Spinal Tap stars made secret pilgrimage to Stonehenge after Glastonbury

The stars of comedy rock act Spinal Tap made a secret pilgrimage to the real Stonehenge site after their performance at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival. The iconic stone circle in Wiltshire, England is part of the spoof band’s folklore due to its inclusion in 1984 movie This Is Spinal Tap.
In the film, the group orders a giant replica of Stonehenge to be used on stage, only to discover the model is only 18 inches high instead of the intended 18 feet, and the gag was revived in many of the group’s live shows.
Harry Shearer, who plays bassist Derek Smalls, now admits they all came face-to-face with the real thing after their performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England in 2009. He tells Britain’s The Guardian newspaper, “The most memorable thing (about the Glastonbury show) was driving back to London afterwards. It was 6.30pm, someone saw this little thing to the left of the motorway and went: ‘Look, there’s Stonehenge.’ I went: ‘Come on, that’s a replica where a petrol station should be.’ But of course, it’s the real one. So at 6.45pm, we drove in and they (site bosses) said ‘No, we’re closing at seven. Christopher (Guest) and I are fairly shy but our keyboard player, God bless him, is a fairly forward lad so he just walked up and said: ‘You’ve gotta let these guys in, they put this place on the map.’
“The gates duly opened. So that goes down as my favourite ever solstice.”