Just published in France by Vibrations is a new magazine devoted to Pink Floyd, looking back at their history in a well-illustrated publication that fans will want to snap up.

The magazine boasts interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Joe Boyd, a range of rare and unseen photos from French archives (in our experience, always a rich source of unusual shots seldom seen elsewhere), a look at Syd Barrett, a journey through the band's history, a feature on the great work of Hipgnosis over the years, and much more.

Published in part to tie in with the four Wall concerts that Roger is performing at Bercy, in Paris, the magazine is currently available in France, but also worldwide via mailorder from Vibrationsmusic.com.

To get a sneak preview of some of the magazine though, visit this site which has an online preview of a significant chunk of it. Our thanks to Ddondestan for the info.

As some of you will be aware, the Aussie Floyd have been touring to much acclaim recently, and on Monday appeared at a very special location - Hampton Court Palace in London. What made the evening even more special was the addition of a special, unannounced guest during the encore: Guy Pratt.

The band's regular bassist, Colin Wilson, told us: "It was a great experience and ourselves, the audience and Guy really enjoyed it. He came on and stamped his mark all over 'Run like hell' and even used the same Spector bass for the song that he used on 'Pulse' and 'The Division Bell' tour back in 1994". Here's an extract of the performance:

Guy, who is performing his stand-up comedy show this month at the Latitude Festival, and the Port Eliot Festival, can also be seen in an extended run at the Edinburgh Festival (more details at GuyPratt.com) at the end of the month.

Hitting UK stores on Thursday was "Pink Floyd: The Ultimate Music Guide", the sixth in a series from the UK's Uncut Magazine. This 148 page special is devoted to Pink Floyd's recorded output over the years, and thankfully features very little in the way of advertising to bulk out its pages.

The magazine includes - reprinted for the first time in decades - classic interviews with all of the band members from the archives of Melody Maker and the New Musical Express (part of the same publishers as Uncut).

There are also new, full reviews of every album complete with background to each record, and what was occurring in the band's lives at the time. These all come with some great pictures of the band live, and in the studio, from 1966 onwards.

You can purchase the magazine in selected UK stores now, and you can order it online through this direct link. Our thanks to Stuart Barstow for the cover scan.

As you may know, the Aussie Floyd are a band with a very long history with Brain Damage, having travelled to the UK especially for our first International Fan Convention held at Wembley in 1993. We are pleased to bring you the news that they are set to return to the UK in February 2012 with a brand new show.

The series of 29 headline shows across the UK in February and March are expected to eclipse the 2011 shows, and will see the band performing in the midst of the reissue programme from Pink Floyd. Public interest in the music should therefore be at a peak, and interested fans should be aware that tickets for all the concerts go on sale tomorrow morning (June 10th) at 9am, through this direct link to Ticketmaster.