David Gilmour thinks a Pink Floyd reunion with Roger Waters is irrelevant.
Gilmour and Waters reunited in the 2000s for a few shows, but things eventually fell apart again. “It’s boring. It’s over,” the rocker told Rolling Stone. “As I said before, he left our pop group when I was in my 30s, and I’m a pretty old chap now – and the relevance of it is not there. I don’t really know his work since. So I don’t have anything to say on the topic.”
Last month, a Pink Floyd fan page shared a photo of Roger and David on a FaceTime call and it sparked rumors of a reunion. They seemed friendly, but there was no official confirmation from either of them.
Gilmour spoke about a possible reunion also in 2021 from a similar perspective. “No. I’m done with it,” the guitarist noted. “I’ve had a life in Pink Floyd for quite a lot of years, and quite a few of those years in the beginning, with Roger. And those years in what is now considered to be our heyday were 95 percent musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter.”
He continued, “And I certainly don’t want to let the other five percent color my view of what was a long and fantastic time together. But it has run its course, we are done, and it would be fakery to go back and do it again. And to do it without Rick would just be wrong.”
“I’m all for Roger doing whatever he wants to do and enjoying himself and getting the joy he must have had out of those Wall shows,” Gilmour said of Waters. “I’m at peace with all of these things. But I absolutely don’t want to go back. I don’t want to go and play in stadiums. I’m free to do exactly what I want to do and how I want to do it.”
Earlier this year, Nick Mason also discussed the chances of performing with his Pink Floyd bandmates again. He noted that Gilmour likely isn’t interested. He mentioned Waters had joined him on stage before, but it’s unlikely they’ll all perform together again.
