Due to exceptional demand, for what is looking like an exception concert, a second weekend has been added for the Desert Trip festival being held in October at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California (the site of the annual Coachella Festival). The Desert Trip event features a stellar line-up over three days:

• Friday: The Rolling Stones - Bob Dylan and his Band
• Saturday: Paul McCartney - Neil Young and Promise of the Real
• Sunday: Roger Waters - The Who

Tickets went on sale yesterday (Monday, May 9th) for the initially announced weekend of October 7th, 8th and 9th, 2016, but due to exceptional demand - with all types of tickets, from general admission, standing at the rear of the venue, through to various VIP/grandstand tickets/pit tickets, sold out - the following weekend, October 14th, 15th and 16th, 2016, has been added, with the same performers appearing on the same days of the week.

Unfortunately, for any of you keen to make these new dates, those also have sold out pretty much instantly. There are a number of tickets to be found on secondary ticketing markets which is a real shame, as clearly these have been bought up by scalpers/touts purely to make a profit, rather than allow the fans to get tickets for the advertised prices.

We hope that there will be filming of these shows to make them available at some point for all of us who will be missing out on a great event, but as yet, have no information on anything like this happening. Should this change, we will let you all know via these pages (we've already had a number of people ask if there will be a DVD/Blu-ray release, or a TV broadcast).

As we announced earlier today, June 3rd, 2016 is a date to put into the diary. On that day, the newly named Pink Floyd Records will begin the reintroduction of the band's catalogue on vinyl for the first time in over two decades. Released on that date will be the first four albums - 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn', 'A Saucerful of Secrets', the 'More' soundtrack, and the 2LP, half-studio, half-live 'Ummagumma'. We now have ordering details and the cover images for you (click thumbnail to the right).

Special care has been taken to replicate the original packaging, with a removable sticker placed on the cover giving details of the nature of the release. Ummagumma will be - as expected - a gatefold cover for the two records.

The first batch of releases, mastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman will be pressed on 180gram vinyl for optimum sound quality. Pink Floyd Records releases will be manufactured and distributed by Warner Music for the UK and Europe and by Sony Music for North America and the rest of the world.

The rest of the vinyl catalogue will follow throughout the year, with release dates being announced at regular intervals.

Naturally, as we get further release dates we will let you know.

We know there are many vinyl fans out there reading this, and we're sure these will be very popular releases. We'd therefore recommend you get orders in early; Amazon offer a pre-order price guarantee, automatically charging you the lowest price they offer things for, between the time you order an item, and the release date. Here are the ordering links - using these will give a small but vital contribution to the running costs of Brain Damage, without costing you a penny/cent extra, and we really appreciate it!

On June 3rd, 2016, the newly named Pink Floyd Records will begin the reintroduction of the band's catalogue on vinyl for the first time in over two decades. Released on that date will be the first four albums - 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn', 'A Saucerful of Secrets', the 'More' soundtrack, and the 2LP, half-studio, half-live 'Ummagumma'.

Special care has been taken to replicate the original packaging. The first batch of releases, mastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman will be pressed on 180gram vinyl for optimum sound quality. Pink Floyd Records releases will be manufactured and distributed by Warner Music for the UK and Europe and by Sony Music for North America and the rest of the world.

The rest of the vinyl catalogue will follow throughout the year, with release dates being announced "at regular intervals". Naturally, as we get further release dates we will let you know.

The heads of the record companies are clearly very pleased to have been chosen for the manufacture and distribution of these important releases. Max Lousada, Chairman and CEO Warner Music UK said: "We're proud to continue to support one of the world's greatest and most influential bands. This is an exciting new chapter in our long-standing partnership with Pink Floyd and we look forward to working with them to help curate their remarkable body of work." His words were echoed by Rob Stringer, Chairman and CEO Columbia Records, who said: "We are proud to continue the long standing relationship in North America and beyond between Columbia Records and Pink Floyd. We are excited to work together with the band on their incredible musical legacy."

Full ordering details should be with us shortly - which we will add here for your convenience.

Now confirmed, following the teaser trailers at the end of last week (as well as the widespread rumours preceding those), is the Desert Trip festival. This takes place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California - the location that the annual Coachella event takes place - between October 7th - 9th, 2016.

The line-up is confirmed as follows:

• Friday, October 7th: The Rolling Stones; Bob Dylan and His Band
• Saturday, October 8th: Paul McCartney; Neil Young and Promise of the Real
• Sunday, October 9th: Roger Waters; The Who

The gates each day open at 2pm but as yet, no details of any additional bands/support artists, or timings. Before you ask, there's also no information yet on Roger's band OR intended material - we suspect the band will be the same/similar to The Wall shows, and the material will probably be a mix of old and new solo music, with some Floyd stuff added in here and there.

Reserved and General Admission passes go on sale Monday, May 9th at 10am PT. Tickets are available as follows (all subject to book fees):

• $199 - Single Day General Admission
• $224 - Single Day General Admission & Shuttle transportation
• $399 - Three-Day General Admission
• $424 - Three-Day General Admission & Shuttle transportation
• $1599 - Three-Day Standing Pit
• $699 - Three-Day Reserved Floor Seats
• $699 - Three-Day Reserved Floor Seats
• $999 - Three-Day Reserved Floor Seats
• $1599 - Three-Day Reserved Floor Seats
• $999 - Three-Day Reserved Grandstand
• $1599 - Three-Day Reserved Grandstand

Full details of the above, plus additional options (including parking), as well as a seating plan, can be found at DesertTrip.com.