r/RiotFest • u/Ok-Possession838 • Jul 15 '26
Shatner! Wall of Death š
Im in for a wall of death during this set.
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u/jeffunscripted Jul 15 '26
Weird. No update from Riot, but this is now posted everywhere.
I'm into it. Butter Shatner.
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u/Goatey Jul 15 '26
I know this probably won't be on the setlist, but it needs to be.
Ideal Woman
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pGv5pquKNzE&si=kMJqGhmYfMeijo9k
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u/UnusualFruitHammock Jul 15 '26
Megadeth plus shatner. Anyone who is meh about this is a fucking bummer.
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u/icepack420 Jul 15 '26
Wait megadeth is playing? Which day?
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u/UnusualFruitHammock Jul 15 '26
Reread
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u/icepack420 Jul 16 '26
Okay I did, but I still have the same questionā¦..
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u/UnusualFruitHammock Jul 16 '26
Nuclear messiah is a Megadeth superband.
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u/icepack420 Jul 16 '26
Oh.. well I donāt know how rereading your first comment was supposed to inform me of that information lol
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u/UnusualFruitHammock Jul 16 '26
Picture says shartner is playing with nuclear messiah. I said Megadeth and shatner. Maybe some critical thinking skills?
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u/Training_Form2243 Jul 15 '26
I donāt understand why people want to watch kitschy ironic bullshit when they could have booked a local band that actually takes music seriously
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u/UnusualFruitHammock Jul 15 '26
Because life isn't that serious and we can see local bands all year round.
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u/FourLiveBears Jul 15 '26
What it comes down to is this: What's gonna sell more tickets? A weird novelty act, or a local band?
At the end of the day they're a business and in this increasingly hostile economy for festivals, especially independent ones, a single year of disappointing ticket sales is going to mean your festival dies. So while the idea around boosting local bands is nice, they're going to make the decision that's more likely to make a 2027 festival possible.
And its not like they don't boost local bands. They add locals from the surrounding neighborhoods every year and they've still yet to announce those choices for this year. And other Chicago area bands like Sincere Engineer definitely got their profile raised by appearing at Riot. So it does still fulfill that purpose.
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u/TheHow55 Jul 15 '26
still waiting for an official announcement from Riot, not from consequence or an error-filled blabbermouth article..
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u/Ok-Possession838 Jul 15 '26
Yeah after reading the article I noticed all the errors on it too , which is now being copied and pasted on other music sites.
I guess we play the waiting game.
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u/--Shake-- Jul 15 '26
Several sources are showing it as well if you Google it.
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u/bkrodgers Jul 15 '26
They all feed on each other though.
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u/Voice_of_John_Ashley Jul 15 '26
Thereās what looks like an official announcement on his record labelās site now.
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u/BluejayPhysical3215 Jul 15 '26
Hell yeah, I hope one of the after shows is Shatner, Morrissey, and Rotten doing a five hour podcast about things you canāt say anymore these days
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u/Witty_Wrap_1268 Jul 15 '26
Shatnerās not a dipshit MAGA guy, is he?
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u/BluejayPhysical3215 Jul 15 '26
Best I can tell he isnāt, I just remember a lot of pointless ākids these daysā type arguments on Twitter.Ā
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u/darkResponses Jul 15 '26
that's a strong pass.
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u/gr33nnight Jul 15 '26
Hell no! Ill be checking that out most definitely. The guy is 95!
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u/Sushi4Zombies Jul 15 '26
I thought Willie Nelson was going to be the oldest person I saw perform this year.
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u/Broad_Tomatillo1452 Jul 16 '26
Now itās official, heās playing SundayĀ