On a regular basis, long running British music newspaper the New Musical Express (or NME) collects together sets of archive articles, ads, review, interviews, etc., all based on one key artist, time, or genre. The collections appear in a glossy, well-printed, and heavy magazine format. They have just published the latest of these collections - this time covering the sixties.

Our friend Col Turner over at A Fleeting Glimpse has had confirmation from the incredible backing singer P P Arnold, that Roger Waters has asked her to put aside nine months in 2005 for his next tour. Obviously this will include an amount of rehearsal time (he is said to be performing tracks from his forthcoming album) and as yet, no dates or venues are known. As we have information, we will post it here.

Brain Damage was recently invited to the press launch of the new, four-disc Rolling Stones live DVD, entitled "Four Flicks". The first three discs cover the three difference types of show they performed on their last tour - from tiny club to stadium show (perhaps the Floyd should consider this tactic on their next tour?!) in full surround sound. The fourth disc has a couple of fascinating looking documentaries on the tour, including one where Mark Fisher, who has long designed Pink Floyd's stages, does his best to "sell" his concepts to the Stones.

Interestingly enough, some of the stage furniture from the 1994 Floyd tour can be seen on the Stones stadium stage, showing that the spirit of recycling is not dead!

The UK newspaper The Times is advertising a major feature in this coming Saturday's edition. Entitled "The Lost Art Of LP Covers", it focuses on, amongst other things, Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon cover. It is believed that they have approached DSOTM cover designer George Hardie in conjunction with the article, presumably for an interview or comments about this most famous and iconic cover... It will be found within the "weekendreview" section.