This evening, we heard the sad news that writer Nick Sedgwick has passed away this week. Well know for his music-related material, he has long been involved with Roger Waters, and his work has appeared in liner notes and tour programmes.

On the Roger Waters Facebook page this evening, Roger talks of his sadness, and of a manuscript that Nick had written and that Roger now intends to publish. For those of you who are yet to be on Facebook, Roger's note is shared below:

We've now got more information on the forthcoming issue of Classic Rock presents Prog which features Pink Floyd's Meddle, that we mentioned one week ago in the article about Classic Rock's monthly which features Floyd too.

The Prog magazine goes on sale in UK stores next Wednesday (August 31st). Inside there's 12 pages of coverage on Pink Floyd, including a 40th Anniversary celebration of Meddle, and how the album changed the sound of both Pink Floyd and prog rock forever, which features brand new interviews with Nick Mason, engineer John Leckie and more. The magazine also discusses the forthcoming Why Pink Floyd? campaign, with Nick re-assessing every Pink Floyd studio album and engineer Andy Jackson takes us behind the scenes of unearthing the hidden treasures that make up the new reissues. Plus Storm Thorgerson has exclusively designed the actual front cover of the magazine for them!

Elsewhere in the magazine, there's also interviews with Gentle Giant, Dream Theater, Opeth, Primus, David Bedford, The Flower Kings, TesseracT and more, and a free CD as well.

If you cannot buy instore, you can also purchase this through the publisher's retail arm which should list this particular edition very shortly (we presume in a week or so).

With ticket sales breaking all Argentinian records for speed of sales, a fourth date has been announced for the Roger Waters The Wall Live tour in Buenos Aires. The Estadio River Plate has an additional show on March 10th, 2012, resulting in shows at the venue on March 7th, 9th, 10th and 12th.

Tickets for this concert go on sale on Wednesday, August 24th at 10:00am through livepass.com.ar, as well as by phone and from ticket outlets.

UPDATE: A fifth and (we think) final show was added on August 24th, with the additional show taking place on March 14th 2012. Tickets are now on sale for this concert from the same sources as above. The only other international group who have staged five River Plate shows were the Rolling Stones with the "Bridge to Babylon Tour" in 1998!

FURTHER UPDATE: A sixth show has now been added, taking place on March 15th, 2012, thus breaking the Stones' record of the number of shows (although the Stones played to 65,000 per show, compared to Roger's 45,000 per show...).

The new issue of the UK's Mojo Magazine, which is due to hit UK stores on August 23rd, is a real treat for Pink Floyd fans.

It features a whopping 12 page article featuring brand new interviews with David Gilmour and Nick Mason talking to respected author and journalist Mark Blake about the turmoil, indecision and soul searching of mid-70's Floyd. "We were a tough, cruel bunch," admits David Gilmour reflecting on the insane pressure that engulfed the group following the global success of 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon. Elsewhere in the magazine, Nick Kent revisits the live review that changed the course of the band. Other contributors are Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Phil Manzanera and Jim James.

Plus, free with Mojo comes a CD celebrating those landmark albums The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here featuring a selection of contemporary artists covering said masterpieces including The Pineapple Thief, Lia Ices (amongst others) and The Orb turning in their version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond part two. How very apt!

However, for vinyl junkies there's a special limited edition being made available - just 10,000 copies worldwide. This deluxe package features a 12-inch gatefold vinyl version of Return To The Dark Side Of The Moon and a special collectors' cover of the magazine [click thumbnail, left]. It'll be in stores soon (HMV and WHSmith in the UK / Barnes & Noble in the US), but you can order your copy right now through this special link. (Our thanks to Mark Blake and Kev Porter for their help)