Some out of date, but amazing news regarding Pink Floyd
PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:09 am
ultimate-guitar.com wrote: Although nothing is set in stone, it certainly looks like 2009 has the makings of being quite a historic year for Rock N Roll tours. Already with a pending Led Zeppelin reunion tour on hold while Robert Plant finishes his current tour with Alison Krauss, it now appears both Roger Waters and Nick Mason are up for a Pink Floyd reunion as well. But with Roger Waters still touring with his solo band in 2008, could 2009 be the year Pink Floyd finally return to the stage with their most successful lineup, which consisted of Waters on bass, Mason on drums, David Gilmour on guitar and Richard Wright on Keyboards?
Many thought a Pink Floyd reunion with principle songwriter and lyricist Roger Waters would never happen, since Pink Floyd went through one of Rock N Roll's most bitter break ups with both sides stuck in litigation over many things ranging from use of the name Pink Floyd to how royalties would be divided. But with Bob Geldof accomplishing the previously unthinkable task of reuniting Pink Floyd on stage for Live 8 while bringing attention to world poverty, it now appears a Pink Floyd reunion tour is at the very least possible. We caught up with Nick Mason recently to get his thoughts on the possibilities of Roger Waters touring with Pink Floyd again in the near future.
Nick Mason And Roger Waters Up For Pink Floyd Reunion
"Well, I'm absolutely up for it. Curiously enough in an interview recently Roger said he was up for it. So, really it's down to David now. That's the way it seems to work, the ball sort of gets moved around every now and again."
So being a drummer, how does Nick feel about touring with his long time friend and bassist Roger Waters again?
Nick Mason On Performing With Roger Waters
"Actually it's always great to play with Roger. In fact I've done some shows with him about five years ago after the great sort of punch up. In fact playing with the bass player that you've played with most of your life is just a really easy experience. Roger does have the reputation of being a bit tricky sometimes but actually playing is easy."
Currently David Gilmour is taking 2008 off after a very successful tour in support of his latest release 'On An Island.' Roger Waters, besides performing at Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California on April 27th, 2008, has a few North American Tour dates in early May before heading back to Europe for dates extending until Tuesday May 13th in Denmark. If Pink Floyd were to reunite and hit the road in 2009, would they put together a greatest hits tour? Or perhaps would they do something extraordinary and head out on the road with The Wall, which would undoubtedly be the biggest tour in history. As of press time, only rumors are circulating and nothing is set in stone, yet.
If lightning strikes twice, this will happen. Sadly, when this news was put out, it was prior to Richard Wright's death. But, still, this may happen. It is only easy to find a replacement for Keyboard, and even though it WILL NEVER be the same without Wright, it will still be a heck of a lot of fun to see one of, if not THE best Rock n' Roll group of the 60's and 70's reunite.
C'mon David.. Make the right decision.