This weekend's UK newspaper the Sunday Express included a small piece on Nick Mason, asking him about his forthcoming written history of Pink Floyd. Mason said: "I am writing the book like I write music, at any time and whenever the fancy takes me." Recently, Nick contacted us at Brain Damage, seeking suggestions over some of the content of the book (which we were delighted to help with). Despite the book not being finished, it is still due for release at the start of September.

Over the last month, we've run a competition to win one of three copies of the new book "Pink Floyd The Wall: In The Studio, On Stage and On Screen", published by Reynolds & Hearn today! The books have been sent from Brain Damage HQ today to the following lucky people, plucked from the inflatable pig containing all the many correct answers:

Further to previous news items about the stunning show in Malta, featuring Gert Hof's light show matched with selections from Roger Waters' new opera Ca Ira, there's a great selection of pictures of the event, AND also an on-demand replay of the whole Maltese EU accession show available to view for anyone who missed the show, or had the misfortune of poor (or non-existent) television coverage of the event.

The early hours of this morning saw the world premiere of selections from Roger Waters forthcoming opera, Ca Ira, in Malta to accompany the EU accession celebrations of the country.

A New Year's Eve style countdown in the capital of Malta lead to the words "Welcome Europe" and "Solidarity" being beamed onto Fort St Angelo's imposing walls, as the former Pink Floyd front man's eagerly awaited new work started up. Smoke from a barrage of fireworks cleared to reveal 25 flag-bearing small sailing ships in the harbour - one for each EU (European Union) member state from midnight. The member states increased in number when ten states joined the existing fifteen.