Spinal Tap announced at a press conference yesterday that they will be going on tour later this spring –- but not as Spinal Tap. Confused? Let me explain. The core Tap trio of actor-comedians, Christopher Guest (aka "Nigel Tufnell"), Michael McKean ("David St. Hubbins"), and Harry Shearer ("Derek Smalls"), are hitting the road for a 30-date "Unwigged & Unplugged" tour, which starts on April 17 in Vancouver, B.C., and ends in Milwaukee on May 31. And they will be playing songs from both 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap and 2003’s A Mighty Wind, in which the three played aging folkies The Folksmen. BUT they will be leaving their Tap outfits –- and, in Shearer’s case, the foil-wrapped vegetables -– behind and perform as themselves. The Tap are also set to release a new CD on May 25. I can’t confirm at the moment as to whether they will try to “milk it for a few more years in Europe.”
So what do you think PopWatchers? Will Stonehenge still be funny without the spandex? Or, for that matter, a very small Stonehenge? And, as a supplementary question, which real-life, follically-challenged British rock act is rumored to have actually taken a wig roadie –- a “hair technician”, if you will -– on the road with them?
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Oh I am so there!
I thought Christopher Guest died?!?!?
This is practically all I’ve been talking about all day – can’t wait!!!
They posted a video of some of their new stuff. Not very Spinal Tap-y:
http://gotchamedia.blogspot.com/2009/03/spinal-tap-reunion.html
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Christopher Guest is alive and well, and married to Jaime Lee Curtis.
The Tap were the first and still the best…but this sounds like a Flight of the Conchords episode.
Oh great — just another rehashing in entertainmentland. Why is there NO originality anymore? Why would anyone care about these washed up has-beens??
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Excellent news! The Tap are back!!!
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The tap are back! That stonehenge sketch reminded me why they were so funny and why Hawkwind must have been one of their inspirations!
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I saw the Tap concert tour in 1991-2, and it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. This news has me intrigued but not convinced. Still, if they’re anywhere near me, I’ll be there to see them. They are surprisingly awesome musicians.
Spinal Tap announced at a press conference yesterday that they will be going on tour later this spring –- but not as Spinal Tap. Confused? Let me explain. The core Tap trio of actor-comedians… are hitting the road for a 30-date “Unwigged & Unplugged” tour”
Someone at a major publication actually wrote this? Seriously?
So what’s the answer to the supplementary question? I’m dying to know…
Absolutely!! Whether they are Spinal Tap, the Folksmen, or simply McKean, Shearer, and Guest, they are fantastic. Hope they come near me.