The homelessness charity Crisis is in line for a handy boost to its funds, as a unique Fender Stratocaster guitar comes up for auction courtesy of the specialist website, BuyOnceGiveTwice.co.uk. The instrument has been individually painted by Gerald Scarfe, the artist who collaborated with the band with great effect on The Wall project, and it has also been signed by the band!

As if that wasn't enough, a very limited edition book and set of prints celebrating his work on The Wall is coming out in July, signed by Gerald and Roger Waters, and the auction will include the very desirable edition number 001 out of the total 300 copies. We'll be bringing you full information on this collection later today.

A wonderful, unique pair of items, which we are sure will raise a huge amount of cash for Crisis! You need to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you think you might want to bid on this: Buy Once Give Twice will inform you the instant the lot goes live which will be in the next few weeks. Crisis are in the process of deciding the auction closing date - but register NOW as the turn round may need to be exceptionally quick - and keep checking their site.

The much anticipated pair of Atom Heart Mother concerts at London's Cadogan Hall take place this weekend (tomorrow, Saturday June 14th at 7:30pm, and Sunday June 15th at 7pm).

In case you need reminding, Ron Geesin, the co-composer of AHM, will recreate Pink Floyd's iconic 1970 album. The performances will also feature archive material from the original recording and other music by Ron, including new scores created specially for the occasion. David Gilmour will be joining the stage for Sunday's performance of the track, alongside the Italian band Mun Floyd, cellist Caroline Dale (who has worked with David before), the brass ensemble, and the 40-strong chorus Canticum.

We hear that preparations have gone extremely well, with Thursday's rehearsals going smoothly, and the music sounding wonderful. Naturally we'll be covering the shows in detail, in part with our friends over at www.pink-floyd.it, and Zack from that site wanted to share with you all the picture to the right [click the thumbnail] - the enthusiastic cow promoting the shows, and the rest of the 2008 Festival, has no doubt heartily confused the non-Floydy locals!

BBC Worldwide has made a deal with EMI Music making the BBC's extensive archives commercially (and legally) available for the first time. Audio and video of classic performances from the likes of Queen, David Bowie and Pink Floyd will be included in this; the BBC's Beatles archives are part of an existing, seperate agreement with EMI.

The BBC will have the rights to distribute the content direct to consumers via their own digital services such as online streaming. EMI will be able to release BBC archive material across multiple platforms including digital, with both companies receiving royalties from all the sales.

Pete Duckworth, senior vice president, catalogue for EMI Music UK & Ireland, said: "In the BBC vaults there is a wealth of unreleased and high quality material from EMI artists that we will now be able to bring to fans."

Obviously this is all at a very early stage, and the exact content to be released will no doubt be under discussion in the coming months. As and when any Floyd content becomes available, we will of course let you know. More information on the deal can be seen at The Times website.

As Sunday afternoons go, it couldn't have been much nicer. One of the hottest and sunniest days of the year thus far greeted the professional, and enthusiastic amateur, cricketers who turned out at Surrey's Cranleigh School for Eric Clapton’s XI versus The Bunburys Charity Cricket Match.

BD visitors will know (from our recent news story) that one of those taking part (and pictured to the right, and more pictures below) was none other than Roger Waters, just two days after his tour finale in St Petersburg, Russia, and just hours before taking part in the Cries From The Heart concert in London...