The Cambridge art and mental health charity, Escape Artists, backed by Syd Barrett's sister Rosemary Breen as a tribute to her brother, has been the target of thieves who have stolen £17,000 of music equipment. The theft from the charity's van is a major setback for them as they prepare for The City Wakes - a celebration of Syd's music - which will be performed in Cambridge from October 22nd to November 2nd.

Rosemary made a plea in the Cambridge News: "It's dreadful. It was such a shock. Everything was going so well for the charity. This is a huge setback. If anyone out there can help we would be very pleased. If anyone has got guitars, PA equipment or instruments they can donate it would be fantastic. The City Wakes concert is going to be so exciting, but we need help."

To help the charity replace the stolen equipment call Matthew Taylor on 0207-655-0909 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more information visit their website at www.escapeartists.co.uk. To read the Cambridge News story in full, click here.

To coincide with the two concerts at London's O2 Arena on Sunday and Monday, Roger Waters took part in an exclusive interview in his backstage dressing room with Sky News.

Shown on the satellite news channel from 6am on Monday morning, the short (some two and a half minutes) interview covers familiar ground, with Roger being asked about the chances of a Floyd reunion: "It's up to Dave really... I'd do it in a heartbeat!"

There are also clips from the 2007 leg of his Dark Side Of The Moon tour (Andy Fairweather-Low can be seen on stage!) in a nice montage of shots. Click here to see the video report in full.

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Keen cricketer Eric Clapton has arranged a charity cricket match which will take place on Sunday, June 8th in Surrey, England. Amongst the provisional teams list are friends of his including Roger Waters (taking part just two days after he wraps the Dark Side Of The Moon tour in St Petersburg), Bill Wyman, Mike Rutherford, Surrey and England players Mark Butcher and Mark Ramprakash, former England players Phil Tuffnell, Jack Russell and Alan Lamb, former captain of the Indian Cricket Team Mohammed Azharuddin and fast bowler and former Captain of the Pakistan team Wasim Akram.

The match aims to raise significant funds for the Longacre Jubilee Appeal, CHASE Children’s Hospice Guildford, Crossroads Centre (the rehabilitation centre in Antigua founded by Eric) and The English Schools Cricket Association.

Official ticket agents Ticketmaster have just started a special offer in the days running up to Roger's pair of concerts at London's O2 Arena, in an effort to sell the final remaining tickets. They are currently offering two tickets for the price of one for Monday's show (May 19th), through this link at Ticketmaster.co.uk. (Thanks to Fergus Hooley, and also James, for the info)