Steel Panther – review

Brixton Academy, LondonMyth has it that, when This Is Spinal Tap was released, some people thought the titular hair-metal dorks were a real band. California quartet Steel Panther have obviously taken the film as the starting point for their own odyssey into 1980s hard-rock excess. Though their act is supposedly a sendup, they've parlayed it into a fulltime career, with each UK tour visiting bigger venues. Tonight's end-of-tour sellout is notable for the number of male fans wearing wigs – at le...

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