{"id":811861,"date":"2026-07-19T09:11:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811861\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:11:26","slug":"william-shatners-metal-band-to-play-riot-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811861\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner&#8217;s metal band to play Riot Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.punknews.org\/article\/88687\/william-shatners-metal-band-to-play-riot-fest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"William Shatner's metal band to play Riot Fest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fp-1784296105.webp\"  data-aspectratio=\"600\/400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"articleimage lazyload blur-up\" data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At 95 years of age, <a>William Shatner<\/a> is now into metal. He previously mentioned that he is recording a metal album with appearances from <a>Rob Halford<\/a> and <a>Dave Lombardo<\/a>. Although the full details have not been released, the record is rpeorted to have at least 35 song.<\/p>\n<p> Now, he is bringing the show to the people. Shatner will be playing a metal set at Riot Fest on September 20. He will be backed by his band the *Uckers. (Ed note- the censored name is on their end, not ours). The group includes guitarist\/musical director Marcus Nand (Mike Tramp, Candice Night), bassist Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol), guitarist Britt Lightning (Vixen, Cactus), and drummer Fred Aching (Kings of Thrash, Dead Groove). <\/p>\n<p> In a release, Shatner stated: &#8220;I\u2019ve always believed that music, like space, is about exploration. Riot Fest is exactly the kind of place where anything can happen. We\u2019re bringing volume, intensity, and a few surprises. With this incredible band behind me, I expect nothing less than lift-off. I can\u2019t wait to share this experience with the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 95 years of age, William Shatner is now into metal. He previously mentioned that he is recording&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-811861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}