Vernon Fitch, the co-author of a new book about Pink Floyd's The Wall project, has written to us this evening to fill us in with some more detail on it.

"Pink Floyd The Wall - An Examination of Rock's Conceptual Masterpiece" by Vernon and Richard Mahon, will be published by Genesis Publications in December 2004, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the release of the original album. Genesis Publications are a specialist bunch, who produced the wonderful Psychedelic Renegades book, which featured Mick Rock's archive of Syd Barrett pictures. They will be treating Vernon and Richard's book with similar care and attention, producing a deluxe full-colour hard bound edition.

The new issue (cover date June 2004) of the UK's Uncut magazine hit the shelves this morning, with a nice colour cover (shown right) featuring Roger, David, Nick and Richard, alongside the coverstrap of "Anger. Betrayal. Regret. The last days of Pink Floyd".

The exclusive, and fascinating, interview with Roger features a large selection of wonderful photos - from a modern day, black & white portrait of Roger, through early 1970's shots from various venues, to more recent days, via a stunning shot of Roger as a baby, with his father, mother and brother. He's the spitting image of his mother!

It has just been announced that the French Crossroads magazine are staging a Crossroads Guitar Festival in Paris, which is said to include David Gilmour making an appearance as part of the show.

The concert, on June 18th 2004, is being held at the Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Boulevard des Capucines, in Paris, and the four hour show (one part acoustic, the other electric) at the venue features, amongst others, David Gilmour, Ben Harper, Jimmy Page, Arthur Brown, and Phil May; more acts are to be announced soon. This information comes from americana-uk.com and David's appearance is also mentioned on the Crossroad's website.

The 1846 steam engine repair shed and turning platform for locomotives (hence its shape) that later became a legendary concert venue, known as the Roundhouse, saw work finally start on its £28million regeneration yesterday. The venue, in Chalk Farm, London, was host to a number of performances from the likes of Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, and of course, Pink Floyd.