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Posted in music | tour dates on April 9, 2009

Spoof band Spinal Tap have announced a "world tour" consisting of a single June date at London's Wembley Arena.Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer, the men wearing the wigs in Spinal Tap, aren't going on a world tour, but they are going on a much larger tour which includes 2 NYC shows at Beacon Theater. One (5/26) has been on sale for over a month. One (5/27), though initially announced by the band, was just announced by the venue.The tour marks the 25th anniversary of mockumentary film, This is Spinal Tap, which launched the band's career.
The band will be backed by 1960s folk trio The Folksmen, the focus of another spoof film, 2003's A Mighty Wind.
Spinal Tap's lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel commented: "If we're going to do a World tour on only one night, at least it's this world."
Bassist Derek Smalls added: "one night is not enough, and it's way too much". [BB C]
Tickets for the March May 27th show at Beacon Theater go on pre-sale this morning at 10 am. [ Password = UNWIGGED ]. Regular sale starts 24 hours later.
Video from Spinal Tap's 2007 Live Earth appearance, below...
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any chance of an actual wigged tap show in nyc?
Posted by Anonymous | April 9, 2009 10:31 AM
I think they should do the wiged and full costume tour. That made them who they are. I hope they also have the same stage and show.
Posted by dsl | May 22, 2011 11:15 AM