Spinal Tap meets Queen
From a colleague comes a story about Spinal Tap in a concert in the UK, with Christopher Guest going into a soaring solo. The crowd went nuts, and all the more so when Brian May of Queen came on stage, being the one who had actually played the solo! And this news via Shelf Awareness: Book Soup,featured an appearance by Queen guitarist Brian May, who instead of signing CDs or guitars, signed copies of Bang! The Complete History of the Universe (Johns Hopkins , $29.95, 9780801889851), which he co-wrote with astronomer Patrick Moore and astrophysicist Chris Lintott. Proud owner of Ph.D. in astrophysics, May met perhaps more Queen than Universe fans, although several apparently came in from far ends of the country, if not universe.
The Spinal Tap/Queen relationship dates back to the Freddie Mercury tribute concert in London on April 20, 1992. Spinal Tap opened the show and performed "The Majesty of Rock" before 100,000+ people.
Posted by: Michael | May 20, 2008 at 12:39 PM