Pink Floyd drummer Mason returns to Montreux festival

Drummer and co-founder of legendary English rock band Pink Floyd, Nick Mason, is back at the Montreux Jazz Festival for the first time in more than half a century. Mason, 80, will perform interpretations of Floyd classics with his band Saucerful of Secrets. Do you want to read our weekly top stories? Subscribe here. Pink Floyd gave two concerts in Montreux in September 1970 and November 1971. This was in the early days of the legendary London band with its psychedelic and experimental music. The original band leader Syd Barrett had been forced out of the band two years earlier due to problems caused by his LSD use. After the albums "Atom Heart Mother" (1970) and "Meddle" (1971) were released, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright performed at Lake Geneva. At the first appearance at the Casino, Claude Nobs, the founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, organized a double concert in 1970: on Saturday evening, 21 November, and on Sunday afternoon, 22 November. The ...