Pink Floyd fans are well aware that the iconic psychedelic rock group will never reconvene, even after the release of The Endless River, but they can look to former bassist Roger Waters' impending fourth studio album -- his first in over 24 years. In a recent interview, the 72-year-old also reflected on his last Pink Floyd reunion.
Paired with a supporting arena tour, the musician is slated to release a new solo concept album, which he told Digital Spy that he's "in the middle of making it now." Waters went on to detail the concept's plot, which boasts a grandfather-grandchild pair hoping to find some answers. "Why are we killing the children? That's what it's about," he explained.
While some of the album's tracks were newly crafted, a number of them date back to 15 years ago. Waters hopes to tour the album with an arena show, NME notes. The politically outspoken musician then reminisced on his last performance alongside his Pink Floyd quartet during their Live 8 gig at London's Hyde Park on July 2, 2005, calling it "really very cool."
The Live 8 performance marked the first time the foursome of Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason had performed together since Wright originally left the band in 1981, just trailing The Wall tour. Although he reunited with his bandmates just a few years later, Waters called it quits himself in 1985.
After Gilmour initially decided against the Live 8 show, Waters was asked to help convince his former bandmate otherwise. "Obviously at some point he changed his mind," he told Digital Spy of Gilmour, who recently released his latest solo album Rattle That Lock. "And I'm very glad he did because it was a lovely 20 minutes or whatever it was to be on stage with Dave and Nick and Rick one last time."
"Live 8 I was very happy," Waters admitted.
