# William Shatner’s metal band making its live debut at Riot Fest

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/william-shatners-metal-band-making-its-live-debut-at-riot-fest/
- Published: 2026-07-16T16:01:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-03T04:20:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Brooklyn Vegan
- Original article: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/william-shatners-metal-band-making-its-live-debut-at-riot-fest/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Shatner’s new metal band will debut live at Riot Fest.
- The performance is scheduled for 20 September in Chicago.
- It will preview his forthcoming heavy-metal album.

## Summary

William Shatner will make his live heavy-metal debut with his new band, The *Uckers, at Riot Fest in Chicago. The appearance is notable because it brings the 95-year-old Star Trek actor’s long-running musical career into a major alternative-music festival setting and coincides with a forthcoming metal album.

The band is scheduled to perform on Sunday, 20 September, during Riot Fest’s 18–20 September run at Douglass Park. Its line-up includes guitarists Marcus Nand and Britt Lightning, bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Fred Aching; the set is expected to reinterpret songs from Shatner’s catalogue while previewing new material.

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