The website Superdeluxeedition have had an exclusive, if brief, preview of Pink Floyd's forthcoming Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall Immersion box sets recently, and have posted their thoughts on what they heard.

The preview took place on Astoria, David Gilmour's houseboat studio, with engineer Andy Jackson and studio manager and guitar tech Phil Taylor. Gems they heard included the original 1972 mix of The Great Gig in the Sky (featuring a man's voice shouting from a megaphone, and is apparently quite heavy on the Hammond Organ), Wish You Were Here featuring Stephane Grappelli, and the "Work In Progress" version of Another Brick in the Wall (Part One). Once you've checked out their notes, find out full details of ALL the releases along with ordering details, here.

An official Q&A with Nick Mason has also taken place, and excerpts have been running on the Floyd's Facebook page regularly. They've now posted the full Q&A on the Floyd's Youtube channel.

Just confirmed is the third date for the Roger Waters The Wall Live tour whilst it is in New Zealand. The production will be performed at the Vector Arena in Auckland on February 23rd, 2012, and tickets for this show, like the other two at the Vector, go on sale on July 11th at 9am. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster NZ.

Starting tomorrow night at Thinktank Planetarium, part of Birmingham's Science Museum, are a series of special Pink Floyd evenings.

The focus of each evening, which promise atmospheric 360 degree dome visuals alongside the music from the albums, is devoted to a specific release:

• The Wall - on July 8th and September 17th
• Wish You Were Here - July 22nd, August 12th, September 3rd
• The Dark Side Of The Moon - August 5th, 20th, and 26th

The shows are suitable for ages 12+.

Entrance is by advance ticket only, which can be ordered through this link.

As part of the event, our friends over at Birmingham's St Paul's Gallery will be exhibiting there. They own the world's largest collection of signed album cover fine art, including rare and very rare Floyd music and concert artefacts. A number of these items will be on display, and on sale, mainly specific to the album being performed that evening, which should make the events even more interesting.

Today marks the very sad fifth anniversary of Syd Barrett's passing away. I'm sure we will all mark the day with our memories and thoughts of Syd, in our own special way.

In the new issue of the UK's Clash Magazine, there's a large article on Syd, incorporating an interview with Mick Rock, who was a friend of Syd's and took a large number of photographs of him, in particular the 1969 photo shoot for Syd's debut solo album, 'The Madcap Laughs'.

The magazine is now available in UK stores, or alternatively, you can read the whole article online at Clashmusic.com. Our thanks to Jason Pyke for the information on this article.