How many times must Pink Floyd confirm that the band will not get back together? People apparently like to keep on speculating that a reunion might take place despite the group's strenuous denials.
Well, now David Gilmour, releasing a solo album, 'On An Island' on 6 Mar, has told the Italian newspaper La Republica what everyone ought to have known already: "The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause, to get over the bad relationship, and not to have regrets. I think I've had enough. I am 60. I don't want to work much anymore. It's an important part of my life, I have had enormous satisfactions, but now it's enough. It's much more comfortable to work on my own."
He went on to stress that his unwillingness to reform has nothing to do with old enmities with former bandmate Roger Waters: "The issue about Roger is irrelevant, because even without him I don't want to go on as Pink Floyd. I'm happy with my life. Playing as Pink Floyd is a business too big for me now. When you move as a band, all is gigantic, the expectations are enormous, the pressures very high. We have been asked to play one hundred gigs! I am fine as I live now. It was fantastic but now I don't feel like it any more."