With the end of his 2012 Wall Tour looming at the time, Roger Waters spoke to the US magazine Billboard, and the interview, along with a very striking cover image drawn by Gerald Scarfe, is now published in this week's issue, hitting stores in the US tomorrow.

Excerpts from the interview can be seen here, and finds Roger talking expansively about The Wall. "In the intervening 33 years [since I wrote the piece], I've realized that because of the theatrical construction of the "wall" -- which was an idea that I had back in '77 because of my disaffection with big audiences and stadiums and all that -- the power of the metaphor lends the story a much more universal vision and appeal. So I've come to realize it's not about me -- it's about anybody that has suffered the loss of a loved one in some kind of conflict, whether it be war or something else. It's about the problems we all face with errant authority, or all the difficulties we all have in relationships with one another, whether they're sexual relationships or political/international relationships.

"That excited me about revisiting the piece, and in this most recent incarnation of it making a version that would work in stadiums and ballparks and football stadiums, which is ironic, because my starting point was my disaffection with that situation. But I've come to realize that not only does it work in big spaces, its appeal is such that people in big spaces feel intimately connected with the message."

"The irony is not lost on me. But I feel I've transcended the problems of the wall between me and the audience, so the piece is rock'n'roll theater at the highest level, and it expresses the existence of all the other walls that I've talked about: the walls of media, the walls of government, the walls of religion, the walls of all kinds of extremism, and all those walls that exist between human beings. It very powerfully tells the message."

The magazine with the full interview should be on US newsstands and stores from tomorrow, and in the UK and Europe can be bought from selected outlets as an import in due course, or ordered direct from Newsstand.co.uk who sell individual copies of magazines.

Well, after 192 public shows, the 2012 Roger Waters The Wall Live tour is now finished. Last night saw the final show take place on the Plaines D'Abraham in Québec City, and we're keenly awaiting reports from BD readers from around the world who made the journey to Canada for this incredible conclusion.

As you'll see from the interview with Roger below, the show was much bigger and many changes were made to cater for the larger venue and wall. Amongst these were bigger projections, a much longer "flight path" for the Stuka, and some four times the normal amount of pyro. Keep an eye on the Québec City showpage as we'll be adding reports, pictures and video as it arrives, and in the meantime, listen to Roger, pre-show, in front of one of the side sections of wall explaining what was going to make the concert so special...

UPDATE: Show reports are now coming in, and we also have some wonderful video, including a precis of the concert shot by the promoters, from the afternoon of the show, with fans running like hell to get a good position at the front, through to various key moments of the show. We've also got a great video of the piggie being brought down to earth and turned into rashers! Go to the showpage to check out these, and other things...

In around six hours time, the concluding show on the 2012 Roger Waters The Wall Live tour, being held in Québec City, will take place. Excitement levels for this show seem to be exceeding all others on the 2010-2012 tour, going by reaction we've seen so far. Featuring an 800 foot wide wall, it will be the second biggest outdoor production of The Wall ever, eclipsed just by the 1990 concert in Berlin following the reunification of Germany. That saw well in excess of 350,000 fans witness the show (that figure was the limit of the German authorities ability to count the ever-growing crowd). Coincidentally, and as the concert poster to the left notes [click the thumbnail], both shows take place on the same day, just separated by 22 years.

Tonight's show will have more than 70,000 fans in the audience, and their wristbands have got RFID technology built in, to link attendees' wristbands to their Facebook accounts. This process will allow them to post a message from Amnesty International and Roger Waters during the concert.

Being in a public place, preparations for the concert have been not exactly hidden from public gaze, and thanks to BD visitor Frédéric Vandois we have a wide range of great pictures of the staging and wall being built, which you can view over at the Brain Damage Facebook page.

The local press have been giving the concert a lot of coverage, unsurprisingly. Le Journal de Québec have posted stories here, and here; La Presse has posted lots of articles, which can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Finally, Voir Québec also posted a story in the last day or so. Our thanks to Cédric Guillot and Ed Lopez-Reyes for these links.

We've got a few kind people on site at the concert, so make sure you check back for our coverage of the show...

As many of you know, recently published was The Raging Storm - The Album Graphics of StormStudios, the latest, absorbing book from legendary graphic designer, Storm Thorgerson, and his team. Associated with Pink Floyd since 1968, Storm, along with his colleagues Hipgnosis and more recently StormStudios, has provided most of the Floyd's album cover art along with other key imagery. Storm himself is a much respected personality within the world of Pink Floyd, his contribution a key part of their story.

The Raging Storm is a collection of many pieces that StormStudios have completed for various artists over the past four years - not just for bands such as Pink Floyd, but more recent artists too, all of whom have been inspired to use StormStudios thanks to their painstaking approach to the work, creating often big and bold, unforgettable images, with a sense of humour or a cryptic note infusing each image.

The work is now celebrated in an exhibition that is now open, and runs until July 29th, 2012, at the gallery@oxo at the iconic Oxo Tower Wharf - a landmark along the River Thames for many years. The exhibition is free, and open 11am-6pm daily. To whet your whistle prior to arriving at the gallery (or indeed if you are unable to attend), check out our extensive, exclusive interview with Storm.

The invitation-only launch night took place yesterday evening, and saw a packed gallery enjoying the works on the wall and Storm's hosting of the event. Our pictures below give a flavour of the exhibition, which is well worth a visit. Seeing the artwork presented in a gallery in this way gives a whole new dimension to many of them, showing details that a CD cover could never show...