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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

Paul McCartney and Elton John to appear in Spinal Tap sequel

Christopher Guest in 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap.
Back up to 11 … Christopher Guest in 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap. Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy

Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the sequel to cult mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, for which filming is due to get under way early next year, it has been revealed.

Rob Reiner, director of the original 1984 release as well as the sequel, was speaking to comedian Richard Herring on the latter’s RHLSTP (Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast). Reiner told Herring, after the latter expressed his admiration for This Is Spinal Tap, that “everybody’s back” for the sequel and that filming would begin at the end of February.

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