Nick Mason to join Roger Waters at Hyde Park Calling

so now that's half of Pink Floyd!

By Neil Greenway | Published: Tue 9th May 2006

Hyde Park Calling 2006

Saturday 1st to Sunday 2nd July 2006
Hyde Park, London, W2 2UH, England MAP
£42.50 for each day, or £80 for both - on sale 9am Friday 10th March

Hyde Park Calling, which is happening on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July at London's Hyde Park, have just announced a rather special drummer will be playing with Roger Waters.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason will join Roger Waters at his Hyde Park Calling show on Saturday 1st July, and Mason will play drums on Waters performance of The Dark Side Of The Moon which is part of the show.

Mason is the only member of Pink Floyd who has remained with the band since its beginning in 1965 and has played on every Pink Floyd album including, of course, the 1973 epic The Dark Side Of The Moon.

Hyde Park Calling has on the Saturday Roger Waters (of course), Texas, Starsailor, Chris Difford, Breaks Co-op, Robert Cray Band, and Suzanne Vega. The Sunday line-up has The Who, Razorlight, The Zutons, and Ocean Colour Scene confirmed for the Main Stage, and Primal Scream, and Casbah Club on the Second Stage.

Tickets are priced at £42.50 for either day, or £80 for both days - click here to buy.

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