Gilmour rules out any Pink Floyd reunion with Waters

David Gilmour has said there is no possibility he will ever share a stage with former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters, ruling out any reunion and underscoring a decadeslong split between the two musicians. In a recent interview, Gilmour was asked what would have to happen for him to perform with Waters again and replied, "Nothing. There is no possible way that I would do that."

The rupture between Gilmour and Waters dates to Waters leaving Pink Floyd in 1985 and has widened in recent years as disagreements moved beyond creative control to public political disputes. Gilmour has criticized Waters for his political positions, saying they are incompatible with performing together. In the same interview he added that nothing would make him share a stage "with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is OK," expressing that the divide is not merely artistic.

The break has been amplified by public exchanges between Gilmour's wife and collaborator Polly Samson and Waters. Samson posted strong accusations about Waters's views on social and geopolitical issues, saying she wanted to make clear which member of Pink Floyd she was married to and that she did not...