Further to our previous news items regarding Roger Waters' two new songs, Leaving Beirut and To Kill The Child, available on a strictly limited edition Japanese CD single - the only way to legitimately own the tracks on CD - we have an update on how you can order this essential collectable.

A new campaign organised by Blues musician Matt Schofield to raise money for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity, which uses instruments to help sick or disabled children and adults, has enlisted a number of musicians including Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, the BBC news site reports.

The rock, pop, jazz and classical musicians - and Sir Patrick Moore - have been remembering their first foray into the world of music as part of a campaign to encourage parents to buy instruments for their children. Jazz musician Courtney Pine recalls his friends "laughing their heads off" when he tried out his first saxophone, while Nick Mason remembers saving up his shillings for his first drum kit...

The musician and composer Ron Geesin, who collaborated with Roger Waters on the album "Music From The Body" (the soundtrack to the film of the same name), and then co-wrote Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother", played a rare, one-off concert on Sunday, December 12th.

Last week (with an update a couple of days ago), we reported that Pink Floyd's David Gilmour took part in a special concert held at London's legendary Abbey Road Studios, to record a a celebration of 50 years of rock'n'roll.

With thanks to the executive producer of the whole production, Pierre Sarazin, we now have more detail on this one-off performance, that will be seeing the light of day during 2005.