Following the demise of the band’s legendary and cantankerous supervisor Ian Religion, his daughter Hope inherits what there’s of his property, together with a contract which states that they’re obliged to do one last gig, fifteen years since their final. Within the intervening years, Nigel Tufnel has opened a cheese and guitar store (similar place), whereas additionally enjoying within the native pub. David St Hubbins has continued to make music, principally for name centres and true crime podcasts, whereas Derek Smalls, very philosophically, because it occurs, has opened a glue museum.
Marty and his movie crew comply with them as they reunite, having not spoken to 1 one other since they have been final onstage, and head to New Orleans for the ultimate hurrah. Why? The venue was free after An Night With Stormy Daniels cancelled. With time ticking on, they must discover a new drummer, relearn their previous songs, and become familiar with being a band in 2025, in addition to take care of the machinations of supervisor Simon Howler (Olly from The Thick Of It being far more punchable), a person who claims to medically not be capable of hear music.
There are nice bits. Taking over a brand new, youthful drummer – a girl! – offers room for laffs, as does Marty’s quests to search out out what occurred to the band’s previous associates like publicist Bobbi Flekman and hopeless Polymer Data rep Artie Fufkin. The band are offered with myriad horrible, fashionable concepts (dance, Faucet Water merch, dying onstage to correctly handle their legacy), all noticed with related slicing keenness to the unique, largely managing to rise above easy, crappy, ‘previous blokes as fish out of water’ obviousness.
