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Nick Mason/Saucerful Of Secrets auction today for Roundhouse fundraiser

With apologies for the short notice, the legendary Roundhouse are running an auction which concludes TODAY, and which includes two incredible Nick Mason auction items. Firstly, a pair of limited-edition, hand finished Pharaoh Drum Head prints, donated by Nick himself (https://riseupfortheroundhouse.com/lite-ui/?controller=lots&action=showLot&id=6). These drum heads prints are direct copies of the famous painted drum heads used during Pink Floyd’s early tours. The original ‘Pharaoh’ pair were used during the Floyd’s concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in 1969. Only 10 copies were ever made – by winning this lot you’ll own a piece of music history. Nick: “A couple of years ago we were moving all the drum kits and accessories to a new storage facility. Amongst the cymbal cases we found one that contained all the custom painted drum fronts that were painted for me by an artist, or artists, in the early seventies – usually to coincide with American tours. I have pictures of these in place at a number of shows…” Secondly, there’s a meet & greet with Nick’s Saucerful Of Secrets and double pass to their show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 29th. (https://riseupfortheroundhouse.com/lite-ui/?controller=lots&action=showLot&id=27) The show will be the band’s final UK concert of their upcoming Set The Controls 2024 tour. Both lots are available for bidding until the end of today, Wednesday March 20th. These are part of a larger silent auction full of top prizes from the music world, for their biannual Gala. They are fundraising for their work with young people aged 11-30, through which they provide life-changing experiences through the expressive arts.

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Roger Waters concludes his 2022/2023 tour

Well, that’s it – for now, at least. Roger Waters has now completed his 2022/2023 This Is Not A Drill tour, with his show in Quito, Ecuador, with the South American dates concluding the 56 shows this year, which joined the 43 last year. The majority of the dates were performed “in the round”, which Roger and his band in the centre of auditoriums, with Roger occasionally visiting the different “arms” of the stage structure during the show. For the final, stadium shows, a more conventional staging was employed due to the nature of the venues. To answer those who HAVEN’T yet emailed us to ask, there aren’t any dates currently confirmed for 2024, or any other confirmed activity for Roger. There has been talk about him recording another album, and for those who went to, or heard about, the London Palladium shows in October (which presented his Redux version of The Dark Side Of The Moon) he has been writing his memoirs. He read out three sections on the first night, covering life in Cambridge, Syd Barrett, and a friendly duck… There are no details of when the book will appear but obviously we will let you know once we have details. We’re also waiting to hear if there will be a live album/video from the tour released at some point. Again, once we have the confirmed information, we’ll let you know. If any of you went to ANY of the shows over the last two years, and would like to share your views on them, please get in touch. We’d love to include your contributions!