Tuesday night saw a rather unusual David Gilmour event. Big Screen Concerts aired, for one night only, a special recording of David's BBC concert recording at London's Mermaid Theatre on March 7th, augmented by the EPK for the album, presented in surround sound in movie theatres across the US.

The performance was the first public outing for a selection of tracks from his (then brand new) album, On An Island, alongside Pink Floyd classics.

Those with plenty of spare cash in their bank accounts could end up with some very nice, rare Pink Floyd items next week, whilst helping out three very worthwhile charities in the process.

The highly respected auction house Christie's are running a "Pop Memorabilia" sale at their South Kensington branch, and as part of the sale, are a number of items from (the band's late manager) Steve O'Rourke's estate. They are being sold to benefit Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and Winston's Wish, a charity supporting bereaved children and young people.

Some of you were fortunate enough to be at Roger Waters' world premiere live performance of Ca Ira, in Rome in mid-November. Those that were, or those who read our concert review and looked at our gallery of pictures, will have been struck by the wonderful imagery that was projected onto the screen behind the black-clad orchestra.

Those of you with long memories, will recall that back on 22nd December, we told you that early Pink Floyd producer Joe Boyd was putting the finishing touches to his autobiography, looking at his work in the music industry in the sixties.

The annual Brighton Festival is a very popular event in the city, and Joe will be participating in it with a special show, which we are giving away a pair of tickets to!