The Return of Tap / April 25 2007
How delighted I was to learn today that seminal rock band Spinal Tap are to reform. They will play the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium in London in July. The group were created for Rob Reiner’s cult 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap.
I have worked with Rob Reiner’s famous father Carl, who directed my erstwhile band Slaughterhouse 5 and me in the hilarious comedy film Bert Rigby, You’re a Fool. (In this Warner Bros musical extravaganza, we appeared alongside Robert Lindsay and Robbie Coltrane as well as veteran US actor Bruno Kirby who also features in This Is Spinal Tap. I remember we had a marvellous discussion with him about his role in that movie, something of which he was very proud. Unfortunately, Bruno is no longer with us; he died recently in the States. Rest in peace, little guy. You can see a clip of our appearance together on the Slaughterhouse 5 website.)
I shall try to get to the Live Earth gig as I would love to see guitarist Nigel Tufnel and the boys in action. The concert is one of seven shows that will take place around the world to highlight climate change. Interviewed recently, Rob Reiner joked that Christopher Guest, who plays Tufnel, thought global warming meant he was ‘wearing too much clothing.’
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