We've been contacted with the news that Roland's Petit's "Pink Floyd Ballet", performed by the Asami Maki Ballet company of Tokyo, is travelling to Paris, France, for a couple of performances.

Appearing at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées as part of their new season, the show (a new production based on the foundation of the existing show) features Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre taking the principal roles in this contemporary ballet based on the songs of Pink Floyd.

A periodical that our US friends should keep an eye out for is the September/October 2005 issue of Synthesis Magazine.

In the publication, which goes on sale 6th September, is a six-page Q&A article with Roger Waters, which covers a number of key topics.

We are pleased to be able to bring you the first review of Roger Waters' long-awaited opera, Ca Ira, having been fully absorbed into the piece over the last three weeks or so. The former Pink Floyd frontman (who recently appeared with them again at the Live 8 concert) has enlisted the mighty vocal talents of Bryn Terfel, Paul Groves and Ying Huang to help tell the story of the French Revolution.

Further to the news at the start of the month (August 1st), concerning the publication of the only official Live 8 book, we have now had official confirmation of the US and Canadian editions of the book.

Published by Century Books, it will be hitting the stores in those countries on September 27th, and again, a reasonable percentage of the proceeds go to the charity behind the event. The European edition is already out, arriving less than a month after the concerts themselves.