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Wembley Stadium in London will witness the reunion of mock heavy-metal outfit Spinal Tap as part of the lineup for Al Gore's Live Earth global concerts July 7.

Band, featured in the 1984 mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap," announced its participation in the environmental awareness concerts Wednesday, when the pic's director, Rob Reiner, preemed a 15-minute film on the band's reunion at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

The band's original members, guitarist Nigel Tufnel, singer David St. Hubbins and bassist Derek Smalls (actors Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, respectively) will take to the Wembley stage before an estimated audience of 80,000 and countless millions of television viewers around the world.

In keeping with the Live Earth theme, Spinal Tap also will release a new single, appropriately entitled "Warmer Than Hell."

Spinal Tap will join a lineup in London that already includes Madonna, Genesis, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Blunt, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Razorlight and Damien Rice.