Some good news to start the week: David Gilmour's concert at the Gdansk Shipyard on August 26th, 2006, is to be released as a live CD at some point next year (2008). The concert was held before a huge crowd of 100,000, and marked the 26th anniversary of Poland's 1980 revolution, where nation-wide strikes led to the eventual fall of communism. August 26th itself was the day in which the Solidarity trade union was founded.

Whilst the concert was notable for the inclusion of "A Great Day For Freedom" as part of the encores, David's blog site also mentions, tantalizingly, that "there will be one or two assorted extras thrown in for good measure..." More news, obviously, as we get it.

Our friend Guy Pratt, bass guitarist for Pink Floyd since 1987, and most recently involved with David Gilmour's On An Island project, has just signed up with an innovative new music tutorial site. icanplayit.com offers broadcast quality video lessons as part of a full length, structured course, and world-class, highly respected musicians such as Guy are offering their services as tutors for the very first time - and judging by our inbox, there are plenty of budding musicians out there! The first five lessons are free to all site visitors in the form of a "mini-course". More details and sample video clips here.

Another date for the diary! The UK's BBC1 television are broadcasting an hour-long documentary called "The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?" on Wednesday, December 12th at 10:45pm (11:45pm in Northern Ireland).

The documentary is said to feature extensive archive footage, some of it rarely or never seen, alongside original interviews with the four surviving members of Pink Floyd: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason. It "traces the journey of a band that has only ever had five members, three of whom have lead the band at different stages of its evolution". We should have more info on this show soon...

UK Brain Damage visitors can also watch the programme via the BBC iPlayer. Although it is JUST for UK residents, it does enable those who miss it when it is broadcast, to legally download it up to a week later, with a month for you to watch it as often as you like.

Last night (Saturday, November 24th) BBC Radio Two aired the second and concluding part of their documentary looking at the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd. Days In The Life featured the four members of the classic Floyd line-up - David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Rick Wright - telling their own story via a series of new interviews. And it was a cracker!

Missed either part?

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PART ONE
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PART TWO
Please note: the streams are hosted at www.BBC.co.uk.