The excellent new band Long-View have arranged a very special show in London for next week. As part of the show, at the Prince Charles Cinema (just off Leicester Square), they will be showing the film "Pink Floyd - The Wall" in full before they perform tracks from their debut album "Mercury", which is out now.

Further to our earlier news stories about the US and Canadian version of "The Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story" DVD, a special secure ordering page has been set up to get preorders for the very low price of £10, including shipping (approximately $17)!

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.