David Gilmour's official website has confirmed his interest in possibly contributing a vocal part to the backing track for a "sing-in" protest against the extradition to the US of Scot Gary McKinnon, who is accused of hacking into US military websites.

The sing-in is being held on April 2nd, and involves a multi-artist rendition of Graham Nash's "Chicago" - itself referring to the 'Chicago 7' who were arrested for protesting at the 1968 Democratic Convention. David will not be present at the protest.

He said: "Gary McKinnon should not be being extradited to the USA for his naïve hacking. It is a heavy handed response from the US and it's hard to understand that the English justice system could not be more effectively used to prevent this. I am hoping that common sense will prevail".

Those of you able to head over to Dearborn, Michigan, this summer, should consider a visit to the Henry Ford Museum. Between May 16th and September 7th, 2009, Rock Stars Cars & Guitars 2 brings a selection of vehicles, guitars and memorabilia from a number of bands, including Kiss, Metallica, and Pink Floyd.

The exhibition features more than 20 cars, more than 50 guitars and amongst the wide array of rock memorabilia are iconic costumes and concert props. One of the vehicles is Nick Mason's Lola Cosworth T297 racing car [click thumbnail to the right] which features a wonderful Wall-themed paint job. You'll also see his custom Ferrari-themed Fender Stratocaster and custom drum kit and cymbals.

Other items of interest include Pete Townshend's 1956 Lincoln and smashed Rickenbacker guitar sculpture, and a range of guitars and costumes from Kiss. You can find full details of the exhibition at www.theHenryFord.org.

Following on from the success last August of his exhibition "Mind Over Matter: Images of Pink Floyd", Storm Thorgerson returns to London's Thames-side gallery@Oxo in May 2009 to stage his equally enthralling "Taken By Storm" exhibition.

Celebrating some 40 years of creating iconic artwork for not just Pink Floyd, but other artists such as Led Zeppelin, Muse, The Mars Volta, and Peter Gabriel, "Taken By Storm" is a great chance to see some of the most memorable and disturbing yet intriguing album covers, presented in their best state, enlarged and pristine - big and bold like the music they seek to represent.

Running for two and a half weeks, it is a wonderful opportunity to see some truly rare pieces - some familiar, others not so - in a good setting. As you'll see below from some of the shots of last August's exhibition, you owe it to yourself (and to Storm!) to pay the exhibition a visit if you are in London in the second half of May...

A reminder for all of you considering placing a bid for the book that Syd Barrett created by hand in late 1964/early 1965, that the eBay auction in aid of the Syd Barrett Trust closes this evening at 9:04pm GMT. At time of writing, with just ten hours to go the bids are currently standing at £12,100.

Fart Enjoy was a book he came up with for a friend of his - Andrew Rawlinson - and has only been on public display once: as part of the fascinating Interstellar exhibition held in Paris at the end of 2003 (an illustrated report of which can be read here). A scaled-down reproduction of Fart Enjoy was also included with the deluxe edition of the 40th anniversary release of Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.

Click here to visit the auction, which includes a passage written by Rawlinson giving the story behind the book. You can buy prints (framed or unframed) of pages from the book here, and visit Syd-Barrett-Trust.org.uk to find out more about their work and aims. The very best of luck to those of you bidding on the item... it's for a great cause.

UPDATE: bidding closed at a healthy £12,600 which will certainly benefit The Syd Barrett Trust nicely.