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A BLUES festival voted the best in the UK when it was last held in 2019 is gearing up for a sensational return over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Canadian hitmaker revisits the creation and lasting impact of his often-overlooked 1981 sophomore record.

Ric Parnell, a real drummer best known for playing in a fake band, the one chronicled in Rob Reiner's fabled 1984 mockumentary, "This Is Spinal Tap," died May 1 in Missoula, Montana, where he had lived for some two decades. He was 70.

The central characters in the mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” were comic actors, but Mr. Parnell was an actual professional musician.

He was in Atomic Rooster before joining the fictional heavy metallers following the death of his predecessor by spontaneous combustion

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Ric Parnell, who played Mick Shrimpton the drummer of Spinal Tap in This Is Spinal Tap, has died at the age of 70.

Ric Parnell, the exploding drummer with the mock-rock legends Spinal Tap, has died as the law of averages catches up with him.

Drummer Ric Parnell, best known for his role as 'Mick Shrimpton' in the film 'This Is Spinal Tap,' died in May 2022.

Ric Parnell, who played Mick Shrimpton the drummer of Spinal Tap in This Is Spinal Tap, has died at the age of 70.