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Syd Barrett At 80, Nick Mason Reflects On Pink Floyd’s Lost Genius

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Mason reflects on Syd Barrett’s creativity, influence and enduring legacy as the Pink Floyd founder would have turned 80.

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Rock and racing legend Nick Mason, drummer for Pink Floyd and lifelong car enthusiast, is auctioning off one of the most unique collector's items to ever bridge the worlds of music and motoring, his personal Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet Pink Floyd Edition. Every cent raised, including auction premiums, will go to the Harefield Healing Garden Charity, a cause close to Mason's heart.

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Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Turns 50: A Timeless Tribute to Absence and Artistry

Fifty years ago, on September 12, 1975, Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here, their ninth studio album and the follow-up to the phenomenon that was The Dark Side of the Moon. Few bands in rock history have faced the challenge Pink Floyd did in the mid-1970s: how do you follow up one of the most successful, best-selling and artistically defining albums of all time? Against that backdrop, Wish You Were Here emerged not only as a worthy successor but as one of the group’s most enduring works.

September 12, 2025
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets live @ Royal Albert Hall
Steven Wilson Remixes Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Pink Floyd Classic ‘Echoes’

Steven Wilson has created a remix of Pink Floyd’s ‘Echoes’ as performed by Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets.

May 23, 2025
Spandau Ballet perform at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 19 May 2015; photo Ros O'Gorman
Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp Was Inspired To Make Solo Album After Touring with Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason

Spandau Ballet’s co-founder and principal songwriter Gary Kemp says that the last three years touring the world with Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason in Saucerful of Secrets was the catalyst for his third solo album ‘This Destination’.

February 13, 2025
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets live @ Royal Albert Hall
Nick Mason Wants To Use AI On Pink Floyd Projects

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason wants to use AI to create new music for the band.

July 29, 2024
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets live @ Royal Albert Hall
Three Nick Mason Solo Albums To Be Reissued

Three solo albums of Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason will be reissued in June.

May 4, 2024
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets live @ Royal Albert Hall
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Is Such A Rare Privilege To See Live

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, featuring Pink Floyd drummer and co-writer Nick Mason who was there from the start, has began the first (and lets put it out there) last Australian tour. To be in the room with a Pink Floyd founder performing Floyd songs that are so rare many have never been played live by any member of Pink Floyd in Australia before, was indeed a privilege.

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