Nick Mason

I saw Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets at Symphony Hall Birmingham in September 2018. The show was based around the early Pink Floyd material from the Syd Barrett era, and therefore was not as familiar as the later Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall.

The music is very sixties and psychedelic. The show includes strobe lighting throughout and the music was played as loud as any band I’ve ever seen at Symphony Hall - it was ear splitting.

Nick talked to us a few times during the show and was ably assisted by Martin Kemp and the rest of the band.

Nick may be 74, but he is still one hell of a drummer. Well worth seeing, just don’t expect the Pink Floyd standards.

Refreshing to hear the important early years of Pink Floyd, not touching on the perhaps over-exposed classic albums of the 70’s, the set list is a quality best of from the very first 45, Arnold Layne, to the ‘latest’... being a couple of tracks off Meddle. A significant nod to the eccentric and quirky songs of Syd, and my particular favourites the lengthier numbers such as Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.

Also good to see Gary Kemp fitting in so well with Floyd's music, this tour may well extend and extend...

Absolutely fantastic show. Played nearly every song on "Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" and "Saucerful of Secrets". The venue was fantastic as well. We also enjoyed the opening act, and I believe he will go far. The following day was topped off by finding out that Nick Mason and his band stayed in the same hotel as we did...we saw and met Nick in the morning at breakfast.

What an EXCELLENT show!!! I listened to all of the pre-Dark Side of the Moon albums several times prior to the show. What I heard at the concert was so true and clear to what was on the album. Go to this show.