We recently reported on Nick Mason's scuppered plans to continue his promotion of his wonderful book "Inside Out - A Personal History Of Pink Floyd" this month, due to appendicitis.

We've had an update on Nick's progress, and I'm sure you'll all be pleased to hear that he is recovering well from his operation. The plans he had for flying to Germany, to appear in Hamburg, Berlin and Köln (Cologne), have been cancelled for the time being, on doctor's orders, as has the trip to Bulgaria. These will be rescheduled in due course.

Nick is still planning to press ahead with the visit to Warsaw, Poland on 25th October, and then on to Krakow on the 26th. He will be appearing at the EMPiK Megastore in those two cities. Please check with EMPiK for exact timings.

The news of Nick's recovery coincides with the release this week of the paperback and audiobook of Inside Out.

The audiobook, narrated by Nick himself, brings us right up to date with Nick’s personal view of the band’s reunion with Roger Waters for Live8. The whole package comes as 3 CDs, with a 32-page booklet of photographs, in a special collector’s pack, priced at £15.99, and was due to be released this week.

The paperback of Inside Out is also updated with Nick's Live8 recollections, and is also published this week, price £9.99.

The addition of the Live8 reunion section will make both items very tempting propositions, even if the original book is already owned.

Online orders for the book are being taken now by Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon France, and Amazon Germany.

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