On the eve of the Belfast Festival evening with Nick Mason, at the Elmwood Hall, we bring you a full report of the Pink Floyd drummer's warm-up session as part of a signing appearance, on Thursday night.

Before we launch into that, a little more on what Monday night offers, including another BBC interview. As we previously mentioned, Nick is doing a show in Belfast, to talk about his life and career in Pink Floyd. In a fairly intimate setting, with only 500 tickets available, he will answer questions thrown at him for an expected two hours.

Yesterday afternoon came the very sad news that John Peel, British broadcasting legend, had passed away whilst on a working holiday in Peru. Peel had championed new and exciting music for almost 40 years, earning the respect of all parts of the music industry.

Liverpudlian Peel's long career started when his term in National Service ended in 1962, when he started working for US radio stations - his extensive knowledge of music and the emergence of The Beatles opening many doors for him there. 1967 saw the US "underground" scene rise, in part a resistance to the British pop sound of the era. John caught on to this new scene, and returned to England, where the fledgling Pink Floyd and others were playing their shows at UFO. This started a love of the group's music for him that persisted for many years.

Nick Mason's wonderful new book "Inside Out - A Personal History Of Pink Floyd" is selling well, helped by the interviews and appearances that Nick has made in promotion of the tome. We now have full details of how UK Brain Damage visitors can order a signed, dedicated copy of the book!

With thanks to Charlie at Mercury, we had three copies of the newly released Special Edition of Roger Waters Live In Berlin 1990 on DVD, to give away in another great competition. The DVD, released on October 18th 2004 worldwide (with the US receiving the title on October 19th), includes a number of new features: