This Is Spinal Tap

8 May 2013-1 Jan 2000

Overview

Part of The Art of Pop Video Film Season. In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan that is also a filmmaker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop. Part of the programme for The Art of Pop Video exhibition. Celebrate The Art of Pop Video in the first exhibition of its kind in the UK. More than 100 video clips tell the story of the pop video, marking the medium's substantial contribution to popular culture.