This Is Spinal Tap director insists Stonehenge scene was not inspired by Black Sabbath's stage prop blunder

Black Sabbath in Spain part of their European tour, (clockwise) Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ian Gillan and Geezer Butler. 14th September 1983. .

The director of cult hit movie This Is Spinal Tap has cleared up a long-held misperception that the famous Stonehenge scene in the movie was inspired by a similar incident on a Black Sabbath tour.

In the 1984 film, the band Spinal Tap commissioned an artist to create a huge recreation of the mystical prehistoric structure that draws countless visitors to the Stonehenge site in England.