Banish those post-Christmas blues with a quick trip to the Komedia in Brighton on January 31st, 2013, to see "Guy Pratt is The Sideman". The one-man show, at 8pm, celebrates 30 years as the bass player of choice for the heavyweights of rock and pop, including Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Robert Palmer, Bryan Ferry, Jimmy Page, David Coverdale, Womack & Womack, and The Smiths.

His one man show is all about life at the pointy end of the music business; Guy regales audiences with stories from behind, behind the scenes. His self-deprecating wit is irresistible and his rip-roaring anecdotes have to be heard to be believed. This is an evening which is both funny and frank with enough insider's references to satisfy even afficionados - and he’ll be bringing his beloved vintage Fender bass to demonstrate his craft.

Tickets are now available through this link.

Some of you will recall that this time last year, our friends at St Paul's Gallery in Birmingham, England, had a special rare, limited edition of 60 lithograph of Pink Floyd's 1989 Venice concert poster for sale. For those interested, they still have a few of these available - whilst not cheap, the poster is an unusual record of a unique show, and can be bought direct from St Paul's Gallery. As a special deal exclusively for Brain Damage visitors, we have a code for free delivery - enter OMGQM170 at check-out.

However, if slightly earlier Floyd is more your thing, they've got a range of beautiful photographic prints available from the Animals Battersea Power Station shoot. These were all taken by Carinthia West, who said of the day: "Hipgnosis organized a giant blow-up pig which was attached to ropes and supposed to float above the Power Station for the shot, but instead, it threw off it moorings and headed off on a lone journey across London. Everyone watched in horrified fascination and a certain amount of panic, to put it mildly. To the best of my knowledge, I was the only non-professional observer with a camera on that day, and I took these shots as it was beginning to fly away on its independent journey."

One of the prints available is a contact sheet showing the array of pictures taken on that day, and recently, Nick Mason signed a small number of these, as you'll see by the picture here. To buy one of these, either as a nice Christmas present for someone, or even as a gift to yourself, use this direct link to St Paul's Gallery.

As you may know, the Aussie Floyd are a band with a very long history with Brain Damage, having travelled to the UK especially for our first International Fan Convention held at Wembley. Since then, we know that loads of you have enjoyed their successive tours.

Recently released was "Exposed In The Light", a recording from the band's 2012 UK and European tour. Clearly shot from multiple camera positions, the almost two and a half hour DVD and Blu-ray give a good flavour of that tour's set, but interestingly, you don't get the show as it was performed. Between the tracks, there is backstage chat and explanation of certain aspects, song selection reasoning, and more. This gives it a quite fascinating documentary feel, rather than a potentially rather straight concert film.

In-concert footage looks and sounds great, as it should. The majority of the backstage, travel, and other footage is of differing quality, and in black and white, giving a clear contrast to the show stuff. It all combines to provide a refreshing and very interesting look at life on the road.

You can order the DVD through Amazon UK, who also sell the Blu-ray. You can also obtain either through AussieFloyd.com. However, we have five copies on DVD to give away to five lucky Brain Damage visitors in our latest competition...

Worldwide broadcast details for 12.12.12, The Concert for Sandy Relief, which will take place at Madison Square Garden on December 12th this year, have just been released. Amongst the artists performing are The Who, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jon Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, and Roger Waters, with each of the headlining acts (including Roger) performing 45-minute sets. In addition, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and Alicia Keys will sit in with the headliners onstage.

Proceeds from this special one night only, four-hour live music event will go to the Robin Hood Relief Fund which is providing money, material and know-how to local organizations that are serving families and individuals in the regions hardest hit by the storm. More information on the event can be found at www.121212concert.org.

The concert will be accessible by 1 billion people worldwide, as 34 US networks will be showing it, and there will be television feeds to North and South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. There will also be global streaming on the internet. This all starts at 7:30pm EST on December 12th and below you can see the currently declared TV stations, and streaming websites, who will be showing it: