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According to Billboard.com, SPINAL TAP will embark on a 30-date concert tour this spring. The six-week theater trek, dubbed "Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer", kicks off April 17 in Vancouver and runs through May 31 in Milwaukee. Tickets go on sale starting Friday (March 6).

The trio is in the midst of recording a new SPINAL TAP album that will be released May 26 and feature the "original studio versions" of the live songs on "This is Spinal Tap" and some new songs — including the ironically titled "Short and Sweet", a 20-minute epic to which they're "adding stellar guitar player (guest) as we speak," according to Michael McKean.

Read more at Billboard.com.

"Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer" tour dates:

Apr. 17 - Vancouver, B.C. - Center for the Performing Arts
Apr. 19 - Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
Apr. 20 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
Apr. 22 - Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
Apr. 23 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara County Bowl
Apr. 26 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
Apr. 27 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
Apr. 29 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
May 01 - Houston, TX - Jesse H, Jones Hall
May 02 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre
May 04 - Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
May 05 - Miami, FL - The Fillmore
May 06 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
May 08 - St. Petersburg, FL - Mahaffey Theatre
May 09 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
May 10 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
May 12 - Baltimore, MD - Lyric Opera House
May 13 - Washington, D.C. - Warner Theatre
May 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Keswick Theatre
May 17 - Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
May 19 - Cleveland, OH - State Theatre
May 21 - Toronto, ONT - Massey Hall
May 22 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
May 23 - Boston, MA - The Wilbur Theatre
May 24 - Atlantic City, NJ - Music Box at The Borgata
May 26 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
May 27 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
May 29 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
May 30 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
May 31 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre

Now only if i didn't have Mastodon on the 12th i might have checked this out.

cungar

This is Spinal Tap is my favorite comedy of all time. That said, almost nothing they've done as a band since the film has been even remotely as hilarious. It was a perfect melding of talent and timing that just can't be repeated.

cdollaz

The tour title is silly. Just call it "Spinal Tap." No need to mention the actors who play them.

bunkaroo

I have a feeling it might be billed that way if they do some non-Spinal Tap stuff. Maybe some music from A Mighty Wind.

mndtrp

More info from a link (that wasn't hyperlinked) in the op's post.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/...03946771.story

LickTheABCs

yay!

Torchur317

I hated the movie but that's really interesting that they are doing a tour now.... lol

Supermallet

They've done shows before, I saw them back in high school. It was before A Mighty Wind had come out, and they opened for themselves as The Folksmen. It was actually better than the Spinal Tap performance. I'm not sure I'll bother this time around.

Drexl

Now we know why the BD release was delayed.

lopper

If I hadn't bought Flight of the Conchords tickets already, I'd probably snatch up a couple of tickets to the Phoenix show.

But, between a mini-vacation at the end of this month and a couple of other nonessential expenditures in the near future, I just can't justify spending the money.

Bummer for me.

Darth Maher

I was kind of hoping for an actual Spinal Tap tour since I missed them in 1992.

But it should still be interesting. I plan on attending the Chicago show.

Maybe they'll do an electric set in the middle of the acoustic show. It's kind of backwards from what most bands do so it would fit the Spinal Tap motif perfectly.

cungar

It's hard to choose which fake band to see

wishbone

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majorjoe23

I wish they were playing Minneapolis, Omaha or KC.

Jason

I thought they were just going out as themselves, not as Tap.

dick_grayson

Yeah, that's kind of misleading. Not in character or, at least, playing metal, then no dice.

Buford T Pusser

Time to check out ticket prices...

chuckd21

Just bought my tix!

chuckd21

Saw them last night. I highly recommend the show if they're coming to your city... it was great fun.

Buford T Pusser

drat-I'll be out of town when they're here.

sauce07

I saw the show on Tuesday, I had a permanent smile on my face. Think up some good questions for the Q&A session if you go.

Ky-Fi

Saw the Boston show on Saturday---what a great time!

I was very pleasantly surprised to hear "Corn Wine", "This Bulging River" and "The Good Book" (not sure if that's the title--from Mighty Wind). Aside from the fun, what really gets you while watching these guys is what good musicians they are---I didn't hear a wrong note all night. But yes, as sauce07 said, my face actually got sore from smiling the whole show.

[email protected]

I also was at the Boston (aka "Gateway to Lowell") show on Saturday. Surprisingly good! I thought it would be amusing at first, but then get a little old after a while. But not the case - even at two hours long, they kept it rolling right along.

I also liked that they paused in the middle of the show and took questions from the audience. Good fun!

Jazzbutcher

I'd like to propose a practical question at this point: are they going to play stonehenge?

Ky-Fi

Regarding the show I saw, the answer is "YES THEY ARE FU*KING PLAYING STONEHENGE!"