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Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues — release date, cast, plot and everything we know about the comedy sequel

Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues, a sequel to the classic rock-and-roll mockumentary, is on the way. Here is everything we know about it.

WhatToWatch

This Is Spinal Tap at 40: the note-perfect rock satire still goes up to 11

Christopher Guest and Rob Reiner made a 1984 classic that ingeniously straddles the ‘fine line between stupid and clever’

The Guardian - US

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?

The Guardian - UK

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Paul McCartney and Elton John to appear in Rob Reiner’s Spinal Tap sequel

Director Rob Reiner teased details about the long-awaited sequel during a podcast appearance

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks will appear in the upcoming Spinal Tap movie

Director Rob Reiner has confirmed that the long-awaited sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will begin filming in February

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Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante sing Spinal Tap's Tonight I'm Going To Rock You at chaotic 1991 Los Angeles club show

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar hero John Frusciante shows off his vocal chops with enthusiastic Spinal Tap cover at 1991 club gig

Metal Hammer

McFly took unlikely inspiration from spoof rock band while recording new album

The group returned to the charts with their anthem Where Did All The Guitars Go? and have made a record reminiscent of a notorious comedy act

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Ted Lasso: I tried but in the end I just didn’t believe

FourFourTwo's Deputy Editor Matt Ketchell didn’t make it to Season Three of Apple’s hit TV show, Ted Lasso. He explains why.

FourFourTwo

Liz Truss took a ‘Spinal Tap approach’ to government, says former speech writer

Asa Bennett told the BBC the ex-prime minister demanded the volume was ‘turned up to 11’ when she arrived

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss tried to take ‘Spinal Tap approach’ to running UK, says aide

The former PM always wanted to ‘turn it up to 11’ her chief speech writer has said

Evening Standard

Liz Truss’s ‘Spinal Tap approach’ to running Britain

The former PM always wanted to ‘turn it up to 11’ her chief speech writer has said.

The Independent UK

Items belonging to Whitesnake guitarist Steve Vai to fetch thousands at auction

Instruments and memorabilia from the musician, who collaborated with fictional British band Spinal Tap, are due to be auctioned on November 12.

The Independent UK

With sequel plans, Rob Reiner turns 'Spinal Tap' up to 11

Rob Reiner is getting the band back together

The Independent UK

This Is Spinal Tap sequel set for release in 2024, reveals director Rob Reiner

Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest will return as the infamous British rock band 40 years after the original film

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The Independent UK

Ric Parnell death: Spinal Tap drummer who played Mick Shrimpton dies aged 70

News was announced by ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ co-star Harry Shearer

Tribune News Service

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is loving his spoken-word tour: 'I can outdo Spinal Tap very easily!'

Bruce Dickinson is used to performing in arenas and stadiums as the lead singer in the English heavy-metal band Iron Maiden. But for his 2022 North American spoken-word tour, the veteran singer, throat-cancer survivor, author, airline pilot, motivational speaker, radio host, beer brewer and competitive fencer is happily appearing in…

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson makes more band changes than Spinal Tap — let’s see how this plays

If your problem is relations with MPs, it’s not a terrible idea to put a loyal MP into the heart of Downing Street

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