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William Shatner, Who Flew to Space at 90, Just Announced He's Covering Black Sabbath at Riot Fest at 95
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| July 16, 2026
| Deborah Cruz
Posted on 07/16/2026 11:57:54 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A 95-year-old pop culture icon is performing a heavy metal set at one of America's biggest rock festivals this September.
He'll have 35 musicians behind him. He's covering Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest. He calls the entire project "chaos with purpose." And he'd very much like you to take all of this seriously.
His name is William Shatner, and if you think this is a joke, you haven't been paying attention.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: blacksabbath; deborahcruz; ironmaiden; judaspriest; music; parade; shatner; williamshatner
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To: fwdude
Especially when they start singing “Well she was just seventeen, if you know what I mean…”
Speaking of, is Woody Allen doing an album?
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posted on
07/16/2026 2:03:56 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
To: fruser1
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posted on
07/16/2026 2:17:06 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
07/16/2026 2:35:33 PM PDT
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: bigbob
“He is Iron Man!”
I’d say that’s an UNDERSTATEMENT considering the crap he had to deal with zipping around the universe.
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posted on
07/16/2026 2:48:21 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
To: Flaming Conservative
Dear Lord! I love the guy, but at 95, he’d be better off covering a Billy Graham type crusade. He’s standing on the edge of eternity, for crying out loud! We all are. Every moment of our lives. Some of us just don't realize it.
To: woodbutcher1963
The GREEN chick was smokn hot.The GREEN chick (Yvonne Craig) was also Batgirl. Between Adam West and William Shatner, I've always wondered which, both, or neither of them ever nailed her.
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posted on
07/16/2026 3:45:10 PM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
To: ConservativeStatement
gotta applaud his keeping active and imaginative in his later years
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posted on
07/16/2026 3:55:47 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: fwdude
To: fso301
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posted on
07/16/2026 4:40:52 PM PDT
by
Ditto
(I)
To: Bratch
She also played Ev Kester in The Giant Spider Invasion.
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posted on
07/16/2026 4:47:07 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
To: ComputerGuy
Rowan & Martin were never on opposite Star Trek. Perhaps you skipped Star Trek for Gomer Pyle.
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posted on
07/16/2026 4:50:48 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: ConservativeStatement
How do you not love this guy? He did one of my all-time favorite tracks in my archive many years ago: “Common People”, with Joe Jackson.
To: ConservativeStatement
Well..
The dude got laid about every other episode.
I’ve heard scuttlebutt that that was the reason for his recent venture into space.. - The ultimate mile-high-club..
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posted on
07/16/2026 5:41:19 PM PDT
by
BAN-ONE
To: ConservativeStatement
Starfleet Admirals gathered in their masses
Just like Romulans worshiping the Way of D’era
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction
In space the photons cause burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to Non-Terrans
Poisoning their brainwashed minds...
Oh Lord yeah!
United Federation of Planets hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the hardships on the Fringe, yeah.
[dunt, dunt, duuune, dun, dun, dunt, -drum roll- accompanied by Iomi's 'irint' ...reprise]
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posted on
07/16/2026 6:01:33 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Not this world but the next. Faith, justice, humility, hope, and most important, agape.)
To: BipolarBob
If your music was good enough, you wouldnt need the mohawk... way back then, 20 years ago... now... At times I got crazy myself, but didnt use it as my image.
I could pic my hair out(see profile picture) to a 10" full fro! but only did it for Retro gigs!! maybe!!
Rock Star
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posted on
07/16/2026 6:41:09 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
(START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
To: packrat35
Pat Boone did a album that covered metal hits.
It was “Pat Boone - In A Metal Mood: No More Mr Nice Guy” and came out in ‘97.
His covers had a kind of big band jazzy sound to it.
It was actually not bad.
To: fwdude
sharing the stage with old rockers. Well you're correct of course. These old bastards should stay at home in their rockers.
Old Jazz and Bluesmen can keep on going til they can't, or until they die.
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posted on
07/17/2026 4:53:32 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Show me a RAT, I'll show you a felon.)
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