Pink Floyd co-founder and drummer Nick Mason has announced the rescheduled dates of his North American tour with his band, Saucerful of Secrets. The dates, now scheduled for the fall, had been planned to begin in mid-January but were postponed citing “uncertainty surrounding the Covid pandemic.” The North American tour, with the band performing early Floyd classics, now begins on Sept. 22 following an extensive tour of the U.K. and Europe this spring and summer. (The U.K. shows had been delayed for a third time due to the uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.)
Eight dates have been added to the North American run, though the re-routing required that concerts in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Memphis, KC, Sacramento and Spokane needed to be canceled. See the full itinerary below. Tickets for the concerts are available here.
“We are really looking forward to returning to North America and we’re happy to be able to now announce these new dates for later this year,” said Nick Mason in the March 21 announcement. “We wanted to make sure to come back when it’s safe for our fans, the band, and our crew.”
Mason released a live album in autumn 2020, recorded in London. The 22-track collection, titled Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Live at the Roundhouse, is available in a variety of formats. The concerts on the recordings took place in May 2019.
Watch them perform “Fearless” from the album
Related: Our review of Live at the Roundhouse
As Mason noted when he first formed the combo, “With the help of some like-minded friends, I have embarked on a voyage of discovery of the music that was the launch pad of Pink Floyd and my working life. It seems too early to retire, and I missed the interaction with other musicians.”
He is the only constant member of Pink Floyd, performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets are Mason, Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp, longtime Pink Floyd touring bassist Guy Pratt, guitarist Lee Harris and keyboardist Dom Beken.
The group played their first gigs at four intimate live shows at London’s Dingwalls and The Half Moon in Putney in May 2018. These were Mason’s first live musical outings since Pink Floyd’s Division Bell tour in 1994, and the show at Dingwalls was his first since Pink Floyd played at the 2005 Live 8 concert in London.
The band went on to sell-out theaters around the world including three nights at London’s Roundhouse, where Pink Floyd played some of their most revered early shows in the 1960’s.
In April 2019, Mason’s longtime bandmate, Roger Waters, joined him on stage.
Watch the trailer for the album, in which Mason explains the venue’s importance in Floyd’s history
The 2022 tour will see the band further expand their repertoire and will play songs from Pink Floyd’s early catalog up to the 1972 album Obscured by Clouds.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets 2022 Tour (Tickets are available here and here)
Ireland, U.K. Dates
Apr 13 – Dublin – Convention Centre
Apr 14 – Belfast – Ulster Hall
Apr 16 – York – York Barbican
Apr 18 – Liverpool – Liverpool Philharmonic
Apr 19 – Oxford – Oxford New Theatre
Apr 20 – Guildford – G Live
Apr 22 – Birmingham – Symphony Hall
Apr 23 – London – Royal Albert Hall
Apr 24 – Ipswich – Ipswich Regent
Apr 26 – Brighton – Brighton Dome
Apr 27 – Cardiff – St. David’s Hall
Apr 28 – Nottingham – Royal Concert Hall
Apr 30 – Sheffield – City Hall
May 01 – Leicester – De Montfort Hall
May 03 – Newcastle – O2 City Hall
May 04 – Edinburgh – Usher Hall
May 06 – Manchester – O2 Apollo
May 07 – Bath – Bath Forum
May 08 – Plymouth – Plymouth Pavilions
May 10 – Portsmouth – Guildhall
May 11 – Croydon – Fairfield Halls
European Dates
May 14 – Randers, Denmark – Vaerket
May 16 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Royal Theatre
May 17 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
May 19 – Helsinki, Finland – House of Culture
May 21 – Tallinn, Estonia – Alehela Hall
May 23 – St. Petersburg, Russia – BKZ Ohtyabrsky
May 25 – Moscow, Russia – Kremlin
May 28 – Lodz, Poland – Klub Wytwornia
May 30 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Park
May 31 – Zagreb, Croatia- Hall 9 @ Zagreb Trade Fair
Jun 01 – Belgrade, Serbia – Belexpo Centar
Jun 06 – Istanbul, Turkey – VU Arena
Jun 08 – Sofia, Bulgaria – National Palace of Culture
Jun 09 – Bucharest, Romania – Arenele Romane
Jun 11 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
Jun 12 – Prague, Czech Republic – Forum
Jun 13 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
Jun 15 – Luxembourg – Den Atelier
Jun 16 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Muziekgebouw
Jun 17 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royale
Jun 19 – Nuremberg, Germany – Meistersinger Halle
Jun 20 – Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrunderhalle
Jun 22 – Paris, France – Grand Rex
Jun 24 – Lucerne, Switzerland – KKL
Jun 25 – Lucca, Italy – Lucca Summer Festival
Jun 26 – Turin, Italy – Stupinigi Sonic Park
Jun 28 – Geneva, Switzerland – Theatre de Leman
Jun 30 – Stuttgart, Germany – Leiderhalle Beethoven-Saal
Jul 01 – Hamburg, Germany – Laeiszhalle
Jul 02 – Bad Honnef, Germany – Insel Grafenwerth
Jul 04 – Munich, Germany – Circus Krone
Jul 05 – Leipzig, Germany – Haus-Avensee
Jul 06 – Munster, Germany – Halle Munsterland
Jul 09 – Barcelona, Spain – Barts
Jul 10 – Madrid, Spain – Vistalegre Arena
Jul 12 – Porto, Portugal – Super Bock Arena
Jul 13 – Lisbon, Portugal – Campo Pequeno
North American Dates
Sep 22 – Boston, MA – Shubert Theatre
Sep 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Merriam Theater
Sep 25 – Providence, RI – Providence PAC
Sep 26 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
Sep 27 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
Sep 29 – Akron, OH – Akron Civic Theatre
Sep 30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center
Oct 01 – Columbus, OH – The Palace*
Oct 03 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
Oct 04 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre*
Oct 05 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
Oct 07 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre*
Oct 08 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
Oct 09 – Buffalo, NY – Shea’s PAC*
Oct 11 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Saint-Denis 1
Oct 12 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Oct 14 – Indianapolis, IN – Clowes Hall*
Oct 16 – Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theatre*
Oct 17 – Grand Prairie, TX – Texas Trust CI Theatre
Oct 18 – Austin, TX – Bass Concert Hall*
Oct 20 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
Oct 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Orpheum Theatre
Oct 24 – San Diego, CA – Balboa Theatre
Oct 25 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
Oct 26 – Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theatre*
Oct 28 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Oct 31 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Nov 01 – Vancouver, BC – The Orpheum
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Watch them perform “Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun” from the album
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