Drummer Nick Mason is forming a new band to play Pink Floyd’s earlier work.
The band is called Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, named after Floyd’s second album with the same name. The lineup includes Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, The Blockhead’s Lee Harris and Roger Water’s replacement bassist Guy Pratt. Composer Dom Beken, who worked with the late keyboardist Rick Wright, is also being taken along for the ride. The band’s first shows will be in London this May.
The new group said, “This is a unique opportunity to experience Pink Floyd’s celebrated and significant early body of work played live including songs from albums The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets. Very few bands are as culturally important as Pink Floyd. They are one of the best selling music artists of all time and Nick Mason is a founder and the only constant member of the band performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows. This will be Nick Mason’s first live musical outing since Pink Floyd played at the 2005 Live 8 concert in London.”
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets will play in Dingwall’s in London on May 20th, followed by the Half Moon in Putney on 21st, 23rd and 24th. Tickets are available from the band’s official site.
