A quarter century after heavy metal fans first witnessed amps that go to 11 and heard about the spontaneous combustion of drummers, mockumentary heroes
Spinal Tap are reuniting for a North American tour - and it kicks off in Vancouver.
Famed filmmaker and actor
Christopher Guest, actor
Michael McKean and TV/radio legend
Harry Shearer - also stars of
A Mighty Wind - are embarking on the 30-date tour starting
April 17 at the
Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts.
Dubbed
Unwigged & Unplugged: An
Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer,
the tour will see the trio perform without their trademark costumes.
"We've never gone out as ourselves,"
Shearer said Monday during webcast press conference on Tuesday. "It's
interesting - after playing characters all these years, we're having
meetings trying to figure out who WE are. We have to ask
ourselves, 'What would WE do?'"
The set list will comprise songs from the two Spinal Tap albums -
"Hell Hole", anyone? - as well as tunes from
A Mighty Wind.
The only other Canadian stop is at Toronto's
Massey Hall on
May 21. Full list of dates after the jump!
April 17: Vancouver, B.C. (Center for the Performing
Arts)
April 19: Portland, Ore. (Keller Auditorium)
April 20: Seattle (Paramount Theatre)
April 22: Oakland, Calif. (Paramount Theatre)
April 23: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara County Bowl)
April 26: Los Angeles (The Wiltern)
April 27: Phoenix, Ariz. (Dodge Theatre)
April 29: Denver (Paramount Theatre)
May 1: Houston, Texas (Jesse H, Jones Hall)
May 2: Dallas (Nokia Theatre)
May 4: Jacksonville, Fla. Florida Theatre)
May 5: Miami (The Fillmore)
May 6: Orlando, Fla, (Hard Rock Live)
May 8: St. Petersburg, Fla. (Mahaffey Theatre)
May 9: Atlanta (Fox Theatre)
May 10: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)
May 12: Baltimore (Lyric Opera House)
May 13: Washington, D.C. (Warner Theatre)
May 14: Philadelphia (Keswick Theatre)
May 17: Columbus, Ohio (Palace Theatre)
May 19: Cleveland, Ohio (State Theatre)
May 21: Toronto (Massey Hall)
May 22: Mashantucket, Conn. (MGM Grand Theatre
at Foxwoods)
May 23: Boston (The Wilbur Theatre)
May 24: Atlantic City, N.J. (Music Box at The Borgata)
May 26: New York (Beacon Theatre)
May 27: New York (Beacon Theatre)
May 29: Detroit (Fox Theatre)
May 30: Chicago (Chicago Theatre)
May 31: Milwaukee, Wis. (Riverside Theatre)
