As many of you will recall, legendary producer, and later recording artist in his own right, Norman "Hurricane" Smith, sadly passed away in March.

In recent years, he was working on the full publication of his memoirs, in the book "John Lennon Called Me Normal". Containing many rare pictures, much of which have not been seen before, the book contains his sharp and amusing story of working with the Beatles and Pink Floyd at Abbey Road.

As a fitting tribute to Norman, his long-awaited book has now been published through specialists Lulu.com, and we have five copies to give away to Brain Damage visitors!

On the eve of the 2008 Polar Music Award ceremony, where Pink Floyd receive their award from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, the national television station TV4 has done a nice video preview that you can view online now.

The 13-minute special includes new interview segments from Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour, which are all subtitled in Swedish. Clips from the band's early days accompany the comments from the band members. View the clip at www.tv4.se. Our thanks to Thomas Gullborn for the info!

UPDATED Sept 20th with latest price reductions
and pictures of each version on offer

With less than a month to go before David Gilmour's Live At Gdansk is released, we thought we'd put together a price comparison chart to help you make the best buying choices. With five different versions - from the basic 2CD set, through to the deluxe 3CD, 2DVD and memorabilia set, and a 5-disc vinyl edition, there's a lot of choice. And, prices from the different retailers seem to be varying dramatically, on a daily basis. Hopefully, we can help you save some cash by shopping around!

With many of us absorbed by the Olympics over the last couple of weeks or so, we thought it would be worthwhile reminding you of what's coming up in the next couple of days!

First, UK based digital radio station Planet Rock is airing "Building The Wall", a one-hour special on Pink Floyd's 1979 classic, The Wall. Broadcast tomorrow (Monday, August 25th), at 7pm BST, it promises interviews with band members, and also Gerald Scarfe, discussing his artwork for the album, stage show and film as well his time working with Pink Floyd.

The station can be heard via DAB Digital Radio, Sky Channel 0110, Cable TV channel 924 and online at www.planetrock.com, and if you forget to tune in tomorrow, you can catch the show again on Saturday, August 30th at 6pm. UPDATE: Listen on demand for the next seven days through this link!

On Tuesday (August 26th), Pink Floyd are formally awarded with the 2008 Polar Music Prize by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Concert Hall in Stockholm. More info about the award, and why Pink Floyd won it, can be seen in our news story of May 21st.

According to a press release from the organisers, it seems that Nick Mason and Roger Waters will be making the journey to Stockholm to accept the award. The ceremony will be broadcast on national television station TV4.