In a move that surely will not come as a surprise to any of us, Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets have been forced to postpone their UK, Irish and European 2020 concerts due to the current COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic. 

In a statement, they have said that "the safety and wellbeing of the fans, the crew and band members are of paramount importance to those involved in the Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets UK and European tour that was due to start in Guildford on April 23. Under the advice of the government due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the unilateral decision by the theatres to close at these uncertain times, we have had to postpone the UK shows until October."

The revised UK dates for your diary are as follows:

• October 1 - The Forum, Bath, England
• October 4 - Barbican, York, England
• October 5 - St David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
• October 7 - Sage Gateshead, Gateshead, England
• October 8 - The Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
• October 9 - O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester, England
• October 11 - New Theatre Oxford, Oxford, England
• October 12 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England
• October 14 - City Hall, Sheffield, England
• October 15 - Regent Theatre, Ipswich, England
• October 16 - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England
• October 19 - Brighton Dome, Brighton, England
• October 22 - Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
• October 24 - G Live, Guildford, England

All tickets remain valid for the revised dates. They are currently working on re-scheduled dates for the shows in London, Southampton and Dublin. Customers are advised to retain their tickets and ticket confirmations at this time. More information will be announced in the near future on these rescheduled shows.

They add that the European leg of the tour, which was due to begin on May 18 in Brussels, "has also been postponed due to most of the governments in Europe forcing a complete lockdown of public assemblies and making it impossible to continue. Any further decision on this part of the tour will be taken as the situation becomes more settled and clearer."