In the newset edtion of Prog Magazine Issue Number 87 (10th May), Nick Mason is featured with an extensive article talking about his returning to the stage with a new project that pays tribute to the seminal years of his former band.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets includes not only the Pink Floyd drummer but also guitarist Lee Harris (Blockheads), Keyboard Player Dom Beken (ex- The Orb), Floyd bassist Guy Pratt, and Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp on vocals and guitar.

“I’d been ruminating on playing again rather than just talking about the old days” says Mason. “It seemed like a good idea and it sounded as though we could actually find enough peope commited to doing it, so it’s sort of crept into the consciousness, I suppose. I think once we actually got some instruments and played together it was a case of “Oh yeah, this is fun and it could work!”

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As the title suggests David Gilmour has made a brief appearance in Jeff Beck’s new Still On The Run Documentary.

“For many people, musicians and fans alike, Jeff Beck is the greatest ever British guitarist. For more than 50 years he has blazed an uncompromising trail across the musical landscape. Always an innovator, never a follower, Jeff has steadfastly refused to pander to the demands of the record industry. This maverick attitude required some difficult career decisions; he left The Yardbirds at the height of their popularity, deserted his own group days before their billed appearance at Woodstock and often shifted his attention to his other great passion of building hot rods rather than continuing a tour or returning to the studio.

Jeff’s adventurous spirit led him to embrace a wide range of musical styles and he is one of a handful of artists who have transcended and redefined the limitations of their instrument, be it the Fender Telecaster, Esquire, Strat or Gibson Les Paul. He pioneered the use of feedback on record and his ability to capture the zeitgeist made The Yardbirds forerunners of psychedelic blues. With The Jeff Beck Group and the album Truth, he nurtured two of rock music’s finest performers, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, and gave birth to a sound that would later mutate into heavy metal.

He turned even the loss of Rod Stewart to his advantage by almost single-handedly inventing the guitar instrumental album with the release of Blow By Blow, which embraced the influences of Jan Hammer and John McLaughlin whilst developing a sound that was uniquely his own. Moving forward Jeff continued to push the envelope, amassing a fantastic body of work spanning many musical genres whilst constantly developing and evolving his inimitable approach and technique.

This film tells Jeff’s story from his earliest days growing up in Wallington, Surrey with his homemade guitars, teenage friendship with Jimmy Page and the influences of guitarists such as Les Paul, Cliff Gallup and James Burton. With essential tracks from throughout his career it follows his journey from art school and early bands, through his various groups, musical ventures and passion for hot rods, to the release of his latest album and sell-out show at the Hollywood Bowl. We hear testimony to the genius of Jeff Beck from musicians who have recorded and played alongside him such as Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Jennifer Batten, Beth Hart, Joe Perry and Slash, who all shine a light on his ever-evolving guitar style and reveal why to this day he remains not only a musical visionary but also the most influential and highly rated guitarist of his generation.”

The documentary is currently available to watch online using BBC Iplayer in the UK, You can view it by clicking here

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Due to an overwhelming demand, five extra dates have been added as part of Roger Waters Us + Them 2018 Tour.

October 10th – Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
November 9th – Estadio Unico de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 17th – Estadio Monumental “U”, Lima, Peru
November 21st – Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia
November 24th – Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets play:

MAY 2018

Camden Dingwalls – Sun 20th
Putney, The Half Moon – Mon 21st
Putney, The Half Moon – Wed 23rd
Putney, The Half Moon – Thu 24th

Tickets are now sold out !!

The five-piece will solely perform Pink Floyd’s early work including songs from ‘The Piper At The Gates of Dawn‘ and ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ at four ultra-intimate shows in London next month.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets is the brainchild of former Blockheads guitarist Lee Harris who back in 2016 suggested putting a group together around Nick Mason and featuring esteemed Pink Floyd/ David Gilmour session bassist Guy Pratt.

To distance themselves from Roger Waters and David Gilmour’s live set lists, the idea was to focus solely on Pink Floyd’s embryonic years of 1967 to 1972.

With Nick Mason on board, they completed Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets with Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp on guitars and music producer/composer Dom Beken on keyboards.

The four gigs in May will be Nick Mason’s first live musical outing since Pink Floyd’s historic Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park in 2005. Nick, of course, is a founder and the only constant member of Pink Floyd performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows.

Opening at the Barbican Centre on April 9th – Inside Abbey Road is a unique and personal insight into the long and decorated history of the studios and the artists working within it, as told through the lens of one of the world’s most prolific and well-loved rock photographers.

Identity is the only album by Zee, a short-lived side project of Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright, a duo partnership consisting of Wright and Dave Harris of New Romantic outfit Fashion, released in 1984. The album was written and produced by Wright and Harris and all the lyrics were penned by Harris.

The album makes heavy use of the Fairlight CMI, a musical synthesizer popularized in the 1980s. This creates a very electronic sound that persists through every track.

Due to the death of Richard Wright in 2008, Dave Harris has decided to re-release the album with additional material that never made it onto the original release aswell as adding new textures to the original release.

With a release later this year after numerous legal set backs we are really excited to here some of the new material that has surfaced.

Thanks to the wonderful power of the internet we have been in regular contact with Dave who has very kindly agreed to give us his time to answer questions related to the Zee project.

This is where we ask for your contributions, If you have any questions you would like to be included in our up-coming interview you can submit them by clicking here.