With tickets for Roger Waters 2011 European Wall tour now going on sale for many cities, the traditional search, and scramble, for tickets has begun in earnest. In a change to information we had previously, we now know that Ticketmaster.co.uk are selling tickets for ALL the UK shows (and the Irish show) through their site.

Specifically, you can get tickets for each of the shows through these direct links: Wednesday, May 11th (O2 Arena, London), Thursday, May 12th (O2 Arena, London), Tuesday, May 17th (O2 Arena, London), Friday, May 20th (Manchester MEN), Saturday, May 21st (Manchester MEN), and Monday, May 23rd (O2 Arena, Dublin). The tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday morning (June 4th) at 9am. Please remember to click through to Ticketmaster using our links - it gives us very much needed help with paying Brain Damage site costs (which are considerable), and we really appreciate it!

STORY UPDATED WITH SECOND ELEPHANT! Pink Floyd cover designer Storm Thorgerson is one of many artists who have contributed their time and efforts to the Elephant Family charity. The Elephant Parade celebrates the Asian elephant, an animal on the brink of extinction, in the most colourful way possible - by having some 250 model nellies installed in the streets around the West End of London, each customised by a notable artist.

Situated by Hyde Park Corner is Storm's design. As you'll see from the pictures that Gary Kirk kindly sent us, the elephant quite uniquely is covered with mirrors, and of course has a Floyd connection with the name...

Following publication of this story, we were contacted by Andrew Burgess, who said: "I came across your article entitled 'Storm Thorgerson designs Zabriskie Elephant' about the great man's Zabriskie Elephant currently on parade at London's Hyde Park Corner. But did you realise he also has a second on display?

"Mr Thorgerson also designed #30: Vorsprung which is on display nearby the Audi dealership outside Green Park."

Our thanks to Andrew for the following picture, which you can click on to see in more detail:

Back in November 2005, we told you about an incredibly rare recording of Syd Barrett, performing live on 27th January, 1972, with the Last-Minute Put-Together Boogie Band, at a show in Cambridge.

The Last-Minute Put-Together Boogie Band's set consists of 5 blues songs before Syd comes on stage for a nine-minute jam ("Number Nine") followed by 3 blues songs/improvs ("Gotta Be A Reason", "Let's Roll" and "Sweet Little Angel"). The Hawkwind and Pink Fairies sets on the reel are also reported to be worth hearing.

The recording is now up for auction at Bonhams on June 23rd, as lot 212 - a "1/4 inch reel-to-reel tape on 10inch BASF spool in Agfa PE36 box with handwritten recording details, with statement of provenance", this Syd curiosity has an estimate of £2,500 - 3,500. Our thanks to Greg Curry and to Mark at Spaceward Studios for the info.

Following yesterday's announcement of the 2011 Roger Waters Wall tour of Europe, a pair of new interviews with Roger can be heard online at the moment.

First, the BBC Radio 4 Today programme interview from early yesterday morning (which we mentioned here) has been segregated off on its own page at the BBC.co.uk website. Probably only accessible to those in the UK and parts of Europe, the four minute interview has Roger explaining why he is taking The Wall on the road again.

Elsewhere, on the Planet Rock website, veteran DJ Nicky Horne (who interviewed Roger and the rest of Pink Floyd as part of a set of great Capital Radio interviews back in 1976) caught up with Roger after the tour press conference, for a ten minute chat. In it, he covers in some detail the preparations for the tour, which is fascinating. You can hear it at PlanetRock.co.uk or download it directly (it's around 9.2MB).