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an interview with Reuters, the guitarist and singer-songwriter
said he loved his time in the rock group he co-founded in 1965
but had no plans to perform again with his two former surviving
bandmates, drummer Nick Mason and guitarist David Gilmour.
Waters, the creative force behind albums like "The Dark Side of
the Moon" and "The Wall", left Pink Floyd in 1985 following
personal and creative differences.
He was embroiled in legal wrangles over use of the group's name
as his former bandmates continued without him.
He and Gilmour have been at odds for years in one of rock's most
famous feuds, clashing more recently on social media over the
Russia-Ukraine war.
Asked if the three might ever perform together again, Waters
said: "No, whatever for?"
He said the idea of a reunion was like a nostalgic need in some
people but added "it's not in me".
Pink Floyd last performed together at the Live 8 charity concert
in London in 2005, when Waters joined Mason, with whom he is
friendly, Gilmour and keyboardist Richard Wright on stage.
"We did it. And I don't regret it because Rick (Wright) was
still alive, and I'm so glad that we had the opportunity to at
least do three or four numbers," Waters said.
"We played reasonably well and the people liked it. And so I'm
really, really glad. Do I want to do anything like (it)? No, I
don't, particularly as there's only three of us left alive."
Wright died in 2008. Original frontman Syd Barrett, who left the
band in 1968 due to his erratic behaviour brought on by drug
abuse, died in 2006.
Mason told Reuters in May he would be open to a reunion but that
there was no such appetite from Waters and Gilmour.
"I'm busy doing other things... it has nothing to do with any
rancour or anything. People are different," Waters said.
"David and I are very, very different people and that's okay."
Waters, 80, said he currently was working on his new album,
called "The Bar" as well as a memoir.
"I've been working on (it) for a couple of years... and I’m in
sort of an editing process with that now. So, I’m a busy chap,"
he said.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Jason Neely)
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