This coming Friday (November 25th), the 2011 Record Store Day takes place across many countries, celebrating the work of small, independent shops with a range of one-day-only special releases, unavailable elsewhere and while stocks last.

Two of the releases will be of interest to Brain Damage visitors. The first of these is a special "Pink Floyd The Wall: Singles Box" from EMI/Capitol, which is limited to 7,500 copies in the US, and 4,000 for the international market. In a flip-top box are three singles:

• Another Brick in the Wall/One of My Turns
• Comfortably Numb/Hey You
• Run Like Hell/Don’t Leave Me Now

all in picture sleeves, are the 2011 remastered versions of the tracks, and available on vinyl for the first time. The box includes a poster. Please note the picture to the right is an early version of the artwork, and not the final version.

The other release of interest is "Syd Barrett: The Photography of Mick Rock" which is limited to 5,000 copies in the US. In a specially printed metal box is a 128 page book of Rock's great photos of Syd, with an accompanying text. The box also contains an exclusive 7" single of Octopus/Golden Hair in a picture bag and on yellow heavyweight vinyl.

Full details of participating stores, not just in North America, but worldwide, can be found at RecordStoreDay.com. Our thanks to Dan Stark, Kevin, and William Buckley for their help with this.

Pink Floyd backing vocalist Lorelei McBroom will be joining the much respected Aussie Floyd for their upcoming Exposed In The Light tour dates across Europe and the UK. Having toured with Pink Floyd on their Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder tours, Lorelei also appeared in Pink Floyd's music videos for The Dogs of War, On The Turning Away and the "Pink Floyd Live In Venice" TV broadcast.

She first performed with them in the US and Canada as part of their Greatest Hits tour. Audiences in California received an extra surprise when Lorelei was joined by her sister (and fellow Floyd backing vocalist) Durga McBroom for a performance of The Great Gig In The Sky. When asked about the opportunity to tour with Aussie Floyd, Lorelei said: "I adore the music of Pink Floyd and I'm overjoyed to have a chance to sing their songs again with The Aussie Pink Floyd; the best tribute band in the world".

Tickets for the UK dates are now available through this direct link to Ticketmaster.

The 2012 Roger Waters The Wall Live tour expanded further this afternoon, with another date - June 1st, 2012, at the MTS Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - added to the schedule. This makes two nights in Winnipeg for this incredible show.

Tickets for this extra performance go on sale through this link at Ticketmaster Canada at 10am on November 28th.

The 2012 Roger Waters The Wall Live tour increases ever more, with the addition this evening of a show, being held on April 27th, 2012, at Foro Sol in Mexico City. For this show, a special new design of the tour poster has been designed (click thumbnail to the left), and it's a lovely change to the design we all know and love. Gone is the screaming face, and now we have hammers smashing their way through The Wall, and the plane flying away, keeping well clear of the brickwork for a change.

The RogerWaters.com presales begin soon, with advance tickets available to those who had registered their interest in particular cities. The regular presales start on November 28th/29th through Ticketmaster.com.mx. General sale tickets will go on sale shortly after (exact dates and outlets can be found via Roger's website).