Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer performing music from...
Actors/Directors/Musicians and Comedy Icons Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are doing something they have never done before; performing a six week, 30 city multi-media acoustic tour...
View ArticleSpinal Tap (Unwigged & Unplugged) – Beacon Theater PRESALE & tour-related videos
Christopher Guest had a one-season stint, 1984-85, as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Recurring characters on SNL played by Guest include: Frankie, of Willie and Frankie (two co-workers who...
View Article2nd Unwigged show PRESALE & a Spinal Tap "World Tour"
Spoof band Spinal Tap have announced a "world tour" consisting of a single June date at London's Wembley Arena. The tour marks the 25th anniversary of mockumentary film, This is Spinal Tap, which...
View ArticleChristopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer (& Elvis Costello) were...
Unwigged & Unplugged & Elvis Costello @ the Beacon - 5/26/09 (andyg_flickr) Last night (5/26) I caught the first of two performances of UNWIGGED & UNPLUGGED: An Evening with Christopher...
View ArticleMichael McKean of Spinal Tap (& much more) hit by car in NYC
"Actor Michael McKean, who starred in the film "This is Spinal Tap" and TV's "Laverne and Shirley," was recovering Tuesday night in a Manhattan hospital after he was struck by a car on the upper West...
View ArticleNick Kroll, 'Better Call Saul,' Jim Gaffigan, Wanda Sykes and other upcoming...
There's a few cool comedy-related talks and events happening soon at 92Y. On January 20, Nick Kroll will host a screening of The Kroll Show Season 3 premiere, and following that there will be a Q&A...
View ArticleAC Newman of New Pornographers was on 'Drunk History,' taping an episode of...
If you watched this week's episode of Comedy Central's Drunk History, there was a segment on Thomas Edison (played) that also featured Spinal Tap's Michael McKean and, in a blink-or-you'll-miss-it...
View ArticleVulture Fest 2016 lineup: 'Mr. Robot,' Sharon Van Etten & Fred Armisen jam...
The third annual Vulture Festival has announced its full 2016 lineup which will take place May 21-22 in NYC with a mix of comedy, music, TV, film, live podcast tapings and more. Most of the events...
View Article'Reality Bites'&'Spinal Tap' reunions part of 2019 Tribeca Film Fest
”Reality Bites was a formative experience in my life. To have a 25 year anniversary screening is very exciting,” said Stiller. ”I'm looking forward to seeing the whole cast, and possibly changing the...
View ArticleSF Sketchfest: 2019 lineup & tickets ('Best in Show' reunion, Kids in the...
The 2019 edition of San Francisco's long-running SF Sketchfest goes down January 10 – 27 with an insane amount of seriously amazing comedy events. Continue reading…
View Article'Good Omens' full trailer is out ++ series & Neil Gaiman are headed to SXSW
The first full trailer for Amazon and BBC's 'Good Omens' introduces us to demon/angel duo Crowley and Aziraphale, played by David Tennant and Michael Sheen. Continue reading…
View ArticleTribeca Film Fest adds Simpsons, Wu-Tang, Spinal Tap, Scorsese/De Niro events...
Also added to Tribeca Film Fest: events with Trey Anastasio, Francis Ford Coppola, Mike Birbiglia, Queen Latifah, Questlove, The Simpsons, and more. Continue reading…
View ArticleSpinal Tap brought out Elvis Costello at acoustic NYC show (video, setlist)
Following a Tribeca Film Festival 35th anniversary screening of ’This is Spinal Tap,’ Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer played a set of acoustic Tap classics, and brought out Elvis...
View ArticleVulture Fest 2016 lineup: ‘Mr. Robot,’ Sharon Van Etten & Fred Armisen jam...
The third annual Vulture Festival has announced its full 2016 lineup which will take place May 21-22 in NYC with a mix of comedy, music, TV, film, live podcast tapings and more. Most of the events...
View Article‘Reality Bites’ &‘Spinal Tap’ reunions part of 2019 Tribeca Film Fest
”Reality Bites was a formative experience in my life. To have a 25 year anniversary screening is very exciting,” said Stiller. ”I'm looking forward to seeing the whole cast, and possibly changing the...
View ArticleSF Sketchfest: 2019 lineup & tickets (‘Best in Show’ reunion, Kids in the...
The 2019 edition of San Francisco's long-running SF Sketchfest goes down January 10 – 27 with an insane amount of seriously amazing comedy events. Continue reading…
View Article‘Good Omens’ full trailer is out ++ series & Neil Gaiman are headed to SXSW
The first full trailer for Amazon and BBC's 'Good Omens' introduces us to demon/angel duo Crowley and Aziraphale, played by David Tennant and Michael Sheen. Continue reading…
View ArticleTribeca Film Fest adds Simpsons, Wu-Tang, Spinal Tap, Scorsese/De Niro events...
Also added to Tribeca Film Fest: events with Trey Anastasio, Francis Ford Coppola, Mike Birbiglia, Queen Latifah, Questlove, The Simpsons, and more. Continue reading…
View ArticleSpinal Tap brought out Elvis Costello at acoustic NYC show (video, setlist)
Following a Tribeca Film Festival 35th anniversary screening of ’This is Spinal Tap,’ Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer played a set of acoustic Tap classics, and brought out Elvis...
View Articletributes to Little Richard: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Jimmy...
You can also read tributes to Little Richard from Ringo Starr, Chuck D, Yoko Ono, Chance the Rapper, Krist Novoselic, Gene Simmons, The Kinks' Dave Davies, Billy Bragg, Margo Price, Lloyd Cole, Frank...
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