Signs of the End Times: Spinal Tap reunites

The mock heavy metal group immortalized in the 1984 mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap, will reunite for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London as part of the Live Earth concerts scheduled worldwide for July 7.

Director Rob Reiner has created a 15-minute sequel to the movie partly to promote the event. The short can be viewed here.

For the band -- whose last album was 1992's Break Like the Wind -- the occasion warranted a new single: Warmer Than Hell. A peek at the lyrics shows the song has a spiritual dimension:

"The devil went to Devon, it felt like the fourth degree/
He said, 'Is it hot in here, or is it only me?'"

Since we last saw them, Nigel has been raising miniature horses to race but can't find jockeys small enough to ride them; David is now a hip-hop producer who also runs a colonic clinic; and Derek is in rehab for addiction to the Internet.

The group is not really on top of the global warming problem, Reiner told the Associated Press.

"Nigel thought it was just because he was wearing too much clothing -- that if he just took his jacket off it would be cooler."



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