Capitol Records in Germany have confirmed that the remaster of The Final Cut is scheduled for release in that country on March 22nd, and have also confirmed that "When The Tigers Broke Free" appears as the bonus track, turning up at the very end of the album, following "Two Suns In The Sunset". Our thanks to Thomas for this information.

VH1 Europe have compiled the list of the greatest songs of the past 25 years, as decided by executives at the TV station. Nirvana's "Teen Spirit" gets the coveted number one spot, followed by Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", and "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns 'n' Roses in third place. Pink Floyd's "Another Brick (Part 2)" was one of the highest placed UK tracks, reaching a creditable fifteenth.

In a separate poll, in the new issue of the UK's Heat magazine, UK music's biggest earners of 2003 are analysed. The Rolling Stones take top spot with £55.3million, McCartney follows with £40million, and Elton John comes up behind them with £34million. Pink Floyd share joint sixteenth place with The Beatles, both earning £8.75million last year. The figures are based on estimates of income derived from record sales, touring revenue, DVD sales, merchandising income, music publishing royalties and the cryptically listed "other income"!

To celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of its release, The Final Cut is getting a polish and being re-released in a freshly remastered format. Whilst we expect further confirmed details in the next few days, it seems that the remaster may also include "When The Tigers Broke Free" as a bonus track, and slightly revised artwork.

The new version is scheduled to appear in the US, on Capitol Records, on April 20th; in Europe on EMI Records, on March 19th, and EMI will also be releasing the UK version, although the release date has not been confirmed. EMKA, the band's management, told Brain Damage today that the date is imminent and they will be providing us with more details about this release in the next day or so.

National Doodle Day, on February 27th, is a UK-wide campaign of fun which aims to get the nation doodling and raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for The Neurofibromatosis Association and Epilepsy Action. They are currently auctioning 341 items on eBay to raise funds - most of which are doodles, one of which is a drawing of a car by Nick Mason, on the reverse side of an official National Doodle Day card. More details here...