Many of you now will have seen the first two of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets' guitarist Lee Harris's "Live At Lee's" which he is sharing on his social media pages - these looked at how he approached a couple of the songs in the Saucers repertoire. For the third episode, he recorded something a little different - a chat with fellow guitarist Tim Renwick.

Tim, of course, has had a long history with the Floyd (amongst others on his extensive CV which is a bit of a who's who of top musicians) taking in things like Roger Waters' 1984 tour, Pink Floyd from 1987 onwards (including the 2005 Live 8 appearance at London's Hyde Park, and playing guitar on The Division Bell and Richard Wright's Broken China. We've mentioned before on Brain Damage that Tim remains very active, with some lovely solo albums available from his website.

Here's the interview:

Our last news item brought the disappointing but totally understandable, and expected, notification that the 2021 European tour for Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets was having to be postponed.

This afternoon, many of the revised dates have been announced, and the details are as below. As most of you will now be familiar with, your ticket agent or the venue will be in touch in due course if you have tickets for any of the shows below, with details of the revised date and with refund information if you are unable to make the new date. There is no need to contact them prior to hearing from them.

REVISED DATES - 2022
Some dates still to be advised/confirmed:

• May 14th, 2022 - Store Sal, Vaerket, Randers, The Netherlands (from June 3rd, 2021)
• May 19th, 2022 - Hall of Culture/Kultuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland (from June 8th, 2021)
• May 21st, 2022 - Alexela Concert Hall/Kontserdimaja, Tallinn, Estonia (from June 7th, 2021)
• May 23rd, 2022 - BKZ Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, Russia (from June 10th, 2021)
• May 25th, 2022 - State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (from June 11th, 2021)
• May 28th, 2022 - Club Wytwornia, Lodz, Poland (from June 14th, 2021)
• May 30th, 2022 - Budapest Park, Budapest, Hungary (from June 22nd, 2021)
• June 8th, 2022 - NDK - National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria (from June 18th, 2021)
• June 9th, 2022 - Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania (from June 16th, 2021)
• June 11th, 2022 - Wiener Gasometer, Vienna, Austria (from June 24th, 2021)
• June 12th, 2022 - Forum Karlin, Prague, Czech Republic (from May 23rd, 2021)
• June 13th, 2022 - Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany (from May 22nd, 2021)
• June 15th, 2022 - Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (from May 30th, 2021)
• June 16th, 2022 - Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (from June 1st, 2021)
• June 17th, 2022 - Cirque Royal - Koninklijk Circus, Brussels, Belgium (from May 31st, 2021)
• June 19th, 2022 - Grosser Saal, Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg, Germany (from May 26th, 2021)
• June 20th, 2022 - Kuppelsaal, Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (from May 27th, 2021)
• June 22nd, 2022 - Le Grand Rex, Paris, France (from May 28th, 2021)
• June 24th, 2022 - Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL Luzern), Lucerne, Switzerland (from May 24th, 2021)
• June 25th, 2022 - Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, Italy (from June 26th, 2021)
• June 26th, 2022 - Stupinigi Sonic Park, Turin, Italy (from June 27th, 2021)

In a move that should come as no surprise to anyone, due to the current Coronavirus restrictions and potential new waves of infection being experienced in some places, the upcoming Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets European tour is being postponed.

On their official social media channels, the band said:

Whilst really disappointing, the current Covid-19 situation sadly means we're having to delay the European #SaucerfulOfSecrets shows again. Please bear with us as we work on getting new dates for all the shows; hopefully we will have the revised dates for your diary very shortly!

The tour was due to start on May 19th - less than two months away - and despite the start of the vaccine rollout - it would have clearly been too early for a tour to start. Restrictions in place at the time might have meant that only partial capacities would be permitted, and with the majority of tickets sold, how would a venue or promoter decide who would be the lucky ones still able to attend, and who would miss out?

Obviously the bad (if expected) news was tempered with the great news that revised dates are being worked on. It must be incredibly difficult to come up with a multi-country tour schedule which works logistically, particularly with the number of artists who will be undergoing the same exercise. Once we have the revised dates, we will let you all know.

In a move that isn't overly unexpected with the ongoing global situation with COVID-19, the already rescheduled three evenings presenting A Theatre for Dreamers - An Evening of Words and Music with Polly Samson and David Gilmour in Manchester, Birmingham and London (on June 25th, 26th and 28th), have now sadly been cancelled.

They ask that ticket holders do NOT contact the box offices and wait to be contacted by their respective venue's box office team, who will each be processing the refunds. For full details on refunds (including Terms and Conditions), particularly with regard to those who already received their book signed by Polly and photo signed by Polly and David, or who were due to pick these up from the venue on the evening of the show they had tickets for, please click here.