Tomorrow night sees the start of Roger Waters The Wall Live tour, with Toronto's Air Canada Centre the host to the event. As The Star reports, 25 students from the Regent Park School of Music will also take to the stage all three nights as backup vocalists for Another Brick In The Wall (part 2).

The school received a cold call last week from the tour promoter asking if the students, ages 10 to 15, would be interested in singing at the concerts. Richard Marsella, director of the school: “It came to us out of the blue, so it's been a last-minute turnaround trying to get students and all the logistics organized. They all just found out. So our first practice will be on the bus on the way to the concert.”

We're sure that other schools will get this great opportunity as the tour unfolds...

DATE CHANGED BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon show on Wednesday (September 15th), includes Steve interviewing Nick Mason. As yet, we're not sure why Nick will be there, although we are sure that it'll be typically entertaining, with Nick's dry wit to the fore.

The show airs between 2pm-5pm BST (GMT+1hr). 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. Our thanks to Rob Sadler for the tip-off!

The Day Goes By is a work-in-progress children's book written by Anna Cooper, focused on a day in the life of Syd Barrett. The story "combines the whimsy that was ever-present in Syd's songs, as well as the struggle that comes from having too many possibilities from which to choose; a situation that both children and adults can relate to".

After Syd passed away in July 2006, his sister Rosemary Breen set up the Syd Barrett Fund with profits from Syd's estate to raise money for the organization. It seems Rosemary loved the book and she is supportive of getting it published. She has spoken in interviews about her brother's own fascination with children's stories and fantasy, and believes this book would be "a wonderful way of honouring his memory". Word is spreading about this book, and initially, you can find out more info, and see some of the artwork, here...

As described by BD regular Guntmar Ploetzke last month, now open in Hannover, Germany, is the latest Gerald Scarfe exhibition, Heroes and Monsters. It covers his extensive career drawing satirical and political cartoons, alongside work for people like Pink Floyd (such as The Wall). Guntmar visited it when Gerald was also there to launch the show, and you can read his report here.

The exhibition is at the Wilhelm Busch Museum In the Georgengarten in Hannover, and is open every day (11am to 6pm) Tuesday to Sunday until October 24th, 2010. However, if you are in the area this coming Sunday (September 19th) you can catch Gerald giving a talk at the museum at 3pm. Tickets are €4,50 each, for this unmissable event. More details of the museum can be found here. Our thanks to Adrian Childs-Clarke for the info.