The Making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii is a new book currently being worked on by Sam Sleiman.

The full story of how this film came to be has never been told… but that could be about to change. For the past three years Sam has been researching the film, trying to piece together a comprehensive and definitive documentation of its history. Numerous interviews have already been conducted, and a significant amount of material has been gathered for the book.

Although Adrian and the Floyd have occasionally shared anecdotes about the film, there are still plenty of other people who worked on it and whose stories have yet to be heard. Should sufficient funding be provided for the book to be completed, the intention is that this will be a lavish coffee table book, featuring numerous never-before-seen photos, as well as ads and related publicity from the film's subsequent theatrical releases. Jacques Boumendil, one of the camera operators for the Pompeii shoot, took an impressive amount of exceptional photos that have never been shared or published since they were developed. If funding for the project is a success, the book will be available by June 2014 as a hardcover and e-Book purchase. [As a sidenote, the title has changed ever so slightly since the original story was posted.]

Sam is seeking funds through an Indiegogo page, to help pay for things like licensing images, design, translation and editing costs, and covering the costs of the initial print run. Contributors will receive a range of benefits depending on how much they put toward the project...

Yesterday, Roger Waters did the keynote Q&A at the Billboard Touring Conference and Awards 2013, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.

The 80-minute discussion covered a number of subjects, not least his long-awaited new album which is now moving apace. ROlling Stone noted that 'his succinct synopsis of the album's storyline included the character voices of a six-year-old Northern Irish boy and his grandfather who comforts the child after he's had violent nightmares which include children being killed. The grandfather "enters into a covenant with the boy that he will take him on a quest to find an answer to his question, 'Why are we killing the children?' And that's what the record's about," Waters explained.'

More information on the Q&A and what Roger discussed can be read here. Billboard have also put together a short highlights video which can be seen here:

The new Holiday 2013 issue of US magazine Guitar World is now available in North American stores, and in due course, selected stores across the world as an import.

The new issue features an open-ended interview with Roger Waters, whose The Wall Live tour was, of course, one of the biggest and most ambitious tours in the history of rock. In this exclusive interview, Waters explains the imagery and symbolism behind his updates of the Pink Floyd classic. They also go behind The Wall Live with guitarists Snowy White, G.E. Smith, Dave Kilminster and Jon Carin, who reveal what it takes to play in the greatest show on earth.

The greatness that is The Wall Live has also inspired a top ten list of the most incredible concerts and roadshows in rock and metal history; from Metallica's Damaged Justice to Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman tour.

Their online store ships the magazine worldwide, through this direct link.

Roger Waters has been talking to RollingStone.com about his activities since finishing The Wall Live on September 21st, in Paris, France. Clearly determined to keep working, rather than taking a much deserved rest after the rigours of the tour, he's been hard at work on his new album. "I finished a demo of it last night," he tells Rolling Stone. "It's 55 minutes long. It's songs and theater as well. I don't want to give too much away, but it's couched as a radio play. It has characters who speak to each other, and it's a quest. It's about an old man and a young child trying to figure out why they are killing the children."

Rolling Stone asks if he's likely to tour the new album once it is complete. "I'm suffering a little bit of withdrawal after ending the Wall tour," he says. "It's sort of a relief to not have to go out and do that every night, but they're such a great team. There were 180 of us together everyday. That piece was very moving every night."

Waters continued: "I can't top that tour. First of all, you have to accept the fact that I'm not going to live forever. I'm 70 years old. You just have to accept that when you do something as enormous as that tour. The hardest thing in the world is thinking of something to do, so going and doing it is a reward in itself."

He doesn't rule out the possibility of reviving The Wall at some point, and happily recalls which city had the loudest fans of all. Read more at RollingStone.com.