Pink Floyd: What's on the first album in two decades?
Pink Floyd, the prominent 1970s progressive rock band, announced that it would release a new, long-anticipated album this October.
As the first album since "The Division Bill" was released in 1994, 鈥淭he Endless River鈥� uses the same two-decade-old recording sessions and profiles never-before-heard pieces by keyboardist Richard Wright prior to his death.
The wife of lead guitarist David Gilmour, Polly Samson, released the news on Twitter this weekend, labeling the album as 鈥淩ick Wright鈥檚 swansong.鈥�
A Pink Floyd backup singer, Durga McBroom-Hudson, confirmed the news on Facebook. 鈥淸The album] was originally to be a completely instrumental recording, but I came in last December and sang on a few tracks. David then expanded on my backing vocals and has done a lead on at least one of them,鈥� McBroom-Hudson wrote.
The announcement did not state whether a live tour would accompany the album鈥檚 debut.
It was also unclear if band co-founder, Roger Waters, would perform with David Gilmour. The two musicians are enmeshed in an infamous legal and personal feud since Waters quit the band in 1985.聽
McBroom-Hudson took to Facebook to tell band fans to 鈥渟top asking me to tell David [Gilmour] to tour here or there, or to reconcile with Roger [Waters].
The band last performed all together in London at the Live 8 concert in 2005.
, Waters tours with acts that profile Pink Floyd鈥檚 most iconic albums, Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.
Waters has also generated controversy with his support of the against Israel.
According to the Sun, a British tabloid, a source 鈥渃lose to the project鈥� indicated that the album would be 鈥渢he closest we will ever come to a Pink Floyd comeback.鈥澛�
The announcement garnered intense publicity among Pink Floyd enthusiasts, with ecstatic responses on Twitter.
One fan, Stephen Silk, wrote that it was 鈥渨onderful, wonderful news鈥I] can鈥檛 wait, but will.鈥�
The band has sold more than 250 million albums, the BBC reported, and the new album will be sold separately from the 20th anniversary set of The Division Bell, which was re-released last week.
