Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason talked in an interview with The Coda Collection about his favorite cover bands of the Progressive Rock group. In the same interview he also talked about his upcoming 2022 tour dates.
Drummer Nick Mason said about his favorite Pink Floyd cover bands:
“I do really like it when people do cover our songs and do their interpretations of it. I’m always a little bit sarky about tribute bands, because I’d prefer to hear… I love Dub Side of the Moon, for the sort of reggae feel to the songs. And there’s another one, Luther Wright and the Wrongs, who did The Wall as a country and Western album, I thought was terrific.”
Nick Mason talked about the tour, saying:
“All being well, we’re going to start rehearsing the end of next week, in fact, with the idea of hopefully being in America the beginning of next year and UK and Europe after that. We don’t do new songs. It’s like going into an antique shop and saying, “I want something contemporary.” No, we’d definitely like to increase the repertoire, though, for sure. There’s a surprising amount of material there.”
“The cut off is, up to, but not including Dark Side. And so with film tracks and early records and all the rest of it and singles, there’s still quite a way to go. It’s interesting as well, I think, that there is a difference between the USA and Europe, for sure. In that the Americans, I think because we were more successful in Europe, early on, and less so in the USA, so people are less familiar with the early records in America. And so you get people saying, “I’ve never heard this song. What is it?” And so on. Whereas in Europe, you’re more likely to have people going, “Oh yeah, I remember that.”
Nick Mason 2022 tour dates
England
April
- 13/04/2022 CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBLINBUY
- 14/04/2022 USLTER HALL, BELFASTBUY
- 16/04/2022 BARBICAN, YORKBUY
- 18/04/2022 PHILHARMONIC, LIVERPOOLBUY
- 19/04/2022 NEW THEATRE, OXFORDBUY
- 20/04/2022 G LIVE, GUILDFORDBUY
- 22/04/2022 SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAMBUY
- 23/04/2022 ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDONBUY
- 24/04/2022 REGENT, IPSWICHBUY
- 26/04/2022 DOME, BRIGHTONBUY
- 27/04/2022 ST. DAVID’S HALL, CARDIFFBUY
- 28/04/2022 ROYAL CONCERT HALL, NOTTINGHAMBUY
- 30/04/2022 CITY HALL, SHEFFIELDBUY
May
- 01/05/2022 DE MONTFORT HALL, LEICESTERBUY
- 03/05/2022 O2 CITY HALL, NEWCASTLEBUY
- 04/05/2022 USHER HALL, EDINBURGHBUY
- 06/05/2022 O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTERBUY
- 07/05/2022 FORUM, BATHBUY
- 08/05/2022 PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS, PLYMOUTHBUY
- 10/05/2022 GUILDHALL, PORTSMOUTHBUY
- 11/05/2022 FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDONBUY
Europe
- 14/05/2022 VAERKET, RANDERSBUY
- 16/05/2022 THE ROYAL THEATRE, COPENHAGENBUY
- 17/05/2022 SENTRUM SCENE, OSLOBUY
- 19/05/2022 HOUSE OF CULTURE, HELSINKIBUY
- 21/05/2022 ALEXELA HALL, TALLINNBUY
- 23/05/2022 BKZ OKTYABRSKY, ST. PETERSBURGBUY
- 25/05/2022 KREMLIN, MOSCOWBUY
- 28/05/2022 KLUB WYTWÓRNIA, LÓDZBUY
- 30/05/2022 BUDAPEST PARK, BUDAPESTBUY
- 31/05/2022 HALL 9 @ ZAGREB TRADE FAIR, ZAGREBBUY
June
- 01/06/2022 BELEXPO CENTAR, BELGRADEBUY
- 06/06/2022 ISTANBUL, VU ARENABUY
- 08/06/2022 NDK – NATIONAL PALACE OF CULTURE, SOFIABUY
- 09/06/2022 ARENELE ROMANE, BUCHARESTBUY
- 11/06/2022 GASOMETER, VIENNABUY
- 12/06/2022 FORUM, PRAGUEBUY
- 13/06/2022 TEMPODROM, BERLINBUY
- 15/06/2022 DEN ATELIER, LUXEMBOURGBUY
- 16/06/2022 MUZIEKGEBOUW, EINDHOVENBUY
- 17/06/2022 CIRQUE ROYALE, BRUSSELSBUY
- 19/06/2022 MEISTERSINGERHALLE, NUREMBERGBUY
- 20/06/2022 JAHRHUNDERTHALLE, FRANKFURTBUY
- 22/06/2022 GRAND REX, PARISBUY
- 24/06/2022 KKL, LUCERNEBUY
- 25/06/2022 PIAZZA NAPOLEONE, LUCCABUY
- 26/06/2022 STUPINIGI SONIC PARK, TURINBUY
- 28/06/2022 GENEVA, THEATRE DE LEMANBUY
- 30/06/2022 STUTTGART, LEIEDERHALLE BEETHOVEN-SAALBUY
July
- 01/07/2022 HAMBURG, LAEISZHALLEBUY
- 02/07/2022 BAD HONNEF, INSELN GRAFENWERTHBUY
- 04/07/2022 MUNICH, CIRCUS KRONEBUY
- 05/07/2022 LEIPZIG, HAUS-AUENSEEBUY
- 06/07/2022 MUNSTER, HALLE MUNSTERLANDBUY
- 09/07/2022 BARTS, BARCELONABUY
- 10/07/2022 VISTALEGRE ARENA, MADRIDBUY
- 12/07/2022 SUPER BOCK ARENA, PORTOBUY
- 13/07/2022 CAMPO PEQUENO, LISBON