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Drummer refused to play benefit

Posted on by skye.sylvain

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason was absent from the mini-reunion that brought Roger Waters and David Gilmour together for a short set the summer of 2010. The two played a benefit for the Hoping Foundation in England to a crowd of about 200. Nick said, “That particular event wasn’t right for a reformation of Pink Floyd.  I said I would do it, but it was a charity event for suits, and it felt wrong to turn a small thing into a big deal just because British socialite Jemima Khan was in attendance.” The show took place at the home of her ex-husband, retired Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan. Nick said, “Why play for a lot of posh totty instead of some of the other things we should save that up for – like a Live 8 type of thing?”

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Roger Waters at the Rogers Centre

Roger Waters, the co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, brings his historic production of “The Wall” to Rogers Centre in 2012. His aural and visual masterpiece of alienation and transformation will be performed in its entirety featuring a full band and state-of-the-art production on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 8pm. To purchase tickets online, visit Ticketmaster.ca.

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