Nick Mason has long been a regular at the annual Goodwood Festival Of Speed, held in the heart of the Sussex countryside, and this year's event, which took place last weekend, was no exception.

Each year, the Earl of March, who owns the Goodwood Estate, hosts a gala party on the Saturday evening, for invited guests only, and in 2008, Nick performed alongside Roger Taylor and Kenney Jones. This year, Nick performed again at the festival, and joining Nick on his special Ferrari detailed drumkit on the stage at the rear of Goodwood House were a number of musicians and singers. These included Durga and Lorelei McBroom, who of course sang on the last few Pink Floyd tours, John Illsley (Dire Straits) on bass guitar, and Guy Fletcher (top songwriter, musician and record producer) on keyboards.

Pictures and comments about the performance have appeared over the last few days on Guy Fletcher's Facebook page, as well as on Durga's Facebook page.

In his accompanying notes to the photo, Guy noted that they performed The Great Gig In The Sky and One Of These Days to the lucky ones who were there. Word is that they also performed at least one Dire Straits track but this is unconfirmed. No official recording was made of the event.

'Abbey Road: The Best Studio in the World' by Alistair Lawrence is published by Bloomsbury in the UK on July 19th 2012 (and in North America on September 25th). This first photographic celebration of the most famous recording studio in the world is published to coincide with the studio's 80th anniversary, the 50th anniversary of the first Beatles recording at Abbey Road and the 40th anniversary of the recording of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Abbey Road Studios has been at the heart of the music industry for 80 years and is an iconic symbol of British music. With its unique blend of vintage equipment and cutting-edge technology, it remains one of the most technically advanced recording, mixing and mastering facilities in the world.

Written by freelance music journalist Alistair Lawrence with a foreword by Sir George Martin, Abbey Road celebrates the 80th year of the world's most famous recording studio in style. From the special preview we've seen, this new book looks a must-have for all music lovers, and in particular, Floyd fans. From the original bill of sale for the property and classic landmark recordings to today's sessions, Abbey Road takes the reader through the studio's illustrious history.

Featuring interviews with key figures and a wealth of rare and never-before-seen photos collected from the studios' own private archive, the book should provide a fascinating insight into the creative home of artists such as Kate Bush, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Our full review of the book will be here shortly.

The rather lavish book is priced at £50, but you can currently get up to 39% discount by ordering the book now through the various Amazon stores through these special links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon France, and Amazon Germany.

As we exclusively revealed toward the end of April, to celebrate the upcoming 30th anniversary of the motion picture 'Pink Floyd: The Wall', on-set stills photographer David Appleby is honouring the fans of the acclaimed visual rock masterpiece, with an exhibition of stunning behind-the-scenes images taken during the production of 'The Wall'.

On display, there will be over 40 traditionally and painstakingly hand-printed black and white silver gelatin prints from the original negatives, by Silverbase of The Photographic Centre which is within the legendary Pinewood Studios - where some of the film was shot. Other images are due to be displayed too.

Brain Damage has had an exclusive preview of the pictures involved, and we know that those who are able to attend will be in for a treat. There are some wonderful, intimate moments, along with iconic moments from the production but from a unique perspective. Most have never been seen before, having been discovered lurking in a store room at Pinewood since they were originally shot and developed.

The exhibition will be at Blackall Studios in Shoreditch, London, between July 13th-18th, shortly before the 2012 Olympics hit the capital. The private view of the exhibition, on the evening of July 12th, will strive to raise plenty of cash for the charity "Medicinema", and we have five pairs of tickets for this exclusive event for Brain Damage visitors!

To be in contention for a pair of tickets, simply tell us who was driving the taxi when Bob Geldof was offered the role of 'Pink' for the film. Email your answer to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with your full name and home address. You got until 11:59pm (GMT) on Wednesday, July 4th, so don't delay with your entry... and good luck!

This week, two new interviews with Roger Waters have been published which are both quite fascinating.

The first of these comes courtesy of Q107 radio in Toronto, and more specifically their presenter Dominik Diamond. He did a telephone interview with Roger on June 21st, who was clearly up for a chat and on great form. Earlier this week, Dominik posted the aired interview in three chunks, but today, the full telephone conversation is available to listen to via Dominik's Soundcloud page.

As Dominik told us, the "main difference is that there is much more chat from Roger about the politics of the Wall, the state of America and the world in general, more stuff about how much he loves the Occupy movement etc. It's about 35 minutes in total and pretty cool." Roger also talks about his new material, sharing some lyrics, and even talks about how he is mulling over certain musicians for the new music. Definitely worth a listen...

The other interview appears at Boston.com with additional questions, and responses from Roger, at their blog site. Roger makes it clear from the outset that he wouldn't be moving on to intimate shows in small concert halls, from the huge, theatrical nature of The Wall. "What? Sit down with my acoustic guitar? No. That is an extraordinary talent that a lot of people have, but it's not one of my talents... It always looked to me like my challenge when I went into rock ’n’ roll in the mid-60s was how can we make this more moving? By making it more theatrical was my answer."

They also ask about progress on the Broadway version of "The Wall", which has been in development for quite some time now. Written in part with "Billy Elliot" playwright Lee Hall, Roger's theatrical take on it is still a clear possibility. "I did meet [Lee] the last time we were in New York and we had a great dinner together, and he came to the London shows and he's still very enthusiastic and so am I, so I'm sure it's something that will happen, and I think the success of [the North American] arena and ballpark shows can only help the momentum of making something for Broadway."