Blurred Vision, headed by two Iranian Canadian brothers, have recorded a cover version of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall, part II", in support of the youth and freedom movement in Iran, and to help galvanise the international community to stand in solidarity with the youth of Iran, fighting a repressive regime to gain their freedom.

Having gained the approval of Roger Waters to record the track, which is subtitled "Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone!", the song is the band's first commercial release, produced by legendary rock producer Terry Brown and released by Canadian independent label, C12 Records (distributed by EMI Records).

The video, shown below, was a collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Babak Payami to visualize their interpretation of the song:

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As most of you are aware, there are many Pink Floyd tribute bands and shows across the world, bringing good music (played with varying degrees of success!) to local pubs, clubs, halls and even major arenas. With the sheer number of them, it is impossible to provide coverage of these bands, but occasionally there are rare exceptions.

However, the Australian Pink Floyd show are old friends - they first performed in the UK back in 1993 at the debut Brain Damage fan convention - and they are just about to start another major tour of the UK. And thanks to the promoters, three lucky Brain Damage visitors will each get a pair of tickets to a show of their choice!

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Following on from their acclaimed New Year's Eve performance, The Flaming Lips will again perform their rendition of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety at a US festival. Frontman Wayne Coyne revealed the news to the Spinner website. "As of yesterday [February 1st], we're gonna do it at Bonnaroo at the midnight slot, the first night. We do a Flaming Lips set then starting about 2:30 we do this 'Dark Side of the Moon' thing. In that sense, it's perfect for that. It lets you play a little bit longer."

The band's New Year's Eve performance of the classic album was supposed to be its one and only live airing. "We feared it could be because we thought, 'Well, if it's horrible we'll be glad we only did it once and it will grow in its infamy or whatever. But no, we considered if this record did in the end come out and people liked it and we were able to pull off this New Year's Eve thing, then we thought, 'Well, we could probably do that other places.'"

Bonnaroo takes place in Manchester, Tennessee, between June 10th-13th, and tickets go on sales at noon EST on February 9th.

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Roger Waters is one of the celebrity supporters of the renovation of Cinema Jenin in Palestine. The cinema, the only one in the area, closed some 22 years ago and quickly fell into severe disrepair. Jenin has been the scene of some of the worst violence between Israelis and Palestinians. An international effort is now in full flow with the aim to get the cinema operational again, for the people who live there.

The reopening of the cinema is the dream of one man, whose 11 year old son was shot during the conflicts in the region, and whom decided to donate his son's organs to Israeli children. Indeed, the initial presentation is intended to be the film of his story, "Heart of Jenin". This will be on the opening night of the first Jenin International Film Festival. Amongst the donations have been Roger's gift of 50,000 euros, and the BBC reports that he has given a "state-of-the-art sound system" for the cinema.

More information on the project, and the film, can be found at www.CinemaJenin.org.

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