Rolling Stone have just published an interesting interview with Nick Mason, which is available to read online.

The interview, conducted by David Fricke, has Nick discussing his new 3CD/3LP solo box set and his Saucerful of Secrets band, which performs material from Pink Floyd's early days. The band are on tour across Europe throughout September, and tickets are now on sale. The article notes the possibility of the group playing some shows in the US next year.

Nick explains the choice of material for the Saucers' shows: "[Waters and Gilmour] have different areas that they like or don’t like. David was adamant that he didn’t want to do The Nile Song [from More] whereas Guy was mad keen to do it with us." Nick checked with the pair before launching the project. "I thought it would be good manners, and they were both supportive. Roger even said he would come down and sing one of the songs one night."

Nick goes into some detail of the background to his solo albums, and the various film soundtracks and shorter works he also did at the time. This area is rarely discussed, so it was good to hear how it all came about.

You can read the full interview here, and it may appear in an upcoming print edition of Rolling Stone Magazine, so we'll keep you posted on that.

On Thursday, we told you about the new staging of Another Brick In The Wall - The Opera, which opens in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 20th. The show runs until the end of the month.

Created with Roger Waters's full endorsement, it depicts Pink's journey from madness to redemption as never seen before, with sets created by designers from Cirque du Soleil, colossal video projections, a cast of 80, and a 70-piece orchestra in the pit. The production sold out its entire 10-performance run at the world premiere in Montreal last year. Read our fully illustrated review of the Montreal staging here.

The organisers have been in touch to offer Brain Damage visitors a very special, 20% discount on tickets! To get the reduction on your ticket price, you need to use the promo code DAMAGE when you place your purchase either over the phone, or online.

For more information, and to buy tickets for any of the performances, visit www.cincinnatiopera.org/the-wall.

UPDATE: Sam Jacobson was at one of these performances, and reviewed it for the classical music/opera website Bachtrack which you can read through this link. Worth checking out in case you are interested in attending any future stagings that may be arranged and announced...

Another Nick Mason radio interview for you to hear: he appears on the Billy Sloan show on BBC Radio Scotland, at 10pm UK time tonight (Saturday, July 14th).

Billy chats to Nick ahead of his Scottish concert (taking place in Glasgow, on September 28th) with his new band Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets, where they'll be exploring the early material of Pink Floyd during their European tour which takes place across the month of September this year. Nick also talks about those early touring days, what made The Dark Side of The Moon a masterpiece, his views on the Pink Floyd tribute bands and how the classic Live8 reunion performance came about.

UPDATE: The interview with Nick is now available to listen on demand through this link. Our thanks to Stuart Barstow for the info about this radio show.

This coming Sunday, July 15th, the BBC Radio 6 Music's 'The First Time with...' Nick Mason airs. One of the founding members of Pink Floyd, Nick shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt. Nick discusses the early years, and his first impressions of band mates Roger Waters and Syd Barrett. The hour long show is broadcast from 1pm UK time.

If you go to the BBC Radio 6 website you can find a landing page that not only includes Nick's upcoming show, but also the ability to hear, on demand, the same show featuring Roger Waters from July 2016, and David Gilmour from September 2015.

BBC6 Music can be heard in much of Europe, online at www.BBC.co.uk, and the show itself can be heard via the BBC's iPlayer service following broadcast. Listeners worldwide may also be able to tune in via the TuneIn app for Apple/Android devices. Our thanks to Dave Carlin, Stuart Barstow and Ken Carter for letting us know about this show.