WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — The knob won’t be turned up to 11 for Spinal Tap’s reunion tour, which stops at the Paramount Theatre on April 29.
Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer — the actors who portrayed the faux heavy metal rock band in the 1984 mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap” — are leaving their wigs and costumes in their closets for the “Unwigged and Unplugged” tour. The actor-musicians will play songs from “This is Spinal Tap” unplugged, and they’ll also throw in a couple tunes from the folk-centric “A Mighty Wind” in their natural acoustic arrangements.
“When we were doing the ‘Tap’ show, it was 90 minutes to 120 minutes of really, really hard work and running up and down the rafters, and we had big special effects, and we played electric instruments, and we had wigs, and we got very sweaty,” said McKean, who played lead singer David St. Hubbins. “This is none of that.”
Tickets, $39.50-$55, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at , or 866-461-6556.
