If you’re in the area, polish up those mudflaps because for five glorious days in June, the Tap is taking its show on the road – to Los Angeles, Anaheim, Las Vegas, San Francisco and San Diego – in a continued celebration of the 25th anniversary of the rockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” and last fall’s commemorative DVD relase.

David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) have dubbed the outing the Back From The Dead Tour: Live & Loud, and expect to announce more dates as they are confirmed – excluding Air Force hangars, it is assumed.

A “special” New York City show is also to be announced soon, according to the band.

Tickets are already on sale for all but the June 10 show at the Warfield in San Francisco. The tour kicks off June 1 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, with a drummer (one with really bad karma, no doubt) to be named later.

Perhaps it’s because of those pesky Fleetwood Mac reunion rumors, but drummer Mick Fleetwood – who briefly joined Spinal Tap last year and lived to tell about it – apparently won’t risk sitting behind the kit this time out.

He joined and left the band before a reunion show last fall at the House of Blues in Los Angeles and was replaced by toilet paper salesman Sam Smales – who apparently returned to his hometown of Westerville, Ohio, in one piece.