Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour promises to never play with Roger Waters: “Definitely not”
David Gilmour said he and Roger Waters will never perform together again. The two musicians have fought for decades. A disagreement over the liner notes prevented Pink Floyd from remastering Animals in recent years. Gilmour claimed Waters was forcing them on the band, which he didn’t want to publish, therefore the release never happened.
Furthermore, Waters was charged of antisemitism in 2023. His German gigs were canceled owing to the claims, which he rejects. In a House of Commons speech, Labour MP Christian Wakeford urged for Waters’ Manchester AO Arena show to be canceled.
Polly Samson, Gilmour’s wife, wrote on X: “Sadly, Roger Waters, you are antisemitic to your rotten core. Lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, sexist, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac, Putin apologist. Stop your nonsense.”
Following Samson’s comments, Gilmour quoted the post and added: “Every word demonstrably true.” Waters has never addressed Samson or Gilmour’s comments. In an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, he said, “No comment.” Oh, please stop… They’re public, I’m private”.
Waters’ controversial political views have again prevented Gilmour from reconnecting with his former bandmate. He told The Guardian: “No way. I avoid people who actively support genocidal and dictatorial tyrants like Putin and Maduro.
Gilmour added: “Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and LGBT is OK. However, I’d love to perform with Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright, one of the kindest and most musically accomplished persons I’ve met.”
The former Pink Floyd guitarist’s assessment on Waters is expected. Last month, he told ITV News, “Dream on, it’s not going to happen.” There are just three of us and we won’t discuss, so it won’t happen.”
Gilmour told The Guardian that the “rich and the powerful have siphoned off the majority of this money” from the music industry. He called it a “tragedy” that artists can only make money touring since it “not encouraging new music to be created.”
Pink Floyd sells back catalog
Gilmour’s comments follow Pink Floyd’s £400 million contract with Sony to sell its back library. Despite label and investment fund interest, discussions failed in 2022. Gilmour told Rolling Stone “it is something that is still in discussion” before the deal was disclosed. Gilmour said he wanted to leave Pink Floyd’s “mud bath” rather than make money.
He expressed his desire to eliminate decision-making and debates, stating, “If things were different… thing doesn’t interest me financially. After getting out of the mud bath for a bit, I’m only interested.”