Gimme Some Money
I was lucky enough to be invited to Spinal Tap’s recent “One Night World Tour”. Naturally they played two gigs because they also played at the Glastonbury festival.
For those not ever so familiar with the work of Spinal Tap, or who would enjoy a reminder, here’s a brief taste of guitarist Nigel Tufnell being interviewed about Stonehenge (a subject that has been something of an obsession for the band and about which they wrote a song):
The guys from Spinal Tap put on a hugely entertaining show…
Had some special guests like Keith Emmerson…
Invited a selected part of the audience to join them…
And had several people join in playing bass on ‘Big Bottom’…
At the aftershow party Justin Hawkins and I discussed the balance on the “Bass Shuttle” he’d designed and he was good enough to let me test it for myself (it’s very well balanced, surprisingly)…
Very little consumer behaviour-wise (I was a guest, so I didn’t even buy the ticket), but if they tour again in another 25 years I heartily recommend revelling in the wonderfully entertaining world of Spinal Tap’s tour!
Philip Graves
