With Roger Waters' 2006 summer tour of Europe just over a month away, yet another date has been added to the schedule.

The tour promises a complete run-through of the 1973 Pink Floyd classic, Dark Side Of The Moon, as the second half of the show. The first half is a mix of Floyd classics and Roger's solo material. Elaborate staging is promised, complete with projections, and a full, 360 degree quadrophonic sound system.

With a population that has a high concentration of Waters/Floyd fans, the beautiful island of Malta will be playing host to Roger on July 10th. It won't be the first time that Roger's music has been heard in public on the island, the musician having premiered recorded pieces from Ca Ira there as part of the EU Accension celebrations on May 1st, 2004, accompanied by a huge firework, light and laser display in the Grand Harbour.

This will be the first time, however, that any past or present member of Pink Floyd will have performed there.

We are just waiting for ticketing details for this show, and as soon as we have them, we will update the relevent show page in our Roger Waters 2006 Tour Room - which has details of all the European and North American shows, including relevent websites, maps to the venues, and more.

Our thanks (as ever) to Roger's manager for his help...

The guitarist for Roger's tour is Dave Kilminster, a highly regarded musician who has worked with people like Keith Emerson. Randy over at OutsideTheWall.net has told us about the chat he had with Dave. Here's an extract from Randy's interview, that he wanted to share with us:

Now on to Roger and the tour. How were you chosen to be part of this wonderful band? Have you met Roger beforehand?

Roger's guys were basically putting out calls to friends and colleagues looking for a guitarist, and my manager Martin Darvill received a call from Snowy White. At that time I had a short American tour booked with Keith so I wasn't going to try for it, but about two days later I received an email from Keith's manager telling me that the tour was cancelled!!! So, I recorded a demo CD of me playing and singing some Floyd tunes, and was asked along to an audition... And that was the first time I met Roger...at the audition... Scary stuff!!! He was great though!!!

What kind of influence did Roger and Pink Floyd have on you as a musician?

The beauty of simplicity...

David Gilmour is widely praised as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, how will you put your own spin on some of his licks, and does it surprise you that Roger often uses 3 to 4 guitarists to play Davids parts?

Well, Roger likes to hear the parts played as close as possible to the original recordings, so I'm not sure what I'll get away with yet!!! Although saying that, I think the fans will probably want to hear it just like the records too... Hence the reason for all the guitarists on stage, so that they (we!!) can cover all the multiple overdubs!!! Money' for example has three rhythm guitar parts all played at the same time...

What do you think of Davids new work and did you get a chance to see him on his tour?

I haven't heard it yet!!!! I have about thirty or forty unopened CDs at home at the moment... Hopefully I can catch up with what's going on when I'm on tour?!!

Roger's lyric writing is noted as some of the best in Rock history, how does his lyrics effect you and what is your favorite work lyrically by him or with Pink Floyd?

God there's so many great ones to chose from... 'Time' is resounding quite loudly with me at the moment... I feel that there was about ten years of my life that I basically totally wasted...

Other then Roger, who are you most looking forward to working with on this tour?

The backing singers!!!! Seriously, I love to hear great harmonies...probably due to my sordid past singing in a Barbershop quartet when I was young!!! Something like 'Shine On... ' is going to sound just incredible!

What song will you have to practice the most, or have you mastered them all?

Actually I'm still waiting for the final set list!!! Although if 'Have a Cigar' is in there I'm gonna have to practice the vocals on that, as it's not a style of singing I've ever tried before.

Have you ever had the chance to see a Pink Floyd concert and if so what did you think of the spectacle and how excited are you to be part of Rogers shows?

I've never actually seen them in the flesh, but of course I've seen the DVD's.. It's definitely the most impressive stage show I've ever seen!!! And from what I can gather from the management Roger is going overboard with the visuals on this tour... It's going to look AMAZING!!!! I wish I could say I was excited though, but at the moment I'm still at the 'mildly terrified' stage!!!

Will you be contributing any vocals on the tour?

I'm doing all of Mr Gilmours parts...Guitars AND vocals!!

What are some of your favorite venues that you have played at, and where are you most looking forward to playing on this tour?

The Sun Plaza in Tokyo is a wonderful venue... And I once played outside in the grounds of an old castle in Vigevano, Italy... That was lovely...The Hammersmith Odeon, where I use to go when I was younger.. It was very cool to play there!!! God, so many incredible venues... I've been very, very lucky. For this upcoming tour I'm very much looking forward to Hyde Park...just because all my family and friends will be there...That's going to be a very special evening for me.

Our thanks to Randy for sharing this with us. Be sure to check out the full interview on his site.