Happy Halloween to you all! Regulars to Brain Damage over the years will know that our friend Joe Ringus is a hugely talented pumpkin artist, and each year has crafted a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Halloween (which is celebrated by many, principally this evening, but in a number of places it covers a number of days).

Those regulars will no doubt be as keen as we have been to see if Joe would be continuing the tradition this year, and if so, what design would be picked. The great news is that Joe has been hard at work yet again, and has done another lovely job! We're delighted to share his incredible carving with you.

Thanks Joe - we think you've done another superb job! It's a great tradition and we know many of our visitors love to see them.

If there are any other pumpkin artists out there who have created Floyd designs, we'd love to see them.

The Dutch Arrow Classic Rock radio station has compiled their listeners' Classic Rock 500, tabulating the favourites as voted for. The results were broadcast over last week, and their website now has the entire list.

Unsurprisingly, Pink Floyd feature heavily in the run-down, with three songs in the top ten alone, including the coveted number one spot. A solo piece by Roger Waters also makes it into the 500.

The full list of Pink Floyd/solo songs in the Classic Rock 500:
1- Comfortably Numb (Live) - Pink Floyd
8 - Echoes - Pink Floyd
9 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
20 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
87 - Time - Pink Floyd
105 - High Hopes - Pink Floyd
146 - The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
155 - Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd
175 - Hey You - Pink Floyd
181 - Us And Them - Pink Floyd
194 - One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
203 - Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
216 - On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd
240 - Money - Pink Floyd
358 - Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
393 - Welcome To The Machine - Pink Floyd
476 - The Fletcher Memorial Home - Pink Floyd
500 - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking - Roger Waters

Our thanks to Roger Little for letting us know about this listener-voted chart of favourites.

Filmed around the time of his highly acclaimed Royal Albert Hall shows, and before departing for his nine shows in Los Angeles and New York City, David Gilmour's appearance (with his band) on the BBC series Later...With Jools Holland has now been detailed.

It is the third episode (of six) from series 65 of the show, which always features a variety of artists and musical styles. Airing on the UK's BBC Two on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:25pm, it will then be available to view on the BBC's iPlayer service through this link.

From the programme notes: "Jools welcomes to the show legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist David Gilmour to perform a couple of songs from his album Luck and Strange, including the track Between Two Points; Australian punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers with a couple of tracks from their album Cartoon Darkness; 80s icons The The with a song from their album Ensoulment; singer-songwriter Dhruv with the track Tragedy from his debut album, Private Blizzard; and South African hip-hop tour de force Moonchild Sanelly with her song Do My Dance from her album Full Moon."

Well, to use film terminology, that's a wrap - for now, anyway!

David Gilmour's fourteen nights in three European cities - Brighton, Rome and London - have just come to a triumphant conclusion, with audiences truly thrilled by the sonic and visual feast served up by David and his band. The show has matured well over the month since the first Brighton shows, which were a great tour opener for the lucky 1,500 at each of the two performances there, with the subsequent Rome open air concerts being truly special, and then the Royal Albert Hall gigs in London which will live long in everyone's memories.

Next for David and the gang is an appearance on the BBC TV series, Later...With Jools Holland. We hear possibly that David will be on this week's show, although looking on the BBC website at the episode guide, it doesn't include his name amongst the guests performing. From pictures that Polly Samson and others have shared on their social media, they have already filmed their song selection, it seems at Alexandra Palace in London.

Then, the US dates start, with three locations selected, taking in the West and East coasts - the newly opened and quite high tech Intuit Dome in LA on October 25th, the legendary Hollywood Bowl on October 29th - 31st, and concluding at New York City's Madison Square Garden on November 4th - 6th and 9th - 10th. Should all be superb shows, and limited tickets are still available if you are quick.

We've been so grateful for all the reviews, comments and pictures submitted for the shows that have taken place, and are working through the final ones to get them on the site too. Thanks to Kevan Porter for this picture from last night's show - his review and many more great shots are on the relevant show page in the David Gilmour 2024 section. People love reading others' thoughts on the shows, whether or not they were fortunate enough to have attended themselves, and seeing pictures taken from all different aspects of the venues. If you haven't yet submitted something and still want to - or are going to any of the US shows and want to share with the Floyd community - do please get in touch at the normal email address of This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Thank you, everyone!