More concert news relating to the 2022 Echoes Tour of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – the band’s gig to be held in Madrid, Spain, on July 10th has had a change of venue. The show was due to be held at the Palacio Vistalegre in the city, and it is now being held at the Real JardÃn Botánico Alfonso XIII, on the same date. It is part of their 48-day “Noches del Botanico” music festival. As the venue is completely different, tickets for the original show will be refunded by the ticket agents, and for all of you who want to attend the new show, new tickets go on sale this coming Monday, March 7th, at 12pm local time. You’ll be able to buy them from www.nochesdelbotanico.com (https://en.nochesdelbotanico.com/artistas/nick-mason).
Following on from Guy Pratt’s excellent Lockdown Licks, and Guy and Gary Kemp’s essential Rockonteur’s podcast (the first episode of which featured Nick Mason, and subsequent episodes each have other notables from the world of music), their fellow Saucerful Of Secrets bandmate, guitarist Lee Harris, has just started his own. Lee asked for suggestions on his Facebook page for songs that he could “play and chat about from Live At The Roundhouse”, and from those he had, the decision was made to start Live At Lee’s with the first song in the set list – Interstellar Overdrive. More videos are promised in due course and you can find them on Lee’s official Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lee.harris.official) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mrleeharris) pages. Here’s episode 1:
Happy Halloween! Regulars to Brain Damage over the years will know that our good friend Joe Ringus is a hugely talented pumpkin artist, and each year crafts a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Halloween (a celebration which is embraced by many, principally tonight, but in a number of places it covers a number of days). Those regulars will no doubt be as keen as we have been to see if Joe would be continuing the tradition this year, and if so, what design would be picked. The great news is that Joe has been hard at work yet again, and has done another phenomenal job! We’re delighted to share his incredible carving with you, which is a representation of the key detail on the cover of the Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. This is very timely with the release on Friday of the Remixed & Updated edition (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/pink-floyds-a-momentary-lapse-of-reason-remix-2lp-vinyl-cd-dvd-blu-ray-and-360-reality-a.html) of the album! Joe said: “For the longest time I didn’t think this design would be possible on a pumpkin. But with limited design selections left to choose from, it was time to give it a try! It was also fitting that it coincided with the remix of A Momentary Lapse Of Reason! Happy Halloween!” Thanks Joe – we think you’ve done another excellent job! It’s a great tradition and we know many of our visitors love to see them. If there are any other pumpkin artists out there who have created Floyd designs, we’d love to see them. Also, if you have any suggestions for other images Joe could tackle in future years, please contact us at the normal email address of Matt@Brain-Damage.co.uk and we’ll pass on your ideas to him.
The size of a really, really, really small symphony orchestra, Ollie West & The Wildflowers is an intriguing 14-piece band (excluding Ollie). Having grown up with the music of The Beatles and Billy Joel, Ollie West has a background in rock and roll; however, he chose to take combine these early influences with classical elements …
