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Perth Now
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Sir Elton John joins fictional rock band Spinal Tap for new version of their classic song Stonehenge
Sir Elton John has joined fictional rock band Spinal Tap for a new version of their classic song Stonehenge. Released on Thursday (31.07.25), as the first single from the band's forthcoming album The End Continues and its accompanying film, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the new recording and video features Elton, 78, performing much of the lead vocals as he rises from beneath the stage at a piano. The original Stonehenge appeared on Spinal Tap's debut album This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984 alongside the cult mockumentary film directed by Rob Reiner. Starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer as the fictional heavy metal band members David St. Hubbins (played by McKean, 77), Nigel Tufnel (Guest, 77) and Derek Smalls (Shearer, 81), it famously included a gag where the band orders a massive Stonehenge replica that arrives at an absurdly small size. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues sees the band reunite for a final concert, with Martin 'Marty' Di Bergi (Reiner, 78) once again directing the documentary. The album going with the movie is set for release on 12 September alongside the film's theatrical debut, and features other collaborations with Sir Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. In an interview with Empire magazine, the band members reflected on their decades-long fictional partnership. Nigel Tufnel said: 'We've had arguments over the years and then made up... arguments, make up, arguments, make up. But there's no secret, because there's no solution for an old friendship.' David St. Hubbins added: 'I think that the more we can leave our egos at the door, the better. But it's not easy. I carry my ego everywhere, but having a big ego is like having a big dog. You can't expect other people to feed it for you.' The new project continues the satirical exploration of rock culture that has made Spinal Tap a lasting icon of comedy and music parody. This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984, was hailed as a groundbreaking mockumentary that satirised the excesses of rock bands. Created by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, it pioneered the comedy-music genre and influenced countless filmmakers and comedians, becoming a cult classic and a lasting cultural touchstone in music and comedy.
Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elton John Gets Druid With It in ‘Stonehenge' Remake Video From ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues'
The band is fake, but the cameo is real. Elton John makes a hilarious pop-in for an updated version of Spinal Tap's iconic tribute to the place where demons dwell, banshees wail and children dance to the pipes of pan in a just-released video for 'Stonehenge.' The single appears on the soundtrack album, The End Continues, a companion to the upcoming sequel to the OG mockumentary, 1984's This Is Spinal Tap. The 13-track LP, due out alongside the film, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, on Sept. 12, features a return to some of the farcical band's most beloved tracks with help from John ('Flower People'), Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood ('Big Bottom') and Sir Paul McCartney ('Cups and Cakes'). More from Billboard Jelly Roll & Shaboozey to Headline Australia's Strummingbird Festival Roze Oficial, Max Carra, Valen & Ramky En Los Controles Rule Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Chart For Third Week With 'Tu Jardín Con Enanitos' Kesha Announces Australian Return With 2026 Tour Dates Following the signature ominously silly intro from guitarist/singer Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) — 'In ancient times/ Hundreds of years before the dawn of history/ Lived a strange race of people, the Druids' — John emerges from the depths of the stage, throws off his hooded cloak and gets to Tapping. 'Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell/ Where the banshees live and they do live well/ Stonehenge! Where a man's a man/ And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan,' John sings over the song's prog rock thunder and unnecessary series of instrumental solos. Whether he's singing about crying dew drops or cats meowing, John capably rocks the arena, except this time, instead of the embarrassingly puny 18-inch recreation of the iconic prehistoric megalithic stone structures in rural England from the original film, the band's crew got the proportions right and a massive, 18-foot-high rock arch descends from the rafters in time for mandolin and gong solos. John totally got into the spirit of the bit on Instagram, writing, 'This was a blast, rocking out with @spinaltap for their new movie, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, and re-recording their epic 'Stonehenge' – this one is best played at volume 11!' Along with the returns of the four Tap classics, the album will also feature nine new songs with predictably laughable titles, including: 'Let's Just Rock Again,' 'Brighton Rock,' 'The Devil's Just Not Getting Old,' 'Rockin' in the Urn' and 'Blood to Let.' When the movie hits screens in September, director Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) will be back in the fold to crank the joke amps up one louder, along with guitarist/singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) and Polymer Records publicist Bobbi Fleckman (Fran Drescher). There will also be cameos from McCartney, John, Brooks and Yearwood, the Roots' Questlove and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Metallica timekeeper Lars Ulrich. Watch John rock 'Stonehenge' below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Spinal Tap Welcome Elton John For Rebuilt ‘Stonehenge'
