Just announced is the next in the series of 2008 Dark Side Of The Moon concerts that Roger Waters and his band are playing. On April 30th they will be playing at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado - more details on our Denver show page.

Tickets for this concert go on sale to the general public on February 9th at 10am MST through Ticketmaster.com. However, there is radio presale (listen to local Denver stations for more info) and an American Express presale, both of which run from February 2nd through to February 8th, again through Ticketmaster.com.

To celebrate the release of the hilarious and highly acclaimed 'My Bass And Other Animals' in paperback, Guy Pratt is doing a one-night only special edition of the show that started it all. Don't miss the farewell gala performance of the near legendary one man show!

Being held at The Pigalle Club in London's Piccadilly on March 5th, tickets for the show (which starts at 7:30pm) have just gone on sale and are bound to sell quickly. Having seen the show a few times ourselves, we know how funny it is - chock full of stories about his times with Pink Floyd and David Gilmour, and a whole bunch of other top musicians over the years too... Don't miss it!

The book (our review here), an essential addition to your bookshelves, is published the following day - March 6th. You can order it (at time of writing with a healthy discount) through the following special links: Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, or Amazon France.

As many of you are aware, the UK's Planet Rock digital radio station are tonight (January 27th, at 6pm GMT) airing a repeat of the unmissable, hour-long Piper special, which had Guy Pratt in conversation with Richard Wright about the making of the album. Richard went down memory lane, going through the album track-by-track. UPDATE: Listen on demand through this link!

To make this day even more special (not forgetting Nick Mason's birthday as well) respected Canadian radio station Q104 are broadcasting a two-hour Syd Barrett special, with the first half airing this evening, from 8pm – 9pm Atlantic Time, which is 7pm – 8pm Eastern, 4pm – 5pm Pacific, and Midnight – 1am GMT. Hour two will air next Sunday, February 3rd, at the same time. Brain Damage's Arash Danesh was interviewed as part of the show, so make sure you tune in or catch it online at www.q104.ca, where they have a live stream available worldwide.

All of us at Brain Damage offer our heartiest best wishes to Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, who celebrates his 64th birthday today.

Nick, who this week accepted an invitation to stand as the new president of the Guild of Motoring Writers, following the death of the former president Lord Strathcarron in August 2006, has been involved in motor racing since the early 1970s and has entered Le Mans five times.

He has contributed to a number of magazines on motoring issues over the years (including a fascinating monthly column in Octane Magazine), and is a trustee of the Beaulieu National Motor Museum, and a life member and Guardian of the BRDC (British Racing Drivers Club).

Congratulations Nick - and many happy returns!