The English guitarist, now 68 years old, will kick off his farewell tour on June 18 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will play his final concert in North America at the Concord Pavilion in Concord on October 12. He has lived in the United States for a long time and considers it his home.

A Rare Muscle Disease Affects Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton has revealed that he is battling inclusion body myositis, also known as IBM, a rare autoimmune disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and atrophy. He has said that he will retire from performing live this year and has announced that he will retire from performing this year. revealed

According to Frampton, his ailment, which is not life-threatening nor treatable, will not impact his voice but will limit his ability to play the guitar. His condition is neither life-threatening nor treatable. Throughout the following three months, he intends to record as much music as possible and then release a new double album around the time of the tour.

The information about Frampton’s diagnosis was made public for the first time on Saturday, February 23, in a pair of interviews that he gave to Rolling Stone and CBS’s “This Morning: Saturday.”

“I’m a perfectionist, and I do not want to go out there and feel like, ‘Oh, I can’t, this isn’t good,’ ” Frampton told CBS. “That would be a nightmare for me.”

One of the best-selling live albums, “Frampton Comes Alive!” Frampton was released in 1976. It was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, the Long Island Arena in New York, and the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael. Three of its singles, “Show Me the Way,” “Baby, I Love Your Way,” and “Do You Feel Like We Do,” reached the Billboard 100, and the album has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide.

 Last Tour Date Ever In Bay Area

As a seasoned sideman, Frampton has shared the stage with many notable artists, including David Bowie, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, and many more.

In addition to playing himself on “The Simpsons” for the past six decades, Peter Frampton co-founded the rock supergroup Humble Pie when he was 18. He also served as the technical adviser on Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie “Almost Famous,” In 2007, his album “Fingerprints” won a Grammy for best pop instrumental album.

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Frampton told Rolling Stone that he first became aware of the ailment around four years ago when he collapsed onstage while attempting to kick a beach ball. He was unavailable for an interview with The Chronicle. Save for his children and band, he had kept it a secret until now.

The illness that Mike Krukow, a prominent San Francisco Giants commentator, suffers from is known as IBM. According to Frampton, $1 from each ticket purchased during his tour will be donated to a Johns Hopkins University foundation for myositis research.

Perhaps a main door in my life is closing, but many others are opening simultaneously, he remarked. LiveNation.com will start selling tickets for the Concord Pavilion performance at 10 a.m. on March 1. At Frampton.com, the artist’s website, VIP packages are offered. Citi card holders can purchase tickets in advance from 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 26, until 10:00 p.m. through Citi’s VIP Pass program on Thursday, February 28.