Michael McKean Confirms That Spinal Tap is Done
It sounds as though Spinal Tap will soon go from 11 all the way down to zero.
The recently released sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues didn’t give any specific indication that the end would stop continuing in the near future. When asked about a potential third movie, director Rob Reiner responded, “Who knows? We never know.”
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But now Michael McKean, who, of course, plays lead singer David St. Hubbins, has confirmed that the fictional group has put away their wigs and trouser zucchinis for good.
During a recent appearance on Jay Mohr’s podcast Mohr Stories, the host asked McKean about the current state of England’s loudest band. “I think we really have reached what you call the coda in music,” McKean told his former Saturday Night Live co-star. “It’s sort of like, ‘Okay, we’re done here.’”
But even though Tap has called it quits, McKean noted that they still have one more project on the horizon. Earlier this year, it was reported Stonehenge had been closing early in order to accommodate a film crew, which seemingly documented a secret Spinal Tap concert at the prehistoric monument they famously tried (and failed) to recreate on stage.
While the footage didn’t appear in Spinal Tap II as many fans were expecting, it was later announced that the band planned on releasing an IMAX concert film in 2026, dubbed Spinal Tap At Stonehenge: The Final Finale, which will feature celebrity guests like Eric Clapton, Shania Twain, and Josh Groban.
“Chris (Guest) and I did one concert in September at Stonehenge,” McKean explained. “We’re the first rock band to actually play Stonehenge. And it was fun, and we filmed it with, like, 16 cameras.”
Surprisingly, the project began with an invitation from the UNESCO World Heritage Site. “They offered us the gig,” the Best in Show star revealed. “Stonehenge said, ‘Would you guys like to play? You’ll be the only band who ever (played at Stonehenge).’ Dude, of course, we’re going to do it. So then it became a movie. So in February or so you’ll be able to see the period on the end of the sentence.”
It’s certainly not a huge surprise to learn that the Spinal Tap film series is officially dead, considering that The End Continues made substantially less money at the box office than the original This is Spinal Tap did in 1984, not even taking inflation into account. And the ‘84 film was considered a flop at the time.
Spinal Tap could always try to recoup some of their losses by suing Sabrina Carpenter for copyright infringement.
