Orders are now being taken for a book stuffed with 300 Pink Floyd concert pictures from 1977 onwards. Limited to just 1000 numbered copies (which are expected to sell quickly), Pink Floyd - The Rob Verhorst Archives, published on October 8th, 2021, is presented as a deluxe clothbound and hardback edition, with 200 heavyweight pages, and signed by the photographer himself.

Rob Verhorst’s career spans well over four decades. The publishers note that "David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason have been a common thread in his working years. The gentlemen of Pink Floyd, as a group but later also solo, often appeared before the lens of the Rotterdam-based photographer. A first encounter in Sportpaleis Ahoy’ in Rotterdam in 1977 made Verhorst decide to combine his two passions – photography and music – and to make it his profession. His picture of a deflated pig in Ahoy’ also inadvertently reveals a unique way of working. Verhorst not only goes for the big picture, but knows – like no other – how to capture details that only someone with an eye for detail and a strong urge for perfection can capture.

"His photos do not remain unnoticed for long and soon start to appear in newspapers such as Rotterdam's Dagblad and renowned music magazines like Muziekkrant OOR, Muziek Expres, Hitkrant and Music Maker. In the years that follow his photographs of the 1980 Pink Floyd shows at Earls Court in London to promote The Wall go global. In the 1980s, Verhorst is always there, everywhere. He ends up with David Gilmour in Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht in 1984 and Roger Waters in Sportpaleis Ahoy’ that same year. He documents Pink Floyd’s comeback in Rotterdam in 1988 and a year later in Werchter and the Goffertpark in Nijmegen. A picture of Pink Floyd in front of a battery of his colleagues during a photo session in Versailles in 1988 is a classic, just like so many others. Rob Verhorst’s photos of Pink Floyd – but also those of dozens if not hundreds other world acts – have become a staple of the renowned Getty Images catalogue.

"In 1990 Verhorst photographs The Wall for a second time – this time Roger Waters’ performance in Berlin – and frequently captures the former Pink Floyd bassist in the new millennium, in 2011 in Arnhem for a third time performing The Wall. He is one of the few – and perhaps the only one professionally – who has shot the three tours of the concept album in as many decades. For this book, Rob Verhorst made a selection of no less than three hundred iconic Pink Floyd photos, many of them previously unpublished. Together with memories and additional visual material from his archives they form an impressive collection and legacy."

Sounds like an essential purchase to us! The text in the book is in English, and pre-orders come with an exclusive poster. You can secure your copy now through Floydstuff.com, who will ship the book worldwide.

With thanks to our friend Michael Nickel, we have news particularly aimed at those of you who read German.

The publication Rock Classics have released a special edition of their magazine (issue 32, cover date July/August/September) which is focused on Pink Floyd, and includes a pair of posters of the band.

The following description (translated by Michael) explains what is found within its pages:

"All albums, Backgrounds, Interviews. Not only the demand for the music of PINK FLOYD seems to be unbroken, but also the demand for writing that traces the work of the giants of progressive rock in an entertaining and compact form. There is no other explanation for the fact that both editions of the successful bestselling special edition series ROCK CLASSICS from 2011 and 2016, which were dedicated to Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Co, are now out of print.

"On the 15th anniversary of the death of legendary co-founder Syd Barrett, who would have celebrated his 75th birthday in 2021, there is now an updated new edition supplemented by three additional interviews (with Nick Mason, Roger Waters and 'Us + Them' tour musician Jonathan Wilson) and two posters to invite all fans (again) on the fascinating journey to the dark side of the moon."

The magazine is now available in all good shops in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the BeNeLux countries. Alternatively, you can buy it online, worldwide, through the publisher's online store.

Published as a hardback edition in May 2019, Pink Floyd - Captured Through Time is being published as a paperback on September 24th, 2021.

Captured Through Time is a photographic celebration of the band that takes you on a journey from the psychedelic, avant-garde sixties to recent days including off stage shots of all the band members. The publishers note that before this book, many of the photos had never been published in print before, including a sequence of shots from the Animals tour in 1977 that had only just been developed from the original negatives and digitally restored for this publication.

In total, the book has over 100 images of Pink Floyd both on and off stage through the decades included in this paperback book. If you wish to order this book, you can do so through the following links; ordering (anything) through our links also helps with BD's ongoing running costs, and we really appreciate it: Amazon UK, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Spain and Amazon Italy.

On October 13th 2021, 'Portrait Artist of the Year' will make a return to the UK's Sky Arts channel and streaming service NOW for its eighth season - and yes, there's relevance to Pink Floyd fans!

The series 'Portrait Artist of the Year', with hosts Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell, brings together a batch of amateur and professional artists as they battle it out to impress expert judges Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan.

Taking the famous subject’s chair this year are: Celeste (Singer/Songwriter), Kelly MacDonald (Actor), Gabrielle (Singer/songwriter), Lydia West (Actor), Nish Kumar (Comedian), Alexa Chung (Model/TV Presenter), Alistair Campbell (Politician), Ian Hislop (Journalist), Hugh Skinner (Actor), Daniel Mays (Actor), Gyles Brandreth (former politician) Emma Dabiri (Author), Sophie Cookson (Actor), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Actor), Polly Walker (Actor), Philip Glenister (Actor), Chris Packham (Naturalist), Ali Jawad (Paralympic powerlifter), Arlene Phillips (Dancer), Grace Neutral (TV Presenter), Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Scientist), Sergei Polunin (Ballet dancer), Karen Gibson (Conductor) and David Olosuga (Historian).

Nine artists compete in each of the eight heats, and each heat winner will go on to paint none other than Nick Mason, taking a break from the preparations for the Saucerful Of Secrets tour next year, in the semi-final. For the grand finale, three finalists will battle it out to take home the crown, painting the iconic Barry Humphries, best known for his on-stage and television alter ego Dame Edna Everage. This season’s Portrait Artist of the Year winner will receive a £10,000 commission to paint the esteemed Scottish-Italian classical solo violinist, Nicola Benedetti, which will be exhibited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait Artist of the Year will air on Sky Arts, Freeview Channel 11, and streaming service NOW. Episode screening dates and times aren't yet available.