In their latest listener poll, the UK digital radio station Planet Rock asked what the nations favourite solo albums were. As expected for this Pink Floyd-friendly station, both David Gilmour and Roger Waters figured healthily in the top 40 rundown.

In reverse order, David's eponymous 1978 album came in at #29, and his recent Gdansk release at #21. At #15, Roger's 1984 outing, The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, appeared, and his 1992 album, Amused To Death, managed to make it all the way to #3. However, heading the chart was David's 2006 release, On An Island.

Congratulations to David and Roger for their spread of entries! To see the poll in detail, visit www.PlanetRock.com. You can tune in to PR via DAB digital radio in the UK, Sky channel 0110, Virgin Media channel 924, Freesat channel 730 and online worldwide.

Tomorrow (September 29th) sees the North American release of "Secret Policeman's Ball: The Secret Policeman Rocks!", a DVD showcasing fourteen clips from the series of benefit concerts for Amnesty International that have run for the last three decades in London. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary, Martin Lewis, the co-creator and producer of the concerts, has gone back through the series and compiled a DVD of the greatest music moments in the series.

Some of the highlights includes Pete Townshend's acoustic versions of "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" (the latter with John Williams), Sting's "Roxanne," Kate Bush (accompanied by David Gilmour) with "Running Up That Hill," Gilmour himself with "On the Turning Away," Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck with a great version of "Further On Up the Road" and a guitar duet by Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins on a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine."

Special features include interviews with actors and musicians - including Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox, Robert De Niro, Bono, Jackson Browne and Bruce Springsteen - talking about lending support to Amnesty International. Orders for this DVD, which help Amnesty International, can be made through Amazon.com (US/International) and Amazon Canada, both of whom will ship the disc worldwide.

Coming up at the end of next month (October 31st, 2009) is an elaborate, and one-off, staging of The Wall live. Tying in with the 30th anniversary of the album release, the show will aim to recreate elements of the concerts held in 1980/81 to a privileged few.

The show is a little different to other Wall tribute shows there have been, as this one has - rather uniquely - the added talents of Harry Waters on keyboards. Roger's son has agreed to take part in the show, which is being held at the 18,000 seater O2 Arena in Prague.

Organized by musician Filip Benesovský and his friends, the concert will be the biggest and most expensive music show this year held in the Czech Republic. The music will be played by a 20-member group, playing electric and classical instruments, and joining them will be a children's choir too.

Tickets for the show are available now direct from www.O2Arena.cz, and more information on the show and performers can be found at www.TheWall2009.cz.

'Lost In Dreams', the new album from vocalist Curtis Stigers to be released on September 28th [Europe] / 29th [North America] includes a cover of "Vera", from Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The original, of course, features Roger's plaintive vocal, making reference to the World War Two "Forces' Sweetheart" Dame Vera Lynn (who incidentally has just topped the UK album charts at the impressive age of 92 - the oldest living artist to do so).

"Vera" is not a track that has been covered often (to our knowledge); Stigers' vocal style works well on the track, a sample of which can be heard via the album page at: Amazon UK, Amazon.com (US/International), Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, and Amazon France.