William Shatner

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 1: British singer-songwriter Ian Anderson, best known for his work with progressive rock band Jethro Tull, taken on July 1, 2013. (Photo by Will Ireland/Prog Magazine/Future via Getty Images)
Ian Anderson wonders if he should have sent a flute into space, and regrets William Shatner went there too

By Johnny Sharp Published

Jethro Tull leader on the true value of space travel, which he doubts is Elon Musk’s reason for funding it – and why he wishes the Star Trek star had never gone up either

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William Shatner and Rob Halford onstage (composite image)
William Shatner announces that Rob Halford will guest on his eagerly-awaited all-star heavy metal album

By Fraser Lewry Published

Captain Kirk and the Metal God are working on a cover of Judas Priest's classic You've Got Another Thing Comin'

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LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 04: Actor William Shatner attends Day 3 of Creation Entertainment's 2018 Star Trek Convention Las Vegas at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 4, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
“He was unable to write something with delight in it. It’s epic”: William Shatner’s surprising Christmas album

By Jo Kendall Published

The Star Trek icon gets silly and serious in turns as he discusses what the season means to him, the secret to living long and prospering, and the presents Kirk and Spock might give each other

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William Shatner, Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye and Circa
How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an album with the humanity of Star Trek

By Grant Moon Published

Knowing some people would never get over the novelty, Billy Sherwood decided to go for broke with Ponder The Mystery, featuring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman, Nik Turner, Edgar Froese and others

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Ian Anderson and William Shatner
Ian Anderson wishes his flute had never gone to space, and neither had William Shatner

By Johnny Sharp Published

His desire to be associated with the space race, first shared on 1970 album Benefit, resulted in disappointment

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William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise in the classic science fiction television series 'Star Trek', circa 1968.
William Shatner, progressive rock icon

By Ian Fortnam Published

Everyone's favourite nonagenarian starship captain continues to boldly go where no man has gone before

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William Shatner - Ponder the Mystery Revisited
Beam me up again! William Shatner revisits his prog all-stars album Ponder The Mystery, starring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman and others

By Martin Kielty Published

Star Trek icon releases new version of title track with Steve Vai in full flow, mixed by Jurgen Engler

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William Shatner - The Blues
William Shatner: The Soundtrack Of My Life

By Rob Hughes Published

Actor and musician William Shatner picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why BB King's daughter called him "a gift from god"

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Steve Hackett lights up the front cover of the new issue of Prog

By Jerry Ewing Published

Plus Jean-Michel Jarre, Andy Mackay, Glass Hammer, Ashley Hutchings, William Shatner and more...

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Watch Billy Gibbons team up with William Shatner for Christmas cracker

By Scott Munro Published

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons joins William Shatner in video for new single Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer - taken from the new album Shatner Claus: The Christmas Album

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