Roger Waters was a founding member of Pink Floyd, but left the band in 1985. Though Waters and the remaining members have performed together a few times since then, and he has performed full Floyd albums on his solo tours, he never officially rejoined the band. On Facebook earlier this week, he posted a note reminding fans of this, as Rolling Stone points out. There seems to be some confusion surrounding The Endless River, the forthcoming Pink Floyd album that will be the band's first in 20 years. Waters wanted to make it very clear that he had nothing to do with the album.
Here's what he said, as Rolling Stone points out:
Some people have been asking Laurie, my wife, about a new album I have coming out in November. Errhh? I don't have an album coming out, they are probably confused. David Gilmour and Nick Mason have an album coming out. It's called Endless River. David and Nick constitute the group Pink Floyd. I on the other hand, am not part of Pink Floyd. I left Pink Floyd in 1985, that's 29 years ago. I had nothing to do with either of the Pink Floyd studio albums, Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell, nor the Pink Floyd tours of 1987 and 1994, and I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip.
So! That's settled. Stop bugging him about it, okay?
He also expressed solidarity for Gaza in the note:
On another subject, my recent trip to Bruxelles was very moving. To listen to the testimony of some of those present in Gaza during the euphemistically named Operation Protective Edge, July and August 2014 was deeply disturbing. I am still non plussed by the acquiescence of the governments of the USA, UK and EU to the policies of the current Israeli administration. Should we encourage our leaders to sue for a peaceful solution or not?
