David Gilmour on the likelihood of more new songs

The surprising comeback of Pink Floyd with the charity single “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” for Ukraine raised one question above all: are Pink Floyd officially back? David Gilmour now denied and called the renewed collaboration with Nick Mason a “one time thing”.

Help for Ukraine

After 28 years of silence surrounding Pink Floyd, Gilmour and Mason caused a stir with their new track. That’s exactly how it was planned: “I thought we could use our notoriety for something really good,” says Gilmour. The single “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” was created in collaboration with the Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk. The melody is based on a Ukrainian folk song.

Working with Nick Mason is “a breeze”

After Gilmour had discussed with his ex-colleague Mason to act together under the name Pink Floyd, everything was “a piece of cake”. “We want to spread a message of peace and lift the spirits of the people who are defending their homeland in Ukraine,” he explains about the making of the song.

No more new music from Pink Floyd

Gilmour never tires of praise: It was “fantastic” to make music together again. For him, Mason is “like no other drummer”, reveals the musician in an interview with the American ROLLING STONE. Although the reunion was “a great experience” and he rediscovered old ways of working, the two want to leave it at a “one-time thing”. Regarding new music, Gilmour was vague that he was currently casually working on an album. “One day” he wants to publish this, which is why his focus is on this project.

Most recently, in 2021, the band released several live albums from the ’70s to extend their copyright deadlines. In the wake of the Russian invasion war, Pink Floyd and David Gilmour took all their titles off streaming services in Russia and Belarus starting in 1987.

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