Last month, we brought you the news that Guy Pratt, who very ably took care of bass duties on David Gilmour's On An Island tour, had arranged some more of his fantastic one-man shows. He told us that having had such a great time on the tour, he was "missing the road terribly...", hence the new shows. The even better news is that he's given us a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky BD visitor!

Tomorrow night, the 2006 Vodafone Live Music Awards are held in the legendary Roundhouse in London. Amongst the bands nominated for awards are Pink Floyd, who are in the running for "Best Live Return" for their headlining making appearance at Live 8.

Next week sees a special, one-off event in London. Being held in the shadow of the building which was the subject of arguably Pink Floyd's best loved album cover (after Dark Side Of The Moon, of course!), Storm Thorgerson talks about how the iconic Animals picture came about.

The latest cinema release from Martin Scorcese is a thriller called "The Departed", which features some real Hollywood heavyweights in the excellent cast. Of interest to Floyd fans is a sequence in the movie with Comfortably Numb - the version performed by Van Morrison at Roger Waters 1990 Berlin concert. Reason for this version? Possibly due to most of the characters being Irish American, and other Irish songs feature in the soundtrack. And it IS a good track, as well!

Our thanks to all who wrote with this info!