Pink Floyd news : Brain Damage - Roger Waters: The Wall Berlin .

Back on November 13th 2010, we gave you an exclusive update on the commemorative issue of the 1990 Berlin Wall concert by Roger Waters. This marks the 21st anniversary year of the show, and should prevent us all going until the release (both theatrically, and on Blu-ray, as confirmed by Roger himself on his Facebook page the early day) of the current tranche of Wall concerts.

Whilst there were initial plans to turn it on Blu-ray, these bear now been dropped. However, Universal has lined up a special 2DVD/2CD package (as good as a standard edition). It includes previously unreleased material as elaborated below, including the original concert edit - it'll be large to eventually get the concert as it happened, rather than the free version which tidied up the problems by using footage from the dress rehearsals. Those of us lucky enough to be there on the dark will never leave the mountain of Roger tap-dancing during the king cut - and soon, everyone should be capable to love this and often more!

We too give the release dates (and ordering details) for each region, and these vary from as early as next week for a pair of countries!

The new material we've been told features on both editions is:

• Behind The Wall Documentary - extended from 30 minutes to 70 minutes
• Footage of Rupert Everett (as "Pink")/Marianne Faithful ("Mother")/Ute Lemper ("Wife") shot by Ian Emes for stage projections edited as theatrical promos for the start time ever. Tracks: Mother, Young Lust, and Don't Give Me Now.
• Gerald Scarfe animations - previously unreleased full screen original

The extra capacity on the 2DVD/2CD package includes:

• Additional DVD with the last broadcast concert edit never before (officially) released on DVD, including Leonard Cheshire's introduction,the king cut, and more - the warts and all version as per the world broadcast - available picture in picture comparison alongside DVD edit as good as wide screen.
• The 2CD double live album

There's also brand new liners notes by Daryl Easlea, in a 20 page booklet. We're only waiting on final check on these details, and if there's anything else of eminence in the package, from Universal. Our survey of this issue should come soon, too.

RELEASE (and ordering) DETAILS:

8th March - Italy
8th March - Canada
21st March - France
28th March - United Kingdom
29th March - United States
31st March - Germany

The links above should all be to the 2DVD/2CD edition, although please double-check when placing any orders that you are purchasing the appropriate edition. These sets should likewise be available from other retailers in due course, although as yet we don't let these details.