As a follow-up to the news last week concerning the new running time of Pink Floyd's The Final Cut, getting a remastered reissue towards the end of this month, we've had some more information from Chris Diemoz and his source.

They've analysed the new version closely, and confirm that whilst overall (not including the addition of Tigers) the running time is indeed six seconds shorter, absolutely nothing is missing and the difference is mainly due to the cross-fade into and out of Tigers. It's a process that, by its nature, depends on where you start and stop the clock - it can make a subtle difference. Having seen the revised track times, it seems clear that different start/stop points have been used throughout the album...

Icon have announced Stephen Fry's terribly splendid film adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh classic "Bright Young Things" will be released on DVD (and VHS - rental only) on April 19th, in the UK. This film, which we reported on last year, includes a sequence at Brooklands Race Track with Nick and Annette Mason racing each other, in cars supplied by Ten Tenth's, Nick's car company.

As reported last week, the BBC are running a week-long campaign focusing on mental health, and BBC Radio 6 are looking at the world of music in relation to the subject.

Just a couple of news bits for you this weekend... one relating to David Gilmour and an upcoming concert he is taking part in, and the other, a brief comment from Roger Waters about his forthcoming opera.