The Sofia Globe this evening reports that the Roger Waters concert on August 30th at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in the Bulgarian city, could have a dramatic effect on a potential upcoming football fixture.

They note that: "Ludogorets Razgrad qualified earlier this week for the Uefa Champions League play-off round by defeating Partizan Belgrade. The play-off round is due to be played on August 20/21 and August 27/28. If the Uefa draw in Nyon on August 9 sets Ludogorets as the home team for the second match of the tie, then the club will be unable to play the match at Vasil Levski stadium, which has been booked by concert organisers Sofia Music Enterprises for the several [days] prior to the gig.

"The stadium is the only one in Bulgaria certified to host Uefa Champions League matches at this stage of the competition. This prompted an angry tirade from club owner Kiril Domouschiev in an interview with local television station bTV. 'The only stadium in Bulgaria that is licenced by Uefa and is the national stadium at that, turns out to have signed a contract, for a lengthy period, for some concert. Some colossal walls are to be built and it seems that we use the national stadium as a concert hall instead of its actual purpose,' Domuschiev said.

"Domuschiev blamed the stadium's management, saying his team might be forced to play its home game abroad and issued a not-so-subtle threat: 'If we are going to play abroad, maybe it is best that we move the team and the investment abroad too, because it is shameful that there is not a single stadium in this country.'"

Bulgaria's Sports Minister Mariana Georgieva said that the team will play at Vasil Levski National Stadium whatever date the draw assigns for its home match, but did not comment on what would happen to The Wall Live. Sofia Music Enterprises have not commented on the issue yet either. Naturally, should the concert change date or venue, we will let you know as soon as we know...

On Saturday, August 24th, as part of Cuivres en Fête 2013, the 20th staging of a large French festival, Ron Geesin will be joining a large array of musicians in a special presentation of Atom Heart Mother. The event is being held at the Palais des Congrès du Chatelard in Saint-Junien.

Geesin, of course, co-composed the piece with the Floyd, and recently published his excellent book, The Flaming Cow: The Making of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother. He will have some copies of the book with him, but if you are unable to make it along to the performance, you can get a signed copy of the book from Headscope.co.uk - Ron's own retail website and the only outlet which has genuine signed copies.

For information on ticketing for the performance, either call (in France) 06 80 68 93 23 or email them at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Glenn Povey, founder of Brain Damage Magazine, and highly regarded author of a range of essential Pink Floyd reference books, was recently invited to Italy as a guest speaker at Outside The Wall, a major exhibition focused on the Floyd's 1979 album and subsequent related activities. His exclusive report and great photographs below gives us a summary of the event, in particular his and Gerald Scarfe's appearances.

Organised by Alberto Durgante, Outside The Wall was one of the largest Pink Floyd exhibitions and events ever staged. Held in a prestigious new arts centre of The Hall of the Cultural Center Agora Altinate/San Gaetano in Padova, Alberto and his team notably Gian-Luigi Soldi and Marco Bonecher brought together a stunning collection of artwork, photos, memorabilia and live performance all tied in with Roger Waters' performance of the Wall in Padova on 26th July.

The 16 day exhibit running between 13th and 28th July featured a stunning array of Wall related memorabilia charting the album, original show and tour with ticket stubs, passes, newspaper articles, t-shirts, records and a collection of photos taken by rock photographers Jill Furmanovsky and Pete Still. Coverage also extended to the Berlin Wall concert of 1990, and of course Waters' current staging of the Wall and a vast array of photos supplied by super-fan Simon Wimpenny.

Among exhibits of special interest was an original 1980 Wall show puppet of Pink, which everyone must have had their photo taken with (including its creator, Gerald Scarfe - see below), a collection of original Gerald Scarfe drawings for the film gifted by the artist, and animation cells from the film. A further exhibit was also displayed of photographs taken by David Appleby working behind the scenes in the making of The Wall film.

Pink Floyd, l'histoire selon Nick Mason, the French language version of Nick's excellent "Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd", is being released on October 16th, 2013 in a special new edition.

With a redesigned (albeit much plainer) cover, the major aspect of this which intrigues us is that this new edition, from EPA, includes three 40cm x 60cm concert poster reproductions with the book. No details are currently forthcoming as to what these posters are, but this additional incentive will surely prove an incentive to those who are yet to buy Nick's book.

The book, originally published in October 2004, was a big hit with fans and critics alike for the candid - and in places, incredibly amusing - text looking at the rise of the band. It had a revision in October 2005, to include Live8, and in July 2011, a further revision was made bringing the book further up to date. Our review of that edition can be seen here.

Pre-orders for this new French edition can be made now through this direct link at Amazon France which gives a 5% saving over the normal selling price of this book. Our thanks to Frédéric "Ddondestan" Barrès for letting us know about this new version.