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!

Yesterday evening, US member-supported public radio NPR broadcast their latest "World Cafe" programme, which consisted of Roger Waters discussing his current project, The Wall Live, with WXPN's Michaela Majount.

The 30 minute interview, which you can listen to worldwide on demand through this link, is a fascinating insight into the album from a very relaxed, chatty, and amusing Waters, and whilst some of the stuff will be familiar to Brain Damage visitors, there's plenty of new stuff that Roger expands on. Included with this, is a description from Roger of how the piece has been updated in relevance to the current world situation.

With tonight seeing the first of over sixty concerts on Roger's The Wall Live tour of Europe in Lisbon, Portugal, we are very conscious that, as with the North American dates last year, many of you who are going to later concerts, want to remain unaware of specific detail of the show. This is so that when you go, it's all fresh and mindblowing...

To that end, we will NOT be posting specific details, or over-revealing images, on the home page (unless something particularly newsworthy happens). For detail on each show (pictures, reviews, and more), please check out the show's dedicated page within the 2011 Tour Zone. We know that many of you have already appreciated this approach, based on emails we've had to date! Each show page will be updated as quickly as we can, so dig in and enjoy.

And for everyone going to one or more shows this year, have a thrilling, fun, and memorable time! Don't forget to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it telling us how the show went, what you felt about the evening, and if you have any pictures (remember - no flash, please!) we'd love to see them...

UPDATE, Tuesday: The concert page has now been updated with comments, pictures and even video of key parts of last night's show - so check it out!

Last night saw the launch event for Syd Barrett: Art and Letters, the new exhibition being held in London's Idea Generation gallery celebrating Barrett's creative genius. A packed gallery saw Syd's friends, family, and celebrity fans alike absorbed in the stunning array of original artwork - a wonderful tribute to Barrett.

The largest collection of Syd's artwork and letters ever to be shown in public, the exhibition proved to be a fascinating glimpse into his true passion throughout his life. Run in conjunction with the release of Barrett: The Definitive Visual Companion book, by Russell Beecher and Will Shutes, last night saw many of the key personalities attend to catch up with old friends and also simply enjoy the work on display. Included were many of Barrett's family, along with people like Duggie Fields, Jenny Spires, John "Hoppy" Hopkins, Philip James, Aubrey "Po" Powell, Graham Coxon, Captain Sensible, Jeff Dexter, Libby (Gausden) Chisman, Warren Dosanjh, along with many others from Syd's life.

The exhibition runs until April 10th and we urge all Floyd fans to pay a visit if they possibly can. It's the perfect accompaniment to the wonderful Barrett book. The exhibition and book have both been extensively covered by the press, and below are some details of this (including links to hear them on demand)...