The annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is a remarkable homage to the dawn of driving that boasts huge appeal, attracting entrants from around the globe, all eager to participate in what is the world's longest running and greatest motoring celebration. It's a unique event always staged on the first Sunday in November (so, this year on November 3rd) that catches the imagination of royalty and personalities from the world of television, stage, music and sport. For everyone involved, though, it's a rare opportunity to experience a ride in one of these extraordinary pre-1905 automobiles on the famous 60-mile run from Hyde Park in central London to the seafront in the Sussex resort of Brighton.

Nick Mason is one famous face who has become a Veteran Car Run regular. Indeed, he is such a strong devotee that he acquired his very own pre-1905 veteran car - a 5-litre 1901 Panhard - specifically to partake in the amazing showcase that features around 500 vehicles from motoring's very earliest days.

"It sounds bizarre getting up at the crack of dawn on what's usually a really rather cold November morning but it's great to run these old cars. It's a real thrill to get these old machines working and to get them down to Brighton.�

The combined wishes of the Brain Damage team, along no doubt with many of you reading this, go to Roger Waters, who celebrates his 70th birthday today. He celebrates this milestone along with the massed fans at the Esprit Arena this evening in Dusseldorf, where Roger will be tearing down a wall as well as no doubt helping to demolish a birthday cake...

Roger was born in Great Bookham, Surrey, in 1943, moving to Cambridge when he was two years old. It was there that he met, and became childhood friends with, a number of key people in the story of Pink Floyd. We hope you have a great day, Roger, and that the concert this evening is special for all the right reasons. Many happy returns!

Of course, Roger has been extremely busy over the last few years, having successfully taken Dark Side Of The Moon on tour in 2006, which became an extended event. On completing that, the touring bug had clearly bitten strongly, as he immediately started work on a new version of The Wall - which finally opened in September 2010. That tour has been spectacularly successful, wrapping up later this month in Paris for show number 217.

Once the tour concludes, we suspect that work will be completed on the planned DVD/Blu-ray of The Wall, taken from recent concerts, which hopefully will also be announced soon. There's also the promised new material. He did say recently that "it might just be [my last tour]. I'm not a great singer or entertainer, so the concept is very important. I've no trick that I can perform until my 90th [Birthday]. On the other hand, the ambition to make new music is growing"...

Earlier today, Roger Waters appeared at the site of some controversial building works in Berlin, which involves demolishing some of the remaining parts of the old Berlin Wall. See his passionate plea below:

To tie in with tomorrow night's Roger Waters The Wall Live concert in Bucharest, Romania, one of the sponsors erected a large brick advertising the show in one of the main squares of Bucharest. Our thanks for Bogdan Bobocea for sending in these three pictures of the brick! Just click the thumbnails to see them in more detail...