Spinal Tap gets a glorious do-over of its disastrous 'Stonehenge' performance from the original 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap during the movie's upcoming sequel, this time with a little help from Elton John. The artists' new take on the cut is the lead track from the soundtrack to Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, due Sept. 12 from Interscope in tandem with the film's theatrical release. In an accompanying video, John (wearing a druid cloak, naturally) and his grand piano are seen emerging from beneath the stage to accompany Spinal Tap members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) during a raucous live concert. This time, the stage prop Stonehenge monument has been built in the proper dimensions (18 feet tall, rather than 18 inches) and the band is able to complete the performance without major embarrassment. More from Spin: Foo Fighters Tap Nine Inch Nails' Ilan Rubin As New Drummer IDLES Record Score, New Tracks For Darren Aronofsky's 'Caught Stealing' Rare Jeff Buckley Live Footage To Screen With New Doc As previously reported, The End Continues features numerous real-life music stars, including Paul McCartney, who lends a hand on a remake of Spinal Tap's 'Cups and Cakes,' and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who help enliven 'Big Bottom.' John also guests on a fresh take on 'Flower People,' which in the film's mythology was a hippy-dippy 1967-era early Spinal Tap single in a Beatles style — or, prior to St. Hubbins, Tufnel and Guest being christened 'one of England's loudest bands.' Spinal Tap director/co-writer Rob Reiner announced in 2022 that he and the principal cast of the peerless mockumentary were reuniting for a sequel. The plot is based around the now-septuagenarian Tap reforming to fulfill a contractual obligation with their late manager Ian Faith (Tony Hendra, who portrayed the character in the original film, died in 2021). Here is the track list for The End Continues: 1. 'Nigel's Poem'2. 'Let's Just Rock Again'3. 'Flower People' with Elton John4. 'Brighton Rock'5. 'The Devil's Just Not Getting Old'6. 'Cups and Cakes' with Paul McCartney7. 'I Kissed a Girl'8. 'Angels'9. 'Big Bottom' with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood10. 'Judge and Jury'11. 'Rockin' in the Urn'12. 'Blood To Let'13. 'Stonehenge' with Elton John To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Every guitar featured in the trailer for Spinal Tap II, from St. Vincent's Music Man to Joe Satriani's Ibanez JS-3
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The trailer has finally dropped for the long-awaited Spinal Tap sequel, with our heroes older definitely, wiser maybe, and ready to make some kind of comeback – to climb out of obscurity and reclaim their legacy as one of Britain's great heavy metal institutions. For that, they're going to need guitars, and lots of them. Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown might have made all the early running in the bid to be the most guitar-heavy film of 2025, but for all of Timothée Chalamet and Gibson's efforts, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is going to be 1hr 23 minutes of NAMM on psilocybin. 'A lot has happened since the last time I saw you,' says onscreen director Marty Bergman, after a series of flashbacks to the original movie (we won't retread old gear ground here). Ain't that the truth. There's Tufnel selling cheese. In an interview with Empire, the real director, Rob Reiner, revealed some of the career changes that had been going on with the band. Tufnel did say he wanted to move into retail, and he did. 'Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed,' said Reiner. '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.' St. Hubbins, meanwhile, kept his hand in. He makes music, albeit for a true crime podcast – which sounds close enough to realizing his life's dream of a scoring a light musical based on the life of Jack the Ripper. We also see him in a Mariachi band playing an old Dean nylon-string guitar (is that a Dean España?). 'David St. Hubbins has been living in Morro Bay in California, and he's been writing music for podcasts, particularly this one true-crime podcast called The Trouble With Murder,' explained Reiner. 'He also writes the music that you hear when you're on hold on the phone.' Smalls? He moved into glue. 'Derek is living in London and is now the curator of the New Museum of Glue,' continued Reiner. 'He's curated glue from every country in the world – the whole history of glue – and he shows me around.' Onto the guitars that will feature in Spinal Tap II. As Reiner mentions, Tufnel is on the pub gig circuit. We'd like to think he is playing Slipknot covers but this is very much more of a shirts off for Roy Harper deal. We see him playing a Butterscotch Blonde Tele with a P-90 pickup at the neck. We'd love to see if he has embraced amp modelers, a big old Helix on the floor, but maybe you'll have to wait for the Blu-ray extras for that. This Tele is very Julian Lage. This is probably the only time you will read Julian Lage and Nigel Tufnel's names in the same sentence. Present-day Tap is a band transformed. Hubbins is playing an Ibanez JS-3 Joe Satriani signature guitar. Smalls has a Lakland Skyline bass. Somebody somewhere has probably got a Tonex One in the pocket. Cut to the studio and it is clear the bottom has fallen out of the glue market; Smalls is playing a Schecter C-5 in Satin Metallic Light Blue. His bandmates have more upscale choices. Hubbins has a PRS McCarty 594 Singlecut, and Tufnel has a… Wait! A Collings 470 JL Julian Lage signature model in Antiqued Sunburst! Maybe that T-style was a Nachocaster. Maybe Tufnel and Lage are kindred spirits after all. Lick My Love Pump coming to a Blue Note recording sometime soon? Nothing would surprise us. We are in the craziest of timelines. Note also: there are some Jazzmasters hanging on the wall. Is an indie/alt-rock change of direction written in the stars? Who knows what narrative threads Rob Reiner will pull upon for this sequel, but we can be sure that Paul McCartney and Elton John will be making sizeable cameos. As Guitar World reported, Tufnel is playing St Vincent's signature Ernie Ball Music Man Goldie in a custom Union Jack finish. St. Hubbins is playing an EBMM signature model in Union Jack finish, too, but this is a James Valentine HH model with custom block inlays, because why not? He's the frontman of Spinal Tap. And he's gonna do a number called Stonehenge... Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is out September 12 through Sony Pictures. Solve the daily Crossword
