David Gilmour Insists He’ll Never Perform With Roger Waters Again
David Gilmour insists there may be nothing that might conceivably get him again onstage with Roger Waters.
During a Q&A with The Guardian, a fan queried whether or not Gilmour and his former Pink Floyd bandmate might ever carry out collectively once more.
“Absolutely not,” the guitarist responded. “I tend to steer clear of people who actively support genocidal and autocratic dictators like Putin and Maduro [president of Venezuela]. Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is OK.”
READ MORE: Pink Floyd Solo Albums Ranked Worst to Best
While Gilmour was adamant that he has little interest in reconciling with Rogers, he expressed his fondness for a distinct Pink Floyd alumnus.
“On the opposite hand, I’d like to be again on stage with Rick Wright,” Gilmour confessed, describing the late Pink Floyd keyboardist (who died in 2008) as “one of many gentlest and most musically gifted individuals I’ve ever recognized.”
The Ongoing David Gilmour Versus Roger Waters Feud
While the feud between Gilmour and Waters has a long history, it’s gotten especially contentious in recent years.
In 2023, Gilmour’s wife and collaborator Polly Samson tweeted that Waters was a “Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac.” Gilmour retweeted the message, saying: “Every word demonstrably true.”
More recently, Pink Floyd sold their music catalog, name and likeness for $400 million. The long-rumored deal came as a relief to Gilmour, who had been looking to detach himself from his former band.
“To be rid of the decision-making and the arguments which might be concerned with holding it going is my dream,” Gilmour said prior to the sale. “I’m not fascinated by [a catalog sale] from a monetary standpoint. I’m solely fascinated by it from getting out of the mud tub that it has been for fairly some time.”
Pink Floyd Albums Ranked
Three different eras, one great band.
Gallery Credit: Nick DeRiso