The new issue of the UK's Prog Magazine is published on Friday (June 17th), which features extensive coverage of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd.

Prog have sent us the eye-catching artwork for the cardboard outer sleeve, which the magazine itself sits within. It is particularly eye-catching, as it is a 3D lenticular cover! The publication features Syd and Pink Floyd heavily in a cover feature about psychedelia and the birth of progressive music. There’s some good interviews with the likes of Jenny Spires, Jenny Fabian and Helen Donlon about Syd.

You can purchase Prog Magazine, either as single issues or as a subscription, internationally through this direct link. Prog is also available on iPad, Google Play, Kindle and Nook.

Whilst you are waiting for the magazine to arrive in a store near you (or for it to arrive through the mail if you order a copy online), the annual Prog Awards are now open, with a number of categories open for public voting. Included are David Gilmour's concerts at the Royal Albert Hall back in September last year. To see the different categories, and to cast your votes, visit 2016.prog.awards.teamrock.com.

Just announced: Roger Waters will be performing a second night at the Foro Sol in Mexico City on September 29th, after tickets for the first night (the 28th) were snapped up.

Making his return to Mexico four years after his previous visit, the concert poster/advert clearly hints at a much wider repertoire of material. The neonesque icons on the advert are (in order) for The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall, and the promoter's website suggests songs from all these will be performed. Obviously, material from The Wall is a given, but it is looking like a 'greatest hits' set, more akin to his pre-2010 tours. We will find out for sure in almost four months!

There is a Banamex Exclusive Cardmember presale which has now started, and the general sale of tickets will follow. Tickets can be bought through Ticketmaster.com.mx, by phone at 53-25-9000 as well as at the Foro Sol box office. For more information on the concert - including a ticket price breakdown (from $300 to $3500) can be found at ocesa.com.mx/evento/roger-waters.

Today, June 3rd, sees the beginning of the reintroduction of the band's catalogue on vinyl on the newly named Pink Floyd Records, for the first time in over two decades. In stores today are 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, with a removable sticker placed on the cover giving details of the nature of the release. Ummagumma has - as expected - a gatefold cover for the two records.

The first batch of releases, mastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman have been 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.

As a side note, there have been sightings of The Division Bell on this new label in a few European countries, although officially it has not yet been released. We presume an early batch was mistakenly released to selected channels; we are expecting the proper release of this to be much later in the year.

We know there are many vinyl fans out there reading this, and we're sure these will be very popular releases. If you've not already bought yours, 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!

We'd love to hear from those who have either picked up theirs from a store, or received from their postman. What are your thoughts on these new releases? How do they sound? Contact us at our normal address of This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or join the conversation over at our Facebook page.

Just announced: Roger Waters will be performing at the Foro Sol in Mexico City on September 28th, a week and a half before the first of two appearances at the Desert Trip festival in Indio, California, USA.

Making his return to Mexico four years after his previous visit, the concert poster/advert clearly hints at a much wider repertoire of material. The neonesque icons on the advert are (in order) for The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall, and the promoter's website suggests songs from all these will be performed. Obviously, material from The Wall is a given, but it is looking like a 'greatest hits' set, more akin to his pre-2010 tours. We will find out for sure in almost four months!

There is a Banamex Exclusive Cardmember presale which takes place on June 7th and 8th. The general sale of tickets starts on June 9th through via Ticketmaster.com.mx, by phone at 53-25-9000 as well as at the Foro Sol box office. For more information on the concert - including a ticket price breakdown (from $300 to $3500) can be found at ocesa.com.mx/evento/roger-waters.