Roger Waters wants Pink Floyd to reform for special events

Roger Waters says he would like to work with his old Pink Floyd bandmates again. He joined forces with David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright for the Live 8 show in London in July 2005, and says he'd love to do it again for another big event. Waters said, "I felt it was very important for me to do Live 8, and I thought it was great to get onstage with the other three guys. I had nothing but positive feelings about that... I would do something else (like Live 8) in a heartbeat -- but if it was for anything more than a few songs, then I think there would be difficulties," according to Agence France-Press.

Waters added that his relationship with Mason is great, but it's different with Gilmour and Wright. He said, "I think it would be very cordial if we ever spoke to each other, but we don't inhabit the same world socially. Rick and I were never really friends, and Dave and I were never really friends, so the fact that we are still no longer really friends is kind of irrelevant to all of our lives."

Waters also said that the bad blood that surrounded the relationships between the bandmembers didn't serve any of them well. He said, "I don't think any of us came out of the years from 1985 with any credit, really. It was a bad, negative time, really. And I regret my part in that negativity. I was actually more attached to the philosophy and politics of Pink Floyd than the others were -- certainly more so than David was. In a way, whatever I did, I did in a way to protect the integrity of what I saw as being important about the work that the four of us did together. I realize now that move was doomed to failure... and why should I have imposed my feelings about the work and what it was worth on the others if they didn't feel the same? I was wrong in attempting to do that."

Waters is in the midst of a world tour that includes full performances of the 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon at every show. His next show is tonight (Tuesday, March 6th) in Mexico City, followed by dates throughout South America this month. Waters and his band will then head to Europe before returning for North American shows beginning May 18th in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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