With tickets going on sale today for Roger Waters The Wall in selected cinemas worldwide, Roger has been talking to some parts of the press. In the interviews, he has confirmed continued work on his solo material, and suggests another tour isn't too far away - certainly before he feels he is too old for the rigours of touring.

The UK's Sun newspaper devotes a double page spread, and also a full page portrait, to Roger, under the headline "My teacher said I might as well shoot myself because I was useless"! In the interview, he talks first about a new song he's written about 'humanity', revealing the first verse and noting that "it gets a bit surreal" as the second verse is in French, including a "Je Suis Charlie" reference to the terrorist massacre in Paris.

He talks of how The Wall is presented within the context of the new film, intercut with Roger's road trip through France and Italy, as a way of explaining how his family background informed some aspects of The Wall.

Cologne's Rundschau newspaper has also published an interview with Roger today (viewable online here). In it, Roger talks about the movie, its background, and presentation. "We had collected a lot of documentary material, but it should always be a concept film and a road movie for the big screen. When we finished our tour and filmed the concerts, I thought: Something's missing. I wanted to visit the grave of my grandfather in northern France, where he fell in the First World War. In addition, my father died in World War II and now I was for the first time at the memorial. I am a child of the Second World War, for me it is very important."

Talk turns to the freedoms felt after leaving Pink Floyd, and the joy he has found in recent years on the road with his band. "I like my band, they have and express all their views. Nevertheless, everyone knows whose band it is. Although I work very closely with my colleagues and I adore them, yes we are all in a blissful boat, I am still the captain!" Being a solo artist clearly pleases him. "I describe what I do, often analogous to the existence of a painter. You have a screen in front of you, an idea in your head and shuffle the colours together. Then someone comes along and says: 'I think you should choose a different colour'. Your reaction is: 'Fuck you! What does that have to do with you?' It is the work of an individual, even if you have people who imagine individual areas. I do not compare myself with Michelangelo, but when he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he had many helpers and yet it was his vision."

Looking to the future, he confirms that "I'm working on a new album and I think a tour is still in me before I hang up my boots. At some point I will no longer be up for performing on arena stages. I'm 72 this year, but I have a few years left in me. I will never stop reading and writing. And I love to cook and fish. So I have a ton of things that I like, but it's quite a physical thing to perform a rock'n'roll show every two days."

For the final word on his new material, back to the Sun's interview: "I'm working out how to make it into an arena show and wondering if that will inform what might or might not go on an album..."

Tickets for the September 29th Roger Waters The Wall concert film screenings, at selected cinemas worldwide, now seem to be on sale in most regions. The screening is followed by a Q&A session with Roger and Nick Mason, talking about Pink Floyd's history and any other questions selected from those submitted by fans recently, specifically for this event. The Q&A will be broadcast to all participating cinemas, and will form part of the three-hour event.

Whilst exact details of which cinemas/cinema chains, in which countries, are not available, certainly in the UK the Picturehouse and Vue chains appear to be fully involved. The Cineworld and Odeon chains also seem to be participating although they are not taking bookings yet on their respective sites. It might be that they will list the film later today on their site.

Worth visiting is the official site for Roger Waters The Wall which has a mapping feature based on your location, showing which local cinemas are due to take part, linking direct to either the ticket purchase page for that venue, or for their homepage if they are yet to list this particular event. Click the thumbnail to the left to see what this looks like. As it is a special screening, we anticipate most, if not all, venues will be charging a slightly higher amount than for normal films they show.

In the US, it is also worth checking fandango.com who started selling tickets last night for screenings in that country.

Earlier this year, the Music Radar website, along with Guitarist Magazine published an extensive article looking at some rather interesting instruments and equipment.

They met with David Gilmour's long-serving tech Phil Taylor to examine in full detail the instruments, amps and effects that the Pink Floyd legend used to summon up the rich soundscapes of The Endless River. They note that "David Gilmour clearly likes water. His famed houseboat studio, Astoria, is moored on the Thames near Hampton. Today, Guitarist is at his other studio, Medina, near Brighton and overlooking the Channel. Aptly, it was these two venues that were employed to record the bulk of the final Pink Floyd studio album..."

Taylor takes the reader through the equipment in detail, and begins by talking of how the studio sprung from humble beginnings - a derelict storage unit - and became a bespoke, state of the art recording facility.

With 30 pages of photos and accompanying text, it makes for a fascinating look at the equipment responsible for so much of our favourite music over the years. Click here to read the article and see the pictures.

Announced this week are a set of events to mark the Belarus Free Theatre Festival, including a launch event at London's Koko, in Camden. The festival is staging a two-week festival of performances at secret underground locations in celebration of the company's 10th anniversary, but preceding this with a solidarity concert of music and play readings as part of the celebrations.

The event - Staging a Revolution: I'm With The Banned - on October 18th at 7pm, and scheduled to run until 11pm, will unite artists who live in political freedom with banned bands from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, including Pussy Riot, performing alongside the likes of David Gilmour and Neil Tennant.

Friends of BFT, including Kim Cattrall and Juliet Stevenson, will give readings.

Tickets for the event are now on sale via the Koko website.