The very sad loss of Richard Wright yesterday has reverberated around the world, with friends and fans alike paying their heartfelt tributes to him. We've received many emails from fans worldwide, who have asked us to pass on their messages of condolences, and we are collating these now.

Through the pages of his website, David Gilmour has paid public tribute to Richard, who he called "my musical partner and my friend. In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.

"He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.

Storm Studios, designers of some of Pink Floyd's most famous album covers, including Dark Side of the Moon, Atom Heart Mother, and Wish You Were Here, have been busy again. They've created a thought provoking new poster [click thumbnail; far left] especially for The City Wakes tribute to Syd Barrett.

Also, as we've mentioned previously, Storm Thorgerson will be exhibiting Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink Floyd at The Grand Arcade throughout The City Wakes. This will be the first time that Storm's work has been exhibited in his hometown of Cambridge.

Mind Over Matter opens on October 9th and runs until November 10th, 2008, and is free to visit. Visit The City Wakes website for more information on ALL the Syd Barrett tribute events, including Storm's exhibition.

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 had five copies to give away to Brain Damage visitors. Were you one of the lucky winners? Read on to find out!

In just over a month's time, on October 14th, Columbia Records release the latest in their X2 releases, which package together a pair of albums. This time around, it comprises 1978's "David Gilmour", and 1984's "About Face".

If you've not heard these albums, you are in for a treat. And, quite a convenient package, with a slight money saving aspect over buying the two separately - for example, Amazon.com are offering this at $3 cheaper than the albums as individual entities, although don't expect bonus material despite Amazon's rather odd current claim that the edition consists of a mind-boggling 30 discs, rather than the 2 discs it should have!! If you want to get this new package, orders are now being taken by Amazon.com amongst others.