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THE TRUTH ABOUT: St hubbins - Caught on Camera

"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

Metal Hammer

Metallica may have ‘stolen’ Spinal Tap’s album art, but the comedy-metal legends aren’t bitter about it

David St Hubbins downplays the idea of a feud between Spinal Tap and the world’s biggest metal band

Metal Hammer

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

Movie and album are both out Friday

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"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

“This is probably the only time you will read Julian Lage and Nigel Tufnel’s names in the same sentence”: Every guitar featured in the trailer for Spinal Tap II, from St. Vincent’s Music Man to Joe Satriani’s Ibanez JS-3

The Spinal Tap II trailer is finally here – and this is what Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls will be playing in the movie

Guitar World

“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

Guitar World

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“Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed”: Rob Reiner shares some details about Spinal Tap II

One of the new songs is called ‘Rockin’ In The Urn’

MusicRadar

"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

Metal Hammer

Hello Cleveland! What's wrong with being sexy? Eleven ways in which Spinal Tap changed the lexicon of rock

The improvised lines from Spinal Tap that have been assimilated into common rock parlance and beyond

Metal Hammer

Can Spinal Tap sequel live up to film’s ludicrous legend, 40 years on?

It was the rock-mockumentary that set a standard for those that followed. Now Macca and Elton are joining the band for an encore. Will its lethal wit survive?

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