Spinal Tap have announced plans for a “final” concert movie entitled Stone Henge: The Final Finale.
The film, which will hit cinemas in 2026, was originally captured in August this year and sees them performing their first and final concert at the historical landmark with Eric Clapton, Shania Twain and Josh Groban. Check out the teaser trailer below.
Stonehenge is an integral part in the original 1984 movie This Is Spinal Tap, where the band perform the song ‘Stonehenge’ around a hilariously small 18-inch model of the historical landmark.
The track pops up again in the sequel, this time with the help of Elton John, and a much larger prop.
Directed yet again by Rob Reiner, Stone Henge: The Final Finale will be released by Bleecker Street and Vertigo Live.
“I’m told this is it. They’re really serious this time,” said Kent Sanderson, CEO of Bleecker Street, in a statement via Consequence. “While this is ostensibly the end, how fitting is it that this actual-probable-send-off is shot, historically, at Stonehenge, the mysterious landmark that we now know must have been erected thousands of years ago purely to serve as the setting for the last act of Spinal Tap.”
Vertigo Live CEO Ian Brenchley added: “Bringing Spinal Tap to Stonehenge felt inevitable – the ultimate meeting of rock mythology and cinematic scale. An iconic band performing at one of the world’s most legendary landmarks, captured in Imax and, of course, turned up to eleven.
“This is exactly what we set out to do: take music beyond the stage, beyond the ordinary, and turn it into living cinema. An experience unlike anything before it – and the perfect finale to rock’s most enduring legend.”
It follows the long awaited Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues sequel which was released last month.
The plot followed the three members David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer) as they come together one last time to play a reunion show.
Reviewing the sequel NME awarded the movie three stars and said: “It’s a comedy of comfort: the getting-the-band-back-together doc approach is the perfect excuse to shamelessly push the nostalgia buttons with archive clips, familiar songs and check-ins on recognisable bit-players.”
The review added: “If the dial’s not exactly all the way up to 11, the band at least don’t spontaneously combust in this amiable reunion show that plays like a well-earned victory lap.”
