From Monday (August 14th) for a couple of weeks, Guy Pratt will be bringing his hilarious show to Edinburgh as part of the Scottish city's annual fringe festival.

In a revised and updated version of the show which he has toured as 'My Bass and other Animals', and 'Breakfast of Idiots', Guy has become the 'Inglourious Bassterd', with new reflections on life on the road, and in the studio, for a musician such as he. The absurdities and realities of working for people as diverse as David Coverdale, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Pink Floyd have given Guy a rich vein of stories which have to be heard to be believed.

This new iteration is at 5pm each day between August 14th - 27th (with the exception of the 21st) and entry is free! It is being held at Edinburgh's well-known Frankenstein pub, which is a really central venue - about 2 minutes walk from the Edinburgh Museum, 1 minutes walk from the Greyfriars Bobby Statue (and Greyfriars Kirk), and 5 minutes walk from Edinburgh Castle (thanks Scott!). If you are in the area, it's a show definitely not to be missed!

Yesterday, which was the eve of the release day 50 years ago of Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Nick Mason was interviewed by the UK's BBC Radio 6 about the five decades of the band. You can listen to the interview here:

Sunday's Newport Folk Festival (July 30th) in Rhode Island lived up to its reputation for the odd surprise - during John Prine's set, he brought out My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Rateliff, the band Lucius, and Roger Waters (between shows on his Us + Them tour) to close out the day’s music, performing Hello In There from Prine's 1971 self-titled debut album, as well as Paradise, the finale of the show.

Here's a video of Hello In There...there are various alternative (full length) videos of this performance on YouTube but by their very nature, these can be quite transient. Here's Roger's official video:

Following hot on the heels of the David Gilmour Live at Pompeii worldwide cinema screenings (on September 13th), comes the release of the same name on a variety of formats. September 29th sees the arrival of the recordings on 2CD, Blu-ray, 2DVD, a 4LP boxset, a Blu-ray and CD deluxe edition boxset, and via HD digital downloads. Other gems too are present on the deluxe boxset, including the acclaimed BBC documentary Wider Horizons.

"In 2015 David Gilmour set out to play a series of concerts in historic venues across the world. The following year he became the first performer to play the amphitheatre in Pompeii in front of a live audience since the gladiators in 79AD. It was a return to Pompeii for David, having first performed there in 1971 for Adrian Maben’s legendary concert film, Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii. In Roman times the Pompeii amphitheatre was known as a "Spectaculum" and David worked with long time collaborator and maestro of colour and light Marc Brickman to bring the spectacle back to the Spectaculum": Polly Samson 2017

On July 7th and 8th last year, David performed two spectacular shows at the legendary Pompeii Amphitheatre in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, 45 years after he first played there for Adrian Maben's classic film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. The concerts were the first-ever rock performances played to an audience in the ancient Roman amphitheatre, which was built in 90 BC and entombed in ash when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. David was the first performer to play to an audience in the arena since the time of the gladiators, almost 2,000 years ago.

The concert performance film, to be included in the DVD/Blu-ray options, was shot in 4k by director Gavin Elder and includes highlights from both shows. The concert is a spectacular audio-visual experience, featuring the famous huge circular cyclorama screen as well as lasers, pyrotechnics and even a return to the traditional lighting used in AD 79!

Ordering details for all the various formats are shown here; below those are the details of the formats/track listings.