Monthly Archive: June 2018

Nick Mason Unattended Luggage Box Set 2018

Nick Mason Back Catalogue Gets Remastered Boxset Treatment

Released on August 31st 2018 is Nick Mason’s Unattended Luggage, a three-album CD or vinyl box set of his albums Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports, Profiles and White of the Eye. These limited edition box sets will be available shortly before his acclaimed new band Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets begin their European tour at Cirkus in Stockholm on September 2nd. Nick said, “These recordings hold a very special place for me in my musical life. Fictitious Sports developed initially from working with Mike Mantler, Carla Bley and Robert Wyatt on a couple of their projects, and benefited enormously from a whole crew of great musicians that I was introduced to by them at Grog Kill Studios in Woodstock. “Profiles and White of the Eye were an extension of working with Rick Fenn on some advertising and short documentary film soundtracks, which then developed into something more. “Listening back after 30-odd years, I’m delighted they are...

Nick Mason Saucerful Tour 2018

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Tour 2018 – Tickets Available

Following four intimate and acclaimed live shows at London’s Dingwalls (20 May) and The Half Moon in Putney (21, 23 and 24 May), Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets will be touring their unique live show of early Pink Floyd across Europe, including six shows in the UK. The tickets are on sale at www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com. UK dates are: Sunday 23rd September – Portsmouth, Guildhall Monday 24th September – London, Roundhouse Tuesday 25th September – Birmingham, Symphony Hall Thursday 27th September – Manchester, O2 Apollo Friday 28th September – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo Saturday 29th September – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall Please see the Press Release for full details on the European tour dates. Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets are Nick Mason, Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Lee Harris, and Dom Beken. This is an opportunity to experience Pink Floyd’s celebrated and significant early body of work played live, including songs from albums The Piper At The Gates...

Writer Polly Samson with musician husband David Gilmour

Polly Samson Becomes Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Writer Polly Samson has become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Polly has written lyrics for a post-Roger Water Pink Floyd including The Division Bell, and also her husband, David Gilmour’s solo albums. For nearly 200 years, the RSL has celebrated and nurtured all that is best in British literature, past and present. Polly’s current fellows include Margaret Atwood, Martin Amis and Rose Tremain. Fellows are given a choice of pens with which to sign the register from TS Eliot, Lord Byron and George Eliot. Polly signed using a pen that once belonged to one of Britain’s greatest ever poets, Lord Byron.