It has been announced that Roger Waters and Nick Mason will be participating in an upcoming show to benefit the UK's Countryside Alliance (CA).

The show, Highclere Rocks, is being held at the castle of the same name in the Berkshire countryside on Saturday, May 20th. It is being billed as a "picnic concert", running from 4pm until 11pm, and features The Band Du Lac - made up of Gary Brooker, Mike Rutherford, Andy Fairweather Low and Paul Carrack.

This weekend saw two elements of Pink Floyd successful in their solo endeavours.

First off, David Gilmour's new album "On An Island" entered the Official UK Album Charts at the coveted number one spot. Selling very heavily since it hit the stores last Monday (6th March), empty racks in a number of outlets bore testiment to the demand for his third solo album. This is despite a relatively low key promotional campaign to promote the release.

Tuesday saw an unexpected surprise for US fans when they went to their local Best Buy to pick up David Gilmour's great new album, On An Island.

As an exclusive, limited edition for that chain of stores, a bonus CD was included featuring the track "Island Jam", that was available for download around Christmas-time from DavidGilmour.com.

The latest issue of Guitar World magazine, which has just hit US stores, has a feast of Floyd, with indepth interviews with Roger Waters AND David Gilmour!