In the September 2010 issue of the UK's Rhythm Magazine, Chris Barnes interviews Nick Mason, who also features on the cover (click thumbnail) as part of their celebration of 25 years.

Nick talks at length about the development of the drummer and the equipment over the years, revealing his favourites, and also reveals his thoughts about Pink Floyd. "The great thing about the band is how seriously people take it and that is personally very rewarding. It's that sense that you've given a lot of people something that's quite important to them, and that's really quite powerful. I really began to understand that more clearly after I'd done the book and I'd been on signing tours, because it's much more individual."

Barnes asks him about a film about Pink Floyd that Nick has been working on. "Searching through the archives, has that stirred any feelings in you?" Nick: "Oh yes, there's lots of good stuff. Doing the book I've been through a lot of photographs. Some of them are very funny, seeing just how bad the moustache was and how big the flares were."

Nick also talks about other things in progress: "There's two things. We've been developing the idea of a Pink Floyd anthology for a long time. I've spent quite a lot of time trying to find the material. I really enjoy that, but it's time consuming. We're talking about doing a big reissue of the Pink Floyd catalogue because there is the belief that there eventually will be the point that there simply won't be enough market to generate those sort of packages. That would be a tragedy, so it's a good time to do it..."

The magazine went on sale in major UK stores yesterday (August 31st) and can be purchased worldwide via mail order at MyFavouriteMagazines.co.uk. It comes with free Drum Icon Collectors' Prints of Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, John Bonham and Charlie Watts.

With the final rehearsals for the Roger Waters - The Wall Live tour currently underway in Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA, two additional dates on the 2011 European leg of the tour have been confirmed.

The show will be staying for an extra night at Oslo's Telenor Arena on May 1st, 2011, following the lightning fast sale of tickets for April 30th's concert. Tickets for this second show, which went on sale the same morning as the first, sold out almost instantly.

The second addition, which brings the total show tally to 101 (so far!), now concludes the tour on June 24th, 2011, and is a third (non-consecutive) night at Zurich's Hallenstadion...

Despite us understanding that all of Roger's shows had been announced, there's been a little flurry of activity these last few days. Another show has just been added - the Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 5th 2011 - and tickets for this show went on sale this morning through TicNet.se. You can check out the page for this show here , and discussions on all the shows are underway over at our Facebook page!

Taking his Wall Live tour to almost 100 dates, Roger Waters has added the Arena Zagreb, in Zagreb, Croatia, to the 2011 schedule. Him and his band will be performing there on April 13th, 2011, and the RogerWaters.com presale will start on August 27th for those registered at that site. General sale of tickets will follow after that date through the normal outlets. Naturally, we've added all the details we currently have for this show to a dedicated page, which will gradually build into a fully inclusive resource for this show...

This evening, an additional date - and venue - has been added to the 2011 Roger Waters Wall Live Tour. Roger will be performing at the Herning Arena (also known as the MCH Multiarena), in Herning, Denmark, on June 13th, 2011, and the RogerWaters.com presale begins for this show on Wednesday (August 25th) so if you aren't already registered there, go do it now so you don't miss out!

Following the presale, tickets should be on sale through normal ticket agents including Billetlugen.dk. As normal, we have already set up a special page devoted to this show, which can be found here.

Now open in Hannover, Germany, is the latest Gerald Scarfe exhibition, Heroes and Monsters. It covers his extensive career drawing satirical and political cartoons, alongside work for people like Pink Floyd (such as The Wall).

Our friend, regular BD visitor Guntmar Ploetzke, visited it when Gerald was also there to launch the show, and kindly shares his report with the Floyd community worldwide. Over to Guntmar:

When I entered the Wilhelm Busch Museum in the Georgengarten in Hannover all seats were occupied already. Only a few seats in the middle of front row were vacant but reserved for the guest of honour Mr. Gerald Scarfe and his lovely wife Jane (Asher).