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Fraser Lewry

"Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed": Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner reveals what the band have been up to since breaking up

Spinal Tap publicity still.

Film director Rob Reiner has shed some light on what the key members of Spinal Tap – David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls – have been doing since they disbanded after a one-date world tour in 2009.

Speaking to film magazine Empire, Reiner says, "Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed. He’s also been performing with a local folk band in the village that play penny whistle and mandolin, and he plays electric guitar with them. We show a little clip of that.

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