rickwright.com (https://rickwright.com), the site has been put together by Richard’s family, and they describe the aims as follows: “Welcome to the Richard Wright website, a space which aims to offer a unique insight into his musical life. This site doesnât profess to be a comprehensive or encyclopaedic source of Richard Wright facts and figures or trivia. It is rather somewhere to explore and hopefully come away with a better sense of who Richard was creatively and what influenced his music, as part of and apart from Pink Floyd. Giving him an online presence is well overdue and we have spent some time curating and archiving content that we feel best celebrates his legacy in a way he would feel comfortable with. “Through his own words and images, his musical loves and photos as well as the words of those who knew and worked with him, we believe that he would be happy to have this more personal window into his creative world opened.” The website is a fascinating and absorbing look at Richard, and includes many previously unseen pictures and videos, a number of which were taken by Richard himself, and some pages are also accompanied by musical excerpts. All very nicely done and we can only hope this is a step toward a keenly wished-for remaster/reissue of his superb solo albums…
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Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – US/Canada tour 2022 rescheduled dates
With uncertainty over surges of Coronavirus cases, the January/February 2022 tour dates for Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets in the US and Canada were postponed. Rearranging existing tour dates (particularly at the moment with the heavily increased demand from all artists affected) must be incredibly difficult, as the available venues must be the right size for the act, and in a vaguely logical geographical location so bands and crews aren’t zig-zagging their way across a country in an unsustainable way. However, after what we suspect has been a huge amount of work behind the scenes, the revised US and Canadian tour has now been announced. The difficulties in sorting a revised schedule are evident in that, sadly, six gigs have had to be cancelled. These are: Cincinnati which was originally on February 1st, St Louis on February 8th, Memphis on February 9th, Kansas on February 10th, Sacramento on February 23rd and Spokane on February 27th. For all of you holding tickets for these shows, the point of sale should be in touch with a refund. The better news is that these six cancelled gigs, have been replaced by eight new shows (in different locations). There are also three of the existing shows that have moved venues, within the same cities – Washington DC, Phoenix AZ, and Vancouver BC. For rescheduled shows that will be taking place at the same venue, all previously purchased tickets will be valid for the new date. For all shows being moved to new venues, customers will be automatically refunded for their purchase and offered an exclusive presale opportunity for the new venue and date. Further information will be sent directly to the original ticket holders by email shortly, and for any additional ticketing inquiries, fans should reach out to their point of purchase. The sale of tickets for the new shows starts on FRIDAY, MARCH 25th 2022 at 10am (local time), via Ticketmaster (https://www.ticketmaster.com/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets-tickets/artist/2602669) and other normal agents. Using our direct links also helps toward the ongoing running costs of this site, and is really appreciated! Here is the new schedule in full, with the newly added shows in bold: September 22nd – SHUBERT THEATRE – BOCH CENTER, BOSTON, MA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-21st-shubert-theatre-boch-center-boston-m.html)
September 23rd – MERRIAM THEATER, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-25th-merriam-theater-philadelphia-p.html)
September 25th – PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, PROVIDENCE, RI, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-22nd-providence-performing-arts-center-providence-r.html)
September 26th – CAPITOL THEATRE, PORT CHESTER, NY, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-24th-capitol-theatre-port-chester-n.html)
September 27th – LINCOLN THEATRE, WASHINGTON, DC, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-30th-the-anthem-washington-dc-usa.html)
September 29th – AKRON CIVIC CENTRE, AKRON, OH, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-2nd-akron-civic-theatre-akron-o.html)
September 30th – BENEDUM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, PITTSBURGH, PA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-26th-benedum-center-for-the-performing-arts-pittsburgh-p.html)
October 3rd – THE CHICAGO THEATRE, CHICAGO, IL, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-4th-the-chicago-theatre-chicago-i.html)
October 5th – RIVERSIDE THEATER, MILWAUKEE, WI, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-6th-riverside-theater-milwaukee-w.html)
October 8th – MASSEY HALL, TORONTO, ONT, CANADA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-18th-massey-hall-toronto-ont-canada.html)
October 11th – THEATRE ST-DENIS, MONTREAL, QC, CANADA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-19th-theatre-st-denis-montreal-qc-c.html)
October 12th – BEACON THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-28th-beacon-theatre-new-york-city-n.html)
October 17th – TEXAS TRUST CU THEATRE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-12th-texas-trust-cu-theatre-grand-prairie-t.html)
October 20th – PARAMOUNT THEATRE, DENVER, CO, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-15th-paramount-theatre-denver-c.html)
October 22nd – THE MADISON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PHOENIX, AZ, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-17th-orpheum-theatre-phoenix-a.html)
October 24th – BALBOA THEATRE, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-21st-balboa-theatre-san-diego-c.html)
October 25th – THE ORPHEUM THEATRE, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-18th-the-orpheum-theatre-los-angeles-c.html)
October 28th – FOX THEATER, OAKLAND, CA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-24th-fox-theater-oakland-ca-usa.html)
October 31st – MOORE THEATRE, SEATTLE, WA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-26th-moore-theatre-seattle-wa-usa.html)
November 1st – THE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-28th-the-orpheum-vancouver-bc-c.html)
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2019 Prog Magazine annual awards last night – Nick Mason & Tony Smith honoured
Prog Magazine (https://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/Prog-Print-Back-Issues/), honour newcomers and established acts alike, along with other key individuals. There were two key, Floyd-related awards given out last night – the first of these was Industry VIP, that was presented to Tony Smith. With a roster of top acts (including Genesis, and the various individuals/offshoot projects) he has also been Nick Mason’s manager for some time, and Nick’s Saucerful Of Secrets are under his wing too. Talking of Nick, it was last night that he received his trophy as Prog God. This had been previously announced that he was due to be given the award at this year’s ceremony, so all due preparation had been made. At the time the news broke, almost a month ago, Nick said: I’m all in favour of recognition for drummers – particularly when it’s me – so I’m really delighted to be recognised as Prog God. It’s hard to believe that it was over 50 years ago that the music we know as prog rock was born, and it’s still being celebrated, played and developed in the 21st century. Long may it continue! As part of the Prog God announcement last night, a video was shown collecting highlights of his career to date, and included some of the recently shot live footage of the Saucers at London’s Roundhouse (which looked great!). Nick did joke about hoping that he’d be winning Best Newcomer as well as Lifetime Achievement on the same evening! The picture here is Nick during his acceptance speech, with comedian and host for the evening Al Murray (left) and Rory Bremner, which was posted on the Prog social media channels. The live stream they had running will hopefully be available to view on demand in due course; pictorial coverage and the full list of winners from the Progressive Music Awards 2019 will be printed in their special souvenir issue, which goes on sale from October 25 and will also be available to purchase, worldwide, online (https://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/Prog-Print-Back-Issues/).
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