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Frampton The Enforcer
Some artists get security to take care of rowdy audience members but Peter Frampton took things into his own hands – literally – when he threw a fan’s phone in retaliation for breaking the venue’s video rule.
Video and flash photography were forbidden at Sunday’s show in Carmel, Ind., at The Center For The Performing Arts, but that didn’t stop an individual in the front row from shooting video on his phone. Onstage Magazine notes that a fan sitting next to him was taking flash photos on her camera and that Frampton “gestured to them saying, ‘No, don’t do that. Stop!’”
But the duo continued to bug Frampton and the rest of the crowd until the artist walked over and asked if he could look at the man’s phone.
“At some point, enough was enough, and Frampton grabbed the phone from the guy’s hand and heaved it at least a hundred and fifty feet behind the stage while never missing a chord. And the show rolled on to thunderous applause,” according to a fan’s blog post at ke9v.wordpress.com.
Frampton linked to the blog on Facebook saying, “For those of you from the Carmel, IN show you are still scratching your heads as to why I would relieve someone, in the front row, of their phone camera.” He added, “Many thanks to the eyewitnesses who came forward to explain how annoying, ‘Team Distraction’ actually were. And not just to me but everyone [around] them.”