Newsweek
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Fall Movies Release List: All Films Releasing Fall 2025
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Fall is a packed month for movie theatres. In this article you'll find the complete list of every major cinematic release. From August to November you can expect a wave of diverse offerings featuring Disney legacy sequels, chilling horrors (both original and sequel) and more than one musical biopic of singing legends. Fall kicks off in high spirits with "The Naked Gun", which sees Liam Neeson in his silliest career role to date as the hapless police detective causing unintentional hilarity across LA. Chilling imagery from Weapons Chilling imagery from Weapons Warner Bros. Pictures Pedro Pascal, meanwhile, stars in one might be the sleeper hit of the year in child abduction tale "Weapons". Onto September and for highlights we have a double scoop of nostalgia. The first comes in the form of "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale", which sees Hugh Bonneville return for more stories at the beloved British manor. Then, just when you thought it couldn't get more emotional, along comes "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" to give the classic '80s rock mockumentary its final encore. The stars of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale The stars of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Focus Features The Fall season bows out in October, but not before dropping two true-life tales of music icons. Antoine Fuqua's "Michael" details the life of Michael Jackson (Jaafar Jackson), while "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" chronicles Bruce's rags to riches rise with Jeremy Allen-White in the lead role. Read on for our complete Fall 2025 movie preview All Movies Releasing Fall 2025 The Naked Gun Release Date: August 1, 2025 Director: Akiva Schaffer Starring: Liam Neeson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, Pamela Anderson, Danny Huston, Cody Rhodes Freakier Friday Release Date: August 8, 2025 Director: Nisha Ganatra Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Butler, Chad Michael Murray Weapons Release Date: August 8, 2025 Director: Zach Cregger Starring: Pedro Pascal, Renata Reinsve Nobody 2 Release Date: August 15, 2025 Director: Timo Tjahjanto Starring: Connie Nielsen, Sharon Stone, Christopher Lloyd Americana Release Date: August 15, 2025 Director: Tony Tost Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Zahn McClarnon, Halsey Caught Stealing Release Date: August 29, 2025 Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz The Toxic Avenger Release Date: August 29, 2025 Director: Macon Blair Starring: Peter Dinklage, Taylour Paige, Jacob Tremblay, Elijah Wood, Kevin Bacon The Roses Release Date: August 29, 2025 Director: Jay Roach Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Ncuti Gatwa The Conjuring: Last Rites Release Date: September 5, 2025 Director: Michael Chaves Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ben Hardy Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Release Date: September 12, 2025 Director: Simon Curtis Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Release Date: September 12, 2025 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Release Date: September 19, 2025 Director: Kogonada Starring: Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Billy Magnussen Ella McCay Release Date: September 19, 2025 Director: James L. Brooks Starring: Woody Harrelson, Ayo Edebiri, Jack Lowden HIM Release Date: September 19, 2025 Director: Justin Tipping Starring: Tyriq Withers, Marlon Wayans, Julia Fox One Battle After Another Release Date: September 26, 2025 Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, Alana Haim, Chase Infiniti The Strangers: Chapter 2 Release Date: September 26, 2025 Director: Renny Harlin Starring: Rachel Shenton, Richard Brake, Madelaine Petsch Michael Release Date: October 3, 2025 Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Colman Domingo, Laura Harrier, Larenz Tate The Smashing Machine Release Date: October 3, 2025 Director: Benny Safdie Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader After the Hunt Release Date: October 10, 2025 Director: Luca Guadagnino Starring: Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri TRON: Ares Release Date: October 10, 2025 Director: Joachim Rønning Starring: Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Cameron Monaghan, Evan Peters, Gillian Anderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Hasan Minhaj, Jeff Bridges Black Phone 2 Release Date: October 17, 2025 Director: Scott Derrickson Starring: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, Miguel Mora Good Fortune Release Date: October 17, 2025 Director: Aziz Ansari Starring: Keanu Reeves, Keke Palmer, Seth Rogen Mortal Kombat II Release Date: October 24, 2025 Director: Simon McQuoid Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Karl Urban, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks A House of Dynamite Release Date: October 24, 2025 Director: Kathryn Bigelow Starring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Anthony Ramos Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Release Date: October 24, 2025 Director: Scott Cooper Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham
