Over the course of three days, In The City combines a daytime hub of industry debate with a city-wide live festival, gathering the music industry in Manchester and providing a discussion forum, while showing the public and industry alike some emerging muiscal artistes. Taking part between October 13th-15th, 2010, the event includes one session that Pink Floyd fans will find very interesting indeed...

Nick Mason will be giving an artist keynote interview, in light of both his time with Pink Floyd, and as a driving force behind the formation of FAC, an organization committed to the protection of performers' and musicians' rights. Some of the subjects that Nick Mason and interviewer Jeremy Silver aim to cover during their conversation will include the early days of Pink Floyd, the band's evolution into one of the world's biggest acts and how Nick became involved with the FAC. They will also examine what the FAC does and the many challenges facing artists today.

Delegate passes aren't cheap, at £200 (plus VAT) but include full access to the conference and priority to the In The City live events. More info at InTheCity.co.uk. Our thanks to David Metcalfe for the info.

This week, the Chicago Tribune posted a very interesting article looking at some of the technical details behind The Wall, as seen on the current Roger Waters tour which played it's third show in Chicago last night. As they put it, "to answer one of the great unasked questions in rock 'n roll: All in all, there are precisely 424 bricks in The Wall."

They talk in detail about the size, scale, and logistical background to the bricklaying and subsequent demolition each evening, with the help of Sean Evans (Wall film creator), Jeremy Lloyd (technical designer) and Mark Fisher (architect). Click here to read the article.

Continuing The Wall theme, this coming Sunday (September 26th), Ottawa radio station Chez106 has a two hour "behind the scenes tour special" that begins at noon EDT (which equates to 5pm UK time, and 2am Brisbane). You can hear the station worldwide via their website live. We don't know the nature of the content of this show though, so cannot vouch for how essential a listen it will be! Our thanks to Brent Ingalls for the info on the radio show.

On BBC Radio 2 this evening, at 10pm, 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience' has Jerry Hall marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix (18 September 1970) by considering his legacy as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th Century. Recollections from musicians who experienced the thrill of seeing Jimi play live, provide an eyewitness account that captures the chaos and excitement of Hendrix's career.

The programme charts a chronological path through Jimi's most important performances, beginning with his career as a backing musician for some of the biggest names in soul music and R&B including Ike & Tina Turner, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, The Isley Brothers, BB King and Jackie Wilson.

Contributors to this programme include Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney, Monterey Festival organiser Lou Adler, Andy Fairweather Low, Phil Manzanera, David Crosby, Keith Altham and 'Tappy' Wright as well as archive interviews with Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding and Chas Chandler.

BBC Radio 2 can be heard on DAB and FM radio, via Freeview, Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable, and via www.BBC.co.uk/radio2, which will allow listeners around the world to tune in. The BBC's iPlayer service (at their website, and on Virgin Media) will allow listening on demand for seven days from the date of broadcast, principally for those in the UK, but this does also work in some other countries.

The 2011 leg of the Roger Waters Wall Live tour has been further expanded today, with the addition of a fourth night at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 25th. Tickets for the preceeding three nights (all in June, but the first two near the start of the month) sold very quickly, and with Roger having a few days before heading off to Manchester, England, for the final two shows on the tour, the decision was clearly made to treat the Swiss to a fourth night. Tickets are NOW on sale through official agents Ticketcorner.ch.