For those of you in the US (who are unable to view the show via the BBC's iPlayer service), there's a chance to view the whole of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that was aired two days ago on BBC1 TV in the UK. The show is being broadcast this coming Friday, June 25th, at 10:20pm EDT on BBC America.

The show (click thumbnails below, and see our previous news story about this appearance) featured an interview with the Reverand Al Green whilst David Gilmour, Jools Holland, and the other members of the specially assembled band for the night relaxed in the Green Room, before a performance of Let's Stay Together.

We are sad to report that Robert "Smudge" Smith passed away on June 2nd. Smudge was rhythm guitarist in the 1963-65 Cambridge band Those Without, which of course included a young Syd Barrett on guitar and vocals.

A letter in a recent edition of Cambridge News (left) included a tribute to Smudge from friends such as Stephen Pyle, Jenny Spires, Charlie Weedon, and Warren Dosanjh, alongside a picture of Syd, Smudge and Stephen playing live at a wedding reception in 1965.

The legendary Reverend Al Green is guest on BBC1 TV's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross show airing tonight, and should prove of interest to Brain Damage visitors. As part of his appearance, he'll be performing the classic Let's Stay Together, with a one-off, specially recruited band to help launch Al's tour.

Alongside Al for this performance (but not the tour) will be a great line-up: David Gilmour on guitar, Jools Holland on piano, his brother Christopher on organ, Gilson Lavis on drums, Lisa Grahame and Phil Veacock on saxes, Chris Storr on trumpet, and Al's Musical Director, Barry Campbell, on bass. Quite a band! Our suspicions were raised with the sighting of David's guitar technician, Phil Taylor, at Television Centre yesterday - Jonathan's show is recorded the day before transmission.

Those in the UK (and certain regions of Europe) will be able to view the whole show on BBC1 at 10:35pm this evening, and subsequently through this direct link on the BBC's iPlayer service.

A bit of advance notice for our Irish friends; we've now got details of when tickets for the second night of Roger Waters performing The Wall live at Dublin's O2 Arena - May 24th, 2011 - go on sale, and you're going to have to get your credit cards ready quickly! The first show, being held on May 23rd, sold out incredibly fast (but then, that pretty much sums up most if not all of his 2010 and 2011 tour), and this second date was quickly added.

Tickets for this second night go on sale tomorrow morning (Thursday, June 17th) at 9am, through the official ticket agents Ticketmaster. Please remember to use our links to Ticketmaster, which gives us much needed help with site running costs, and won't cost you a penny/cent more!