This is Spinal Tap is an absolute riot and one of my favorite movies in the whole damn world. Several times over the years, the actors have donned the hair band gear and gone on full length tours and one off shows and performed as Spinal Tap. I've never gotten the chance to see them until I spotted this on a news site....
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.
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I have always vowed that if I won the lottery one of the first things I would do if I won would be to get them to play a full show in costume. Since that isn't happening, this is as close as I think I'm gonna get. I am sooooooooooooooooooooo there.