Nick Mason

Signed Nick Mason items - BBC Children In Need auction

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Football transfer rumours: Ruud van Nistelrooy to Tottenham?

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Today's rumours are still slogging away Everyone wants to be No1. Even Terry Wogan, who yesterday launched his bid for Christmas chart success with a version of All You Need Is Love, also featuring Sharon Corr, Bryan Ferry, Brian May, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and popular one-eyed ursine mascot Pudsey Bear. All you need is love, although in this case total deafness would also come in handy. The outgoing...

Forgotten Vinyl #34: Pink Floyd: Ummagumma

Haystak Music (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Ummagumma is a double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969 by Harvest and EMI in the United Kingdom and Harvest and Capitol in the United States. The first disc is a live album of their normal set list of the time, while the second contains individual compositions by each member of the band recorded as a studio album. The album's title supposedly comes from a Cambridge slang word for sex, commonly...

Nick Mason et al - All You Need Is Love video released

brain-damage.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

2009 BBC Children In Need fundraiser (http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey), has now been released, and can be viewed here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBsXOKvi3Ss). As you'll see, it features the multitude of musicians in the studio, all clearly having a whale of a time. It's the happiest Nick Mason performance we've seen for some time! The track was played last Tuesday by Chris Evans on his BBC Radio 2...

PGA Tour First Stage Qualifiers in Texas

Texas Golf (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009

One first-stage qualifier for PGA Tour Q-School is over, another one comes next week. On Saturday, play wrapped up at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club in McKinney. The full scores can be found here, but we'll list the 23 golfers who advanced into the second round:Nick Mason, Cave Creek, AZ, 278 Jacob Rogers, Tucson, AZ, 280 Allen McFerran, Fayetteville, AR, 281 William Doughtie, Amarillo, TX, 283

Ed O'Brien, Nick Mason To Debate Future Of Music Biz

Stereogum (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

The Pink Floyd drummer and RadioEd will bring their varied experience to the table a structured chat in London. The price of admission? It's up to you. (No really, it's ten quid .)

"Pink Floyd The Wall" - 30th anniversary interview

brain-damage.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of its release, the well-respected interviewer Redbeard makes Pink Floyd The Wall the subject of a two-part, two-hour special airing the weeks of November 16th, 2009, and November 23rd, 2009 on his In The Studio show. The show will feature interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, all looking back at the album, and so shouldn't be missed! In...

File sharers should have bandwidth 'squeezed', UK artists say

AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009

A meeting that was called for British musicians to discuss UK government proposals on how to tackle illegal file sharing has come to a consensus that file-sharers should have their bandwidth "squeezed" for persistent copyright infringement. The congregation of more than 100 artists came to the agreement that file sharers should not have their Internet accounts suspended. Artists including...

Poor Old Lilly

Everything has changed..... (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

Well, the copyright/illegal filesharing issue continues worldwide. Lilly Allen chipped in the other day (on her blog ), stating that illegal filesharing harms new artists, like new musicians and new film makers. While this maybe partially true, her examples of successful musicians who don't care about filesharing were a bad choice. " Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead "...

Lily Allen lobs blog at Wrinkly Rockers

The Register (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009

F*** you very very much, freetards The well-off popstars' club The Featured Artists Coalition - featuring such national institutions as Pink Floyd's Nick Mason - could hardly have imagined what it started when it issued a rallying cry three weeks ago.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Elton John backs crackdown on music piracy

ringtonia.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009

Illegal filesharing is dividing the music world with Lily Allen and Elton John taking issue with a group called the Featured Artists Coalition, who include Annie Lennox and Billy Bragg. The Guardian reports. Sir Elton John has come out in support of measures to crack down on music piracy by cutting off the internet connections of persistent illegal filesharers. In a letter to the business secretary,...

• Elton John backs piracy crackdown - The Guardian

Stars hit back in downloads row

Daily Star (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009

Rock stars including ROBBIE WILLIAMS, ANNIE LENNOX, and PINK FLOYD's NICK MASON have hit back at allegations they condone the illegal downloading of music.

• Robbie Williams - Stars Hit Back In Downloads Row - Contactmusic Ltd
• Featured Artists Coalition tell Lily Allen they're not pro illegal downloads - New Musical Express

Nick Mason wins at Goodwood Revival Festival

brain-damage.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009

The Ultimate File Sharing Battle: Lily Allen, Patrick Wolf, and Others Speak Out Against Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Crew

Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009

The topic of file sharing has sparked a heated internet debate between two seemingly disparate music forces. On one side of the battle, we have Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Ed O’Brien (Radiohead), Dave Rowntree (Blur), and Billy Bragg supporting illegal downloading. Opposite of this pirating posse is Lily Allen, Patrick Wolf, Matt Bellamy (Muse), and [...] Related posts: Breaking News: Patrick Swayze...

Breakfast with Peter Mandelson ... and Lily Allen!

The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009

The current debate over filesharing has become so fierce that Matt Bellamy and Lily Allen want to scoff croissants with the business secretary On one side you have Billy Bragg, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and Dave Rowntree from Blur, part of the happy family who call themselves the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC). On the other, there's Lily Allen, Patrick Wolf and, er, the guy who used to be in Savage...