The February 2018 issue of Definition Magazine has an interesting, if technical, article about the filming of the David Gilmour Live at Pompeii concerts back in July 2016.

The article takes a detailed look at the equipment used for the brace of shows in the iconic Italian venue, and the considerations for filming. It also takes a look at the process which follows filming - it is clearly not a simple thing getting footage from vastly different bits of kit matching sufficiently to give seamless edits and a cohesive feel.

The article includes lengthy input from James Tonkin at Hangman Studios, who details things for the readership of this publication (which is aimed at professionals in that sort of field). It does demonstrate (if such a thing is required) the amount of care and attention which was put into every aspect of the filming of the concerts - something that they could only do that time and reshoots after the event were of course out of the question. 

The publishers have now put the article online, and it can be read over at the DefinitionMagazine.com website.

Many thanks to Julian Mitchell from Definition Magazine, and to Colin Sanders for his generous assistance.

On Friday evening, BBC One TV's Mastermind included Pink Floyd as one of the contestants' chosen subjects, and you can now see how YOU might have done if sat in the intimidating black chair, as we have all the posed questions below!

For those of you unfamiliar with this show, in a nutshell, four contestants take it in turns to answer questions over two rounds, against the clock. The first 90 second round comprises questions on each contestant's chosen specialist subject, and the second round, which lasts two minutes, tests general knowledge. The winner of each contest goes forward to the next knockout phase of the competition. It is one of the most popular quiz programmes on television, having run for around forty-six years.

It's only the third time in the programme's history that someone has chosen to answer questions about Pink Floyd. Now it's time to test yourself - how many of the following questions do you know the answer to?

Some great news for our friends in Mexico - due to overwhelming demand, two further dates have been announced for that country as part of the Roger Waters 2018 Us + Them tour, with tickets going on sale next week.

For the regular sale of tickets, which starts on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th at 11am CST (local time), visit Ticketmaster.com.mx. Please note: there's a Citibanamex ticket presale beginning on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26th starting at 11am CST. Using our links also helps toward the ongoing running costs of this site, and is appreciated!

Here are the newly announced dates:

• November 29th - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico - TICKETS
• December 5th - Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico - TICKETS

Dedicated pages for each newly announced show on the tour are now live, joining the show pages already shown in the 2018 Roger Waters tour area. If any further dates on the Australian/New Zealand/European/South American/Mexican tour is announced, a page for each concert will be in place: the location to find out information on each show, and to see, once the concert has taken place, pictures, video and commentary.

Brain Damage visitors with good memories will recall that back in October 2005, and November 2014, BBC's Mastermind included Pink Floyd as one of the contestants' chosen subjects.

For those of you unfamiliar with this show, in a nutshell, four contestants take it in turns to answer questions over two rounds, against the clock. The first round, 90 seconds long, comprises questions on each contestant's chosen specialist subject, and the second, two-minute round, tests general knowledge. The winner of each contest goes forward to the next knockout phase of the competition. It is one of the most popular quiz programmes on television, having run for almost forty-six years.

For the third time in the programme's history, someone has chosen to answer questions about Pink Floyd - and this week's show, which airs on the UK's BBC Two this coming Friday night, February 23rd, at 8pm (except in Wales for some reason!). More details can be found at the BBC website. Our thanks to David Haddock for letting us know about this.

As before, we will make a note of the questions (and the given answers) so you can all give the quiz a try - especially those who don't want the pressure of answering the questions 'live' in front of their families!