Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour recently answered fan questions in a new conversation with The Guardian and blasted Roger Waters.
David Gilmour calls out Roger Waters
Gilmour made it clear that he won’t play again with Waters. Here is what he said:
“Absolutely not,” the guitarist replied when a fan asked whether he thinks he’ll ever share the stage with Roger again “I tend to steer clear of people who actively support genocidal and autocratic dictators like Putin and Maduro [president of Venezuela].
Gilmour added, “Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is OK. On the other hand, I’d love to be back on stage with [late Pink Floyd keyboardist] Rick Wright, who was one of the gentlest and most musically gifted people I’ve ever known.”
Gilmour previously talked about getting the band back together with Waters. The rocker explained, “I put the whole Pink Floyd thing to bed many, many years ago. I mean, it’s impossible to go back there without Rick [Wright, Floyd’s late keyboardist], and I wouldn’t want to. It’s all done.”
He continued, “I’m very happy and satisfied with the little team I’ve got around me these days. We had a lot of offers to go and tour and so on and so forth, but I’m in this selfishly lucky position of having more than enough money and having had more than enough fame.”
“I just don’t need that stuff these days. It [Pink Floyd] 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,” Gilmour added.
Waters had parted ways with Pink Floyd in 1985 and hasn’t come back since. Both Gilmour and Waters have have turned down the chance to reunite in various interviews. “I mean, it’s not going to happen,” Gilmour said in another interview.
“There’s only three people left and we’re not talking and unlikely to. So it’s not going to happen.”
Pink Floyd recently sold their music, name, and image rights to Sony for $400 million. The deal happened after Gilmour and Waters had trouble agreeing on terms, especially about taxes. Other companies, like Warner Music and BMG, also wanted to buy the rights.