The Rolling Stones 2024 world tour grossed $235 million . The fact that the Stones’ days as a trailblazing band are long behind them, or that several members of their classic lineup are dead or retired, doesn’t seem to matter to the Stones’ loyal fans. A famous group can make a very good living these days just by playing the hits for affluent fogeys.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is a playing the hits movie, and sometimes quite literally; all the best tracks in this sequel are the ones from 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap . The first Tap really did something groundbreaking. Its creators — writer/director Rob Reiner and stars and co-writers Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer — used improvised dialogue and handheld camera work to perfect the mockumentary form, w

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