Nick Mason on the Odds of a Pink Floyd Reunion
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has a busy spring ahead of him with the kickoff of his first North American tour in 25 years next month.
Being billed as Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, the tour will highlight Pink Floyd’s early, pre-Dark Side of the Moon catalog. Naturally, this brings up the potential for a Pink Floyd reunion. The last one that took place featuring Mason, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Richard Wright, before his passing in 2008, was at Live 8 in 2005.
Mason gave this answer regarding a reunion in a recent conversation on Talkin’ Rock with Meltdown:
“I have no idea on that one. It’s the question everyone would like answered. I don’t really think so. I think Roger and David really are happier doing their own things and not working together. It would be great if they did. I’m ready; I might even be in practice, but I’m certainly not going to hold my breath…What I’ve tended to say is I’m actually not the Henry Kissinger of rock and roll; I’m more Neville Chamberlain trying to invent peace where it doesn’t exist.”
The last activity from the Pink Floyd camp came in 2014 with the release of their fifteenth studio album, The Endless River, a collection of instrumentals that served as a tribute to Wright.
Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets tour kicks off March 12 in Vancouver. A complete list of tour dates is below, with full ticket information available at TheSaucerfulOfSecrets.com.
(Interview can be heard in its entirety below.)
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – 2019 North American Tour Dates
March 12, 2019 |
Vancouver, BC |
Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
March 13, 2019 |
Seattle, WA |
The Paramount |
March 15, 2019 |
San Francisco, CA |
The Masonic |
March 16, 2019 |
Los Angeles, CA |
The Wiltern |
March 19, 2019 |
Phoenix, AZ |
Comerica Theatre |
March 21, 2019 |
Denver, CO |
Paramount Theatre |
March 24, 2019 |
Dallas, TX |
The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory |
March 25, 2019 |
Houston, TX |
Jones Hall for the Performing Arts |
March 27, 2019 |
Miami Beach, FL |
Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater |
March 29, 2019 |
Atlanta, GA |
Tabernacle |
March 31, 2019 |
St. Louis, MO |
Stifel Theatre |
April 1, 2019 |
Milwaukee, Wi |
The Riverside Theater |
April 3, 2019 |
Minneapolis, MS |
Orpheum Theatre |
April 4, 2019 |
Chicago, IL |
The Chicago Theatre |
April 5, 2019 |
Indianapolis, IN |
The Old National Centre |
April 7, 2019 |
Columbus, OH |
Palace Theatre |
April 8, 2019 |
Akron, OH |
Akron Civic Theatre |
April 9, 2019 |
Detroit, MI |
The Fillmore Detroit |
April 11, 2019 |
Buffalo, NY |
Shea’s Performing Arts Center |
April 12, 2019 |
Wallingford, CT |
Oakdale Theatre |
April 13, 2019 |
Boston, MA |
Orpheum Theatre |
April 15, 2019 |
Montreal, QC |
Place des Arts |
April 16, 2019 |
Toronto, ON |
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts |
April 18, 2019 |
New York, NY |
Beacon Theatre |
April 22, 2019 |
Washington, DC |
DAR Constitution Hall |
Erica Banas is rock/classic rock news blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.