Good news for all who enjoyed last week's 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief, which was held at New York's Madison Square Garden. Columbia Records are releasing a 2-CD set with selected highlights of the show, which includes Roger Waters with the slightly renamed Another Brick In The Atlantic Wall, Us and Them, and Comfortably Numb which was performed with Eddie Vedder as guest vocalist.

The album, simply titled "12-12-12 the Concert for Sandy Relief", will be released on January 22nd, 2013, and the full track listing can be seen below.

You can place your pre-order for this 2CD set through these direct links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Espana and Amazon Italy, who all run a pre-order price guarantee, which means if they price match any other retailer between now and release, or indeed drop the price further, you automatically pay the lowest price. The Robin Hood Relief Fund will receive 100% of the net proceeds from the sale of this album, so by buying it, you're really helping the charity.

Nick Mason has stepped in to help save Foote's, the historic London music shop where he bought his first ever drum kit. Nick, along with the store's sales director, Rob Wilson, are buying the business (which will now re-open in a new location at 41 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London) from the family who has owned it since the '30s.

"I was very disappointed when I heard that Foote's was going to close because it is one of my great memories of being a young, budding drummer was going to the original shop and buying my very first kit for £7.50," he told ITV news. "The thing about a drum shop is that it's the place where information gets passed around. You hear about new things; if you need a drum lesson, the best place to go is probably a drum shop and ask them for advice. There's a drum culture that is centered on drum shops."

A slight disappointment for budding drummers who think they'll be buying from Nick himself: "I think I will try not to be too hands on. I doubt I'll be much help really…I don't think I'm going to be behind the counter on a regular basis."

This video from the Daily Telegraph website has Nick talking about his involvement:

The mystery is solved; Roger waters has now revealed the venue for the Athens, Greece Wall concert on July 31st, 2013. The concert will be held at the Athens Olympic Stadium Spyros Louis (or in Greek, Olympiako Stadio Athinas or simply OAKA) which was originally built in 1979, and renovated in time for the 2004 Olympic Games. It has a maximum capacity of 82,662 for concerts, but with the size of the staging, the figure is more likely to be around the 70,000 mark.

Gates open at 5:30pm, and the show starts at 9:30pm. Tickets for the concert go on sale tomorrow (Friday) through the official agents, Ticketpro.gr.

In terms of ticket prices, these are at a lower price than other European venues, no doubt due to the current economic conditions in the country. There are two standing areas on the pitch, along with two differently priced categories in the seating. Tickets are priced at €59 and €40 (although for the unemployed, the rear standing area is just €28). A seating/price chart can be seen here.

Our thanks to George Kargiolakis for his help with this info...

Five years ago yesterday, Mark Blake's excellent book Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd (known as Comfortably Numb in the US) was published.

Drawing on his own interviews with all of the band members, plus almost a hundred new interviews with the group's friends, road crew, producers, designers, former housemates and university colleagues, the book is from our perspective, a superb, incredibly detailed, and essential look at the band's history. Our review of the original edition here.

For those who haven't yet partaken of this printed treat, or who love the book but wish it was a bit more current, some good news. A new edition of the book is in the works, which is expected to arrive on or around March 2013. With an additional chapter detailing their more recent activities, additional interview material, and various amendments throughout the book, the new edition should prove an indispensable addition to your bookshelves. The cover image to the right is a temporary one; Mark tells us that a new cover is in the works.

More information on this book will be along as soon as we have it; in the meantime, if you want to secure your copy now, pre-orders are being taken at: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Espana and Amazon Italy. Amazon have a pre-order price guarantee, so order it now, and you'll pay the lowest price they've advertised it at, between now and the date of release.