David Bowie encouraged him to cut his hair during their 1987 "Glass Spider" tour
Frampton reflects on the pressure of following up his record-breaking album Frampton Comes Alive! and taking control of his career
PEOPLE also spoke with Frampton at the Tribeca Festival about his career and his new documentary, Frampton
Peter Frampton's long, golden locks were nearly as famous as his music during his rise to fame in the '70s.
However, being so synonymous with his hair made losing it even harder. As his music gained popularity following the release of Frampton Comes Alive! in 1976, with his hair on full display on the album cover, Frampton shifted his worries to maintaining his mane.
As his hair began thinning, Frampton tried "everything" he could to get it back.
"I did everything to enhance it along the way as it was leaving. I was cataloging them," he recently told Page Six.
The singer, 76, admitted that it was his old friend, David Bowie, who tried to convince him to cut his hair, since it "was starting to, you know, go."
Peter Frampton in 1977Credit: Michael Putland/Getty
"I still kept it really long, and my dear buddy for years, lifelong friend David, said, 'You should cut your hair for this tour,'" Frampton said of joining Bowie on his 1987 "Glass Spider" tour. "So, the man who recreates himself every five seconds is telling me to cut my hair."
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"I should have damn well done it then!" he admitted.
Not long after the tour finished, Frampton finally did a major chop.
PEOPLE recently caught up with the singer and artist at Tribeca Festival to talk about his career and the release of his new documentary Frampton. His Frampton Comes Alive! era is covered in the film, including its critical acclaim and commercial success.
"I've never been driven by money, only by music and the playing of it," he shared. "Unfortunately, there was at least one, maybe more, that saw me as the golden goose and stopped caring about me and treated me more like a commodity. 'He'll do this, he'll do that.' I was scared to death with the situation I was in."
After Frampton Comes Alive! dominated charts in America and Canada, Frampton admits it "was the scariest thing for me, because it took me six years to write those songs."
"I'm a perfectionist, and that's why I wasn't thrilled with following up the live album at all. I didn't want to make that album then… [but] I thought, 'Well, all these people that are advising me, they know much more. They've all had big acts.' And then I suddenly thought, 'Not as big as me.' So that's when I started taking control."
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