Some hopefully great news for those of you in or near Germany – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets have expanded their summer tour this year with a performance at the Herzberg Festival at Breitenbach am Herzberg, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2024/july-28th-herzberg-festival-breitenbach-am-herzberg-ge.html). It’s quite a large festival, running since 1968 and this year, runs from 25th – 28th July, with Nick and the gang appearing on the final day – 28th July (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2024/july-28th-herzberg-festival-breitenbach-am-herzberg-ge.html). Tickets for the festival are now on sale through burgherzberg-shop.de/c/ticket (https://www.burgherzberg-shop.de/c/ticket), although it looks like you can’t buy individual day tickets for the event. UPDATE: a single day ticket for the 28th – the day that Nick and his Saucers are playing – has now been added to the ticket store! We are still waiting to hear about the Rome, Italy gig which was included in the announcement for the dates in that country, but without the venue or ticket link being available. We’re also hoping that there will be other dates added but, as with Rome, once we have any information we will let you know.
Complete with fan favourite record ‘LAVISH’, Toronto art collective STAYOUTLATE return with their unmissable debut album, FABERGÉ, a finely curated mix of 8 modern hip-hop tracks skillfully composed by the seasoned ears of producers YoungWolf and Zepfire and written and executed by rappers Tremayne, Charlie Noiir and Scotty IV. ‘Bodmon Vibe’ features as the lead …
We’re always very keen for Brain Damage visitor contributions, and the following is a great example of writing by I. G. Roberts. He has come up with a great, and well argued, Pink Floyd playlist that, he suggests, looks at “the gentler, lesser spotted, more rusticated side of one of the world’s most successful bands. ‘A sun-dappled world of birdsong, bees, church bells and drowsy melodies drifting down the river into the sunset awaits you.â”… I fell under the spell of The Pink Floyd on hearing their first two singles, âArnold Layneâ and âSee Emily Playâ, during the fabled spring and summer of 1967 â I think the definite article may have still been in play then, although it had certainly disappeared by early August when the debut album was released. At the time, I spent approximately half of one weekâs wages on the thrilling âSee Emily Playâ â about 35p these days â from my after-school job (collecting paint and wallpaper etc. on a delivery bike with a basket attached for a local decoratorâs shop from a wholesaler). Joint-top of my birthday wish-list were Sgt. Pepperâs Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. I certainly got both albums,
although as I had left school and was working by then, I may have had to cough up some of the price of them out of my wages. I think albums cost 32s/6d each â in modern money, a combined sum of £3.25p. I doubt if Iâve ever since had such value from that amount of cash. No wonder that Pepper and Piper are forever linked in my mind. Incidentally, the recording of both albums overlapped in the studios at Abbey Road during the first half of 1967.
Some great news for a number of you – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets have just revealed more dates for their 2022 Echoes Tour. There are three of the dates that some of you will have been waiting for the revised dates for (they were going to happen this year, but obviously were postponed), along with nine brand new dates, taking place in Ireland and mainland Europe. Tickets for the newly announced shows have just gone on sale through the normal agents – direct links below – and for the rescheduled shows, the existing tickets remain valid for the new dates so you don’t need to contact the ticket agents or the venues. NEW AND REVISED DATES: April 13th 2022 – Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/april-13th-the-convention-centre-dublin-dublin-ir.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/198928/5293136)
April 14th 2022 – Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/april-14th-ulster-hall-belfast-northern-ir.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/459343/5293136)
May 16th 2022 – The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/may-16th-det-kongelige-teater-the-royal-danish-theatre-copenhagen-de.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.dk/event/501237?language=da-dk&brand=dk_livenation)
May 17th 2022 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/may-17th-sentrum-scene-oslo-norway.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/664513)
June 6th 2022 – Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/june-6th-volkwagen-arena-istanbul-istanbul-t.html) – TICKETS (https://www.biletix.com/etkinlik/05A36/TURKIYE/tr)
June 28th 2022 – Theatre du Leman, Geneva, Switzerland (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/june-28th-theatre-du-leman-geneva-switze.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketcorner.ch/event/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets-theatre-du-leman-13809300/)
June 30th 2022 – Liederhalle Beethoven-Saal, Stuttgart, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/june-30th-beethovensaal-stuttgart-germany.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 1st 2022 – Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2021/may-21st-laeiszhalle-hamburg-germany-resched-2.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 2nd 2022 – Insel Grafenwerth, Bad Honnef, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2021/june-5th-insel-grafenwerth-bad-honnef-germany-resched-2.html) – TICKETS (https://www.bonnticket.de/nick+mason-s+saucerful+of+secrets+-+more+games+for+may-+-+neuer+termin+folgt-ticket-3501/?shopid=1002&query=nick&pageid=3501&evid=2218666)
July 4th 2022 – Circus Krone, Munich, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/july-4th-circus-krone-munich-germany.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 5th 2022 – Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/july-5th-haus-auensee-leipzig-germany.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 6th 2022 – Grosser Saal, Messe Und Congress Centrum Hall Munsterland, Munster, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2021/may-19th-grosser-saal-messe-und-congress-centrum-hall-munsterland-munster-germany-resched-2.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/) As part of the announcement was the sad news that despite their best efforts, they weren’t able to include the two postponed shows that were due to take place in Freiburg, Germany, and Sete, France, in the 2022 schedule as venues weren’t available when the band would have been able to play those locations. Ticket holders can get a refund from their point of purchase.
