Pink Floyd RSS News Feed

Statistics

We have 260 guests online
Visitors: 106332195
Pink Floyd The Black Strat book by Phil Taylor
Nick Mason Inside Out signed copy
Brain Damage and A Fleeting Glimpse

Pink Floyd 1987WELCOME TO THE 26th YEAR OF BRAIN DAMAGE, YOUR PINK FLOYD, DAVID GILMOUR, NICK MASON, SYD BARRETT, RICHARD WRIGHT AND ROGER WATERS NEWS RESOURCE!

It's 2025! This year sees the 50th anniversary of Wish You Were Here, which is an incredible thought; where does the time go?!

We now know that Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII on Blu-ray, 2CD, 2LP, DVD, digital and cinema screenings are on their way, with the releases on May 2nd, and the cinema screenings shortly before. NOT to be missed!

There's also been three Record Store Day releases released on April 12th, from David Gilmour, Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets, and Roger Waters which are also definitely worth tracking down, either in a participating store, or online, now that RSD has finished.

Last year, David Gilmour's superb new album, Luck and Strange, was released in a variety of formats, and a selection of coloured vinyls. A limited number of concert dates thrilled crowds in Brighton and London, England, Rome, Italy, and Los Angeles and New York, USA. Rome shows were filmed for release at some point...watch this space!

The Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets 2024 Set The Controls tour revealed a band in even better form than the 2022/23 shows which managed to exceed everyone's hopes and expectations! Our sincerest hopes are that they continue, but in the meantime, there's the RSD release, and the earlier live recording from London's Roundhouse on Blu-ray, DVD/2CD, and 2LP which is really excellent.

Of course, Roger Waters read three extracts from his memoirs in October 2023 at the London Palladium, so it might not be too long before that is published...he's also working on his new album based around The Bar - we'll let you know as soon as we get all the info!

HOW TO HELP THE SITE: If you want to contribute anything - such as concert reviews, articles or pictures - we'd love to hear from you; please email us.

A sincere note of thanks to those who use our affiliate links to Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster.co.uk, Seetickets.com, Eventim UK, the various Amazon stores (as an Amazon Associate we earn commission from qualifying purchases); Apple Music; Zavvi.com; HMV.com; and to those kind souls who make a Paypal donation toward running costs.

All these give much-needed help with things such as site hosting fees, and we really appreciate it. We get no funding, so every penny/cent helps keep the site running. Thanks! Finally, we use cookies to enhance your experience - but we use these purely to remember the size and width settings if you change these. External links may have their own cookies. By staying on our website you agree to our use of cookies.

VERY BEST WISHES
- your friends at Brain Damage


Home
Nick Mason thrills at special school funding celebration Print E-mail
Written by Matt   
Wednesday, 13 February 2008

bridge schoolLast Friday (February 8th) saw Nick Mason jamming with budding stars at a disabled children's special school in London, today's Islington Gazette reports.

The wildly enthusiastic crowd were celebrating not only the appearance of Pink Floyd's drummer, but a £20,000 donation from a local law firm, which paid for a drumming teacher and equipment for music rooms at The Bridge School, which caters for youngsters with severe learning difficulties and autism.

Nick was asked to come along by a friend with a child at the school, and talked to the Islington Gazette about the event.

The band (with the addition of Nick) did a rendition of one of their own compositions, Roll It, before 14-year-old star drumming pupil Henoch Lebonza-Makila - who has autism - showed what he can do on the drums.

Nick said: "The jamming session was great fun. It's nice to see very enthusiastic musicians and a very enthusiastic audience. After that, the rest is immaterial.

"It's very similar to the Pink Floyd days actually. You are enjoying playing music and listening to each other.

"Any sort of playing is fun, whether it's Live 8 or playing with a band here. One of the kids asked, 'Are you sweaty', and I said, 'Yeah'. I am a great believer in music being played."

Nick didn't perform any Pink Floyd numbers, saying: "We are very lucky that kids are still interested in our music. But if you are a guest then you must follow their music."

The Islington Tribune added that Henoch, who is autistic, managed to keep hold of his drumsticks, which is more than Nick did, raising a laugh from pupils when one stick slipped out of his fingers onto the school hall floor.

After the performance, he said: "It was incredible, fantastic, great fun. I normally expect to get a little rehearsal time but I was shown straight to the drums this time."

The Islington Gazette's story can be read in full at their website, and more information on the school can be found at www.thebridge.islington.sch.uk.

 
< Prev   Next >
Brain Damage on Facebook Follow Brain Damage on Twitter Brain Damage's YouTube channel
Pink Floyd Calendar

----- No concerts scheduled

Pink Floyd on iTunes
HeYou Floyd Fanzine - order details
www.Brain-Damage.co.uk - the Pink Floyd, Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Richard Wright,
Syd Barrett and Roger Waters news & info site
All content except where noted otherwise is © Brain Damage/Matt Johns 1999-2025.
Please see 'About Brain Damage' page for legal details and the small print!
Website generously designed and built by 3B Web Design