Following a recent on-air broadcast, you can now hear AND see (via Youtube) Roger Waters chatting with Absolute Radio's Russ Williams about his current tour of 'The Wall' in Europe. Roger discusses the history of the making of the album, falling out with his band mates, and using modern technology to create The Wall:

Just published is the latest issue (number 18) of the Pink Floyd fanzine "Heyou" run by our friends over at the Italian website of the same name.

The 52-page magazine in Italian and English includes plenty of news from the last three months or so, an article on Ron Geesin's long career, with an interview regarding his great new album "Roncycle1: The Journey of a Melody". Elsewhere, there's a lengthly look at what the Floyd got up to in the second half of 1970, a review of Gerald Scarfe's excellent "Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall", a transcript of Werner Haider's interview with David Gilmour from September 2008, a look at a Zurich show from 1977 from an eye-witness, and an interview with our good friend Simon Wimpenny. This looks at his travels around North America last year, catching virtually all of Roger's Wall shows!

More details can be found at www.heyou.it, where you can get individual copies, and subscription enquiries (four issues costing 30 euros within Europe, and 40 euros outside Europe) should go to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - make sure you mention Brain Damage when you write!

On Monday, Croatia's Vecernji List newspaper had a nice, prominent interview with Roger Waters in the print edition of their publication (and available online for those with a subscription).

Our friend Bran tells us that "the article is highly politicized and I think the journalist might have misunderstood some things. Anyway, Roger is saying that he heard about our young protesters on the streets and the corrupt politicians and that he is totally for protests agains the government. The headline is: 'Croatians must protest. Your ex-Prime Minister is in jail and the country is run by corrupt politicians'. He also stated that he wo'nt put pictures of our victims from the war on the wall, the usual 'I don't know what will happen with the Floyd story, if David calls for another reunion like Live 8 he'll be happy to join in...

"He mentioned that he has a lot of new material piled up and that he will release a new album when he'll find some concept that will link it all into something coherent. The rest of it is basically world wars, great differences between the poor and the rich, talks about unneccesary interventions of US and UK in Iraq. Nothing spectacular really, but it's nice to see the great Rog speaking to Croatian journalists and seeing this in our newspapers."

Our thanks to Bran for his help in bringing this information to you.

Elsewhere, as Manuel Mariño Reino tells us, Roger's Wall tour was the subject of a nearly 15 minute piece on Spanish TV, which you can view on demand through this link. Naturally, it's full of spoilers for the show, so don't watch if you don't want to see what occurs prior to attending an upcoming show!

With the current Roger Waters tour of The Wall, there's naturally a huge refocus on this key part of the band's history.

Some of you will be fully aware of Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon's "Comfortably Numb", a stunning limited edition book covering all aspects of Pink Floyd's The Wall project - the creation of the album, the live shows, and the subsequent movie (read our review here). Since publication back in 2006, the deluxe, numbered edition book has been a great success, receiving rave reviews from all quarters: Classic Rock Magazine named it their number one book of the year, and Record Collector gave it five stars (its highest rating) and included it on its books of the year list.

If you are quick, we've been told they still have some copies available to buy through www.PFApublishing.com (its only outlet) where sample pages and more details can be found. With such a significant time for The Wall, we're sure the remaining copies will be in heavy demand as the end of the tour approaches and the work gets coverage in the media. In our view, it's an essential book for the Floyd fan's bookshelves, so don't miss out!