William Shatner, 95, to Launch His Heavy Metal Band The *uckers with Debut Performance at Riot Fest
THEY MUST PERFORM....EVEN AT 95! After more than a decade of Riot Fest trying to get him to perform, William Shatner is finally saying yes. The Star Trek legend, 95, will make his Riot Fest debut on Sunday, Sept. 20 at Chicago’s Douglass Park, where he’ll take the stage with his newly formed heavy metal band, The *uckers, marking the group’s first-ever live performance. Known for embracing the bizarre, the festival announced Shatner’s addition alongside an intentionally outrageous artist rider that mixes legitimate backstage requests with impossible demands directed at the city of Chicago itself. Among the requests for the Chicagoland community? Rename a boat in his honor so he can captain a ship again , create a classic Chicago food item named after him, invite him to sing “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game ” at a Chicago baseball game and even have him co-anchor the local weather with the city’s favorite meteorologist. The festival itsel...