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"I asked, Where are the harnesses? The answer was, Between the butt plugs and the ball stretchers." How Judas Priest's Rob Halford and an 'eye-opening" visit to a Hollywood sex shop inspired Derek Smalls' iconic stage wear in This Is Spinal Tap

How one of the world's great comic actors got into character for This Is Spinal Tap

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The day that one of BritPop's biggest and best-loved stars shocked Glastonbury festival by joining hard rock legends Spinal Tap for a controversial celebration of plus-sized female buttocks

Glastonbury festival 2009 was not ready for a national treasure getting behind Spinal Tap's lewd ode to bum cakes and velvety cheeks

Louder

"He smells like the inside of your grandmother's purse": Spinal Tap's improbable return is the comeback no one expected – and even fewer requested

Three men, one vision, several lawsuits

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"We’ve decided not to count drummers anymore, it got depressing when we got to two figures." An audience with Spinal Tap legend David St. Hubbins

Spinal Tap singer/guitarist David St. Hubbins on beefing with Metallica, hanging with Ronnie James Dio and why they could never be Slipknot

Metal Hammer

Mushroom murders, riotous mockumentary and a surveillance thriller: what to watch in October

This month’s streaming lineup has plenty to offer, whether you’re chasing thrills, a nostalgic romcom, or some humour to keep you company as you settle in after a long day of work.

The Conversation

Why This Is Spinal Tap remains the funniest rock satire ever made

With Spinal Tap II: The End Continues hitting cinemas, now is the perfect moment to revisit its precursor, one of most influential and hilarious comedy films ever made, 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap.

The Conversation

When is 'Spinal Tap 2' streaming? Here's our best guess

Find out when you might be able to watch 'Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" at home.

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41 Years Later, The Most Absurd Movie Experiment Of The '80s Just Got A Huge Upgrade (And A Sequel)

Inverse spoke with director Rob Reiner about how a fake rock documentary tapped into pop culture and landed a sequel.

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We Talked To Spinal Tap II's Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer And Co. About Ringo Starr Declining, The Condition Of The Latest Drummer, And So Much More

A conversation with the legendary band.

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Five basses! Spinal Tap recruit Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat for bottom-heavy Jimmy Kimmel performance

Movie and album are both out Friday

MusicRadar

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review – rockers return for mockusequel of pin-sharp laughs and melancholy

Enter the Tapocalypse as Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner return in a still-funny, cameo-studded telling of the hapless band’s final gig

The Guardian - UK

"It's up to King Charles, it's not up to us." British rock legends Spinal Tap play down speculation over possible knighthoods, excite US talk show host with surprisingly meaty Big Bottom

Could we soon see Spinal Tap trio on their knees awaiting the touch of King Charles' sword? Time will tell

Louder

‘Our songs last three minutes but they feel like an hour’: the return of Spinal Tap – an exclusive that goes up to 11!

Over 40 years since This Is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back for a legally obligated final gig. Our writer smells the glove

The Guardian - UK

“Spinal Tap was getting ready for one of its shows. Paul McCartney was in another room rehearsing, and he happened to walk in one day”: Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner on the real-life encounter that inspired a scene in the highly anticipated sequel

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will see Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls reunite after 41 years – alongside on-screen appearances by McCartney and Elton John

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Louder

Filmmaker Marty DiBergi is hosting a live Q&A with Spinal Tap legends David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls ahead of the release of his new documentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

"Why don't you just make ten louder, and make ten be the top number, and make that a little louder?"

Total Film

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 live coverage – All the news from SDCC 2025 as it happened

All the news and panel announcements from SDCC 2025, as it happened, can be found right here

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Watch Paul McCartney and Elton John (and Spinal Tap) in the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

41 years on, the trailer for the sequel to the original Spinal Tap movie is finally upon us

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5 Reasons Why This Is Spinal Tap Is Still The Funniest Movie I've Ever Seen In My Entire Life

There really is a fine line between stupid and clever.

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“I walk in and see on the board: ‘Beck, Satriani, Lukather, Slash.’ I thought it was a send-up”: Spinal Tap once surprised Nigel Tufnel with an all-star guitar solo tribute – but he wasn't thrilled about it

Explaining (well, bickering about, really) the star-studded Break Like the Wind, David St. Hubbins maintained that the collaboration was merely intended as a friendly gesture from admirers, and that Tufnel misunderstood it

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“This time, we’re going beyond 11.” Watch the first teaser for Spinal Tap sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, as a release date for the second 'rockumentary' on the legendary English hard rock band is announced

Prepare to go one louder with David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, Derek Smalls, Elton John, Paul McCartney and more

Evening Standard

Teaser released for Spinal Tap II as Elton John confirmed for cameo

The brief clip shows an amp being set to maximum as the cinema release date is revealed as September.

Metal Hammer

A ludicrous six-neck guitar played by Spinal Tap has gone to auction – and you better buy it before I do

For between £2,000 and £3,000, the most ridiculous guitar I’ve ever seen could be yours

Louder

“I'm not having that!” The night Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher stormed out of a Spinal Tap gig in New York after discovering that the English hard rock legends weren't actually a real band, or indeed English

No-one tell Liam Gallagher that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy aren't real, the poor lamb is still getting over the shock of learning that Spinal Tap aren't who he thought they were

Metal Hammer

"Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed": Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner reveals what the band have been up to since breaking up

A sequel to the classic Spinal Tap movie will hit theatres in 2025

Louder

“Spinal Tap is demanding that the Trump campaign refrain from playing Sex Farm at their rallies.” Legendary English rockers Spinal Tap forbid Donald Trump from turning his presidential campaign up to 11

Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls warns Donald Trump not to plough through the band's metaphorical beanfields

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