The Hungarian city of Budapest is the latest confirmed host for Roger Waters' tour of The Wall, with a concert today confirmed for April 13th at the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna. After the initial announcement of this concert, it was moved from April 12th to April 13th, but then the show was put on hold. It took until today for the show to be finally confirmed, and tickets go on sale shortly.

The RogerWaters.com presales will begin on August 2nd, following email notification to those registered as interested in this city, who have been selected to participate. General sale tickets will go on sale shortly after the presale (exact dates still to be confirmed), via LiveNation.hu. The public sale will also see a limited number of VIP packages made available for each show on the tour.

You can find more details of this show over at our dedicated page for this concert, which is found in the 2011 Roger Waters Wall Tour Zone. You'll also find people discussing this show, and many other things, over at the Brain Damage Facebook page.

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The September 2010 issue of Mojo, in UK stores now, features a short article about the Hoping Foundation gig featuring David Gilmour and Roger Waters held at Kiddington Hall in Oxfordshire the other weekend, accompanied by a fabulous photo of David and Roger. An additional photograph shows Roger and David with fellow charity performer Nick Cave.

Also in the magazine of interest to Floyd fans is a small piece about the upcoming large format book about Syd Barrett, described as the "definitive visual companion". This issue's main feature is an exhaustive interview with Robert Plant in which he discusses Led Zeppelin, Alison Krauss and his revival of the Band of Joy. Elsewhere, Phil Collins talks to Mark Blake about his new album of Motown covers and the possibility of another Genesis reunion.

More information at www.Mojo4Music.com.

In the new issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog Rock, a regular special issue from the monthly Classic Rock publishers, is an interview with Roger Waters [click thumbnail, right] about the forthcoming Wall concerts.

Roger ponders the message that The Wall could bring to audiences. "It may be that this piece can provide a talking point or rallying cry. With information technology, we get the chance now to understand each other's predicaments across international and idealogical borders and I think it's an opportunity that we haven't had before."

In the article, they note that "Waters intimates [that the original Wall concerts] are soon to be released on DVD", and has him pondering future plans: "I can't see myself doing this when I'm 80. Although that's only 14 years away. I'm 66 years old now and this is a big undertaking. I wouldn't say this is my farewell tour, but I do have to wonder what else I might do. I shall certainly go on working but whether I'll do any more big tours, I don't know."

You can read the full article in the magazine, which is in selected UK stores now, and worldwide as an import. More information at www.ClassicRockMagazine.com. Our thanks to Kevan Porter for helping with this story...