Happy 76th Birthday, Nick Mason
Nick Mason to receive Prog God award
Posted August 20, 2019 by Floydian Slip
Prog magazine will present Pink Floyd drummer and co-founder Nick Mason with its Prog God award at the 2019 Progressive Music Awards next month.
Mason, 75, has been touring the world with his band Saucerful of Secrets, playing pre-“Dark Side” Floyd to sold-out crowds.
“I’m all in favor of recognition for drummers — particularly when it’s me — so I’m really delighted to be recognized as Prog God,” Mason tells Prog editors. “It’s hard to believe that it was over 50 years ago that the music we know as prog rock was born, and it’s still being celebrated, played and developed in the 21st century. Long may it continue!”
The awards will take place Sept. 12 at London’s Underglobe Theatre.
Past winners of the Prog God award include Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Jon Anderson and Peter Gabriel.
Mojo: The Collectors Series: Pink Floyd Series
Posted February 18, 2019 by Floydian Slip
Mojo magazine has published the first part of its two-part collectors series devoted to Pink Floyd.
The 132- page issue is on UK newsstands now. It covers the band’s early days in Cambridge and rise to fame within London’s swinging ’60s scene.
Part 2 will cover the band’s later years from the early-’70s through drummer Nick Mason‘s current project, Saucerful of Secrets. Part 2 is scheduled to ship in early April.
Nick Mason awarded CBE
Posted December 29, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer and co-founder Nicholas Berkeley Mason — Nick, to you and me — has been included in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year Honors list to receive a CBE for services to music.
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) is one click below knighthood. Nick and others awarded the citation have no title — so don’t call him Sir Nick — but can choose to put the letters after their names.
The Honors List, published today, recognizes outstanding achievements of people across the U.K.
Nick is the second member of the five Floyds to receive the honor. David Gilmour received a CBE in 2003 for his charity work (“David Gilmour receives CBE citation,” June 20, 2003). Though his guitar work should have been enough. Just sayin’.
Congratulations, Nick!
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets announces North American dates
Posted October 31, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd co-founder and drummer Nick Mason will bring his group Saucerful of Secrets to North America in 2019.
The group announced its first concerts outside of Europe: 25 dates in Canada and the United States beginning March 12 in Vancouver and ending April 22 in Washington, D.C.
The group debuted in London this May, before launching a tour of Scandinavia and Europe that ran during September.
The band consists of Mason, Spandau Ballet‘s Gary Kemp, former Floyd bassist Guy Pratt, Blockheads guitarist Lee Harris, and producer/composer Dom Beken. They play the early music of Pink Floyd.
The 2019 dates also include five more U.K. dates:
North America
- Mar 12, 2019 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
- Mar 13, 2019 – The Paramount, Seattle
- Mar 15 2019 – The Masonic, San Francisco
- Mar 16, 2019 – The Wiltern, Los Angeles
- Mar 19, 2019 – Comerica Theatre, Phoenix
- Mar 21, 2019 – Paramount Theatre, Denver
- Mar 24, 2019 – Pavilion At Toyota Music Factory, Dallas
- Mar 25, 2019 – Jones Hall, Houston
- Mar 27, 2019 – The Fillmore At The Jackie Gleeson, Miami Beach
- Mar 29, 2019 – Tabernacle, Atlanta
- Mar 31, 2019 – Stifel Theatre, St Louis
- Apr 1, 2019 – Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
- Apr 3, 2019 – Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis
- Apr 4, 2019 – Chicago Theatre, Chicago
- Apr 5, 2019 – The Old National Theatre, Indianapolis
- Apr 7, 2019 – Palace Theatre, Columbus
- Apr 8, 2019 – Civic Center, Akron
- Apr 9, 2019 – The Fillmore, Detroit
- Apr 11, 2019 – Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo
- Apr 12, 2019 – Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford
- Apr 13, 2019 – Orpheum Theatre, Boston
- Apr 15, 2019 – Place des Arts, Montreal
- Apr 16, 2019 – Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto
- Apr 18, 2019 – Beacon Theatre, New York
- Apr 22, 2019 – DAR Constitution Hall, Washington
U.K.
- Apr 29, 2019 – St David’s Hall, Cardiff
- Apr 30, 2019 – Friars, Aylesbury
- May 1, 2019 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
- May 3, 2019 – Roundhouse, London
- May 4, 2019 – Roundhouse, London
Learn more at the group’s official website.
Listen to our Nick Mason interview online
Posted September 3, 2018 by Floydian Slip
We’ve made available online last week’s interview with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason.
You can listen to streaming audio of our talk with Nick and read a transcript here.
Thanks to Rich Mahan for his assistance.
Winners: Unattended Luggage
Posted September 3, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to our winners of “Unattended Luggage,” the new box-set from Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason:
- Ashley Norman, Thompsons Station TN
- Trevor Meeks, Holt, Norfolk UK
- Jim Losby, Homewood IL
- Tim Granger, Williamson WV
- Benny Forsberg, Norrköping, Östergötland Sweden
- Chris Lajoie, West Brookfield MA
Prizes courtesy of Warner Music.
“Floydian Slip” songlist #1168
Posted September 3, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Special Guest: Nick Mason
- Things Left Unsaid
The Endless River (2014) - It’s What We Do
The Endless River (2014) - Ebb and Flow
The Endless River (2014) - Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here (1975) - Crumbling Land (Take 1)
The Early Years: 1965–1972 (2016) - Nick Mason interview w/
Can’t Get My Motor to Start
Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (Nick Mason) (1981)
- Summer ’68
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
(Photo: Jill Furmanovsky)
Win: Nick Mason’s Unattended Luggage box-set
Posted August 29, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of “Unattended Luggage,” the new box-set of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s solo works.
The box includes Nick’s three previously-released solo albums:
- Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports” (1981);
- Profiles (1985); and
- White of the Eye (Film soundtrack) (1987)
And don’t miss Nick’s interview on this week’s “Floydian Slip” program #1168. Download a complete broadcast schedule.
Prizes courtesy of Warner Music.
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