With tickets for the Roger Waters Wall tours of 2010 and 2011 selling lightning fast, we've had loads of emails over the last month or so from fans who weren't able to get theirs before they sold out, but don't want to pay ridiculous amounts to a ticket tout/scalper. We've also had a few emails from people who have spare tickets and want to ensure they end up in the hands of a genuine fan at a reasonable price.

Having looked into this, there are two official websites who should be able to help. First, there's GetMeIn, a part of the Ticketmaster group, that allows the fan to buy or sell tickets for the UK shows and some of the European concerts.

There's also Viagogo (or Viagogo.de for those in Germany), official partners of the tour promoter Live Nation, and they allow the fan to buy or sell tickets for pretty much every show on the US, Mexican, UK and European legs of the tour.

Both sites provide security for all aspects of the transaction; the seller will get their cash, and the buyer, a genuine ticket! We've been loath to recommend aftermarket ticketers in the past, but both these seem ideal for those who missed out first time around, or those who have an extra ticket. Use our links to GetMeIn and Viagogo, and you'll also give us a little help with running costs, too!

Nick Mason is one of the many drivers who will be taking part in the 2010 Goodwood Festival Of Speed, which is taking place over the next three days (July 2nd, 3rd and 4th). The event is a must-attend annual celebration of motor racing held in Sussex on an Earl's estate. Gathering cars (and bikes), drivers, and enthusiasts from all over the world, the event celebrates motor racing from the very early days, through to the very latest F1 cars. It is held in the grounds of Lord March's estate, near Chichester, Sussex, in the south of England, and has static displays, demonstration runs, and timed runs, up the hill past Goodwood House. It's a wonderful event, and words do not pay it justice!

Nick Mason is a regular each year, having driven a range of classic cars from his and other's collections. At this year's event he will again be taking the wheel of an Auto Union D-type - an incredibly rare classic, Grand Prix winning racing car from 1939, which should excite many of the petrolheads in the 150,000-strong crowd!

The last couple of years he has taken a D-type up the hill [click thumbnail, left and right], and he remarked that it was "fairly good for an old banger!"

Full details of the Festival can be found at www.Goodwood.co.uk/fos, where you can also still purchase your tickets for the event. Entrance is by advance purchased ticket only, and there is plenty of free parking to be found at the venue, reached easily from the main A27 coast road in Sussex.

In 2004, a lavish book was written to commemorate the Festival, and included within its pages is an article by Nick Mason, along with pictures of him at the event. Click here to see our review of the book.

In a new interview with Roger Waters published by Paris Match, Roger talks to Francois Lestavel about the background to the original recordings, and what the forthcoming concerts in America (2010) and Europe (2011) will include.

Roger: "Through the story of Pink, the man who built a wall to protect himself from the pain, I wanted to show how nations compete. Whether today or in 1979, we are still afraid of strangers. Politicians try to maintain the idea that there is a boundary between "them" and "us", while the difference between people is an accident of birth and geography. If we become more aware of this, then it will be easier to break down the walls - ideological and religious."

Talking about the possibility of the tour being his last, he said: "These major tours are physically demanding, and I'm not getting any younger. However, nothing is final." Lestavel asks about the plan to show victims of wars, projected onto the wall during the show, and if Roger fears if people may feel uncomfortable with this: "Perhaps, but entertaining people never interested me. I want to move them, otherwise I'd run a game show!"

Finally, he's asked about progress on a new album. "No, I'm focusing mostly on my next show. That said, I have a large number of songs that could be an album. But that's what I've been saying for ten years!"

You can read the whole interview (in French) at ParisMatch.com. Our thanks to Yann Langlais-Plante for the info.

Some very good news for our many Portuguese friends - Roger Waters has added a second night of The Wall Live to his 2011 tour, staying at the Atlantico Pavilion for a show there on March 22nd, 2011. Tickets for this and the preceeding show (which kicks off the European tour) are now on sale through www.pavilhaoatlantico.pt, which also confirms the concert start time as now being 9pm for these two nights.

If you are going to this (or indeed, any night on his 2010 and 2011 tours!) make sure to visit the Events section of the Brain Damage Facebook page, confirm your attendance, link up with other fans who are going to the shows, post your pictures and views, and much more...