On Saturday night, my Dad and I went to the Beacon Theatre to watch a 35th anniversary screening of This is Spinal Tap sponsored by the Tribeca Film Festival.
On hand were director Rob Reiner (who introduced the film) and the members of the fictional band - Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. Following the screening, there was a brief panel discussion between the four men before Spinal Tap performed an acoustic set of their songs.
I was having an absolutely delightful evening until towards the end of their set when they brought out a surprise guest to join them on "Give Me Some Money" - Elvis Costello.
While this certainly was a surprise it was not a pleasant surprise. You see I made a point of vowing to never see Elvis Costello in concert after he cancelled a performance in Israel back in 2010 at the behest of the BDS Movement. Israeli concert promoter Marcel Avaraham later stated that Costello "never liked Israel."
Now I did not walk out on the show. I was with my Dad and it was the next to last song of the evening. There would not have been much point in leaving then and there. But had I known Costello was going to be a part of the show I would not have attended.
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