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.

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 will strive to raise plenty of cash for the charity "Medicinema", and to get fans worldwide involved, Indigogo is doing a fund raiser to put on the exhibition. Every donation towards the exhibition will get various special (and exclusive) rewards, such as prints, posters, and the exhibition catalogue signed by David Appleby. Should the exhibition be a success, plans are to take it worldwide. Any galleries interested should get in contact with us and we'll pass on your details!

We'll keep you fully updated on this exhibition, and will be reporting from the opening evening. Watch this space...

At the start of the month, we gave you details of the upcoming "Pink Floyd: The Story Of Wish You Were Here" Blu-ray and DVD. Released by Eagle Vision HD, the title is coming out on both formats on June 25th in the UK, and June 26th in North America. Other areas should follow suit around those dates. Much anticipated, we've had a lot of emails from people in various places wondering when they'll be able to get their hands on it.

With a quoted runtime of 85 minutes, this programme tells the story of the making of this landmark release through new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason and archive interviews with the late Richard Wright. Also featured are sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson, guest vocalist Roy Harper, front cover burning man Ronnie Rondell and others involved in the creation of the album. In addition, original recording engineer Brian Humphries revisits the master tapes at Abbey Road Studios to illustrate aspects of the songs construction. The DVD and blu-ray releases contain additional bonus material not featured in the TV broadcast version, including further interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, plus Roger and David performing excerpts from the Wish You Were Here album.

Good news for those who have asked us: more stores/countries are now offering pre-orders for the DVD and Blu-ray. At this stage, you can use the following links to save up to 30% off normal price for the Blu-ray, from Amazon UK, Amazon.com (US), Amazon Canada, and Amazon.de (Germany).

The DVD can be pre-ordered from Amazon UK, Amazon.com (US), Amazon Canada, and Amazon.de (Germany), again saving up to 30% on normal price. Amazon offer a pre-order price guarantee to ensure they charge their lowest price when shipping items at release. As other stores list the release, we will update this page. Play.com and Zavvi also offer the Blu-ray and DVD, but both are more expensive than Amazon currently.

The new issue of the UK's Classic Rock Magazine (out today, April 26th, cover date June 2012) features amongst its pages a detailed and fascinating look at Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals, and its associated tour. The pig even makes an escape attempt on the cover [click the thumbnail to the left to see].

The seven page article, which includes some really nice, unusual pictures from those days, is written by our friend Mark Blake, author of the excellent "Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story Of Pink Floyd" (known as "Comfortably Numb" in the US). Blake relates the thoughts of David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason, along with the late Richard Wright, about the creation of the album. It also goes into detail on the live shows, with some insight into the inflatables and the addition of Snowy White to augment the guitarwork. The downward spiral of the live shows is laid out, with an increasingly frustrated Waters driven, eventually, to THAT incident in Montreal on the final night of the tour. Finally, there's a segment looking at the creation of the iconic cover, speaking to the photographers and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis, to get the story of what happened on the three days in December 1976.

Elsewhere in the magazine, there are features on Slash, Uriah Heep, The Cult and T.Rex. Classic Rock is available across the UK, and individual issues can be purchased online for despatch worldwide via this link to the retail arm of their publishers, where you'll find a special offer selling the magazine at 20% less than you'll pay instore!

Tomorrow, April 27th, the 2012 Roger Waters The Wall Live tour starts its final leg, opening at Foro Sol in Mexico City for the first of two nights there. As you'll see from the great picture, kindly supplied by our friend, BD regular Emmanuel Quiroz and taken by Fernando Aceves (and shown on the Brain Damage Facebook page yesterday), preparations have been ongoing in the city for the show which we know many are eagerly awaiting.

As it stands, this leg of the show represents the final Wall shows. It takes in some 41 shows in Mexico, Canada and the US, concluding in Philadelphia on July 14th. If you are going to any of the shows, have a fantastic time, and do please let us know your thoughts on the shows, share any pictures, ticket scans, and anything else of interest. You can contact us through the normal email address of This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . We've provided coverage (pictures, reviews, videos, etc.) of EVERY Wall concert since they started in September 2010, and we want to continue this in style - so your help is invaluable!

Finally, we've had a few emails asking what progress has been made on the official DVD release of The Wall Live. Most of you will know that the show was recorded last year in Athens; this year further filming has taken place in Buenos Aires, presumably additional footage for the eventual release. As yet, no dates or other details are available but rest assured, as things get firmed up on this front, we'll bring you all the information.